Signing Statements.....What's A Constitution?

[NativeTexan]

Somehow, it seems that George W. Bush doesn't seem to give a hoot or a holler about the United States Constitution to which he swore a solemn oath not once but TWICE.

Over 800 times, he has used the "signing statement" maneuver to basically say, " OK, I signed that law, but I intend to ignore it, because I am the ruler of this here imperial state"! The American Bar Association has recently passed down it's belief that this is not only uncontitutional, but since the president signed the laws into existence and then ignored them, instead of vetoing them, that this is akin to a "line item veto", which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in the 90's, when Congress passed the legislation and President Bill Clinton signed it into law.

On the other hand, this is just another example of a power happy administration, run by a very small litlle guy, who seems to be doing these things at someone's behest. Having followed GWB here in Texas for many, many years, I never saw anything out of him that showed me he was anywhere near smart enough to pull off a "coup" in the name of the Republican Party and initiated by Ralph Reed and his "Christian" Coalition. Reed apparently told his group, upon becoming it's president that they were going to take over the Republican National Committee, thus the party and then the country! He never said it was going to be honest or with "Christian" values.....just that they were going to do it.

We now know that Reed was eyeball deep in the Jack Abramoff scandal, which caused him to have to pull out of the race for Lieutenent Governor in Georgia. He is as dirty as last weeks laundry and about as "Christian" in his values as Fidel Castro, the atheistic dictator of Cuba.

It is becoming increasingly clear to me at least, that to "take over" a country by election fraud is not very "Christian-like". Which brings us right back to Bush.

He doesn't seem too interested in oathes anyway. Notice, if you will, his slithering past the chance to testify "under oath" in front of the 9/11 Committee, even in private, but chose to "visit" with them and then only with his co-conspirator vice-presidente. Why? Obviously because he knew that after the firestorm caused by his Republican buddies during the Clinton Presidency that caused him to be impeached over a lie under oath about a private relationship, (a very small matter compared to 9/11 and Iraq-gate), that he would probably face charges of TREASON instead of perjury.

President Bush, Ralph Reed, Jack Abramoff, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby and the rest of the Bush Crime Family, have never seen a Constitutional Right that they didn't feel couldn't be trampled on with, of course, the exeption of the Second Amendment.

This president and his henchmen have set this world into a very costly and deadly tailspin that most of us in the "loyal opposition" and the rest of the free world have been talking about for years now. And it doesn't seem like there is going to be anybody, within the walls of Congress, the White House, the Pentagon or anywhere els,e willing to step forward and do something to stop this madness.

If this Republican Congress can't see fit to impeach this new "Napolean of West", after spending SO MUCH TAX MONEY chasing down President Clinton on a sex scandal rap, then they don't deserve to be returned to office in November. We HAVE GOT to find people to go into government that really ARE interested in National Security, the poor as well as the rich in the U.S., and just doing the right thing for a change! Answering to corporate masters has got to stop in the United States, or the entire world will be paying a huge and terrible price sooner than later.

[The Deacon]

1. Just one thing:

Ralph Reed didn't "pull out" of the race for Lt. Governor - he lost the Republican Primary here in Georgia.

[NativeTexan]

3. As usual....I stand corrected...thanks!

[izzie]

2. I do not think one person runs, but it is group that runs him.

Bush was a good deal for them. He had the name and I do not think had much or a agenda with his life so was some one who could be controlled so to speak. I once read a quote of his father's that his sons were going to out do the Kennedy family. That I think is why Chaney picked Chaney. They saw the need for him sitting right behind Bush.

[NativeTexan]

4. izzie, you are so right.....and I said back in the 90's.....that if his...

.......name was Joe Schmoe, with his background and lack of experience, he couldn't have been elected dog catcher, let alone Governor.

Of course, during the 2000 campaign, Oprah asked him, "what is the biggest thing that people misunderstand about you?" and his answer? "That I am running on my father's name".......I laughed until I cried when I heard that!!

[izzie]

5. I really laughed at this one day

The news were talking to some man and asking who he would vote for and he said something like this 'I guess I will vote for George Bush. He did a good job before as vice president and President so guess he would do the same now.'

[NativeTexan]

6. THAT'S his SECONDARY Base!!!

IDIOTS who, like him, DON'T HAVE A CLUE!!