Does the Bush administration have a secret succession order that bypasses Congress?


	Does the Bush administration have a secret succession order that bypasses Congress?

Spiritualmonkey

7-16-2008 11:03 AM

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coup, bush, cheney, politics, presidential-succession, the-constitution, fascism

Spiritualmonkey says:

I totally believe that this current regime would stoop to a coup that bypasses Congress in order to stay in power.

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