Bush Makes 'Bold' Privilege Claim


	Bush Makes 'Bold' Privilege Claim

thisnamecantbetaken

7-20-2007 6:58 AM

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bush, dictatorship, justice, accountability, contempt, neoconservatism, authoritarianism

thisnamecantbetaken says:

'An outrageous abuse of executive privilege."

I would have said another outrageous abuse of executive privilege.

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7-20-2007 2:55 PM

BartendingBear

IMPEACH!!!!

7-20-2007 3:06 PM

ratilfar

Salon.com Gleen Greenwald has more...

(1) What is most significant is, as always, the underlying theory on which this claim is based. From the Post article:

David
B. Rifkin, who worked in the Justice Department and White House
counsel's office under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush,
praised the position and said it is consistent with the idea of a
"unitary executive." In practical terms, he said, "U.S. attorneys are emanations of a president's will."
And in constitutional terms, he said, "the president has decided, by
virtue of invoking executive privilege, that is the correct policy for
the entire executive branch."

The Preside...

7-21-2007 11:32 AM

cptenaud

If we keep on this path. We can join Russia. And become another axis of evil. And then we can become like brother. Heh Boris, lets kill moose and squirrel.

7-21-2007 1:13 PM

thisnamecantbetaken

axis of evil

Websters:
Axis: 1 a : a straight line about which a body or a geometric figure rotates or may be supposed to rotate.

Spin: 3 a : to revolve rapidly.
3 b : to evolve, express, or fabricate by processes of mind or imagination <spin a yarn>

Me:
Bush: The centre of evil around which the spin of lies and deception and corruption and abuse of power rotates.

7-21-2007 2:59 PM

BartendingBear

What it boils down to is this. No amount of paper and no determinate number of laws can instill in any individual president an overriding respect for his constituency. This is absent in W, along with common sense, and so much more.

On this very particular day, one good thing can be said of Bush... he isn't full of shit today as he usually is because he's getting his colonoscopy.

7-24-2007 4:20 AM

Spiritraiser

Can't believe Clinton stood trial and all that for Monica and no one bothers Bush when he violates democracy almost every day! Crazy, totally!

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