tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post2092329812956197710..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: Bush Craps on Constitution... AgainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-45042512129348239402007-04-06T09:21:00.000-07:002007-04-06T09:21:00.000-07:00I love the headline on this post. It cracks me up ...I love the headline on this post. It cracks me up for some reason. Maybe it is the alliterationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-80866941556571735972007-04-05T10:35:00.000-07:002007-04-05T10:35:00.000-07:00You know, Bush is planning on vetoing the congress...You know, Bush is planning on vetoing the congressionally approved "war funding" bill. I wonder if this wasn't a cynical move to create some chips with which the Administration can bargain.<BR/><BR/>It has the triple benefit, if it works. The Administration gets its cronies in key positions, undermining Congress, while creating the bargaining chips.<BR/><BR/>What does the Administration stand to loose? Very little. They will look bad in the middle pages of the four national news papers. They will be challenged in Congress, but big deal to an Administration that cares precious little for Congress. They will tie Congress up in legal proceedings while these appointments stand. And in a year and a half they will be gone and their appointees will have had plenty of time to wreak havoc at OMB and Social Security. That is all they want. This is the danger when no one in the Administration is looking to get re-elected and you have a mentally troubled and challenged President.<BR/><BR/>As a recent CBC production called, “The Unauthorized Biography of Dick Cheney” said, “It’s Cheney’s world. The rest of us just get to live here.” Well, that nearly says it all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-35550674904174921492007-04-04T19:53:00.000-07:002007-04-04T19:53:00.000-07:00Chris Dodd is already calling it unconstitutional....<A HREF="http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/04/joe-liebermans-bff-swiftboatin-sam-gets-recess-appointment/" REL="nofollow">Chris Dodd is already calling it unconstitutional</A>.<BR/><BR/><I>"It is outrageous that the President has sought to stealthily appoint Sam Fox to the position of ambassador to Belgium when the President formally requested that the Fox nomination be withdrawn from the Senate because it was facing certain defeat in the Foreign Relations Committee last week. I seriously question the legality of the President's use of the recess appointment authority in this instance. I intend to seek an opinion on the legality of this appointment from the General Accountability Office and invite other Senators to join with me in that request. This is underhanded and an abuse of Executive authority — sadly this behavior has become the hallmark of this administration."</I><BR/><BR/>- BCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-51988192650308239022007-04-04T19:35:00.000-07:002007-04-04T19:35:00.000-07:00They never cease to amaze.Apologies for adding thi...They never cease to amaze.<BR/><BR/>Apologies for adding this in on the wrong post, but I am surprised none of The Citizens have yet commented on the latest from Gitmo: the first conviction. David Hicks -- an Australian and hence getting loads of news over here -- has been given a nine-month sentence in a plea bargain after being held for five years. Interestingly the plea bargain included a year-long gag on him speaking to the media, assurance that he would not mention torture and maltreatment, and involved the commission organisation going around their own prosecution team. Is this another possible thread?<BR/><BR/>The Spotted HandfishAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com