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US Presidents on Presidential Power

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

Tod Landis writes "Responding to George Bush's statement that he will preserve executive power for his "predecessors", I've assembled a collection of quotes from those predecessors. Most saw executive power differently..."

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  1. Re:Ok, even I have to cry "Lefty" on this one by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    So, where's the nerdish reason to vote for Bush?

    I can't find one. But then again, I can't find a reason to vote *for* Bush at all, and so I won't be. I'm sure there is one- probably in the broadband promises. But I'm not sure. Hmm- that's a hard one. Why would a nerd vote for a man who confesses that he's functionally illiterate?

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  2. Re:Ok, even I have to cry "Lefty" on this one by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    make our voice heard at the polls.

    Is that why right wingers hold gun rallies and shoot family planning doctors? Or try to ammend the constitution to ban things?

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  3. Re:Ok, even I have to cry "Lefty" on this one by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Your search should have included W. All of the genocidal members of the family who were president have already retired.

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    SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
  4. Ouch! This only hurts the Kerry campaign! by thewickedmystic · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hey everyone,

    OK, Bush has proven that he should never have had the job. Tax cuts to the richest 1% of the country while creating the biggest deficit in USA history is just one of the many counterdictions that make him a Republican Party Muppet.

    BUT...

    This article(?) is quite skewed. W did have Congressional approval when we hit Iraq.

    Let's all remember why Liberals consider themselves free-thinkers. It is because THEY THINK FOR THEMSELVES! This only makes Dems/Libs look just a much like followers as the Reps/Cons. Please don't put any more side-hosed aticles up for discussion, when the article itself has flawed logic. This only hurts the Kerry Campaign.

    PS - I am a card-carrying Lib, and I hate "Farenheit 9/11" for the same reason.

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