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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. Come on... by the+darn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm no fan of the Dub, but any collection of quotes can easily manipulated to suit your viewpoint via selection bias. It would be better to examine the actions previous presidents took with regard to defending the presidential "turf."

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  2. Oh, come on now... by CXI · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Doesn't CmdrTaco have a personal blog somewhere to bash Bush instead of doing so on what was once a good news site?

    Not only are the quotes out of context, but they are used in error. Furthermore, congress hasn't declared war since WWII, so it's hard to pretend that Bush doesn't have any precedent if he did go in without approval. Of course, there was approval so this whole "news story" is a farce. Way to go and pull a Dan Rather. At least he finally had to apologize.

  3. Humph by elmegil · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can we mod an entire article as -1 flamebait? Please? And I don't even like the shrub....

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