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| By Dave Lindorff
12-15-5
So, according to a report by Doug Thompson, editor of the journal Capital Hill
Blue, three stalwart Republican congress members who had gone to see President
Bush the lesser in his White House digs to advise against passage of the new
version of the oxymoronically named USA PATRIOT Act were treated to an angry
shout of "Stop throwing the Constitution in my face! It's just a goddamned piece
of paper!"
This coming from a man who twice swore on the Bible he claims to live by that he
would "uphold and defend the Constitution."
This from a man who said that he would make "strict adherence to the
Constitution" the key requirement for his nominees to the US Supreme Court.
What a sad joke this buffoon in the White House has proven to be.
What a dangerous buffoon, too.
For after his initial outburst, the president had some more choice words to his
loyal, if questioning, Congressional colleagues. When one of them warned that
his push for more police state powers in new version of the ham-fisted
legislation that Congress initially passed in the wake of the 9-11 attacks might
alienate some of his conservative backers, the president shouted, "I don't give
a goddamn: I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way."
Here's a real danger.
The role of commander-in-chief is expressly explained in the Constitution as
referring to the president's position as top officer of the nation's military.
That is an important provision, because it is essential that a civilian have
final control over even the highest general if a democracy is to survive. But
the title commander-in-chief has no relevance with the respect to the rest of
society. The president, according to the Constitution, is not commander-in-chief
of the Congress, or of the administration, or of you or me. He's just the
president, and in three more years, or whenever he's impeached, he'll be gone.
Unless, of course, the Constitution is "just a goddamned piece of paper."
Then all bets are off.
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