George W. Bush has come full circle.

If true, and I have no doubt it is (in spirit if not in fact), the recently leaked *bush statement that the United States Constitution is just a goddamned piece of paper has brought him full circle- in fact, it takes him all the way back to the Presidential Oath Of Office.

The oath itself is short, and it is sworn while the newly elected President has a hand on the Bible. This is significant because it represents taking a binding oath, and it's done in the literal presence of the entire nation- actually, the entire world may witness it. It is a precise oath, and there is no equivocation anywhere in it. It consists of one sentence. It is, ironically, taken from a little document you may have heard of- Article II, Section 1 of The Constitution Of The United States Of America. It goes EXACTLY like this:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Just a goddamned piece of paper. And the entire Presidency rests upon it. And he's declared it worthless. Which makes his Presidency worthless- no, LESS than worthless. It's a lie. A sham. A falsehood of international proportions.

In that light, I believe it's time to bring another much-beloved document to bear. We need to use it as a response to the appalling hypocrisy that is George W. Bush. And it goes EXACTLY like this:

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
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I now believe that by typing this post I place both myself and the Democratic Underground in jeopardy. It behooves me thusly to state I am not a terrorist. I AM an American, born and raised, and I am a patriot. I simply do not believe the child residing in the Oval Office is our President. He has discarded the very document he swore upon to assume that important office. He IS a terrorist. He's a fascist nazi dictator, and he needs to be removed from office and he needs to be charged with crimes against this country and he needs to be imprisoned for his words and for his deeds.

Just another goddamned piece of paper indeed.

Be seeing you.

through an amplified megaphone through a PA system.

flying f**k. :grr:

His feelings on the subject are plain.

so important that we don't take this lying down! :toast:

The author is his own editor. The sources are anonymous.

I don't trust him.

As the saying goes, "Actions speak louder than words". The intent is still there for the world to witness. It changes nothing.

An article in which Bush practically says so himself is still a pleasing-tale to be greeted with skepticism (especially if the sources are anonymous and the writer is his own editor. We can't even question the writer like we would someone who posts at DU.)

you on this-

and I'm not ashamed to be on the left, which is RIGHT where truth lives today-

The OATH of office, says exactly what his duties are- his most important solemn duty is not to 'protect americans' - it is to keep the Constitution in place, and un-defiled- something he's done the exact opposite of.

Well said- and right on!!

and kiss our asses buh-bye.
:grr:

1. Call Congress daily demanding articles of impeachment. Read that quote!

2. Buy t'shirts that say, "Ask me why Bush NEEDS to be impeached."

3. Tell every person you see why they need to make ONE call today. Hand them your cell phone too.

4. Write LTE's and demand it there. Use that quote too.

5. Join the Democracy Cell Project and start/join a Democracy group near you! http://www.democracycellproject.net (Take a look around the home page, the forum, and the blog...and ask questions in the irc.)

of American citizens comes second. In other words, you can defend Americans with all your hear and soul as long as it within the constraints of the Constituton. Do I have that correct?

On Edit: That means his 'talking point' that his FIRST duty is to protect Americans is just PLAIN wrong! His FIRST duty is to uphold the Constitution, and from the framwork therein he can protect Americans.

If you swear to an ideal you hold in contempt, you are contemptible and should thus be held to account for your actions taken in defiance of said ideal.

What goes around comes around. I think he's finding that out lately, and it scares him. Good. I hope he never draws another peaceful breath in is miserable life.

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that

<1> I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and

<2> will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Not one mention of the words "protect" or "defend" w/r/t "Americans". But rather, an emphasis on "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Shrub, as usual, is full of shit.

You see, perhaps the Boy Emperor has upheld his oath....

I guess he has upheld the Constitution to the best of his ability, which is basically that he is completely inept and incapable of doing the job. :eyes:

I always believed a little more was needed. Or are my standards just too high?

been set at bare minimum, this sorry ass loser has no business being in the Office of the President of the United States.

I think the nicest thing that this piece of shit has done is wipe his ass with the Constitution. He has done far worse and I am so beyond disgusted that I can't even look at this criminal's face when he is on TV! His voice makes me nauseated.

And I guess we all now know we are on some "list" in some form or another....Unbelievable...What little exists of our Constitution after what this criminal named George Bush has done to it, hangs by a thread....

You are now being spied on by the CIA and FBI for quoting the Declaration of Independence. But some of the charges leveled against King George still apply to King George W.:

He has refused his assent to laws against torture, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his party members to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, He has suspended laws in their operation; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people.

He has ridiculed, berated and undermined representatives repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing to nominate reasonable and calm justices.

He has made judges dependent on his party's will alone, for the tenure of their offices.

He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent swarms of incapable officers to harass our people, and prevent the distribution of substance.

He has kept standing armies without the full consent of our legislature.

He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:

For cutting off our jobs and sending them to all parts of the world:

For increasing our middle class taxes by decreasing his allies tax burden without our consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:

For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:

For taking over all branches of government, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:

For declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated government here, by declaring all his acts secret.

He has plundered a country and our treasury and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries and Halliburton contractors to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun in Iraq with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy of the head of a civilized nation.

In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Where's the orange scarfs.

Make a statement everyone...starting today, wear orange scarves and a giant IMPEACH THEM t'shirt.

Cheerleader for PNAC failed policies.

whole spying thing and the "Patriot Act." It's all about power and money. He should be impeached for the "Patriot Act" which goes against the Constiution. He himself and how he got into office is UnConstiutional as well.

B-)