Beyond the Imperial Presidency/Chicago Tribune

Sunday, December 25, 2005

Beyond the Imperial Presidency
Chicago Tribune

Chapman:


President Bush is a bundle of paradoxes. He thinks the scope of the federal government should be limited but the powers of the president should not. He wants judges to interpret the Constitution as the framers did, but doesn't think he should be constrained by their intentions.

He attacked Al Gore for trusting government instead of the people, but he insists anyone who wants to defeat terrorism must put absolute faith in the man at the helm of government.

He claims he can ignore the law because Congress granted permission when it authorized him to use force against Al Qaeda. But we know that can't be true. Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales says the administration didn't ask for a revision of the law to give the president explicit power to order such wiretaps because Congress--a Republican Congress, mind you--wouldn't have agreed. So the administration decided: Who needs Congress?

What we have now is not a robust executive but a reckless one. At times like this, it's apparent that Cheney and Bush want more power not because they need it to protect the nation, but because they want more power. Another paradox: In their conduct of the war on terror, they expect our trust, but they can't be bothered to earn it.
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...conclusion:

"At times like this, it's apparent that Cheney and Bush want more power not because they need it to protect the nation, but because they want more power." --Chapman, Chicago Tribune

It should read:

"At times like this, it's apparent that Cheney and Bush want more power not because they need it to protect the nation, but because they need TO PROTECT THEMSELVES." !!

But, isn't the Tribune typically RW?

Except, perhaps, Nero. :shrug:

I know it's Xmas, but no responses in hours?

Let's support this gem!

and many pissed at having to put up with dopey apolitical relatives.

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scathing...

Thanks for posting it.

But even the righties are waking up to how dangerous this crowd is. A year too late, I'm afraid.

too good to miss.