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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:22 PM
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"bush understood the limits of presidential power"-- I heard that yesterday morning
and was just glad I wasn't drinking anything. not sure who said it, or what station--was merely something I overheard.

how braindead does someone have to be, or how gullible does that person think WE are, to believe this kind of errant nonsense?
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:23 PM
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1. Doesn't matter -- Cheney didn't, and he was calling the shots.
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Laelth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:23 PM
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2. True. He understood that there were no limits on his power.
Congress and the Supreme Court proved he was right.

:dem:

-Laelth
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Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:24 PM
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3. Bush was right. Presidential power is limited if you allow the people
to know what you're doing.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:24 PM
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4. Right. For him, there were none. nt
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:29 PM
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5. Which is why he always made sure to get Congress to make the UnConstitutional things he did OK
after he got caught doing them.
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create.peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:30 PM
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6. "...and wanted to expand them, with the advice of the real prez"nt
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:31 PM
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7. He understood the limits and that's why he tried to expand those limits.
Why should he be limited by laws he just signed. Why not ADD a signing statement. Then he, as a result, could become the legislative branch also.

It goes on and on. I'm pretty sure his real father was Satan.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:33 PM
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8. bush understood nothing..and neither did his handler,
cheney.

They're all rewriting history now..and the fuckers have the corporate media to help.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 04:20 PM
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9. That is why he wanted to be a dictator
To have unlimited power.
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 04:48 PM
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10. He couldn't be bothered w/ that detail.
He got to wear cool socks, boots, jackets & boxers w/ the pretzeldential seal on them and nobody else did! (I may have made up the part about the boxers).
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 05:35 PM
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11. Bush didn't know the limits of lunch
Let alone presidential power. He governed as if he didn't have a clue of "limits".

He was a wartime preznit.
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 05:52 PM
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12. Don't need to respect something in order to understand it. (nt)
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 06:06 PM
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13. Bush did understand the limits of presidential power ...
but he understood better the fact that nobody was going to report his blasting past the limits in his rocket-powered race car ...
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