Dana Perino, unhinged.....Pt. VI

from ThinkProgress:



Perino: Iraq Agreement ‘Not Subject’ To Congressional ‘Yes-Or-No’, Regardless Of What ‘Other Countries’ Do»

In November, President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued a “Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship.” Recently, the Bush administration has refused to say whether it believes there is “a constitutional requirement” for the White House to “consult with Congress…in the commitment of U.S. forces in a battle zone.”

Yesterday, Ambassador Ryan Crocker stated that the status of force agreement (SOFA) would be negotiated with Iraq as an “executive agreement,” which he said did not require congressional approval. Crocker also said that the Iraqi government would submit the agreement to its parliament, even though the White House refused to do the same for Congress.

During today’s White House briefing, Press Secretary Dana Perino reiterated that, regardless of what the Iraqi parliament might do, the U.S. Congress would be shut out of its advise and consent role:



Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/perino-iraq-agreement/


In fact, there is nothing precluding the White House from submitting the agreement to Congress. Indeed, as Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) pointed out yesterday, negotiating such a treaty without Senate approval would represent a break from past practice. In 1951, for example, the Senate ratified a U.S./NATO SOFA to preside over the hundreds of thousands of U.S. forces stationed in over 40 countries, including Germany and Japan.

Conservative columnist George Will wrote recently, “Hundreds of such agreements, major (e.g., NATO) and minor (the Reagan administration’s security commitment to the Marshall Islands and Micronesia), have been submitted to Congress.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/perino-iraq-agreement/

Who knows if it will last

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3134134&mesg_id=3134234

Perino is yet another in a long line of evasive press secretaries.

Please, God. Make the time go faster.

Well, I cannot wait until the "executive" "agrees" to appoint McCain as the next Leader (The Presidency exists only under the Constitution, which doesn't really exist anymore).

Because there will be the inevitable yammering and whining from the usual corners about how President Obama or Clinton isn't respecting the other co-equal branches of our government by forging ahead with his or her program and not ceding appropriate deference to the likes of Sen. Lieberman or Rep. Boehner.

The appropriate response will be a hearty laugh and a "fuck you."

Maybe even the whole world. And I lay this derangement at the feet of W and the BFEE and their NeoCon fascist supporters.

Time to tell these parasites where to get off. Preferably over open seas far from land or ship.

This could be the basis for an Iranian Attack.