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"S. D. Finch" |
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14 Jan 2006 03:12:40 PM |
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Gore to Address "Constitutional Crisis" |
Gore to Address "Constitutional Crisis"
by John Nichols
The vice president will, according to the groups that have arranged
for his appearance -- the bipartisan Liberty Coalition and the American
Constitution Society for Law and Policy -- address "the threat posed by
policies of the Bush Administration to the Constitution and the checks and
balances it created. The speech will specifically point to domestic
wiretapping and torture as examples of the administration's efforts to
extend executive power beyond Congressional direction and judicial review."
Coming only a few weeks after U.S. Representative John Conyers, the
ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, introduced resolutions to
censure President Bush and Vice President Cheney, and to explore the issue
of impeachment, Gore in expected to "make the case that the country --
including the legislative and judicial branches and all Americans -- must
act now to defend the systems put into place by the country's founders to
curb executive power or risk permanent and irreversible damage to the
Constitution."
Don't expect a direct call for impeachment from the former vice
president. But do expect Gore to make reference to Richard Nixon, whose
abuses of executive authority led to calls for his impeachment -- a fate the
37th president avoided by resigning in 1974.
Gore's speech will add fuel to the fire that was ignited when it was
revealed that Bush had secretly authorized National Security Agency to
monitor communications in the United States without warrants. Gore will
argue that the domestic wiretapping policy is only the latest example of the
administration exceeding its authority under the Constitution.
With a Congressional inquiry into Bush's repeated violations of the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act scheduled to begin in February -- and
with Bush already preparing to pitch an Nixon-style defense that suggests it
is appropriate for the executive branch to violate the law when national
security matters are involved -- Gore will articulate the more traditional
view that reasonable checks and balances are required even in a time of war.
And he will do so in a bipartisan context that will make it tougher for
Republican critics to dismiss the former vice president's assertion that the
Constitution is still the law of the land.
Former U.S. Representative Bob Barr, the Georgia Republican who served
as one of the most conservative members of the House, plans to introduce
Gore. Barr, an outspoken critic of the abuses of civil liberties contained
in the USA Patriot Act critic who has devoted his post-Congressional years
to defending the Bill of Rights, refers to the president's secret
authorization of domestic wiretapping as "an egregious violation of the
electronic surveillance laws."
Count on Gore, who has pulled few punches in the speeches he has
delivered in recent months, to be at least as caustic.
An expanded paperback edition of John Nichols' biography of Vice
President ***** Cheney, The Rise and Rise of Richard B. Cheney: Unlocking the
Mysteries of the Most Powerful Vice President in American History (The New
Press: 2005), is available nationwide at independent bookstores and at
www.amazon.com. The book features an exclusive interview with Joe Wilson and
a chapter on the vice president's use and misuse of intelligence.
Publisher's Weekly describes the book as "a Fahrenheit 9/11 for Cheney" and
Esquire magazine says it "reveals the inner Cheney."
© Copyright 2006 The Nation
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| User: "The Pervert" |
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15 Jan 2006 05:41:17 AM |
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"S. D. Finch" <tops@heart.net> wrote in message
news:cPdyf.8800$dW3.7170@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
Publisher's Weekly describes the book as "a Fahrenheit 9/11 for Cheney"
and
So we can figure it's total ***** and save our money. Thanks for the
heads up.
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| User: "Turk" |
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| Title: Re: Gore to Address "Constitutional Crisis" |
15 Jan 2006 10:07:48 AM |
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"The Pervert" <pervert12@spambad.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:geCdnWzFK8cjqFfenZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@comcast.com...
"S. D. Finch" <tops@heart.net> wrote in message
news:cPdyf.8800$dW3.7170@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
Publisher's Weekly describes the book as "a Fahrenheit 9/11 for Cheney"
and
So we can figure it's total ***** and save our money. Thanks for the
heads up.
You can't seem to get your ostrich ead out of Bush's *****. Not
surprised.
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| User: "The Pervert" |
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| Title: Re: Gore to Address "Constitutional Crisis" |
15 Jan 2006 12:52:56 PM |
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"Turk" <tops@heart.net> wrote in message
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"The Pervert" <pervert12@spambad.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"S. D. Finch" <tops@heart.net> wrote in message
news:cPdyf.8800$dW3.7170@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
Publisher's Weekly describes the book as "a Fahrenheit 9/11 for Cheney"
and
So we can figure it's total ***** and save our money. Thanks for the
heads up.
You can't seem to get your ostrich ead out of Bush's *****. Not
surprised.
And not too bright, either. I've never been a Bush fan. Clearly, then, you
spoke from ignorance, not to mention your abundant stupidity. But not being
a Bush fan doesn't mean I'll swallow ***** from your side, either.
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| User: "S. D. Finch" |
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15 Jan 2006 02:24:45 PM |
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"The Pervert" <pervert12@spambad.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"Turk" <tops@heart.net> wrote in message
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"The Pervert" <pervert12@spambad.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"S. D. Finch" <tops@heart.net> wrote in message
news:cPdyf.8800$dW3.7170@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
Publisher's Weekly describes the book as "a Fahrenheit 9/11 for
Cheney"
and
So we can figure it's total ***** and save our money. Thanks for
the
heads up.
You can't seem to get your ostrich ead out of Bush's *****. Not
surprised.
And not too bright, either. I've never been a Bush fan. Clearly, then,
you
spoke from ignorance, not to mention your abundant stupidity. But not
being
a Bush fan doesn't mean I'll swallow ***** from your side, either.
My side? HAHAHAA! Another Bush apologist who thinks Bush is a football
coach.
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| User: "The Pervert" |
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16 Jan 2006 04:01:10 AM |
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"S. D. Finch" <tops@heart.net> wrote in message
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"The Pervert" <pervert12@spambad.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"Turk" <tops@heart.net> wrote in message
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"The Pervert" <pervert12@spambad.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"S. D. Finch" <tops@heart.net> wrote in message
news:cPdyf.8800$dW3.7170@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
Publisher's Weekly describes the book as "a Fahrenheit 9/11 for
Cheney"
and
So we can figure it's total ***** and save our money. Thanks for
the
heads up.
You can't seem to get your ostrich ead out of Bush's *****. Not
surprised.
And not too bright, either. I've never been a Bush fan. Clearly, then,
you
spoke from ignorance, not to mention your abundant stupidity. But not
being
a Bush fan doesn't mean I'll swallow ***** from your side, either.
My side?
Yes. It's called The Losing Side.
HAHAHAA! Another Bush apologist who thinks Bush is a football
coach.
Yet you have never been willing or able to quote anything that would
substantiate your (usual) lying ***** that I'm some imagined "Bush
apologist." I do, on the other hand, have quotes of yours that clearly show
you to be a liar (and not a very good one), and not too terribly bright (if
you expect your ***** to be accepted as having any validity.
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| User: "ToltRiverMan" |
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14 Jan 2006 07:32:53 PM |
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If the Democrats really want to commit suicide go ahead and try and
impeach the president for tapping into terrorist communications. I bet
Karl Rove is just itching for the next campaign. I can see his
campaign slogan. "Vote Democratic to Ensure the Rights of Terrorists".
Maybe even a video with a raghead talking on the phone with a caption
"The Democrats Want to Protect the Rights of Terrorists" fade to the
Twinn Towers crashing down. Yeah I'm sure that will play well in
America and earn the Democrats lots of votes.
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| User: "sleeper" |
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14 Jan 2006 10:45:04 PM |
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"ToltRiverMan" <gwattier@aol.com> waxed rhapsodic in
news:1137288773.062312.205600@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
Karl Rove is just itching for the next campaign. I can see his
campaign slogan. "Vote Democratic to Ensure the Rights of Terrorists".
i'd bet it's pretty difficult to run a campaign from a jail cell.
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| User: "Rick Hohensee" |
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| Title: Re: Gore to Address "Constitutional Crisis" |
15 Jan 2006 02:15:17 AM |
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The Constitutional Cure...
Hohensee-Feingold Amendment http://www.smart.net/~humbubba
--
Rick (Richard Allen) Hohensee Party of one
candidate, President of the United States of America
humbubba@smart.net Maryland, USA
Ground troops out of Iraq Put the CIA under INS
Semi-legalize drugs Prosecute Bush Tighten the borders
Isolate Israel Tax churches halve military aquisitions
platform http://www.smart.net/~humbubba/platform
In article <1137288773.062312.205600@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
ToltRiverMan <gwattier@aol.com> wrote:
If the Democrats really want to commit suicide go ahead and try and
impeach the president for tapping into terrorist communications. I bet
Karl Rove is just itching for the next campaign. I can see his
campaign slogan. "Vote Democratic to Ensure the Rights of Terrorists".
Maybe even a video with a raghead talking on the phone with a caption
"The Democrats Want to Protect the Rights of Terrorists" fade to the
Twinn Towers crashing down. Yeah I'm sure that will play well in
America and earn the Democrats lots of votes.
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