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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:46 PM Original message |
Bush just gave himself the line-item-veto. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. And he told us about it the SOTU last night, with a giggle and a smirk. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. 350 more days of this Silver Spoon Sociopath |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Is it? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. With Pelosi smiling right behind him. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Umm. yeah...that's unconstitutional ya dickhead.... |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. "Unconstitutional"? HAH! In Bush's America, there's no such thing. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. damn piece of paper.... * waits for national archives to go up in flames * |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. dems have been fairly powerless in congress. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. ah, but you're wrong |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Well, only after the sub-committee publishes the result of their investigation. |
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ProgressiveFool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Brows will be furrowed! Arms will be crossed, and feet tapping angrily! /nt |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. They'll hit him hard and fast |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pathetic. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. not much they can do with out 60 votes to impeach him |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It is time for the end run. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. 51% to impeach. Two thirds to convict. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's worse than that! It only takes effect NEXT YEAR! That means |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Doesn't matter...it's STILL un-constitutional...The first two years of the next Presidency will be.. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I wonder if it's possible to issue ONE blanket Ex. Order to |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Kind like Joe Pesci in my Cousin Vinny? "Ya honor, everything that guy just said is BULLSHIT." |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. The next president... |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Congress has the power *and responsability* to recind exe orders |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I remember Shrub overturned a few of Clinton's when he first took |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yea a president *can* do it... |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not quite correct |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Constitution is so 1990s. |
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UALRBSofL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Correct me if I'm wrong |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. the line item veto is unconstitutional, but this isn't a line item veto |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. I believe that he is saying he will reject the whole shootin match |
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Iwasthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm tellin ya... he also does NOT plan to leave office |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. He sure as hell doesn't ACT like a guy who's planning to leave, does he? nm |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm glad so many DUers think that the Democratic Congressional leadership/majority is helpless to do |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. The Bush Crime family has something on the leadership |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. No, Congress will do nothing, and since the courts are Republican, his order will not be ruled uncon |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. his order wont' be ruled unconstitutional because its not |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
25. Next up: Crowning himself King George. |
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Scriptor Ignotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. well I guess a Democratic President will get it too |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. actually, he didn't give himself a line item veto or do anything unconstitutional |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You are totally full of crap. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. you are totally wrong |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. Constitution? You mean that damn piece of &((^*( paper! |
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