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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:21 AM Original message |
Should a US President of any Party be able to declare an American citizen |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. you should poll this question |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Try polling this question here on DU AND at other sites, including Protein Wisdom! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. No! Any President with that power is actually a monarch |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. I would like to see this question asked at a Presidential Debate |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Sad thing is, you won't see a question like this asked |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. The media is corrupt and agenda driven, so they would never... |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. Of course not - it's against everything the Constitution is supposed to stand for. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. key words being "supposed to be" |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. no, and Ried should resign for not filibustering the Millitary Commissions Act |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't think DEA Agents fighting in the "WAR" on drugs should be labeled enemy combatants. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. no one man alone should have that power imo |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. So he could name Obama or Hillary as an illegal enemy combatant |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. He got away with it once so why not? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. He could hold him long enough to keep him from winning the election. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. what time is American Idol on? |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. "USA" ~ "USA" ~ "USA" ~ "USA" |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. in many countries, full-scale riots would be taking place right now |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. IMHO, that makes THEM more deserving of self-governance than us. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Georgia, Monte-frigging-negro . . . |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Bush America, where citizenship is provisional and people have "alienable rights". nt |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Yep |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. "No person shall...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Oh c'mon |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. "A Goddamned Piece of Paper" |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Agreed! |
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NGinpa (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. No a president should not be able to do this and |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Absolutely not |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. Unless you are planning to crown them, NO |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. In ancient Rome, the addition of that power... |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. Can't there be some kind of tribunal for this? |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. The law has been suspended here in America |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. Oh and don't forget this gem, which gives * the power to call out the armed forces for ANY reason HE |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. "Enemy Combatant" - fiction invented by criminals to cover up war crimes |
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