Tsunami in a Teapot
After the House race / special election in Mississippi that everyone is talking about, there is definitely a Democratic surge in the air for November. Possible veto-proof majorities in either house or both.
Too bad the Executive has All Power and Authority now.
Look, I may have been overly pessimistic about the Presidential election in November. I don’t know. (See lyrics Paul Simon, Something So Right at end of post). But if I’m right, and it’s McCain, then we haven’t voted for the next President of the United States. We have voted for the next Supreme and Exalted Poobah.
There’s no doubt John McCain subscribes to the Bush Doctrine that Congress has no authority. If you question that, just ask him how long he’ll be in office before Harriet Myers & friends comply with the duly executed Congressional subpoenas to testify before Congress in the USAG case. Whether amnesty for law-breaking telcos is enough, or if full Presidential pardons with Medal of Honors on top are in order. Who gets to declare wars, who appropriates money for war, who makes rules for the regulation of the armed forces in both war- and peace-time. Ask him to name a Congressional authority that he, the POTUS, has to respect. You get my drift. After eight years of Bush, every talking head on teevee & practically every person sitting in their living room has the mistaken notion that the Constitution says that the executive branch is solely responsible for national security. Does Johnny McCain strike you as the type to just casually revert to sanity on stuff like this? I didn’t think so.
Anyway. Your promised lyrics:
When something goes wrong, I’m the first to admit.
The first to admit, and the last one to know.
When something goes right, well it’s likely to lose me.
Oh, it’s apt to confuse me.
‘Cause it’s such an unusual sight.
I am living proof that Republicans are sick of Republicans. My disappointment with the party will stay with me for the rest of my life and I will never pay any attention to a damn thing they say ever again.
I have analyzed my belief that Barack is unelectable and came to the conclusion that my belief was based more on a lack of faith in the American people than it was anything else so I am backing off of my “unelectable” position.
Look. I can guarantee you that I will disagree with Obama politically more than I will agree with him. I know that going in. But if he loses it won’t be because I didn’t vote for him. And I will defend that vote come hell or high waters over the next 4 or 8 years if he wins.
To hell with the Republican party. I am done with them. If that makes me a Democrat by default then so be it.
But when it comes to all power and authority the executive has always had it when you get right down to it.
Abraham Lincoln makes GWB look bush league in comparison.
I am anxiously awaiting Obama’s first signing statement saying this is the law but I by god don’t have to follow it.
That will be a hoot and I can’t wait to hear the screams of disbelief from the other side.