Another dollop of self-serving crap
John Dean, the former Nixon WH Counsel, today appeared before a Senate Committee and spewed out the most idiotic claptrap ever to leave a man’s lips in a public setting.
No presidency that I can find in history has adopted a policy of expanding presidential powers merely for the sake of expanding presidential powers…. It has been the announced policy of the Bush/Cheney presidency, however, from its outset, to expand presidential power for its own sake,
Merely for the sake of expanding powers? Perhaps ‘for the sake of trying to catch and kill terrorists before they kill us’.
Announced policy to expand presidential power for its own sake? Announced by whom, John, and when?
I must add that never before have I felt the slightest reason to fear our government. Nor do I frighten easily. But I do fear the Bush/Cheney government (and the precedents they are creating) because this administration is caught up in the rectitude of its own self-righteousness, and for all practical purposes this presidency has remained largely unchecked by its constitutional coequals….
Listen you farking dickhead, you are not SCARED of this Administration. That old chestnut doesn’t fly. If you were scared of them you wouldn’t be talking all the shi’ite that you are. And if you are scared of them, then you DO scare easily.
I recall a morning — March 21, 1973 — that I tried to warn a president of the consequences of staying his course. I failed to convince President Nixon that morning, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Oh John, you are indeed a noble man. You tried to warn him, and he ignored you. Actually, Nixon resigned because he was caught covering something up, which couldn’t be less like the case in point. Congress was briefed, and thanks to the New York Times, this story has done the rounds in every cave from Tora Bora to Kathmandu.
I could go on, but I won’t. These has-been grandstanding pricks that the Democrats are able to dredge up on demand make me want to shoot them.
But don’t be scared John, because I won’t.
Tags: John Dean, wiretaps, censure
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spazzmomma says:
Well said Martin but get used to it hon.They’ll be parading these used menstrual pads as long as there are elections to be won and with irritating frequency as voting time nears.His only interest was touting his book,which he mentioned would be coming out soon.I wonder if the senate is going to have book of the month club hearings from now on.
Vinnie says:
Damn fine post, MacStansbury.
Damn fine.
:mrgreen:
Suricou Raven says:
The point is valid. The president does have a lot of power - is it really a good idea to put so much power in the hands of one individual? Some actions the president performs, like nominating judges, can last for decades. And the current administration is seeking more power. In the case of the wiretaps, the issue is that Bush acted illegally and then claimed effectively that ‘National security concerns and my decisions override such petty issues as the law.’
For now, conservatives are happy to see a conservative president try to become all-powerful. But when a more liberal one gets in… if the president acts as the one-person ruler of a country, then each one is going to spend much of his time trying to undo the work of the previous in an attempt to remake the country in his own image.
Martin says:
Suricou
The FISA court has affirmed that Bush did NOT overstep his authority in the course of this ‘unwarranted wiretap’ program. I could Google it and get you a link, but so can you.
Why, if this program is such a huge problem, has no Democrat, even Russ Al Feingold, proposed ending it?