Re: Hitlary Vows to Surrender to Al Qaeda In Iraq in 60 Days!

"Patriot Games" <Patriot@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> used a stick in the sand to
babble
>> It's called Congressional oversight and there is way too little of it.
>
>No.  Oversight is making sure things are legal and going satisfactorily.

First you disagree that there is too little Congressional oversight.
Then you define oversight as "making sure things are legal and going
satisfactorily" despite the fact that this administration has been a
six year concert of broken laws, signing statements and failure.

>Democrats oppose GITMO - BUT THEY WON'T CLOSE IT.
>
>Democrats oppose the Iraq War - BUT THEY KEEP PAYING FOR IT.
>
>> Far too much power has been ceded to or taken by the Executive.
>
>That is OBVIOUSLY false since the Democrats HAVE DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT.

They've been in power a year and face an entrenched lame duck.  The
executive is the commander in chief and as such has legal control of
the military.  It's his job to do something about Iraq and Gitmo and
his plan is to hang on until he can dump the problem onto somebody
else.

>> It's
>> time to cut down the Presidency a notch or two and return power to the
>> People by returning power granted to the Congress by the Constitution
>> to the Congress which has been all too willing to give those powers
>> up.
>
>Why?  Democrats REFUSE TO USE THE POWER THEY ALREADY HAVE.
>
>Clearly they deserve LESS POWER.

The CONGRESS whether Democrat, Republican or Smurf needs to reduce the
power of the EXECUTIVE.  Party politics do not enter into this
consideration.

Additionally, they've been in power for just a year and are involved
in an election year in which they are quite likely to take more seats
in Congress and the White House.  They're doing exactly what I
predicted they would do a year ago.  They're treading water,
clarifying their positions and feeding rope to the GOP.  When the Dems
have Congress *and* the White House, they'll probably become more
active at reversing some of the damage done by this administration.
And I shall enjoy watching Republican partisans whine and cry like the
little babies they are for at least the next four years.

The difference will be largely one of information.  What will ****bama
the President find out about world affairs that ****bama the candidate
doesn't know and how will that affect the policy intentions of the
candidate once elected.

Swill