I am reminded of the visiting lecturer in my Roman Civilization class, trying to explain without overt obscenity the use of the Latin term 'mentula' as an insult to a politician. She did it by throwing a picture of our current Vice President on the screen with the caption "Dick".
Pat, grinning ear to ear. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ ______________________________ Mas sabio que el oso medio! >From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <brin-l@mccmedia.com> >To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> >Subject: RE: VP not part of Executive Branch? >Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:48:58 -0500 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On > > Behalf Of Robert Seeberger > > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 3:59 PM > > To: Killer Bs Discussion > > Subject: Re: VP not part of Executive Branch? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> > > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 2:26 PM > > Subject: RE: VP not part of Executive Branch? > > > > > > > > Heh! I don't think anyone who is feeling reasonable would cast this as > > anything other than a polemic. But I think it is important because of > > the growing numbers of people who are coming to believe in this and > > similar polemics and abandoning belief in polemics that would support > > VP Dick. > >It's interesting, though, that the support for Bush's terrorist policy is >at, roughly, 50-50, while his overall approval is down to approximately >1/3rd. > > > >> When this theory becomes problematic is when Congress authorizes > >> agencies to do specific things, the law is signed, but the POTUS is > > > > > Bush's stand on signing statements is very controversial and is fodder > > for the potential constitutional crisis I am suggesting may be > > occuring. > >I'm not so sure about that. Signing statements have never been seen to >have >any more influence than the debate during passage of a bill, and have often >been seen to have somewhat less (since the debate was not informed by a >signing statement after the bill was passed). > > > > > > > > There is a balance point, which is usually found in the tug of war > > > between > > > the executive and legislative branches. When push comes to shove, > > > the > > > courts step in, but they tend to let the elected branches of > > > government > > > fight it out for a while first. This kinda makes sense, since both > > > of these > > > branches of government are strongly influenced by what will get them > > > re-elected. > > > > I think that is just good sense on the part of the courts. > >Yup....and we see it playing out now. Republican Senators are leaving Bush >in droves. > > > > To some degree those challanges are what is weakening the Bush > > presidency. Other factors include increased public opposition, > > increased congressional opposition, and a dwindling of the ranks of > > the "true believers" within the Executive. > > Circling the wagons results in smaller and smaller circles. > >It's a reasonable and natural reaction to widespread failures. > > > > > > > There may well be signs of Bush weakness in that arena, but I think > > events show that Bush is simply out of step with his own party. > > Rather, he is in opposition to his own party. > > In this particular instance, it is like the head of the snake has been > > cut off and the head then proceeds to attack the tail. > >But, he pulled only a handful of Republicans with him on the last vote. >Think about the welfare reform and free trade initiatives of Clinton. He >pulled many more Democrats with him, although the liberal wing of the >Democratic party was against welfare reform and labor was against free >trade. I would think that a strong Bush, basking in the glory of a >successful Iraq policy, would have been able to get many more Republicans >behind a grand immigration compromise. > >Dan M. > > >_______________________________________________ >http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
