OrionWorks wrote: > >From Richard, > > >> Unless, and this can be troubling ...we have already elected our last >> President. By executive order, the President can now "put off" the next >> election. Yes! the power is in place because executive orders now in place >> permit this "if" a national emergency is declared. >> The existing President can declare a national emergency just as he "declared >> war" in Afghanistan and Iraq. >> Richard >> > > Following up on the same "source": There is the possibility that if > McCain became incapacitated before the the elections are over the > Republicans could wrangle a legal maneuver to stop the orderly > succession of the executive branch. This is why I hope McCain will at > least survives the elections. Incidentally, if this remote possibility > does play out it would obviously mean that Bush would remain in office > - and Bush SOOOO MUCH wants out. He's had it. After the Katrina > disaster it finally dawned on him that "the decider" doesn't really > have all that much executive power to to make national decisions, or > to put it more succinctly, he has finally become more aware of the > fact that few in his administration respect his decision making > powers. It is my understanding that Bush actually wanted to send much > more aid to NO than what was actually sent. He also wanted to make > another public stance (a rousing speech) similar to what he did after > 9/11 at ground zero. He felt he was at his best then. Apparently, his > aids nixed those decisions primarily because NO is comprised mostly of > poor non-republican voters.
Do you by any chance have online sources for that? If so I'd love it if you'd post 'em. Tx... > His aids told Bush the administration > really doesn't have the extra man-power and supplies to spare since > all of our national resources are currently up in Iraq right now > fighting against the insurgency. Bush, instead, had to take it on the > chin, so to speak, the brunt of the criticism as the press and public > vilified his apparent lack of insight into handling the NO disaster. > Apparently, Bush no longer thinks being the prez is all that much fun > anymore. > > Owning another baseball team is probably looking a lot more attractive > to Bush these days. > > Again, take this all with a grain of salt. > > I just hope McCain makes it through the elections. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > >
