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rulemylife -> RE: Poor Dick (4/21/2009 8:13:18 PM)
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ORIGINAL: SteelofUtah
No Election just appointed him as the Political Figurehead of the country.
Then what exactly do you think the Presidency is if not the political figurehead of the country?
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And you may wanna look as how Congress works because Bush was not the one who cast the deciding vote on what where or who we attack. You give him too much credit. You have a Political Process the President cannot just up and decide you know what I'm gunna blow up France, it just doesn't work that way.
Yeah, unfortunately it does. The President as Commander-in-Chief has the authority to order troops into action without the consent of Congress.
He doesn't have the authority to declare war, but Presidents have bypassed that for years. I don't think we have had an actual declared war since WWII.
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As to what Bush said when he said you are with us or against us, I am sure we could play with the semantics of that all day long, ultimatly what I heard was "We won't just stand by and watch, when threatened we will fight back" however whatever he meant you are correct he did not speak for the whole of the country.
You heard wrong.
CNN.com - 'You are either with us or against us' - November 6, 2001
Bush said he would not point out any specific countries in his speech.
"Over time it's going to be important for nations to know they will be held accountable for inactivity," he said. "You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror."
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HOWEVER, Going to foreign countries and saying that we were wrong for what we did is a matter of opinion, and not one that is sharred by many in this country and as that no election did not give him that right to speak for me in fact if depending on how you read the responsibilities of the President he is supposed to maintain a pulse of the nation and even if his own beliefs differ from that of the majority he is supposed to represent the whole Country not just those who agree with the same things he does.
I don't know how many ways I can say this is total bullshit other than to say it is total bullshit.
When Bush had a 27% approval rating did he change his policies to conform to the "pulse of the nation"?
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I do not believe America should appologise for what it has done. It went after what was believed to be a threat at the time, and not because one man thought so a majority of the congressional staff believed this as well.
I believe we did what any other country would have done considering the kind of threats we received, or do people already forget the many who died on 9/11?
I'm sorry, did I miss something here?
I don't recall Obama apologizing for going after terrorists. In fact, I recall him saying our efforts should have been focused on Afghanistan all along, which provided safe harbor and training grounds for the terrorists.
Instead of a costly diversion into Iraq while those responsible for 9/11 are still free to spread more terror.
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