result #112424 - MORE EVIDENCE THAT BUSH THINKS LIKE A DICTATOR?

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MORE EVIDENCE THAT BUSH THINKS LIKE A DICTATOR?

[+] serious ballot by cranky
ACTIVE Feb 18,2007 - Fri Nov 13, 09

White House Advisers Searching for Ways to ‘Bypass Congress Altogether’

President Bush is “struggling for relevancy in the same way many other second-term presidents have,” Newsweek observed recently. “But Bush’s burden seems much harder than other presidents in recent memory.” 71 percent of Americans see Bush as a “lame duck” president, and 58 percent “wish the Bush presidency were simply over.”

U.S. News reports that conservatives have seen the writing on the wall and are now advising Bush to “jump start” his final two years by pushing through as much as he can by executive fiat:

With President Bush unable to get much traction so far in moving his agenda through Congress or in improving his job-approval ratings with the public, White House advisers are casting about for ways to jump-start his final two years, including issuing executive orders to get things done without having to ask for support from the Democratic-controlled Congress.

“He should get a list of the executive orders for the last 200 years, as a guide, and choose what he wants to do,” says an informal Bush adviser. One proposal that fiscal conservatives are pushing is to halve all capital-gains taxes, as a way to encourage investment and job creation.

Some conservatives argue that even if Bush somehow regains his political footing, whatever he might work out with the Democratic majority in Congress wouldn’t be very good legislation, so he should go the executive-order route and bypass Congress altogether.

Bush has already begun to implement the strategy. Last month, Bush signed Executive Order 12866 to put political appointees — rather than experienced civil servants — in charge of regulatory agencies. The order would “give the White House much greater control over the rules and policy statements that the government develops to protect public health, safety, the environment, civil rights and privacy.” Columbia Law School professor Peter L. Strauss said the move “achieves a major increase in White House control over domestic government. … Having lost control of Congress, the president is doing what he can to increase his control of the executive branch.” (Think Progress)

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Is this simply more evidence that George W. Bush thinks and acts like a dictator, rather than the president of a representative democracy?

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COMMENTS:
Voted : Yes
Two years is a long time. A lot of damage can be done. I still don't understand why there isn't even a mention of impeachment for this maniac and the real president, Cheney.

by mojo on Sun Feb 18, 07 6:03am [+]

Voted : Yes
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They won't do what you never told them you wanted them to do.

by passiveson on Sun Feb 18, 07 8:05am [+]

Voted : Yes
Nothing new here. Signing statements, redefining torture, extending the Patriot Act...

by skylab on Sun Feb 18, 07 8:18am [+]

Lets put this in perspective. Many presidents have used executive orders to implement all kinds of things they knew they could not get through congress. While I don't agree with Bush's strategy or what he wants to do, perhaps you could explain why Jimmy Carter signed Executive Order 12148. This executive order was only the most massive power grab in history by the executive branch. It allows the implementation of a dictatorship complete with forced labor, seizure or all property and resources and martial law. It is completely contradictory to everything found in the constitution. Anything Bush has done - even everything combined is far less than the authorization of a dictatorship.

So, if Bush decides to become a dictator, he should thank Saint Carter for giving him the authority to do so.

by FiddleFaddleOnLSD on Sun Feb 18, 07 8:39am [+]

Excellent Ballot Cranky 023

I don't know what Jimmy Carter has to do with the Ballot question FFLSD, However, I am certain that you and Black_Larva/TNG believe you can make the connection 005

I have to go with what mojo, passiveson and skylab added (they answered the ballot question unlike two others who decided to travel out into left field) 017

Anyway, Bush and his croonies has always operated under a dictationship system, he will continue to do so until he leaves the Oval Office...Bush suffers from the entitlement mentality and his supports aren't too far behind that idiot 025

by Barbara_Baby_Cakes on Sun Feb 18, 07 11:59am [+]

Correction:...entitlement mentality and his *supporters*...

by Barbara_Baby_Cakes on Sun Feb 18, 07 12:02pm [+]

Voted : Yes
Should I start investing in brown shirts, or just move to Canada now?

by Truthseeker013 on Sun Feb 18, 07 12:31pm [+]

I thought you believed Bush couldn't think cranky...

by Guest User from [195.93.21.102] on Sun Feb 18, 07 11:33pm [+]

" I don't know what Jimmy Carter has to do with the Ballot question FFLSD"

He has a lot to do with it. Anything Bush has done so far pales in comparison to that executive order. It was the biggest power grab in US history. BTW I forgot something - it also allows for people to be held indefinitely without trial.

AND like I said... you may think Bush is a dictator but if he decides to actually take control as one, I am quite sure he will use that order as giving him the authority to do so.

BBC, you just cannot accept the FACT that Jimmy Carter is just as corrupt as any of the others who have been president since. Take off the blinders. He may have done some good things but he also has a lot of black marks next to his name. A review of history would show you that. I'm quite sure though that you have been thoroughly indoctrinated in the cult of Jimmy Carter. I used to be in it but I broke free when I learned more about him.

So Bush is a dictator? Who gave him the right to impose martial law? Carter.

That is clearly relevant.

by FiddleFaddleOnLSD on Sun Feb 18, 07 11:41pm [+]

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