When Will the Tyranny of the Bush Administration Stop?
The other day a Congressman's office was raided by the FBI, an arm of the Executive branch of the government (aka, King Bush's minions.) This is the first time in the history of the United States a Congressman's office was raided. If this is not a wake up call for America and even the GOP, I do not know what could possibly qualify as such. Thankfully, both sides are outraged by what can only be called a gross breach of Constitutional powers.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R) weighed in, following what colleagues describe as angry phone calls from his staff to the Justice Department. "The Founding Fathers were very careful to establish in the Constitution a separation of powers to protect Americans against the tyranny of any one branch of government. They were particularly concerned about limiting the power of the Executive Branch," he said in a statement.
"Insofar as I am aware, since the founding of our Republic 219 years ago, the Justice Department has never found it necessary to do what it did Saturday night, crossing this Separation of Powers line, in order to successfully prosecute corruption by members of Congress," he added, noting especially the need to protect "certain legislative branch documents." "Nothing I have learned in the last 48 hours leads me to believe that there was any necessity to change the precedent established over those 219 years.
This is from the Speaker of the House, the leading GOP in Congress. Needless to say, my fellow Democrats are saying things much stronger than that. All I can do from here is reiterate that Bush is out of control and needs to be stopped. Please, use the links to the right and contact your Senators and Congresspersons and let them know you think enough is enough and that it is time to impeach the fool in the White House while they still have the right to do so.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R) weighed in, following what colleagues describe as angry phone calls from his staff to the Justice Department. "The Founding Fathers were very careful to establish in the Constitution a separation of powers to protect Americans against the tyranny of any one branch of government. They were particularly concerned about limiting the power of the Executive Branch," he said in a statement.
"Insofar as I am aware, since the founding of our Republic 219 years ago, the Justice Department has never found it necessary to do what it did Saturday night, crossing this Separation of Powers line, in order to successfully prosecute corruption by members of Congress," he added, noting especially the need to protect "certain legislative branch documents." "Nothing I have learned in the last 48 hours leads me to believe that there was any necessity to change the precedent established over those 219 years.
This is from the Speaker of the House, the leading GOP in Congress. Needless to say, my fellow Democrats are saying things much stronger than that. All I can do from here is reiterate that Bush is out of control and needs to be stopped. Please, use the links to the right and contact your Senators and Congresspersons and let them know you think enough is enough and that it is time to impeach the fool in the White House while they still have the right to do so.
posted by AzLib at 10:22 PM
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