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Lanny Davis: Still A Bush Rubber Stamp

Glenn Greenwald explains how Lanny Davis mirrors his buddy Lieberman as the Fox Democrat, this time on Bush's illegal warrantless surveillance:

[E]ven if Lanny Davis and the other Republicans on the panel think the President is using his illegal powers carefully, his conduct is no less illegal. Why is it necessary even to point that out? This has been the obvious and paramount point from the beginning, as I wrote in my book (at pages 25, 60) (emphasis in original):
The heart of the matter is that the president broke the law, deliberately and repeatedly, no matter what his rationale was for doing so. We do not have a system of government in which the president has the right to violate laws, even if he believes doing so will produce good results. . . .
. . . In a system that operates according to the rule of law, what matters is what the law says, not what Lanny Davis or the other members of some meaningless ad hoc council think. The fundamental issue here is not what sort of privacy protections the NSA program does or does not provide; the problem is that the NSA program does not comply with the law. . . . This is a BIG DEAL. A constitutional system of government cannot tolerate a chief executive who operates outside of the law, even if, in doing so, he implements policies that Lanny Davis thinks are swell. There is no 'Lanny Davis exception' to the rule of law.

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    Here's Your Sign (5.00 / 1) (#18)
    by john horse on Fri Dec 01, 2006 at 05:53:39 AM EST
    re: Lanny Davis being a Bush rubber stamp.

    Representative elect Carrie Meek is asking people what should be done with the Rubber Stamp prop now that the Democrats have won control of Congress.

    I suggest he give it to Lanny Davis.

    To borrow a line from Bill Engvall "Lanny Davis, here's your sign!"

    So what (none / 0) (#1)
    by Che's Lounge on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 05:53:09 PM EST
     if I broke the law. I did carefully.

    So much for differing opinions (none / 0) (#2)
    by jarober on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 07:36:15 PM EST
    I guess there's only one valid opinion for Democrats to have, and anyone who holds a different one is a heretic...

    It's Clinton's fault (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by Repack Rider on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 08:00:24 PM EST
    Just so we're clear, why don't you think the president should be bound by the Constitution?

    If you do not agree with the limits on the presidency imposed by the Consitution, what limits do you approve of?

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    You missed the point (none / 0) (#4)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 08:34:47 PM EST
    Read it again.


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    Sigh (none / 0) (#5)
    by jarober on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 08:35:28 PM EST
    I think he is bound by the Constitution, and hasn't done any damage to it.  I'm far, far more alarmed by the ongoing "war on drugs" than I am by anything the Bush administration has done - especially given the fact that the war on drugs has bi-partisan support.  Heck, the RICO law all by itself does more damage than anything done in the last 6 years.

    Likewise, I'm far more worried about "campaign finance reform" (or should I say "no free speech for you, and increased protection for all incumbents") -   pushed by 4 people for whom I have absolutely no remaining respect: McCain, Feingold, Shays, and Meehan.  The 4 of them can't seem to read; the First Amendment is a mystery to them.

    So go ahead, obsess over the faux violations of the administration, and just ignore the real problems.

    He (none / 0) (#6)
    by aw on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:00:49 PM EST
    Missed it again, then changes the subject.

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    I (none / 0) (#7)
    by aw on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:04:34 PM EST
    think he kinda missed it on purpose though.  How else would you go from "breaking the law" to "damage" to the constitution.

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    I would too... (none / 0) (#8)
    by Edger on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:04:40 PM EST
    ...if I was him. On purpose.

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    Edger (none / 0) (#9)
    by aw on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:10:00 PM EST
    I hope you have an endless supply of those funny things you link to.  I'm coming to expect them.

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    google image search (none / 0) (#10)
    by Edger on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:15:18 PM EST
    can find an image illustrating almost any thought that crosses my mind. These wingnut provide an endless source of dark imagery, I've noticed.

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    But they... (none / 0) (#11)
    by Edger on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:26:15 PM EST
    ...can't help themselves.

    They constantly define themselves.

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    Hmmm, an interesting exercise to try (none / 0) (#12)
    by aw on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:40:14 PM EST
    I've searched google images hundreds of times, but I've never thought of looking for an image to illustrate my thoughts, I always just look for a specific type of image.  I imagine "lilypads" would not take me to the places that decorate with your dark images.

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    Well, for example... (none / 0) (#13)
    by Edger on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:44:19 PM EST
    ...for those two images above iI did an image search on "bush war criminal". It gives back quite an assortment. Not surprisingly. ;-)

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    Wow (none / 0) (#14)
    by aw on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:47:09 PM EST
    Look what this image search for disgust turned up.  
    Disgust

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    Computers... (none / 0) (#15)
    by Edger on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:51:54 PM EST
    are pretty smart, huh?

    Smarter than "right wing nuts". ;-)

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    Smarter than (none / 0) (#17)
    by aw on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:59:31 PM EST
    Mr. Blobby

    Okay. I quit.  We've run out of "nests" here, but I just had to work Mr. Blobby in.

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    Eccch. Yummy. (none / 0) (#19)
    by Edger on Fri Dec 01, 2006 at 07:09:38 AM EST
    Bush Speaks is anothe good source of pertinent pictures and parodies, as well as Internet Weekly Report

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    google just the word "failure" (none / 0) (#20)
    by Bill Arnett on Fri Dec 01, 2006 at 01:20:17 PM EST
    Heh! (none / 0) (#21)
    by Edger on Fri Dec 01, 2006 at 01:30:34 PM EST
    Google works!

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    LMAO, everyone should try it! (none / 0) (#22)
    by Bill Arnett on Fri Dec 01, 2006 at 01:36:57 PM EST
    It's late... (none / 0) (#16)
    by Edger on Thu Nov 30, 2006 at 09:56:31 PM EST
    ...tomorrow comes early. I'm out of here. Good night.