When the Founders drafted the Constitution, they had a clear understanding of tyranny. They also had a clear idea about how to prevent it from ever taking root in America. Their solution was to separate the government's powers into three co-equal branches: the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary. Each of these branches plays a vital role in our free society. Each serves as a check on the others. And to preserve our liberty, each must meet its responsibilities -- and resist the temptation to encroach on the powers the Constitution accords to others.
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The President's oath of office commits him to do his best to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." I take these words seriously. I believe these words mean what they say.
Any idea?
Oh, take a wild guess.
Got your answer clearly in mind?
And the envelope, please:
The speaker of the words shown above was none other than George Walker Bush.
Quote from George W. Bush's speech yesterday to the Federalist Society courtesy of Glenn Greenwald at Salon.
Photo of the grave of Jaime R. Barcelo Bird, Cementerio Santa Maria Madalena de Pazzis, San Juan, Puerto Rico, via Searching for Our Roots
3 comments:
...and the irony-meter goes TWINNGGGGG!!!!!
"Giggling speech writers," indeed.
I think the irony meter done broke itself permanently. Can you imagine being there and hearing him utter those words? How could the crowd not break out in raucous laughter and wet their collective pants?
Oh, that's right. It was at the Federalist Society and they never even noticed the slightest hint of self-satirization.
If I let my eyes start rolling on this one they'd roll out of my head, down the street, and all the way down to the Rio Grande a few miles away.
...splash!
Nah, then we'd have to go fishing for them...
The last time I ever listened to NPR in the car, it was Talk of the Nation circa 2001. Bush was scolding Castro for not "counting all the votes."
Damn near ran off the road, that time.
There won't be enough duct tape for this irony meter, until well after this administration.
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