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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: Mr. Palau who wrote (26324)2/23/2008 12:03:23 AM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
" look to NRO, who said his signing of the bill was craven and showed lack of gumption. Kinda like lack of intestinal fortitude."

I have noticed that people are less respectful when they are criticizing. It is certainly true that the Republican party tolerates diverse opinion much more than democrats seem to.

Just as I defended your right to be offended over something that others perceived as no big deal, I have the right to find it offensive. That NRO would have been offended by President Bush not vetoing M-F is not a huge surprise.

The president rationalized this dereliction with the modern public official’s all-purpose dodge: abdication to the federal judiciary. “I expect,” he explained, “that the courts will resolve these legitimate legal questions as appropriate under the law.” And what of his own responsibility to resolve these questions as the principal officer sworn to defend the Constitution of the United States? Nope. It was, he said, up to the judges to do what he lacked the gumption to do: reject infringement of the sovereign’s — the people’s — fundamental right to criticize their government."

Thanks. I recalled him abdicating his authority to uphold the Constitution with what appeared at the time hope that the Supremes would do what he refused to do.
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