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Bush Breaking New Ground in Lawbreaking
In the annals of presidential crime, George W. Bush is setting records again, this time violating a law he signed into existence less than a year ago.
By failing to appoint a White House coordinator for preventing nuclear terrorism, as required by Congress in a bill passed by a wide bipartisan margin last August, the Decider is going beyond using signing statements, as he has in the past, to invalidate legislation he doesn’t like.
This time, according to the Boston Globe, he is just ignoring the requirement for an “adviser focused solely on organizing the government to prevent terrorists from acquiring catastrophic weapons, such as a nuclear device, a radioactive ‘dirty bomb,’ or biological agents.”
3 Responses to “Bush Breaking New Ground in Lawbreaking”
“Keeping us safe” is only an excuse Bush uses to garner more power and money for himself and his friends.
Obama said if elected he would look into the crimes by the Bush administration and by Bush and Cheney in particular. I sincerely am hoping he does so. And punishes them.
This is one president that should have been impeached and it will be a scar on our history that no one had the nerve to do so. But, allowed Bush to continue and keep committing crimes against this country and world.
I agree with both of you.
The Dems didn't have the numbers or the nerve to impeach—and did not want to risk their hard-won, razor-thin majority by doing anything so controversial. Remember, the GOP suffered a backlash after impeaching the popular Bill Clinton.
By making it appear that only Bush stood between us and another terrorist attack, the WH won the battle of media spin, and an impeachment attempt of both Cheney and Bush would have been a disaster for the Dems. But that doesn't mean that they didn't richly deserve it for selling the country out to their rich, corporate buddies.