Go Bernie!
"For the last six years," says Sanders, "it is clear that we have had a president that does not understand what the Constitution of the United States is about. What this president believes, essentially, is that he can do anything he wants, at any time, against anybody, in the name of fighting terrorism. And he happens to believe that the "war on terrorism" is unending; it's going to go on indefinitely. And I think it is very important that we have an Attorney General who can explain the Constitution to a President who clearly does not understand it.
Unfortunately, Mr. Mukasey is not that person."
Adds Sanders, "We have the right to demand an Attorney General who supports strongly the Constitution and is prepared to tell the President of the United States when he is acting against the Constitution."
In addition to waterboarding, Sanders points to constitutional violations under former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, including data mining, warrantless wiretapping, politically motivated pogroms within the Office of the U.S. Attorney, suspension of habeas corpus, and the indefinite detention of "enemy combatants" at Guantanamo Bay.
"The time is long overdue," says Sanders, "for [Congress] begin to stand up and explain to this president, who thinks that he can veto virtually every piece of legislation we send him; that ignores the Constitution of this country -- I think it is time that we begin to stand up."
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Sen._Bernie_Sanders_Bush_clearly_does_1109.html
2 comments:
The Gerbil's family brought his degree and he's proud to say it. Now the Media brushes it off but the facts are there to be seen and the idiot Gerbil says it himself.
There is more than the constitution the Gerbil does not understand, unfortunatley way more, but he is Cheney's puppet, and Cheney understands what he is doing, and getting away with it because the puppet gets the blame.
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