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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 11:27 AM

    Some eedjit wrote:

    [reznit eedjit Sh**ter]: There are more than a few reasons to believe Bush followed the rule of law, by virtue of his powers listed in the Constitution.

    Oh, yes. The part that says "The preznit is King" and the subsequent paragraph that says that "when the preznit does it that means that it is not illegal, any plain statutory language to the contrary notwithstanding." It is Good To Be King.

    Sh**ter ignores, of course, the fact that people in Dubay's very maladministration said that what Dubya was doing was illegal, and the opinions (by Ctheney hacks and flacks) 'justifying' such were garbage and had to be retracted. But of course, these people, while distunguished lawyers, were underlings and thus could be overruled by Dubya. See paragraph 1.

    Cheers,

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