Is George Bush a Despot as outlined in the Declaration of Independence?

Question

"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

Excerpt from The Declaration of Independence.

For those U.S. citizen who have not read it you should before attempting to answer this question.

Wow some of you conservative types are a really contemptible bunch. Can't stand a little debate and questioning in this democratic society?

Sheesh some of you are downright hateful. You give our society a bad name

"Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it."
-- Mark Twain

Answer 1

Well, we haven't made it to "absolute Despotism" yet, but you can bet georgie is working on it.

P.S. For those who are convinced that bush is a good President, I feel sorry for you. Your children and your grandchildren will be hard put to correct the mistakes made so far. Most times when a President screws up, you won't see it, but they will, and they will suffer because of it.

Answer 2

Bush claims "executive privilege" to all of the so-called abuses of power. He claims that congress and the constitution allows him the power to run secret programs like the NSA spying or the SWIFT banking program. He claims that it is in the interest of 'NATIONAL SECURITY".

"Executive privilege is a right to withhold information from the legislative and judicial branches by the President or by one of the executive departments. There is question of whether the right exists at all, a question that has lingered since the very first President, George Washington, asserted executive privilege in his very first term. Most times, executive privilege is asserted for purported national security reasons. Washington, however, asserted the privilege when the House requested details of the Jay Treaty - his rationale is that the House has no role in treaty-making and hence no right to request the documents. In modern times, Bill Clinton refused to simply comply with an order to appear before a grand jury, and instead negotiated terms under which he would appear. Richard Nixon's is the most infamous use of executive privilege, and while the Supreme Court, in U.S. v Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), recognized that there exists a need for some secrecy in the executive branch, but that the secrecy cannot be absolute. The Court ordered Nixon to turn over tapes and documents that a special prosecutor had subpoenaed. More recently, the minutes and records of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force were requested and denied based on executive privilege. This case made its way to the Supreme Court, but is still active".

Answer 3

Hmmm I believe it would be a stretch. But it does remind me of a quote:

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."

– President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952

Answer 4

NO!
LOOk LIB you lost. Get over it already. He's not a Despot, dictaor, Nazi or anything else. The fact is your views are not the majority in the US and you don't like it. Thus Your question......

Answer 5

bush is really a good pres its just you stupid libs who are skewing the media to brainwash everyone into believing that bush is wrong, many of you forget that there are three branches of government, everything that bush does goes through the over two branches as well, bush may propose something, but it takes the other branches to agree with him to get his idea turned into something real.

Answer 6

I think despot connotes a certain pattern of behavoir.Bush is a very random idiot.lol

Answer 7

He's just an idiot with rich parents.

Answer 8

Are you the Calhoun?? (Algonquin J. Calhoun)....

Answer 9

no but I think you are