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A friend of mine told me today that a few years ago Congress gave bush the authority to suspend the next election if he deemed it nessassary...is this true?...If he did do that would you support that decsion?

2007-12-20 12:07:43 · 31 answers · asked by gdriver001 2 in Politics & Government Politics

31 answers

An interesting question. Legally, no! But when countries experiance a political coup 'd etat anything can happen. Americans believe that nothing like that can 'happen here', but history is full of cases where something that 'couldn't happen' happened. I suspect that if we had a congress that was, for instance, totally fascisti and the military went along the president could be granted special powers to rule by decree. That 's how Caesar, Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo became dictators...not to mention all the other bums that rule various thugocracies today. So far our congress hasn't done that and that's not likely to happen, but as they say, 'The price of liberty is eternal vigilance'. Bush isn't going to get the authority to suspend the next election, but let's not give him any ideas!

2007-12-21 02:53:11 · answer #1 · answered by Noah H 7 · 1 2

enable's take each and every little thing revealed at finished value and over-react! Bush isn't preserving himself united statesa.'s first dictator neither is he claiming that no longer something would properly be achieved to surrender him....the wording of the object is conflicting. The media purely like President Bush is extremely able to writing out their ___. Mr. Bush's mouth is likewise acquainted with greater efficient than what this missive leads us to have faith. With that for the duration of ideas, i will supply benefit to the fact that united statesa. needs to stand up and seem at their chosen Politicians; we want representation contained in the activity of the human beings and by potential of definition of the human beings.

2016-11-04 04:20:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

No, Congress did not give their Constitutional Powers away:

Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution Gave Congress the power to set election dates, and in 1845, the date was set for the First Monday after the First Tuesday in November every 4 years.

2007-12-20 12:12:07 · answer #3 · answered by Beau 6 · 8 2

No. Federal elections must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday every two years. Presidential elections must be held on that same day every four years. The electoral college must meet and certify the on the first Wednesday in December, following the presidential election.

2007-12-20 12:38:47 · answer #4 · answered by wichitaor1 7 · 0 1

No. Another wild story. Another wild conspiracy. Whats with you people. Your very lucky you live in a democracy. Despite what people may think of Bush, he is not a dictator and cannot and will not hold power. Quite frankly I think he has had quite enough and is looking forward to retreat to his ranch in Crawford Texas.

2007-12-20 13:23:25 · answer #5 · answered by Robert S 5 · 2 0

PRESIDENT Bush CANNOT postpone the 2008
elections It is FALSE that Congress gave PRESIDENT Bush the authority to suspend the election if necessary. I would NOT support that decision, unless the USA was attacked again like
on 9/11/01, then I would support it!

2007-12-20 12:15:19 · answer #6 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 6 4

I doubt it is true since it would be Unconstitutional, but I guess under extraordinary circumstances anything is possible. But since nothing extraordinary will happen in the next 11 months, I wouldn't worry about it. But in case you are concerned, rent "Seven Days In May", I think that is an accurate portrayal of what would happen if anyone tried to circumvent the Constitution (the U.S. Military is sworn to defend the Constitution, not a person). Futhermore, why would Pelosi and Reid vote for such a law? They hate Bush.

2007-12-20 12:17:43 · answer #7 · answered by Yo it's Me 7 · 2 4

Your friend lied to you. There is no record of such a thing (and it would have to be public record) and there is no provision in the Constitution to allow the President of the United States to declare himself King.

2007-12-20 12:48:12 · answer #8 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 2 1

After the way this nation has treated him during his time in office, what make you think he would want to extend his stay. No those BIG SHOES will leave gracefully, and with their own belongings.

2007-12-20 12:17:53 · answer #9 · answered by powerdoll 4 · 7 1

Now that's a laugher! Obvious myth put out by someone wanting to paint Bush as a banana republic dictator. Course, only liberals believe it!

2007-12-20 12:16:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6 3

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