Can you defend Bush's failure to uphold his oath to preserve and protect the Constitution?

Question

Does this mean I'm not on your buddies list?

Answer 1

Bush has a different view of the Constitution and our system of government. A White House lawyer who is now professor of law at Berkeley or Standford interpreted the powers of the presidency in a way that Bush liked. He said that Bush was a unitary executive, meaning that he had broad powers over Congress and the judiciary that simply were not listed in the Constitution. Following that theory, Bush began to issue signing statements at the time he signed laws that had just been passed by Congress. He would say this bill does not mean what it seems to say, this is how I interpret it, this is how I will enforce it. In effect, Bush began to legislate for Congress and interpret the laws for the judiciary. Pretty neat theory, huh? Well this is what Bush believed about the Constitution, and this is why we really need to grille the candidates on their political philosophies and ideologies.

Answer 2

I still have all the abilities and freedoms I had before Bush was in office. So, I believe he has preserved, protected, and defended the Constitution of the United States.

Answer 3

I would but when I go to the White House to do so, I just have to take a moment to stare at the Christmas Tree on the White House Lawn and, then I forget why I had come there in the first place. I guess he will have to do this upon his own (he he, snicker.)
Sometimes having a low attention span can work in ones' favor.

Answer 4

I agree with Westhill above.

9/11 is no excuse to suspend our freedoms and to break the law: torture, unwarranted eavedropping, outing CIA agents, peremptorily attacking a sovereign nation that was no military threat to us, Guantanamo Bay imprisonment, suspension of habeas corpus, and the list goes on and on.

The other people answering this question want dictatorship and runaway capitalism, not democracy. Shame on you all. You, the corporations, and Bush are the true traitors to democracy.

Answer 5

If you are referring to his failure to stop (or slow) the flow of illegals into this country, no I can't.. Are you referring to his expansion of socialist medicine? Are you referring to throwing billions of our dollars to the Gulf Coast following the hurricanes? Are you referring to his expansion of the federal government's interference in education? I can't defend any of this. I would, however, ask why no one bothered to question impeached president Bill Clinton's failure to uphold his oath of office as well.

Answer 6

That man has protected our county and done everything he can, even if it means upsetting some people.
Can you defend Clinton's failure to uphold his oath to preserve and protect the Constitution? (ie, having an affair in office.)

Answer 7

wow... state an opinion... claim it as fact with no supporting evidence... then use the followup for a totally unrelated remark.
Can you defend your failure to use Yahoo Answers correctly?

Answer 8

Nancy Pelosi disagrees with your premise.

since she's Speaker of the House and, arguably, the only one who can effectively do anything about your claim, I think it's a dead idea.

Answer 9

President Bush has protected our country and our constitution, period.
His tactics and methods are not popular with the 'liberal' crowd and the media, but he has insured that 9-11-01 has not been repeated on U.S. Soil.
With many liberals, it would not have mattered what 'W' did, it would have been wrong...

Answer 10

First you have to state how he has failed to do so. You can't state a political opinion as fact.