Thursday, February 16, 2006

George Will (ultra-conservative) on Spying

"Besides, terrorism is not the only new danger of this era. Another is the administration's argument that because the president is commander in chief, he is the "sole organ for the nation in foreign affairs." That non sequitur is refuted by the Constitution's plain language, which empowers Congress to ratify treaties, declare war, fund and regulate military forces, and make laws "necessary and proper" for the execution of all presidential powers . Those powers do not include deciding that a law -- FISA, for example -- is somehow exempted from the presidential duty to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed" - George Will

More here.

George Will is often far right of where I feel comfortable on many issues (and he makes some statements in this very article I strongly disagree with) but his point in this particular paragraph is clear and I couldn't agree with him more.

Simply put, the more people look at this, both the right and left, they're realizing that Bush and Cheney are destroying much of what this country stands for and that neither man seems to give a shit.

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