He Really Believes he's the Dictator!

[spooked]

From the transcript of B*sh's Unity speech...Bush thinks HE has the right to make a Constitutional Amendment!!
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/08-06-2004/0002226945&EDATE=

Q Mr. President, you remarked -- in your remarks you said that 8 million people in Afghanistan registered to vote, and as you said, exercised their God-given right to vote.

THE PRESIDENT: Right.

Q That may be a right from God, but it's not guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. In 2000, an estimated 2 million people -- half African American-- had their votes discounted, from Florida to Cook County, Illinois to other cities. (Applause.) Come on, that cuts into other questions. Are you going to order Attorney General John Ashcroft to send federal election monitors to Florida and other southern states? And in this age of new constitutional
amendments, will you endorse a constitutional amendment guaranteeing every American the right to vote in federal elections? (Applause.)

THE PRESIDENT: First of all, look, I can understand why African Americans, in particular, are worried about being able to vote, since the vote had been denied for so long in the South, in particular. I understand that. And this administration wants everybody to vote.
Now, I -- the best thing we did was to pass the Helping America Vote Act with over -- I think it's $3 billion of help to states and local governments to make sure the voting process is fair. And it's not just the South, by the way. The voting process needs help all over the country to make sure that everybody's vote counts and everybody's vote matter. I understand that. And that's why I was happy to work with the Congress to achieve this important
piece of legislation.
Just don't focus on Florida. Now, I'll talk to the governor down there to make sure it works. (Laughter.) But it's the whole country that needs -- voter registration files need to be updated, the machines need to work. And that's why there's $3 billion in the budget to help, Roland. And, obviously, everybody ought to have a vote. And what was your other question?

Q Should we put it in --

THE PRESIDENT: The Constitution amendment?

Q Should we guarantee it in the Constitution?

THE PRESIDENT: I'll consider it. I'll consider it. And what's your second question?


"I'LL CONSIDER IT!!??"

Perhaps someone should show B*sh this little tidbit on the process of amending the Constitution!!


THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS

The authority to amend the Constitution of the United States is derived from Article V of the Constitution. After Congress proposes an amendment, the Archivist of the United States, who heads the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), is charged with responsibility for administering the ratification process under the provisions of 1 U.S.C. 106b. The Archivist has delegated many of the ministerial duties associated with this function to the Director of the Federal Register. Neither Article V of the Constitution nor section 106b describe the ratification process in detail. The Archivist and the Director of the Federal Register follow procedures and customs established by the Secretary of State, who performed these duties until 1950, and the Administrator of General Services, who served in this capacity until NARA assumed responsibility as an independent agency in 1985.

The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures. None of the 27 amendments to the Constitution have been proposed by constitutional convention. The Congress proposes an amendment in the form of a joint resolution. Since the President does not have a constitutional role in the amendment process, the joint resolution does not go to the White House for signature or approval. The original document is forwarded directly to NARA's Office of the Federal Register (OFR) for processing and publication.

http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/constitution/amendment_process.html


"I'LL CONSIDER IT. I'll Consider it. And What's your next question?"

Is that scary and pompous or what!? Next time we select a President, let's make sure he understands the workings of the US Constitution!!

[nikatnyte]

1. You must have forgotten . . .

we didn't "select" him.

[spooked]

4. You're right. I should have put "select" in quotes...

and we at DU certainly didn't.

[newyawker99]

8. Hi nikatnyte!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Union Thug]

2. Bush is a spoiled rotten, arrogant...

...little rich boy who has never had to work a day in his entire life. Of course he's pompous and arrogant. He his the epitomy of classist snobbery. He's a punk-ass, snot-nosed little shit barely able to function without diapers. He's a parasite like the rest of his blue-blooded brethren.

[Minstrel Boy]

3. "I do not need to explain why I say things"

"I'm the commander — see, I don't need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president."

[lapislzi]

5. It should not surprise anyone to learn

that bush believes he should have dictatorial powers. He has always been straight-up on this (and several other) points. If you listen to him, he is usually completely candid about his aims. The lying comes in when he attempts to justify those aims--especially as he believes he should not be required to do so.

[shraby]

6. Go to

<http://www.dubyaspeak.com>

There is a collection of his misspeaks there. You'll find he said in so many words that he'd like to be a dictator, three different times.

[mountainvue]

7. He is just plain stupid. He has no idea

of what his Constitutional powers are, only what his gradiose vision of what they may be, or what his handlers tell him. Let's hope we have a few more speaking engagements like this and then it'll be over.