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A generalissimo, besides being the top officer in the military, is also the absolute ruler over the populace and the other parts of the government. He answers only to himself, and makes and enforces the laws as he sees fit. This is exactly the power that President Bush is claiming as commander in chief.
It is significant to note that after the Supreme Court ruled against his commander-in-chief argument that he had the right to ignore the Geneva Conventions in Guantanamo, Bush, instead of saying he would "of course comply" with the court's ruling, said he was "willing to comply" with the decision, clearly implying that he didn't feel compelled to comply with a decision by the High Court.
Ideally, Congress would be challenging this assault on its own authority by a megalomaniacal president. Ideally the federal courts would be slapping down this affront to the Constitution. But Congress is in the hands of the presidentâ·s party, and Republicans in Congress are content to sit on their hands as the Constitution they swore to uphold and defend is trashed. The Democratic "opposition" party, meanwhile, has been so afraid of being accused of "treason," or of being "soft on terrorism," that they have done little or nothing to block the president's power grabs. Many Democrats in Congress have even endorsed the nomination of judges like John Roberts and Sam Alito who back the president's dictatorial ambitions. And the Supreme Court, as well as the lower courts, are being packed with apologists for unfettered presidential power.
If we Americans do not demand that Congress stand up to this unconstitutional power grab, if we do not demand that only those who believe in the concept of separation of powers and who share the founders' abiding fear of an overly powerful presidency be elevated to the federal bench, and if we do not start publicly protesting this perversion of the presidency, American democracy could be on its last legs.
posted by dgtempe
A Clear And Present
Danger To The Republic
A generalissimo, besides being the top officer in the military, is also the absolute ruler over the populace and the other parts of the government. He answers only to himself, and makes and enforces the laws as he sees fit. This is exactly the power that President Bush is claiming as commander in chief. [Edited by Don W]
Congress is in the hands of the president, and Republicans in Congress are content to sit on their hands as the Constitution they swore to uphold and defend is trashed.
The Democratic "opposition" party, meanwhile, has been so afraid of being accused of "treason," or of being "soft on terrorism," that they have done nothing to block the president's power grabs.
If Americans do not demand Congress stand up to this unconstitutional power grab and if we do not start publicly protesting this perversion of the presidency, American democracy could be on its last legs. [Edited by Don W]
American Democracy IS on its last legs . . no telling where we go from here. IMO this is a good article because it shows that Generalissimo Bush is not wavering from his agenda. [He knows what he is doing! Do we?] [Edited by Don W]
The term "Generalissimo" in English has come to refer to a kind of ruler who has ascended to that position by a military coup. In most developed English-speaking countries, the term commonly evokes the image of corrupt dictatorships and so-called "banana republics."
posted by deltaboy
Wikipedia = Generalissimo
The term "Generalissimo" in English has come to refer to ruler who ascended to that position by a military coup. In most developed English-speaking countries, the term commonly evokes the image of corrupt dictatorships and so-called "banana republics." Edited by Don W]
Somebody here on this thread decided to apply to our current president
A generalissimo, besides being the top officer in the military, is also the absolute ruler over the populace. He answers only to himself as he sees fit. This is exactly the power that President Bush is claiming as commander-in-chief.
Originally posted by donwhite
I’ll bet you never thought for a New York minute you’d be writing this today, in 2006, in America. Sort of disappointing isn’t it? What happened to July 4? What happened to December 7?
The master plan began on Nine Eleven.
Originally posted by marg6043
Occurs he is just joking . . . but still he is the president supposedly democratically elected so what business he has to be making references to dictatorships?
He dreams about it that is what happen.
Originally posted by marg6043
deltaboy
The only people that Mr. Bush is serving is the corporate one even you already has noticed that.
A president that cares for the well being of a nation would not have our nation in such incredible and outrageous deficit.
Originally posted by deltaboy
actions in times of war?
Originally posted by marg6043
For some reason US wars records has not been very good in the past and the present.
Originally posted by deltaboy
War records as you mean in wins and loses, or do you mean how presidents in the past have dealt in wars, both foreign and domestic?