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The Denial Endures
17 Nov 2007 03:55 pm
Greenwald simply gapes at the fact that president Bush can give a speech with these words in it:
When the Founders drafted the Constitution, they had a clear understanding of tyranny. They also had a clear idea about how to prevent it from ever taking root in America. Their solution was to separate the government's powers into three co-equal branches: the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary. Each of these branches plays a vital role in our free society. Each serves as a check on the others. And to preserve our liberty, each must meet its responsibilities -- and resist the temptation to encroach on the powers the Constitution accords to others.
One has to ask: is the president an idiot or just shameless? I truly can't see a third option, except such clinical denial of reality that he should be removed from office for incapacity.
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Bush Speeches
Excerpt: Glenn Greenwald:
Its genuinely hard to believe that the writers of George Bushs speech last night to the Federalist Society werent knowingly satirizing him. They actually had him say this:
When the Founders drafted the Constit...
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