Charlie Pierce says what I've been saying, but better:
For the past couple of weeks, they've just gotten blatant about it. The administration of George W. Bush is bound by no law, bound by no precedent, bound not even by the forms of democratic self-government, let alone its actual substance, which is being used as a throw-rug in John Yoo's den these days. They will torture and the Congress can do nothing. Their powers to spy, to search, and to seize are unlimited and Congress is not remotely entitled to know even what those powers are. They can imprison without trial. They can force corporations -- and, indeed, individuals within the government -- to violate the law. They are not subject to treaties. They are not subject to oversight, nor even subpoenas. Read this swill from yesterday. Through his actions, and from the mouths of his minions, George Bush is now claiming fully the powers of a tyrant, by any reasonable definition of the term.
And what are our Democratic representatives doing about it? And where are our Presidential candidates on this? (There may be some speeches by Senators Clinton and Obama on the trail I haven't heard about.)
He has more; read the rest.
via Susie Madrak.
Posted by Linkmeister at February 9, 2008 11:49 AM | TrackBack