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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-08-06 11:01 AM
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*'s nonuse of the veto was a mechanism to steal power for the Executive.
Edited on Tue Aug-08-06 11:03 AM by Skidmore
How can we make this message simple and succinct enough to convey the subtleties of not vetoing and Congress passing reckless legislation and not exercising oversight. These political maneuverings and active negligence have brought us to where we are now. Can this be packaged for an election message?

Edited to add that *'s simultaneous use of signing statements allows him to legislate, a Constitutional violation.

I know some of this is stating the obvious, but how can it be packaged for the street?
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-08-06 11:06 AM
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1. I always thought of it as an image-making thing ...
work with your pukes in Congress to send you things you won't veto, and your in history as the first president without a veto. Think of the spin the pukes would do with that.
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-08-06 11:07 AM
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2. Burning in effigy is always a hit with the masses.
It's like a big party.
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