“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”So George W. Bush solemnly swore. Twice.Looking for high crimes and misdemeanors to impeach the man, that would be a good place to start. Anyone who works so vigorously and unrelentingly to dismantle the liberties and protections of the Constitution of the United States is no friend of America.
When others do much the same they are outlawed and hunted down for the peril they raise for the principles and things we stand for. Before, they would be called terrorists and enemies of the American people.
Now such people and their enablers hold high office and positions of power on the rightwing media. There is a distinction somewhere between them and others who despise our liberties but I don’t get it.
George W. Bush might have a loophole in the “best of my ability” clause but he has been mighty efficient otherwise in violating the spirit and letter of that oath of office. And the price is paid in blood and sorrow.
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I’ll be interviewed by Brian Greenberg for Greenberg News, which airs throughout the Philadelphia region and surrounding states via 1360-AM each Thursday, 5 p.m. Eastern, and also to a worldwide audience on the Internet. I’m down to be on at 5:45 p.m.
Also, you can hear my interview with Faith Middleton on NPR: It starts about 8 minutes in.
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July 24, 2007...1:30 pm
Preserve, Protect and Defend
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