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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:06 PM
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"You can't be the president and the head of the military at the same time"
Believe it or not our idiot in chief said this today about Mushareff. Um....let's see president of the US and commander in chief. Which one would we like the dipshit to give up?

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VP505 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:06 PM
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1. Um, how
about both.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:08 PM
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2. I just can't get over the fact that this total crashcart is a US president...amazes me
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:09 PM
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3. good catch.
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pinkpops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:15 PM
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4. Mostly he doesn't want to give the dipshit part up.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:16 PM
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6. LOL!! Best laugh I had all day!
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:15 PM
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5. Argh. It's official. The man smokes crack.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:18 PM
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7. Yup. Every crackhead in prison looks up to this guy and says, that could be me.
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Devlzown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:19 PM
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8. WTF?
What does he think he's been doing the last seven years?:wtf:
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:22 PM
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10. He wants M. to take off the uniform. Diplomacy a la * style.
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Devlzown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:32 PM
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14. I see.
No more fancy uniforms. One should be a tyrant in an Armani suit -- if only Hitler had known.:think:
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:42 PM
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16. Really, Just stick with the codpiece Mushi.
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:21 PM
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9. I'd like him to give up, period n/t
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:24 PM
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11. Different country - different Constitution - and that's what Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled.
That's why Mushie threw 'em out and declared a national emergency.

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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:27 PM
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12. I knew who the quote was from before I read the body of the post.
What an idiot.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:39 PM
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15. That's why I didn't bother with the * in the heading.
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:29 PM
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13. He oughta know...
He's a perfect example of that assertion.
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MasonJar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:55 PM
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17. The idiot-in-chief misspeaks again.
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JohnnyLib2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:09 PM
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18. In his own case,

he's right and he's proven it. Never should have been given the Oval Office.
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CGowen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:17 PM
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19. White House Tells Musharraf: Never ‘Restrict Constitutional Freedoms’ To Fight Terrorism
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2216186&mesg_id=2216186

During today’s White House press briefing, spokeswoman Dana Perino condemned Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s declaration of “emergency rule” in Pakistan. She said that the administration is “deeply disappointed” by the measure, which suspends the country’s constitution, and believes it is never “reasonable” to “restrict constitutional freedoms in the name of fighting terrorism”:

Q: Is it ever reasonable to restrict constitutional freedoms in the name of fighting terrorism?

MS. PERINO: In our opinion, no.

Watch it:


http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/05/musharraf-freedom /


The Bush administration never suspended the U.S. Constitution; instead, it interpreted the document so broadly as to provide all the powers they desired. A look at some of the ways the White House has overstepped its constitutional powers in the name of national security:

...
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:22 PM
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20. But, you can be the president and an idiot at the same time.
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 08:24 PM by Tierra_y_Libertad
A drooling idiot in the case of Reagan. And, a blabbering idiot in the case of BushII.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 10:26 PM
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21. He just gets more and more absurd with every passing day.
What an asshole.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 10:34 PM
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23. Yup. Its his legacy.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 10:29 PM
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22. I hope you lurking freepers are paying attention.
Still happy about 2000? Still loving all this progress and prosperity!? :sarcasm:
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