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McCain embraces Bush’s radical views of executive power
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Glenn Greenwald
Salon
May 8, 2008
John McCain yesterday delivered a speech in which he hailed the inspiring constitutional principles of Government on which our country was founded, including the central goal of avoiding excessive, unlimited power in any one branch, secured by checks and balances from the other two branches:
In America, the constitutional restraint on power is as fundamental as the exercise of power, and often more so. Yet the framers knew that these restraints would not always be observed. They were idealists, but they were worldly men as well, and they knew that abuses of power would arise and need to be firmly checked. Their design for democracy was drawn from their experience with tyranny. A suspicion of power is ingrained in both the letter and spirit of the American Constitution. . . .
The executive, legislative, and judicial branches are often wary of one another’s excesses, and they should be. They seek to keep each other within bounds, and they are supposed to. And though you wouldn’t always know it from watching the day-to-day affairs of modern Washington, the framers knew exactly what they were doing, and the system of checks and balances rarely disappoints.
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Sadly, though, McCain lamented that "there is one great exception in our day" to these principles. Surely "the exception" to which McCain refers must be the fact that we’ve lived for the last eight years under a President who literally has claimed powers greater than those possessed by the British King; whose underlings have promulgated radical and un-American theories literally vesting him with the power to rule outside of the law, who has exploited a political and media culture devoid of "suspicion of power" when exercised by the White House, and who has acted with no meaningful constraints or checks from Congress and virtually none from the judiciary? No, actually, that isn’t the "exception" to which McCain was referring at all. Instead:
[It] is the common and systematic abuse of our federal courts by the people we entrust with judicial power. For decades now, some federal judges have taken it upon themselves to pronounce and rule on matters that were never intended to be heard in courts or decided by judges. With a presumption that would have amazed the framers of our Constitution, and legal reasoning that would have mystified them, federal judges today issue rulings and opinions on policy questions that should be decided democratically. Assured of lifetime tenures, these judges show little regard for the authority of the president, the Congress, and the states. They display even less interest in the will of the people.
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
McCain has got to be the worst of the three major candidates.
I would say that I imagine he’d be worse than Bush but I hate imagining anyone worse than him.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
God damn the Supreme Court with not falling in line with Cesar! Yeah, we get it John…. Just another reason to make sure you go down like McGovern in ‘72. Absent another 911 (which they just might do) John is finished.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
He IS worse and he will do way more harm than bush ever did. Get ready people, get strong get smart question authority, dont back down to the NEW WORLD ORDER……
May 8th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Of course, Insane Mccain wants the same abuse of power that he sees GW using to ruin this country.
This jerk even turned his own Father in to the Viet Cong. Are ya feelin’ the love here? He told his captors so much about his Dad’s boat, as well as his own, and anything else he could think of. He holds nothing sacred at all.
He is not of the people, by the people or for the people. He is taking care of NUMBER ONE.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Nothing like McCranky stealing some of Ron Paul’s speeches and adding some of Kissinger’s twisted Orwellian logic.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Good luck getting elected John. You have no chance in hell unless the vote gets FIXED.
The Republican party is finished.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Well said TXGIRL
May 8th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
NEVER FORGET….. ISRAEL ATTACKED US ON 9-11……DUAL NATIONALS IN OUR GOVT………INSIDE JOB
May 8th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Democracy…what Democracy??? This is a Republic!!! The mob that RULES is the Minority of people we call bankers and congressional members!!! Anything new…NO! WTF…OVER!!!
May 8th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
#7 RasChris…..
May 8th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
What would happen if people did a “Write-In Campaign” on their own, and just wrote Ron Paul on their ballots. Is that possible even though he is not a declared write-in candidate?
May 8th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Hillary or Obama r better than any right winged moron bible thumper better wake up!
May 8th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Shaman
here you go buddy… here’s a clue.
now you have one.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
look at my teeth, go on look at em..theyre soon going to eat human cheeseburgers after me and the master (bush) genocide the world and grind them up and eat them with our good buddy ted turner.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Richy, the chickens r coming home to roost!
May 8th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
The chickens are coming home to roost
May 8th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
America is The Queen’s bitch. Largest land ownership in America. Oversees Social Security. Calls the shots. Major owner in uranium mines.
Write in Ron Paul. Or do what the trainer at election clerks seminar told me. It sends a message, he said, for people to protest by refusing to vote for unacceptable politician, voting only on measures, and having a poll worker override the function on a machine that would eject your ballot. They must comply. If you have problems stick around the polling place to consult an election official who checks in and if you aren’t satisfied get their names report them to your Registrar. Report any hinky stuff to Black Box Voting and to your official at your state capital. By email and telephone. Some of us here in CA reported clerks looking at our ballots (among other things) and claiming Ron Paul dropped out. The registrar in my county confronted them with my complaint and actually called me to tell me so. She asked me to observe closely in the upcoming primary and if there were any suspicious actions on their part call her back.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
McSame as Bush. It’s refreshing having Jason Bermas host the show for awhile. I have reccommended that Alex take frequent breaks and give the floor to other fellow patriots from time to time. Good work Jason. I am listening.
Other good hosts would be:
Mark Koernke
Mike Rivero
Watson Brothers
Trochmans (Militia of Montana)
Other reccommendations welcome.
Then, when Alex returns, he will be refreshed and on fire!!!
May 8th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
My Man Johnny Mac!! can’t wait until he his crowned King er i mean takes the “oath of office” the final push for the merger and complete civilian control will be on !!!!
May 8th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I actually don’t have a problem with anything he says. I don’t see how he’s necessarily agreeing with Bush’s doctrine of executive supremacy. He’s correct about the courts being out of control. Which is a greater threat to freedom, politicians who exceed their constitutional authority (which McCain reasonably asserts is highly likely given the intrinsic nature of politicos) or the courts which UPHOLD their actions? It’s the courts that’ve let the American people down. When the history of all this is written it will be the courts which are seen to have abandoned the people.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
As usual, this pre-election rhetoric makes complete logical sense. Let’s see if the ensuing actions reflect his words. I place this not only on McCain, but upon all that would run for an office in these United States.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
McCain looks like a dried up white dog turd.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
McCain looks like “Shire Reeve” Judge Alvin Valkenheiser from the movie “Nothing But Trouble.”
May 8th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
He looks like he’s got the testes of some poor serviant in his cheek who forgot to get him coffee one morning.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
#23 BG Walters, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That is such an apt comparison! Nothing But Trouble was one of my kids’ fave movies and everyone should see it. McCain does bear resemblance to old judge Alvin, (look close and see if McCain’s nose changes into a weiner). And that’s exactly how he would try and run the country, like his personal feifdom. But there’s a mighty groundswell under his feet, just as the molten lava rumbled under Valkenvania and then finally erupted and destroyed the judge’s whole little private rice-bowl. McCain is sitting on a powder keg of American anger and spirit and when it boils over he will wish he was back in “Nam.
LONG LIVE THE BLOOD-BOUGHT AMERICAN REPUBLIC!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Well McCain is right on this point. Federal judges have interpreted our laws to criminalize gun ownership, let corporations of the hook (recently TASER), and permit spying on our citizens. It’s seems that Congress is less inclined to debate and instead lets the court handle things. Unfortunately I think McCain would rather see more power invested in the Executive branch.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
One butt ugly mother f---er!
May 8th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
John McCain should don a cowboy hat and dress up as Whyatte Hurp, and go back to Tombstone. The world would be safer if McCain were in Tombstone and not in Washington!
May 8th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Of course he does he looks like cheneys brother.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Johannes Poulard Says:
May 8th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
John McCain should don a cowboy hat and dress up as Whyatte Hurp, and go back to Tombstone. The world would be safer if McCain were in Tombstone and not in Washington!
You do mean under a Tombstone?
May 9th, 2008 at 8:35 am
since mclame stands no chance against yobama mcpain should step aside and let a real candidate compete, that way if a candidate that really stands for something, namely a twenty plus year voting record, loses it can be said that the general public deserves what they get
May 9th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
31 John….Who’s the “real candidate”?
May 9th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
NEVER FORGET…… ISRAEL ATTACKED US ON 9/11…….INSIDE JOB BY NEOCON ISRAELI/AMERICAN DUAL NATIONALS.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:30 am
Ron Paul is the only REAL candidate!!!
May 14th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
JONES: http://www.financialsense.com/ Good people, good site for news, they are dead on like you. Would make good guest as they have a broadcast also.
May 14th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
JONES: Need question email site for show, Prison Planet subscribers only. You read and answer during show, SAVES TIME and might be helpful.
May 14th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
God is foolishness to those who are perishing. John 3:3