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scaeagles · 01-31-2006, 11:51 AM

Oh, I agree GD - but the question to me is what the President is permitted to do under the Constitution during times of war.

I could once again go into what Lincoln did during the civil war - and I have no qualms about doing so because history is completely relevant to the issue - but I have done that previously. Lincoln did some majorly unconstitutional things, but is regarded as one of the best Presidents. (Don't take this to mean I regard Bush to be equivalent in standing to Lincoln. That is not my point.)

A brief note - anyone remember the 2004 debates when Kerry criticized Bush for not be faster to have over 100,000 hours of tapes of wiretaps analyzed? I wonder if all 100,000 hours were authorized by warrant or if Kerry really cared. I would suspect he was trying to sound hawkish on national security by being critical of not spying fast enough.

01-31-2006, 11:51 AM	#16
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Oh, I agree GD - but the question to me is what the President is permitted to do under the Constitution during times of war. I could once again go into what Lincoln did during the civil war - and I have no qualms about doing so because history is completely relevant to the issue - but I have done that previously. Lincoln did some majorly unconstitutional things, but is regarded as one of the best Presidents. (Don't take this to mean I regard Bush to be equivalent in standing to Lincoln. That is not my point.) A brief note - anyone remember the 2004 debates when Kerry criticized Bush for not be faster to have over 100,000 hours of tapes of wiretaps analyzed? I wonder if all 100,000 hours were authorized by warrant or if Kerry really cared. I would suspect he was trying to sound hawkish on national security by being critical of not spying fast enough.
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