Posted on 12/31/2009 4:20:58 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The original sin of the good-riddance decade came in December of 2000, when the United States Supreme Court intervened to stop a complete recount of the votes in Florida and then declared George Bush to be the president.
This extreme judicial activism was not merely a devastating assault on American democracy. It set in motion the Bush presidency, and with it the pathologies that the Bush-Cheney administration imposed on the country in the form of unnecessary wars, failed economic policies, assaults on civil liberties and crudely divisive and hyper-partisan governance.
Bush, Dick Cheney and aides are surely to blame for much of what ailed America during the 2000s, and for what will ail America for decades to come.
But it was the U.S. Supreme Court's unprecedented meddling in the presidential election process an intervention that would have horrified the founders of a republic that was supposed to enjoy a separation of executive, legislative and judicial powers made the Bush-Cheney interregnum possible.
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Your making me nostalgic!
Good thread for it though, right?
You’re preaching to the choir - and giving the lib websites more money.
Why??
I am still in the Navy. I was stateside in 2008 for the vote, so I can assume my vote got counted. However, I am going to resign in 2010.
How sweet of you to remember him. I’ll see him Tuesday and give him your FRegards!
Well said.
Tuesday! Perfect timing. Yes, please tell him he holds a special place in my heart, that every time I’m reminded of him, I smile, and that I wish him a healthy and happy new year. I would be very happy if you would also tell him that I think he’s a grand man and that one day I hope I get the chance to meet him.
You might not want to say all this, so maybe just print it out and hand it to him. :)
“Remember when they tried to count the votes behind closed doors?”
And thought they could cherry pick and just recount “their” counties instead of ALL Florida counties?
“Remember when they tried to count the votes behind closed doors?”
And thought they could cherry pick and just recount “their” counties instead of ALL Florida counties?
Hey, I didn't post it...it p*ssed me off when I read it.
However, maybe the discussion on this thread will catch someone's eye that doesn't know the truth about 2000.
That's why.
I’ll tell him and watch his face turn red! (I ran into him at Costco a couple of weeks ago...that’s the kind of guy he is).
COUNT THE MILITARY VOTE!!
What an incredible week that was....
Aw, he's a sweet man. I can tell he's that way, but he deserves a little flattering and a whole lot of praise and I mean every word sincerely. He really came through for us.
I'm smiling right now learning that you saved the signs!!! Oh yeah, COUNT THE MILITARY VOTE!
Damn democrats and they still wonder why we think they're not patriotic. Idiots.
It's almost 2010 for you, so I wish you a HAPPY and HEALTHY NEW YEAR!
((( Hug and a smooch )))
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