Posted on 12/17/2005 1:00:51 PM PST by Wolfstar
It is very funny. Notice that Santa is wearing an Army issue glove.
Thank you for posting the prayer list, kayak.
I certainly hope that he emphasizes this again in his speech tomorrow.
"You've been attending these parties for five years, and I have since 1974. Have you ever seen so much of talk radio invited before?"
They're just scared. As well the a$h*les should be.
They are over.
No kidding. McCain is delusional if he thinks he'll ever be called 'Mr. President.'
My guess is that his prime-time speech was originally planned as a way to update the general public on progress in Iraq and to urge people to stay the course. But maybe he will work some of what he said today into tomorrow's address.
Remarkable, isn't it, that a "reporter" bothered to take up his valuable question time at a White House press briefing to whine about talk radio personalities being invited to an annual function. Sheesh!
Well, since I can use this forum to expose them for what they are, I hope they keep making fools of themselves.
The senate of the United States should be required to watch that once a week.
LOL, yes and he also has a very military salute too. Gee, that means that Santa must have spent some time in the military ;o)
He looks delusional in those two photos I posted here. The man genuinely looks like he's several cards short of a deck.
Stand up, Amerians.
Your leader is talking.
LOL!
Hi, Wolfstar, GREAT beginning to the dose today! All excellent points and all deserving of comments.
I'll just say this - if I were Santa, the ENTIRE U.S. Senate would get nothin' but coal in their stockings this year. I'd have the reindeer poop on their housetops, too!
Well done, Altura. There is more honor in GWB's little pinky than there is in the entire United States Congress. Whatever else we may agree or disagree with him about, George W. Bush deserves the utmost respect.
I'd be happy to help Santa deliver those lumps of coal.
Presidential Oath of Office
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) 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."
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Per Wikipedia,
In accordance with Article II, Section 1, Paragraph 8 of the Constitution, upon entering office, the President must take the following oath or affirmation:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) 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."
Only presidents Franklin Pierce and Herbert Hoover have chosen to affirm rather than swear.
The oath is traditionally ended with, "So help me God," although for religious reasons some Presidents have said, "So help me", or "and thus I swear."
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And the oath of the President of the United States of America certainly doesn't carry any less weight than the military oath .. for he is the Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces:
I, ___________________________________, do solemly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
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So, prayers up ... because W's words were most likely parsed and chosen very carefully by lawyers and the intelligence agencies, due the severity of the subject. Buchanan can be a loose cannon, but I echo his thoughts after this Presidential address today: he believes that, with the forcefulness and tone of the language W used, we're going to see a criminal investigation into these leaks.
I say HOORAY! God Bless You and get' em, W!!
Thank you so much for these photo's! You put them together beautifully and I love your comments. And indeed the former Lady looks wonderful. Remember when the Dem's made fun of her "matronly" older look than her husband? She looks Grand!
President Bush has just planted the seed of democracy in the Middle East. And worse (for the Dems) is that it's starting to grow. His reward for advancing the cause of human liberty....? An all-out asault. They've done nothing but trash the man. Look, I'm the first to admit that Bush has an unusual 'Stage Presence' to put it kindly.
His mangled syntax, awkward back and forths with the press, and his quips and off handed jokes make me cringe with the rest of them. However, no one can argue his affectiveness, his vision, and his old fassion guts. An oportunity to plant Democracy was there....and he took it. He busted through that crack in the door Saddam left him. What's happening now in the Middle East is beyond historic. It's revolutionary!
The Dems should put theier personal feelings aside. Years from now, folks will be playing their quotes on tv and they are going to come across just like the white racists fighting the Civil Rights movement. Sorry Dems, this time the GOP gets the credit for advancing Freedom! Live with it!
I think he knows he won't be. He just hates W for "stealing" the nomination from him, and will do everything he can to ruin W's Presidency. He's doing the best he can at that - Campaign Finance Reform, anti-torture legislation, the gang of 14, etc.
And he'll probably think up some new mischief based on the NYT hit piece.
If I lived in AZ, I'd vote for the most liberal Dem just to get rid of him.
I sure hope so. If Fitzgerald can spend two years looking into the truly silly Plame-Name-Blame-Game, certainly this very critical leak should be investigated. Let the chips fall where they may.
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