Posted on 02/16/2006 11:14:47 AM PST by wcdukenfield
I don't always agree with Will...but I think he is great.
We have three EQUAL branches of government. The Executive is run by the President, he controls the NSA.
I see this entire issue as the Legislative branch wanting to manage the Executive.
This is all about egos and johnsons.
I think he is a pompus rino that really knows baseball. He has been in DC too long and the lefty slime has begun to rub off on him.
Unfortunately for Mark Levin, George Will is technically correct on this one. Congress can -- at least indirectly -- micromanage any executive power to whatever extent they deem necessary.
The power of Congress to impeach a sitting President is basically unlimited. If the members of the House of Representatives decided tomorrow to impeach George W. Bush because they don't like Texans, and two-thirds of the members of the Senate agreed, then George W. Bush would be out of a job with absolutely no recourse other than to run again in 2008.
George Will is a RINO? LOL! :D
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see this entire issue as the Legislative branch wanting to manage the Executive. ""
I would say they want to MICRO_manage the Executive branch.
Since they have done such an outstanding (NOT) job in their own part of Government, sure seems like they shouldn't get to touch anything else.
Besides, I am more than a little bothered that there are members of Congress who are leaking information about our plans to the enemy. Jay Rockefeller is at the top of my list.
Of course Congress has the power to impeach for high crimes and misdemeanors. This has nothing to do with what we are talking about. Congress cannot micromanage explicit executive powers in the Constitution. This isn't speculation. It is the history of our Republic, and the way the Constitution has operated from day one.
Don't be obtuse. If Mark Levin were a wild-eyed, foaming at the mouth Carville-type liberal on "This Week", George Will would cheerfully concede this point to avoid looking "mean spirited". Will's a liberal's definition of a "good conservative".
I wonder if Georgie was as concerned when Slick bombed the Serbs...our allies.
those are the same arguements made by my parents when talking about Bill Klinton. Will makes me sick. He has become a man bashing all things proposed by the Bush administration.
"I don't always agree with Will...but I think he is great."
He should just stick to writing about baseball.
Was Mr. Will one of those who strongly advocated Harriet Miers withdrawal from nomination?
I believe he was cited by the punditocracy then as being a credible commentator.
Mr. Will appears to be saying the Legislative branch has the power to regulate the Executive branch. Surely this is accurate, and Mr. Will is still credible.
What moron would believe otherwise?
Blind hyperbole, right from the beginning. Nowhere in Will's column is there anything about "micromanaging". What it does say is that Congress plainly has the power to ensure that the President's surveillance is related to fighting the WOT, and not just a free-for-all for any kind of fishing expedition he wants to go on.
Agree completely. Will is the punditry's equivalent of a punch drunk middleweight who needs to retire.
George Will is wrong a lot. Mark Levin, on the other hand, is right a lot.
Come on, that's a bit harsh...he is usually writing about personal responsibility, etc. His articles are well written/thought out, and almost always conservative...
If you are trying to compare Will to Clinton, that is your problem, and I cannot help you.
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