No Separation of Powers Here
Dear Editor:
Is the United States exempt from arm twisting dictatorship?
On Tuesday, March 1st, Senator Bill Frist (R), Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, stated that realistically the president’s plan for privatization of Social Security cannot be acted upon during the year 2005. Evidently he felt that support was not strong enough on either side of the aisle for passage.
On Thursday, March 3rd, this very same Majority Leader of the Senate has done a complete about face and now says that action on Social Security has to be done this year, 2005, as the president wants, and cannot be put off.
Words and actions such as this make one wonder how much arm twisting and threatening the White House did to get this respected, so called leader to make a fool of himself with such contradictory statements only two days apart. If anything it shows the power this president will exert to get his way, and how dangerous dictatorial actions, that he accuses others of, can be.
Is this the kind of democracy Mr. Bush wants to export around the world?
Is the United States exempt from arm twisting dictatorship?
On Tuesday, March 1st, Senator Bill Frist (R), Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, stated that realistically the president’s plan for privatization of Social Security cannot be acted upon during the year 2005. Evidently he felt that support was not strong enough on either side of the aisle for passage.
On Thursday, March 3rd, this very same Majority Leader of the Senate has done a complete about face and now says that action on Social Security has to be done this year, 2005, as the president wants, and cannot be put off.
Words and actions such as this make one wonder how much arm twisting and threatening the White House did to get this respected, so called leader to make a fool of himself with such contradictory statements only two days apart. If anything it shows the power this president will exert to get his way, and how dangerous dictatorial actions, that he accuses others of, can be.
Is this the kind of democracy Mr. Bush wants to export around the world?
posted by Sam Schoolsky | 7:37 AM
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