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Old 01-19-2009, 09:30 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by Tex View Post
Perhaps. Depends on what exactly he (hypothetically) would do. When it comes to war powers I support a strong executive, be it Clinton, Bush, or Obama.

The irony is that you don't, yet you want the Supreme Court to take a historically unprecedented and constitutionally unsupported step in restricting a president's power ... all because the thought of him using it in some way pisses you off.
What the hell is a "strong" president in war time or any other time? I want my president to follow the Constitution. We can argue about whether he is or not.

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