Mitt Romney is a tyrant
January 9th, 2008 by Erich ViethNeed proof? Check out Romney’s own carefully crafted words. Let Glenn Greenwald be your tour guide.
These are just some of the powers which Romney — and, among the respondents, Romney alone — claimed the President possesses, either by explicitly claiming them or refusing to repudiate them when asked directly:
* to eavesdrop on Americans with no warrants, even if doing so is in violation of Congressional law (Question 1).
* to attack Iran without Congressional authorization, even in the absence of an imminent threat (Question 2).
* to disregard a congressional statute limiting the deployment of troops (Question 3).
* to issue a signing statement reserving a constitutional right to bypass laws enacted by Congress (Question 4).
* to disregard international human rights treaties that the US Senate has ratified where said treaties, in his view, “impinge upon the President’s constitutional authority” (Question 8 ).
January 10th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Has Romney ever read the Constitution? Perhaps every newly elected president should be required to attend a course in Constitutional law before being inaugurated.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
the chaplain’s comment exposes a surprising aspect of the American presidency: no objective competency requirement. We require garbage truck drivers, hair stylists and many other skilled workers to have special training and to earn a competency-based license, yet no competence requirement exists to be the leader of the free world. That might be a good thing for people like George Jr. or Ronny Reagan, but not so good for the rest of humanity.
January 18th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
The Fallacy of Accent (350 BC, and still fresh!) is the difference between “Lobbyists aren’t running my campaign” and “Lobbyists aren’t running my campaign.” Full post here.
January 19th, 2008 at 8:18 am
"Technically, Aristotle was describing how changing the inflection of a Greek word could change its meaning. But that’s not how we use it. "
More like entrance (the way in) vs. entrance (to hypnotize)
February 5th, 2008 at 10:48 am
When Mitt Romney lies, he makes it worth our while:
For the full post by Chris Kelly, go here.