“A goddamned piece of paper”. According to a Capitol Hill Blue report, that’s what George W. Bush called the Constitution in a recent White House meeting. Capitol Hill Blue frequently publishes reports that aren’t repeated anywhere else, which could mean they either have really good sources or really worthless sources. Considering the circumstances, I’m going to believe they’re right on this one.
Their response to criticism of some of their unattributed stories sounds reasonable. And the Bush administration’s actions certainly demonstrate a clear disregard for the Constitution. So I find it easy to believe that, if one of Bush’s aides was actually brave enough to suggest he was violating the Constitution, Bush would have verbalized his utter comtempt for it.
It only takes a quick glance at recent news to see just how little respect the Bush gang has for the Constitution. The big recent story is the one about the NSA spying on US citizens without warrants. Bush defends this with examples of al-Qaeda members in the US communicating with others in foreign countries. According to a couple of professors at U Mass Dartmouth, the spying is more widespread. Just checking out the wrong library book is enough to get a visit from Homeland Security agents.
And Bush’s response to all this is to accuse the people of being criminals for publicizing his administration’s criminal conduct and Constitutional violations. Technically, he may be correct, if classified information has been leaked. But, coming from an administration who leaked classified information and jeopardized covert agents just to smear a critic, complaints about leaking secret information about their own criminal conduct seem a little ridiculous.
Spying on cititizens. Insulting the Constitution he took an oath to uphold. Secret prisons. Torture. Every day, there’s a new revelation. And, apparently there are still a lot of people who believe none of this is worse than a blow job.