A lesson on the Constitution for Republicans
Apparently Eric Cantor, and the rest of the Republican party, need to reread the Constitution, and perhaps, for the first time realize that we do not live in a monarchy, but rather, have three separate branches of Government all with "checks and balances" on each other. As some of you already know, a bill yesterday proposed by Republican Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas, proposed a bill yesterday that will bar any interruption of funding for U.S. troops in a war zone. You know, never mind the fact that while the President is Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, the Congress has "power of the purse" as a means of keeping the Presidential power over the military in check. Time to go back to third grade History for all Republican Congressman.
Via the RTD:
"Open debate on Iraq is good, but our troops and the dollars that support them should not be used to play politics," Cantor, the chief deputy minority whip, said at a news conference."It will only hurt our troops and encourage the terrorists who want to harm them."
The bill was introduced yesterday by Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Cantor has endorsed President Bush's plan for a buildup of U.S. troops in Iraq and was a co-sponsor of Johnson's measure.
3 comments:
Terry,
I consider myself to be a conservative, not necessarily a Republican. I wanted to tell you that it does my heart good when I see Democrats/liberals standing up for the Constitution. It just might be what saves this country. We HAVE to stick to our Constitution no matter what, in my opinion.
Yeah Jill, I think we can all agree that the idea of the Legislative branch giving up it's checks and balances on the Executive branch is a ridiculous idea, and doesn't do anybody any good.
I would also add that it's too bad most of the people in our wonderul country don't have a clue what the Constitution says, and politicians (on both sides, no offense) twist it so that most Americans are ignorant of this. I taught high school history and I can tell you that there are generations of kids who know almost nothing about the Constitution (except that they think it was drafted by a bunch of evil slave owners, which is partly true, but doesn't negate the validity of the document). Scary.
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