For my 1000th post: Bush Lies Under Oath.

[Ravy]

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States,
and will, to the best of my ability, Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution of the United States.


Just a reminder of the stakes. 'Nuff said.

[blogslut]

1. yep

The cosmic rhinestone cowboy broke his oath. He swore on the bible he claims to hold so dear.

[Swamp Rat]

2. Cosmic Cowboy

:D

[blogslut]

4. heehee

I meant to say rhinestone cowboy. It don't matter. Lil' man ain't no cowboy nohow.

[Swamp Rat]

5. Yeah, he gets bruised just riding... falling off a hobby horse!

:D

[varkam]

3. Aw come on, that's not a lie!

He said 'to the best of my ability'! The man doesn't have two brain cells to rub together, let alone protect the constitution.

edit for double negative (that's ironic, considering I was insulting someone else's intelligence)

[EFerrari]

8. Is it still an insult if the object is fictitious? n/t

[Canuckistanian]

10. That's right, extenuating circumstances, here

Almost a "loophole", as it were!

[bananas]

6. k&r nt

[robbedvoter]

7. And that was only the first of the many (if you ignore Funeralgate)

However, I wish people stop being so hung up on "lying under oath".
High crimes and misdemeanors can be many - and in this case the list is endless.
The most eggregious one would be "lying to Congress in discharging of his duty" (SOTU-16 words+)
Just because the wingnuts tried to get Clinton on a technicality - we need not repeat their artifice.
There's betrayal, war crimes, murder through neglect (NOLA), torture, twarting of the Constitution in many ways.
So, sorry if the oath thingy - in other words "he lied" seems a triffle trivial to me today.

[blogslut]

9. Granted, his crimes are many

However, I think his failure to preserve and protect our constitution is far from trivial.

[Ravy]

11. It was a bit tongue-in-cheek....

The Constitutional abuses (and their are many) don't seem to be enough to evoke a response from the Republican Congress-- However, they seem to really get up-in-arms about lying. Well, if a Democrat does it, anyway.

[AndrewJacksonFaction]

12. Can we get a list of his transgressions against that "piece of paper"!

Thanks

[Ravy]

16. There are a lot, I think,,, here are a few.

Non-adherance to the Geneva Convention (the constitution says that treaties are to be treated as law)
The signing statments.
He called treasury bonds "junk pieces of paper".
The listening in of phone conversations.
I am not sure about the bank records, no one seems to know the depth of searching that has been done.


Those are a few that come to mind. Googling "Bush Unconstitutional" will give you lots of hits. Some are stretches, most are not. All show Bush's utter disregard for that "goddamned piece of paper" as he calls it.

[rustydog]

13. A good lawyer has an excellent defense....As scary as it may be,

THIS condition of America may actually be to the best of George's ability!

[texpatriot2004]

14. Yes he did and so did the Cover-up Congress nm

[speedoo]

15. Complete and Utter Fraud, and a Criminal.

That's what * is. Never accomplished a single fucking thing on his own.

[Monkeyman]

17. Puppet for Cheney

My better half goes after them everyday
http://janets-conner.blogspot.com

Today it was Roves turn two part story with mother Jones

[hopeisaplace]

18. "to the best of my ability"

..oh my goodness.