[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

When did President George W Bush say he would act on his own yesterday?

At his press conference about an hour before Jeb's:

"And I believe that in a case such as this, the legislative branch, the executive branch ought to err on the side of life, which we have. And now we'll watch the courts make its decisions. But we look at all options from the executive branch perspective," said Bush. http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=39270

Contrary to some published transcripts, he said "look", present tense, not "looked."
And something you cannot get from a transcript: He paused before the last sentence. Then in a deeper and much sterner voice finished the remark. If SCOTUS was paying attention, they did not get it. The Russians would never have mistaken the tone and implications. But it is clear he was saying that Congress was done and the judicial branch was not going to be further consulted.

[Cboldt]

I think GWB later said (in the course of Q&A during his podium time with Vincente Fox) that the Federal Executive had done all it could.

The proper agent of action is the Florida executive anyway. It's a Florida judge that is out of whack, and/or an out-of-whack Florida law. It is the executive's prerogative to enforce, and as with all the other branches, to exercise the minimum force, at the latest time, necessary to effectuate the desired result. All three branches are servants of the people, and there are checks and balances all around.

[topher]

Thanks!

Hard to follow some the fine details. Too much noise interfering with getting good info... [to much rants, opinions, speculation and not enough facts traversing Freerepublic].

[Spunky]

"Contrary to some published transcripts, he said "look", present tense, not "looked."

You are probably correct in what he said, and I think President Bush is a great President, but unfortunately he does get words mixed up.