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I'm a liberal and I think these signing statements are great. Since President Bush set the precedent, democratic Presidents will be able to use them too.


34 posted on 07/24/2006 5:22:30 PM PDT by allen185
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Liberals don't do research I see.

First of all, President Clinton used constitutional signing statements more than the Reagan administration, by 105 to 71. DonÂ’t take my word for it — check out this 2003 study by Professor Chris Kelly of Miami University (see text accompanying note 88). Also, WaPoÂ’s report today said this about presidential signing statements: “The courts have yet to give them much weight….�?

35 posted on 07/24/2006 5:26:18 PM PDT by hipaatwo
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...President Bush set the precedent, democratic Presidents will be able to use them too.

That is great news. If you want W to rely on precedence of impeached former president clinton, then he should immediately begin to audit each and every left-wing advocacy group and think tank - but only those affiliated with far-left and even progressive-far-left issues.

Where Nixon only contemplated such behavior, impeached former president clinton perfected it.

41 posted on 07/24/2006 5:36:07 PM PDT by Nomorjer Kinov (If the opposite of "pro" is "con" , what is the opposite of progress?)
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Since President Bush set the precedent, democratic Presidents will be able to use them too.

Signing statements have been around a lot longer than President Bush.

42 posted on 07/24/2006 5:37:14 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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I'm a liberal

Wadda ya know, a mole........LOL!

62 posted on 07/24/2006 6:44:08 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Global warming has forced me to buy glacier front property in Alaska....)
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Democrat Pesidents HAVE used them--Bush has just used them more.

vaudine


123 posted on 07/25/2006 5:39:51 AM PDT by vaudine
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Democrat Pesidents HAVE used them--Bush has just used them more.

vaudine


124 posted on 07/25/2006 5:39:51 AM PDT by vaudine
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