Specter?
Yes. SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion)
Posted on 01/30/2007 8:27:22 AM PST by Sub-Driver
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer 41 minutes ago
A Senate Republican on Tuesday directly challenged President Bush's declaration that "I am the decision-maker" on issues of war.
"I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider," Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa., said during a hearing on Congress' war powers amid an increasingly harsh debate over Iraq war policy. "The decider is a shared and joint responsibility," Specter said.
The question of whether to use its power over the government's purse strings to force an end to the war in Iraq, and under what conditions, is among the issues faced by the newly empowered Democratic majority in Congress, and even some of the president's political allies as well.
No one challenges the notion that Congress can stop a war by canceling its funding. In fact, Vice President Dick Cheney challenged Congress to back up its objections to Bush's plan to put 21,500 more troops in Iraq by zeroing out the war budget.
Underlying Cheney's gambit is the consensus understanding that such a drastic move is doubtful because it would be fraught with political peril.
But there are other legislative options to force the war's end, say majority Democrats and some of Bush's traditional Republican allies.
The alternatives range from capping the number of troops permitted in Iraq to cutting off funding for troop deployments beyond a certain date or setting an end date for the war.
"The Constitution makes Congress a coequal branch of government. It's time we start acting like it," said Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., who is chairing a hearing Tuesday on Congress' war powers and forwarding legislation to eventually prohibit funding for the deployment of troops to Iraq.
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Thansk .. I'll have to update my info
Arlen, is that a threat? If so, stand up like a man -- strike that -- dem in sheep's clothing that you are, and vote to cut funding, but whatever you do, stop pretending one way or the other.
And to think W did not support Toomey over this RINO. Specter continues to act like a Rockefeller Pub and to the detriment of the GOP and our nation.
This is why we lost in 06. The RNC supported libs like Specter over good canidates like Toomey and then they gave us socialism-lite and we are supposed to like it. Not me.
RNC, W, everyone who supports RINO's this is where it leads. Newt had it right back in 94, he didn't go along with the country clubers and we finally won.
It's time the GOP grew a spine. I have had it with wimps.
Long ago, somebody commented - sarcastically - that the President's decision just keeps on paying dividends. We didn't know the half of it.
Why bother? The Federales aren't much bothered by the Constitution as it stands now...
Well, we could end their late night pay raises couldn't we?
Arlen! Are you part of Spectre??? Or WHAT??? You stupid Senators are NOT elected by standing for election by ALL AMERICANS like the President is! We all get to vote on who directs our civilian directed military, unlike you dweebs in the Senate that can only be elected by a single state electorate!!!
You couldn't possible be anymore of a dumbass unless you were the current Repellican Governor of CA!!!
RINO season is open
They are sounding much the same. Arnie was touting "shared responsibility" in selling his ArnoldCare program. And now we have Specter:
Concur. This waste of food would be on the street if Bush and Santorum hadn't worked hard for him and against Toomey. we dont't have 535 CIC's, ony one ansd it really pisses these RINO's and Dems off.
Have all of the Republican fund raisers check out: http://www.thenrscpledge.com./
Of course Arnold got into it just to warp his Repellican Brain after so much steroidal body building for his fewchur as Glubinator of Cauleeforneeuh!!!
Neither one of 'em likes the US constitution very much!!!
Specter?
Yes. SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion)
The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articleii.html#section2
What a doofus!
-PJ
funny i never hear him call the media and want to take responsibilty for any of the iraq issues since 2003, like dont blame bush blame me
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