Yep. He took an oath to support the Constitution, and he will be violating that oath if he signs this legislation.
Which leads to the question why is he going to sign in?
Some claim he's doing it to "take a political issue away from the dems". But this doesn't make sense since 1) the dems will just find another issue, and 2) CFR has never been a big issue among the voters. If it really mattered to most people, McCain and Bradley would have won the nominations for president in 2000.
Others claim he's doing it to maintain his popularity. This argument, in and of itself, is pretty troubling, since we just had 8 years of it. But to address the point, his approval rating is at 85%. Just how much would he lose if he vetoed it? Rush Limbaugh has even pointed out a way for Bush to gain popularity by vetoing it.
Still others say that he's doing it as part of a "secret plan" to pick up seats for the GOP in the elections this year, by taking the dems issues away. But what better way is there to win, than by showing the dems to be traitors against the 1st amendment?
If none of these are the real reasons, then exactly what is the reason? Occam's Razor basically states that the simplest answer to a question is usually the correct one. In this case, the simplest answer appears to be that Bush really doesn't care about our Rights or the Constitution.
Bush is a pragmatist. A pragmatist and a principle are mutually exclusive.
Doesn't answer what does he care about. Besides demoralized I'm utterly baffled. After New Hampshire and 9/11 he he seemed to hav deomostrated that he knows you cna't placate your enemies. $ for campaigns. He can get as much as he wants. ONly way he loses is what he's doing, alienating the base.
I can think of no reason, hororable or dishororable, for his signing this bill.
Help.
I'll up the ante; he doesn't know about our rights or the Constitution.