Up and down the Bush philosophy

When Congress voted to require phased withdrawals from Iraq, President Bush vetoed that legislation. When the Senate, by 53-38, voted “No Confidence” in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the President ignored the wishes of the majority; the “Decider-in-Chief” decided that he would continue to mismanage the country without judicial or Congressional advice or overview.

To an audience at Tsinghua University, President Bush said that “life in America shows that liberty paired with law is not to be feared. In a free society, diversity is not disorder, debate is not strife, and dissent is not revolution.”

How his Administration created and enforced the USA PATRIOT Act; how he and his Administration have routinely and maliciously suppressed the rights of dissent, linking dissent to treason; and how he and his Administration have consistently shown the disregard for the Bill of Rights puts the lie to what he told Chinese students was his philosophy of government.

In forming the Constitution, this nation’s Founding Fathers rejected the concept of the divine right of kings. It’s doubtful the President has read the Constitution. Perhaps if he had, his philosophy, like Swiss cheese, would not be so full of holes, and he might not be so cavalier in thinking he has divine wisdom to shred that document as easily as one shreds a pound of cheese.