Comments on: Executive Supremacy With A Democrat In Charge http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2007/09/12/executive-supremacy-with-a-democrat-in-charge/ Insight - Foresight - Hindsight Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:06:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Hiram Wurf http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2007/09/12/executive-supremacy-with-a-democrat-in-charge/#comment-22803 Hiram Wurf Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:15:11 +0000 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2007/09/12/executive-supremacy-with-a-democrat-in-charge/#comment-22803 Hi SCAM, Thanks for the side note - really contributes very nicely to understanding the GOP frame of mind. Thanks! Hi SCAM,

Thanks for the side note - really contributes very nicely to understanding the GOP frame of mind.

Thanks!

]]> By: so-called "Austin Mayor" http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2007/09/12/executive-supremacy-with-a-democrat-in-charge/#comment-22726 so-called "Austin Mayor" Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:59:38 +0000 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2007/09/12/executive-supremacy-with-a-democrat-in-charge/#comment-22726 "what happens [when] a Democrat takes the White House in 2008?" I think that this is the single best argument for the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. If she is elected president, the GOP will stop at nothing to dismantle the unitary executive/imperial presidency. And by the time she leaves the White House, the office of the president will be reduced to a minor government position falling somewhere between House Whip and Lisle postmaster. *** As a side note, in his new book,<a href="http://tinyurl.com/25tklh" rel="nofollow">Broken Government</a>, John Dean addresses Bill Clinton's use of the expanded executive power that he inherited from Reagan and Bush I. Dean notes that because Clinton did not used that power in the manner the authoritarian conservatives intended, e.g. he expanded regulatory oversight rather than reducing it, the authoritarian republicans attacked. But rather than attempt to undermine the presidency (the office) they attacked the president (the man). Remember how their constant refrain was that Clinton was not presidential and that he was soiling and dishonoring the office? Every thing they didn't like -- Monica to Bosnia to bombing al Qida to attempting health care reform -- soiled and dishonored the office. And that George WTF Bush would return the presidency to glory. I sure could use a less glorified White House right now... -- SCAM “what happens [when] a Democrat takes the White House in 2008?”

I think that this is the single best argument for the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.

If she is elected president, the GOP will stop at nothing to dismantle the unitary executive/imperial presidency.

And by the time she leaves the White House, the office of the president will be reduced to a minor government position falling somewhere between House Whip and Lisle postmaster.

***

As a side note, in his new book,Broken Government, John Dean addresses Bill Clinton’s use of the expanded executive power that he inherited from Reagan and Bush I.

Dean notes that because Clinton did not used that power in the manner the authoritarian conservatives intended, e.g. he expanded regulatory oversight rather than reducing it, the authoritarian republicans attacked. But rather than attempt to undermine the presidency (the office) they attacked the president (the man).

Remember how their constant refrain was that Clinton was not presidential and that he was soiling and dishonoring the office? Every thing they didn’t like — Monica to Bosnia to bombing al Qida to attempting health care reform — soiled and dishonored the office. And that George WTF Bush would return the presidency to glory.

I sure could use a less glorified White House right now…

– SCAM

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