so are you still happy you voted for BUSH???

[Lucky DAWG]

mainly because blaming him is the easy way out, also because he said he was going to do something and he is seeing it through, hes not givin up with just good enough. also like i said before, the president is just a glorified spokes person. hes the PR of the government. anything he can do(for the most part) the house can overrule. hell the war had to be voted on a passed in order for us to go, he just couldnt decide to say "hey we are going to go to war today, i dont care what congress thinks." he could have done a military campaign but there is a limit on how long he can do that for thanks to either the Vietnam war or the Korean war, i cant remember which. also oil prices, as much as people would like to believe he does not control them. economy has anybody really thought about this. how many companies had major offices in the twin towers that went down in 9/11? it wasnt called the world trade center because it was an apartment complex.

I agree with you



but just a factoid, the President can declare war, He can say he is going to war with pretty much whoever he wants whether or not it was up to the framers to intend it that way.


The president has the utmost authority to declare war when in defending the country from an attack. The only thing is that Congress must sign off on giving him an army.

[redrumracer]

I agree with you



but just a factoid, the President can declare war, He can say he is going to war with pretty much whoever he wants whether or not it was up to the framers to intend it that way.


The president has the utmost authority to declare war when in defending the country from an attack. The only thing is that Congress must sign off on giving him an army.

he has to get approval from congress first

Among the express powers of Congress as defined in the Constitution are the power to lay and collect taxes, borrow money on the credit of the United States, regulate commerce, coin money, declare war, raise and support armies, and make all laws necessary for the execution of its powers.

[Lucky DAWG]

he has to get approval from congress first

Look at FDR with Pearl Harbor.



What may be in the Consitution has changed now. The Presidential Powers have definately expanded



I'm not trying to belittle you, i agree with your post.

[redrumracer]

Look at FDR with Pearl Harbor.
What may be in the Consitution has changed now. The Presidential Powers have definately expanded
I'm not trying to belittle you, i agree with your post.

i know you agreed with me but check your reps for my reasoning and

On December 8 Congress declared war on Japan with only one dissenting vote (Rep. Jeannette Rankin of Montana, who had also voted against U.S. entry into World War I).

[Lucky DAWG]

i know you agreed with me but check your reps for my reasoning and

I think that might just be an official thing they do afterwards, the president has the first say and the damage is already done afterwards.



I'm just covering my ass when i say that though with more reasoning, i just remember reading that. Could be / probably am totally wrong lol