Why not? Cheney is unable to travel freely outside the United States even now for fear of being "Pinocheted."
The future of the Republican Party.
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Ron Paul = Pro-State Government. He is fine with social freedoms being restricted as long as the states do it.
Which makes no sense because he had no constitutional authority behind any of those decisions that were made. So even if they were to be proven to have violated some law, how could he be prosecuted for it?
That would be for an international court to decide.
Ok....but that would be like saying the an employee of ENRON not part of the board or corporate structure was culpable for criminal acts simply because he was there.
The Vice President has no authority beyond being next in line and the tie break in the senate. You couldn't possibly hold him accountable for a decision or decisions he has no authority to make.
Culpability would be for the court to decide. Under what "duly constituted authority" does any criminal commit his/her crimes?
Taking a guess? The country club conservatives have already committed to a permanent alliance with the churches and parareligous organizations. The libertarians have no principles other than untrammeled greed and nothing the rest of the Republicans do will ever drive them away. The Republican Party will continue to gain to appeal to hate of all sorts, shameless greed and disguised envy. There will be no split nor will there be a sudden enlightenment of the population. The ruling class has committed to conservatism and the Republican Party as the official party of conservatism will be indispensable. The Democratic party is merely the human mask of conservatism.
But conservative ideology makes conservatives stupid. Sooner or later, they will walk into disaster. The Supreme Court may legislate against abortion or gay rights or the Federal Reserve may create a Greater Depression. Or a Republican president may walk into a terrible military defeat that leaves an acknowledged winner on the field.
At that point, the party will be discredited. Its future domestic policy in the US is prophecied by the domestic policy of its friends in countries like Colombia, Israel, Haiti, Libya.
But conservative ideology makes conservatives stupid. Sooner or later, they will walk into disaster. The Supreme Court may legislate against abortion or gay rights or the Federal Reserve may create a Greater Depression. Or a Republican president may walk into a terrible military defeat that leaves an acknowledged winner on the field.
At that point, the party will be discredited. Its future domestic policy in the US is prophecied by the domestic policy of its friends in countries like Colombia, Israel, Haiti, Libya.
Seeing as how Obama lost his first couple of elections, had to contend with a serious threat in Republican Jack Ryan (ex-husband of Jeri!), the interference of Jesse Jacksons Jr. and Sr., and how everyone thought Joe Biden, John Edwards, and most powerfully Hilary Clinton would utterly beat Obama in the Democratic nomination, I fail to see how anyone was in the tank for Obama before he became famous.
The Hilary Clinton/Barack Obama race that ran neck and neck for months alone disputes any sort of conspiracy that Obama was maneuvered into an Illuminati-like stake for the presidency. It's quite easy to map out his rise in popularity: when Jack Ryan dropped out, Illinois Republicans needed someone to compete. They pulled up carpetbagger Alan Keyes, who stood no chance whatsoever since he was not only an extremist, he was also a non-native sent to IL specifically to run for the Senate. Obama won the race by an incredibly large margin as a result. And because of such an overwhelming victory, he was invited to be the keynote speaker at the DNC, increasing the national spotlight.
Consider this: had Jack Ryan not dropped out (or, y'know, have a torrid sex scandal to begin with) or had Republicans put even the slightest bit of sense in choosing Ryan's replacement, they either would have won at best or allow Obama to win with a far smaller, more traditional margin (say, within 10%), thus preventing Obama from being thrust into the spotlight. If the Republicans didn't pull off one massive blunder after another, Obama probably wouldn't be president today for any given reason. At the Senate level they handed Obama victory on a silver platter. But no, Republicans can do no wrong, and somehow someway this was all some sort of elaborate, decades-long conspiracy to get a guy named Barack into office.
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Yevetha
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He was part of the Hamilton Project. He had links to Bob Rubin from Goldman Sachs long before the elections of 08.
http://reddragon62.blogspot.com/2010/02/corporate-rights-takeover-of-democratic.html
Obama spoke at their first session, the only senator who spoke. They created the ilusions of a grassrrots campaing then stabbed the left in the back. Why did he get Wall Street money before he was a frontrunner.
http://reddragon62.blogspot.com/2010/02/corporate-rights-takeover-of-democratic.html
Obama spoke at their first session, the only senator who spoke. They created the ilusions of a grassrrots campaing then stabbed the left in the back. Why did he get Wall Street money before he was a frontrunner.
Oligarchs do compete between eachother.
Is your tinfoil hat extraordinarily comfortable? Must be, since you seem to have been wearing it night and day for a long time.
Leave the insults at the door, bud. They're not appropriate in MISC.
