George W. Bush Quote

Quote from George W. Bush,

Bush on the Constitution: ‘It’s just a goddamned piece of paper’
By DOUG THOMPSON
Dec 5, 2005, 07:53

Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.

Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal.

GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

“I don’t give a goddamn,” Bush retorted. “I’m the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.”

“Mr. President,” one aide in the meeting said. “There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution.”

“Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”

I’ve talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution “a goddamned piece of paper.”

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml

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George W. Bush (more quotes by George W. Bush or books by/about George W. Bush)

(1946- ) 43rd US President, Yale Skull & Bones Society

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November 2005

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White House cabinet meeting to discuss the renewal of the Patriot Act, in response to GOP leaders presenting a valid case that the Patriot Act undermined the Constitution.
Doug Thompson, Capital Hill Blue, Dec 5, 2005
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml

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America, Constitution, Despotism, NWO, Obedience, Power, President, Terrorism, Tyranny, Usurpation, War

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By:	George W. Bush (more quotes by George W. Bush or books by/about George W. Bush)
	(1946- ) 43rd US President, Yale Skull & Bones Society
Date:	November 2005
Source:	White House cabinet meeting to discuss the renewal of the Patriot Act, in response to GOP leaders presenting a valid case that the Patriot Act undermined the Constitution. Doug Thompson, Capital Hill Blue, Dec 5, 2005 http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml
Categories:	America, Constitution, Despotism, NWO, Obedience, Power, President, Terrorism, Tyranny, Usurpation, War
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