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#15 by Timmay on 30 Oct, 2008 10:51
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Can you send him on "gardening leave"?
in fact it is a scary time at that..
You saying you need help to unzip those lips Schro?? Did somene take you hostage? Are you ok...can you breathe? LOL -
#16 by Shaf on 02 Nov, 2008 09:51
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As as British citizen, something resonated with me after seeing the latest Chris Rock gig held in London recently and that was he said despite this not being our election, a lot of us were were still avidly interested in it. Too right, I'm regularly on CNN and other online broadcasters in following all the permutations of this as in so many ways (the obvious and not so obvious ones), this has implications on our wider world.
As a social policy professional in training, within me I feel regardless of which side of the fence your on, alot of positives and a sense of rationality still in difficult times can emerge whatever direction this takes after Tuesday. -
#17 by Razor X on 02 Nov, 2008 12:50
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From a UK national daily newspaper:
One will be the president-elect, the other George Bush, in power for 12 more weeks in which he can do pretty much whatever he likes. Not only will he never again have to face voters, he won't even have to worry about damaging the prospects of his own party and its standard bearer (as if he has not damaged those enough already). From November 5 to January 20, he will exercise the freest, most unaccountable form of power the democratic world has to offer.'
Can you send him on "gardening leave"?
Was that in The Guardian or The Daily Mirror? They're the usual suspects when it comes to publishing misinformation about the US political system. The truth of the matter is that after a new president has been elected, the incumbent president is a lame duck and probably could not get a resolution stating that the world is round through Congress. A lame-duck president is not unaccountable as that article suggests. The only absolute power he really has at this stage of the game is to grant pardons. You can probably expect to see a few of those in the days leading up to the inauguration.