While I am avidly anti-Republican I believe if a Democratic President

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Tried to do what Bush* has done and Republicans had a Majority in Congress, they would not put up with it for one second. Signing Statements would not happen if Republicans controlled Congress and a Democrat was President..I believe that completely..Yet Democrats just piss and moan a little and roll over and show Bush* their belly..I don't get it. Are they just afraid of being confrontational? :shrug:

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1. they did happen, though not often, under Clinton

[DCKit]

2. It is my impression that Clinton's and prior President's signing statements...

were comments and clarifications, not nullification of the laws he signed. * is waaaaayyyyyy over the line because he got flawed legal advice telling him he could do as he pleased and Congress has neglected to reign him in for seven years.

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3. Absolutely right!

It's funny actually... Republicans can get away with things that a Democrat could never get away with!

A Democrat could never get away with wage/price controls (Nixon), huge deficits due to military spending (Reagan), and foreign wars (Bush... well, a Democrat couldn't get away with anything he's done, actually)