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Please George, I would expect better from you than this shameless demagoguery. Democrats care about these people and Republicans don't. Doesn't quite fit in with your usual "they are all whores and crooks" rhetoric. Try and maintain a modicum of intellectual honesty.

Awfully convenient wouldn't you say? As if Congress as a coequal branch of government has no power over our lives. See above.

Completely off Topic:
Kennedy in TV heck
LIB DEM leader grilled about private drinking habits during TV interview

I saw this headline and jumped to a conclusion. Sorry, Teddy. (The story was about Charles Kennedy, a British politician.)

btw, thanks to JBryan for stating my response better than I would have

Well, no. The Congress and the Courts may be co-equal, but both are more in a reactive mode to the other branches than the Executive. It seems quite obvious by the way the three branches work.

Of course, if you all think the Majority/Minority leaders in the two houses are co-equal to the President and can set policies, develop regulations, appoint high ranking officials or can do any of the other things the President can do in running this country, then fine, feel free to have at them. I just do not see them a shaving anywhere near the power of the President.

I am open to changing my mind though when the next appointee of a Congressional Leader issues orders which take away my freedom in some area.

This is the distinction you use to let Daschle, et al off the hook? Come on George, that is mighty thin. When Congress passes laws it is up to the Executive Branch through its various agencies and departments to promulgate regulations and carry out those laws. That is not exactly non-reactive. Congress has been systematically stripping us of our rights for years.

No JBryan, it is the distinction I make to let Hastert, Armey and Delay off the hook! <g>

I would not spare them either if there was reason to suspect them of anything. BTW, I am not certain that there is not.