Aiding and Abetting

Adding another sorry notch to his collection of shame and betrayals of America, Sen. Pat Roberts has just come out with the Nixon defense. Today in his now common Bush lackey appearance on Meet The Press, he showed once again that Bush's scrotum is firmly pressed against his chin:

TIM RUSSERT: Senator Roberts, let me ask you a very serious question. Do you believe that the Constitution gives the President of the United States the authority to do anything he believes is necessary to protect the country?

ROBERTS: Yes, but I wouldn’t say anything he believes. I think you go at it very, very carefully. And that’s been done by every president that I know of.

In 1977, Nixon appeared in an interview with David Frost:

FROST: "So ... what ... you're saying is that there are certain situations ... where the president can decide that it's in the best interests of the nation or something, and do something illegal."

NIXON: "Well, when the president does it that means that it is not illegal."

View the Nixon video here.

Notice Roberts didn't attempt to say we are a country of laws and even the President has to obey them. Anyone feel comfortable with Chimpie deciding what is acceptable or not?

So America, if little Georgie wakes up in a drunken stupor some morning and decides to have the FBI arrest your whole family without any probable cause, you can thank Pat Roberts for helping to enable the crime.
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