Two former Republican members of Congress have accused their GOP colleagues of putting party politics over the Constitution during the Bush years, arguing that they failed dramatically to check the White House's use of executive powers.
Former Reps. Mickey Edwards (R-Okla.) and Chris Shays (R-Conn.) made the argument that if the Republican-controlled Congress had exhibited greater oversight during former President George W. Bush's time in office, they could have prevented some of the most calamitous results of that administration and even saved thousands of lives.
Speaking at a panel on congressional oversight powers, Shays argued that had more members of Congress, including Republicans, gone to Iraq and visited Abu Ghraib, prisoner abuses would have come to light sooner.
"That would have alerted the administration to what was happening, the command authority to what was happening and it probably would have saved a 1,000 lives," Shays said. Shays said the Bush White House abused its powers in a way that resulted in many of the domestic and international problems that have unfolded recently.
"This past Republican Congress hurt this administration by not having some hearings," said the Connecticut Republican. "Had we had hearings it would have nipped those problems in the bud."
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Yet another liberal blog...
Please, for the sake of our country and everything we hold dear, open your eyes. I swear it has to take effort to be so ignorant about our current political/economic/social situation.
Pretty soon you guys will take a look.
If you're going to cling to those failing liberal ideals, at least find something of importance to say...or just make your blog more independent so you don't have to struggle to come up with these juicy little tid-bits.
Yep, this blogger has drunk WAY too much kool-aid. His grip on reality is fairly non-existent. And none of his posts are backed up with references; he just flails in the wind, driven by nothing more than unchecked emotion and blind ideology.
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