Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding torture method

[spartan]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8CE3A100-0A6C-4803-B82E-BB80271C08D3.htm

"Because the danger remains, we need to ensure our intelligence officials have all the tools they need to stop the terrorists," Bush said, adding the vetoed legislation "would diminish these vital tools".
So much for Democracy when one man has the power to stop something by just vetoing it:glare:

I thought that the American revolution was fought to stop things such as this happening?

Thoughts?

[Psy]

Neo-Cons are modern fascists, if you bother reading their theories (the essays they write to each other) they state the problem is American is it too democratic (they are referring to the bourgeoisie democracy) and all power should be centralized into the executive branch that rules with a iron fist.

They state Bush can do what ever he wants because he is the Führer AKA Commander and Chief, and their lawyers state the US constitution gives all the power to the Command Chief during times of war and that Bush is legally the dictator of the USA.

[Sankofa]

Doesn't really surprise me. America's never been a democracy, never will be.

[Killer Enigma]

So much for Democracy when one man has the power to stop something by just vetoing it:glare:

This reflects a grave misconception of what democracy is as well as a disregard for checks and balances within a governing entity. Has no one on revleft read The Federalist Papers?

[Asoka89]

The veto can be overridden by a 2/3 majority and has been used to prevent some reactionary/racist laws in the past by more progressive bourgeois presidents

[Psy]

The veto can be overridden by a 2/3 majority and has been used to prevent some reactionary/racist laws in the past by more progressive bourgeois presidents
Bush already made a signing statement saying Congress can't take power away from the Commander in Chief when it comes to issues regarding the conduct of wars, Bush's lawyers claim such a veto to Bush's powers by the Congress would be unconstitutional.

[BIG BROTHER]

So much for the US promoting human rights...