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2008-02-29 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Mike 2008-02-29 11:51|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 This article assumes that voters can tell shit from Shinola.

Posted by wxjames 2008-02-29 12:11|| 2008-02-29 12:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Or pay attention.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-02-29 12:18|| 2008-02-29 12:18|| Front Page Top

#3 "I have been a critic of Nafta from the very beginning," which was news to the many Americans who saw her husband tout it as one of his great achievements in the White House.

If they buy that one, they can't and aren't...

Posted by tu3031 2008-02-29 12:19|| 2008-02-29 12:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Important note: As a President can only sign a treaty with the consent of the Senate, a President can only leave a treaty with that consent as well.

However, if the treaty has a provision that its signers may leave it at any time, the President can do so with just an executive order, without Senate approval.

But if a President did this, there is a strong possibility that the matter would end up before the Supreme Court.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-29 12:38|| 2008-02-29 12:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Huh? Presidents sign treaties but submit them to the Senate for ratification in order for them to be binding. Bill Clinton signed the Kyoto Treaty, but a sense of the Senate resolution said 'we ain't ratifying', so he never submitted it for action [something the Donks and the left keep ignoring while they "Blame Bush"].

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-02-29 16:25|| 2008-02-29 16:25|| Front Page Top

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