John H wrote:

:On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:31:23 -0400, "Raymond O'Hara"
wrote:
:
:
:"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
. ..
: hk wrote:
: :
: :Bush thinks he has dictatorial powers. Just check his history of
: :"signing statements."
: :
:
: Hint: Bush didn't invent "signing statements". President Clinton
: (for example) used more "signing statements" during his 8 years than
: Bush has (381 to 157).
:
:bush added 800+ signing statements fred
:
:http://www.fff.org/comment/com0610c.asp
:
:"George W. Bush has added more than 800 "signing statements" to new laws
:since he took office. Earlier presidents occasionally appended such comments
:to new statutes, but Bush is the first to use signing statements routinely
:to nullify key provisions of new laws"
:
:clinton did it 105 times
:
:http://stuartbuck.blogspot.com/2006/...l-signing.html
:as always fred, you are mistaken.
:
:

As usual, Ray is confused and doesn't know the difference between "a
signing statement" (one per bill) and "clauses a signing statement
covers" (a much higher number.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing...(United_States)

:
:http://tinyurl.com/o42at
:

I really don't think Ray needs a test.

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only stupid."
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