…but I’ll field a few of these questions for him.

First, the question from the post itself (quoted in its entirity only because I don’t quite know what could be left out):

Mr. President: Peter David from www.peterdavid.net. In the past you have repeatedly criticized “activist judges” who have been, in your opinion, playing fast and loose with the Constitution in order to further their own agendas. Yet you, who twice took an oath to protect the Constitution, signed into law a historic curtailing of habeas corpus that many are decrying as blatantly unconstitutional. Would it therefore be reasonable to accuse you of being an “activist president?”

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The term “activist judges” is typically used to describe judges who, rather than simply make decisions on the cases in front of them, try to use the cases in front of them to actually write laws. This isn’t “playing fast and loose” with the Constitution, it’s a deliberate overstepping of the bounds of their jobs and into the purview of legislators. On the other hand, signing a bill into law is pretty much the center of the role of the President. If many are decrying the law as unconstitutional, they should take it to the courts, who will rule whether or not it violates the Constitution… that, not legislating from the bench, is their role.

Posted by: Aaron Thall at October 22, 2006 12:06 PM

How do you respond to accusations that you are the worst president in the entire history of the united states?

A follow up: There are rumors you resemble a chimpanzee in a suit. Your response?

Jimmy Carter.

It’s better than a mouse in a suit, right?

Posted by: KindKit at October 22, 2006 12:49 PM

Mr. President: Your predecessor, Bill Clinton, was impeached for lying about a consensual sexual relationship. Your Republican colleagues, at that time, said that a president who lied was unworthy of office. You lied about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and in so doing led the country into a bloody and costly war that has made the U.S. less safe, not more. Isn’t it, therefore, your moral duty as a Republican to resign?

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Posted by: Aaron Thall at October 22, 2006 01:15 PM

Mr. President, Aaron Thall from the Reynoldsburg Gazette… Your policy of “staying the course” in Iraq is clear, but I was wondering if it extends to the soldiers on the ground walking directly into mine fields.

If that is the case, is there anything you wish to say to the families of soldiers kileld ina ction, or are you merely waiting for their extra lives to kick in so they can fight once again?

Every American, myself included, should have nothing but gratitude to the soldiers who fight for us, and we’re all saddened when one of these men dies in the line of duty. To the families of those soldiers who’ve paid the highest price, America offers her thanks and her sympathies, as well as the assurance that these men died doing something that needed to be done.

Seriously, there are so many ways that one could criticize this administration without resorting to lies and childish insults, I can’t understand why so many of the questions offered in Peter’s comments resort to these things. The few that don’t happen to be insulting or misleading are pretty simplistic.