"The most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory"

[Bonobo]

Guess who said this?

Dean? Edwards? Kerry? Kucinich? Clark?

Go ahead. See if you can guess without cheating.

Answer to come...

[teach1st]

1. John Dean? NT

[EstimatedProphet]

2. Pat Buchanan?

N/T

[latebloomer]

3. I win, I win!

It was Clark!

Just read it on the Krugman thread.

What's my prize??

[Bonobo]

6. You forfeited the prize by blurting out the answer!!!

Too bad...

No, just kidding. Your prize is a smooch on the cheek from Ann Coulter.

[latebloomer]

9. Oy!

May I have the second prize instead?

[knight_of_the_star]

19. Wow!

When did he say this?

[xray s]

4. I know...

...because I read DU!

So since I can't guess, I won't tell.

[latebloomer]

5. You are far, far nobler than I.

[kayleybeth]

7. I know who said it

:-)

[Ivote]

8. I know too

[calimary]

14. So do I. Only adjective he forgot was "sneakiest."

But he covered the rest pretty well. And good on him!!! Hopefully more people will hear it and start saying it, too.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

10. To God's ears

when I read that he said 'imperialistic', i couldnt believe it. i mean, the rest we all know, and the imperialism we all assumed - but to have a General say it is quite another thing. it is my dearest hope that the person who wins the candidacy is the person who speaks with this kind of clarity and honesty.

what i have always liked about Sharpton, Clark and Dean is that they stay on topic.

[teach1st]

11. Hey, I should at least get a consolation prize..

John Dean, 1/16

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20040116.html


Not inaccurately, the Bush presidency has been called imperial, in Schlesinger's sense. The evidence? Its "preemptive" and "preventive" military policy, its contentions that it can go to war regardless of whether Congress approves, its policies calling for American world domination, and its unprecedented blending of national security policy and domestic law enforcement. In my view, these policies and positions not only easily establish the Bush presidency as imperial, they also rank it beyond anything in the annals of the modern American presidency. This may be the most imperial Presidency our history has yet seen.

I've spoken with Arthur Schlesinger about it -- asking him if he thought the Bush presidency fit his description of an imperial presidency. In response, he chuckled, and said, "I'd certainly say this is an imperial presidency."

The fact that five cases currently before the Supreme Court address the question of presidential powers -- and whether or not the Bush presidency has exceeded them -- speaks for itself. Bush has had almost twice as many such cases before the Court as Nixon had, in half the time.

The new level of exertion of presidential authority is a combination of the circumstances following 9/11, the war on terrorism, and Vice President Dick Cheney's long held views on executive power. Accordingly, these are hardly small issues with this presidency. In fact, they are precisely the issues that will be an integral part of the debate during the presidential campaign.

[Bonobo]

13. Wonderful link and great post! Thank you eom

[calimary]

16. John Dean just keeps hittin' 'em out of the ballpark.

[Jerseycoa]

12. I guess I shouldn't say

:)

[Bonobo]

15. Another winner! Did you see what the prize was?

Better pucker up.

[Auntie Bush]

17. Clark said it...I heard him

[knight_of_the_star]

18. Dean

He's the only one on the list I can picture using the word, "nastiest."