Specter: Bush not sole 'decision-maker'

WASHINGTON - A Senate Republican on Tuesday directly challenged President Bush's declaration that "I am the decision-maker" on issues of war.

"I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider," Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa., said during a hearing on Congress' war powers amid an increasingly harsh debate over
Iraq war policy. "The decider is a shared and joint responsibility," Specter said.

The question of whether to use its power over the government's purse strings to force an end to the war in Iraq, and under what conditions, is among the issues faced by the newly empowered Democratic majority in Congress, and even some of the president's political allies as well.

We’ve noted in the past that Senator Specter is a dangerous man, because he has several times initiated or changed legislation to better enable Mr Bu$h’s rape of the Constitution.

He also snuck a last minute amendment into the Patriot Act that enabled Bu$hCo to appoint US Attorneys without Senate review. This little gem was carefully hidden until the Bu$h malAdministration began firing US Attorneys that have been too successful in prosecuting Republican donors for white collar crimes.

Obsequiousness in the service of despotism is not the American way, Senator.

Recent reports that Senator Specter is crafting a new law determining that Mr Bu$h is the sole authority for Federal decisions has not yet been confirmed.