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Monday, December 08, 2008
Rich Galen :: Townhall.com Columnist
That Pesky Constitution
by Rich Galen
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Will the Dems' health care Christmas Present to America be an improvement or detriment to our health care system?


So, that fix is 100 years old.

Here's a better question. What if President Obama wanted a Representative or Senator who had been in office in March 2003, to be the Secretary of Homeland Security?

No can do.

The other part of the Emoluments Clause states that "No Senator or Representative shall … be appointed to any civil office … which shall have been created …

Hence the two DHS Secretaries have been Tom Ridge (former Governor of Pennsylvania) and Michael Chertoff (former Federal Judge). The next Secretary will be Gov. Janet Napolitano.

New Topic:

NBC News announced yesterday that David Gregory will be the ninth permanent host of Meet the Press. Gregory has been the chief White House correspondent for NBC having done at least two stints at MSNBC and subbed on the Nightly News and the Today Show.

If you don't think "Meet" has sway read this from the Associated Press: "Meet the Press" dominates the Sunday morning political landscape. During November, it averaged 4.5 million viewers each Sunday. ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos had 3.5 million viewers, CBS' "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer averaged 3.1 million viewers, and "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace had 1.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

I am a David Gregory fan. I know he'll be a terrific guardian of the franchise.

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Rich Galen has been a press secretary to Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich. Rich Galen currently works as a journalist and writes at Mullings.com

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Reply # 1
Date: Dec 9, 2008 - 11:23 PM EST
The Constitution ...
like the Bible is a dead issue in the world of heathens. Now the UN Charter ... there's a work to capture mankinds spirit for eternity.

Sorry, dear reader; whilst you were preoccupied your children were being educated by MTV and the country was moved from under you.

Has anyone bothered to read ..
'The Character of Nations'
by Angelo M. Codevilla

You can sound out words, can't you?
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Reply # 2
Date: Dec 9, 2008 - 10:15 PM EST
gene
Another one?

I'm still waiting for the first one.

Bush snookerd Congress? How?

Once again, quit reading the Daily Kos and start reading actual reporting. Learn something about what really happened - not just what the Bush "truthers" claim happened.
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