Article II: The Executive Branch : Section 1: The President and Vice President, #8

Oath of office.
Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

I didn't think much of the constitution until recently, when I decided to re-educate ourselves on what it's really about. In this section, it is presently clear that it's the President's duty to protect the people's rights. In order to do this, especially when times are hard, we need to remind ourselves that the constitution is the guide for our humanity. The people who written this constitution were truly putting themselves out of their power and give it to the public. Some even realize that they were hypocrite and even admitted it. Weren't those people being true to themselves? On contrast, Bush has lost his way ever since he uttered these words in a meeting that happened years ago, particularly in November 2004, this was published in December 2004, titled, "The Rant":

"GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

'I don’t give a goddamn,' Bush retorted. 'I’m the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.'

'Mr. President,' one aide in the meeting said. 'There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution.'

'Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,' Bush screamed back. 'It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!'

I’ve talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution “a goddamned piece of paper.

And, to the Bush Administration, the Constitution of the United States is little more than toilet paper stained from all the shit that this group of power-mad despots have dumped on the freedoms that “goddamned piece of paper” used to guarantee.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, while still White House counsel, wrote that the 'Constitution is an outdated document.'

Put aside, for a moment, political affiliation or personal beliefs. It doesn’t matter if you are a Democrat, Republican or Independent. It doesn’t matter if you support the invasion or Iraq or not. Despite our differences, the Constitution has stood for two centuries as the defining document of our government, the final source to determine 'in the end' if something is legal or right."

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