Greetings, this is podcast number 103 of Blast the Right, I'm Jack Clark from TheRationalRatical.com

Today, we're going to hear from some conservatives who have banded together to stop Bush's

power grab.

You heard me correctly, conservatives.

You'll get an overabundance of ammo to use when next you have the pleasure of engaging

in conversation a right-winger who hasn't yet been enlightened by these conservative brethren

of his.

Let's get right into it.

My sources are AmericanFreedomAjenda.org, audio clips from the Tom Hartman radio show,

The Boston Globe, MSNBC.com, PBS.org, and Dictionary.com.

There's been increasing talk lately of impeaching Bush and Cheney.

Much of the discussion is focused on their allying us into war, firing the federal attorneys

for political reasons, and the like.

Here we'll focus instead on the Bush-Cheney attack on the system of checks and balances

built into the Constitution.

For those who aren't familiar with the concept, checks and balances is, quote, a fundamental

principle of American government guaranteed by the Constitution, whereby each branch

of the government, executive, judicial, and legislative, has some measure of influence

over the other branches and may choose to block procedures of the other branches.

checks and balances prevent anyone branch from accumulating too much power, close quote.

The key is, prevent anyone branch from accumulating too much power.

The writers of our Constitution had just successfully rebelled against King George III, and wanted

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