{"id":2194,"date":"2007-06-15T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2007-06-16T04:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2194"},"modified":"2018-01-18T20:18:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T02:18:53","slug":"american-conservative-blogger-bush-to-be-a-dictator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/american-conservative-blogger-bush-to-be-a-dictator\/","title":{"rendered":"American Conservative blogger: &#8216;Bush to be a Dictator?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/immigration_support_13067.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"immigration_support_13067.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/>The American Conservative (blog)<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThen take a look at National Security Presidential Directive\/NSPD 51, also called Homeland Security Presidential Directive\/HSPD-20.<\/p>\n<p>Under this directive, President Bush entrusts himself with leading the entire government &#8211; not just the Executive Branch &#8211; during a &#8220;catastrophic emergency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He makes himself the American czar, in keeping with the war czar and the drug czar and whatever else kind of crazy czar he&#8217;s got down there in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The correct word for it, however, would be &#8220;dictator.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the directive for yourself. It was released by the White House on May 9, and can be found at: <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090111022027\/http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/news\/releases\/2007\/05\/20070509-12.html\">www.whitehouse.gov\/news\/releases\/2007\/05\/20070509<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Conservative (blog) [&#8230;] Then take a look at National Security Presidential Directive\/NSPD 51, also called Homeland Security Presidential Directive\/HSPD-20. 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