When Kerry Is President, Can He Sign and Executive Order

[Beetwasher]

that annuls ALL of Bush's EO's in one sweep?

If he can do this, he should.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. No, he shouldn't

I don't want to piss away any kind of goodwill in the same way Chimpy has. When Kerry becomes President, we have to nurture the edge we have so as not to lose it for a very, very long time.

[newscaster]

3. It will take congress or the Supremes to do that.

The Supremes are not likely to annul an ything and congress will only do it if we have a Democratic Majority in both houses.

[BurtWorm]

4. Goodwill toward whom?

Toward the Bushists? Who needs their good will? Who needs the wingers' good will?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

16. See post #15

[Beetwasher]

12. Actually, I Think If He Wins In A Landslide

He would have clear mandate to do this and he should. Good will? From whom? Bush signed some really horrendous EO's that should immediately be annulled.

Do you remember the first order of business that Bush took care of was an EO that forbid funding to any organizations overseas that mentioned abortion when they counseled women on reproductive health issues (This is called the Mexico City Policy)? Even if the programs that mentioned abortion were not using US funds for those programs.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

15. From whom??!?

If Kerry's winning in a landslide, that's a lot of goodwill from Independent and former/current Republicans that don't like what Bush did. If we nurture them, they become full blown Democrats. If we run roughshod over them, they stay Independent or Republican. That's what I'm talking about.

[BurtWorm]

17. The only people who would be ridden roughshod over

in having Bush's EO's overturned would be people who thought they were swell ideas in the first place. The damage Bush did will take at least four years to undo. Might as well start big on day one.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

19. I know this is hard to believe, but...

There are many shades of grey we're talking about here. Not everyone who will vote for Kerry will believe that every single EO that Bush made was a bad thing, nor does everyone think every one of them was a good thing. You have to pick and choose.

[Beetwasher]

18. So?

Kerry would be annulling lot's of radical executive orders that most moderates would probably be appalled over if they even knew they existed (which I'm willing to bet most of them don't even have a clue about them anyway)...There's a lot of other things he could do to continue fostering good will other than letting Bush's egregiously radical executive orders stand. Granted, anulling them all in one dramatic sweep might be a bit grandiose, but hey, that's just my opinion!

[Dookus]

2. Doesn't that seem sorta thoughtless?

I don't know what every executive order issued by Bush does, but is every single one of them awful?

[Beetwasher]

9. I Would Start From Scratch

Turn back the clock if you will. I'd be willing to bet 99.9% of them are horrendous. Cancel 'em all, then go back and find the few that may be ok and reinstate them. That would be my strategy, but hey! I'm just talkin' outta my ass afterall!

[Kokonoe]

5. I wonder what the chimp will spew on his last day

:puke:

[KurtNYC]

13. a whole lot of pardons

kenny lay, cheney, scooter libby, etc.

[eleny]

6. Didn't Bush* reverse Clinton's last minute EOs?

I'm with you. I think he should reverse the one about sealing Reagan's papers.

[Kokonoe]

8. they said it was not printed,

and bush ordered it not printed, and if not printed its not a law.

[terrya]

7. I think one of the first is reversing Bush's EO on stem cell research.

Just my .02. President Kerry doesn't have to make it his first order of business. But I think it's important.

[Beetwasher]

10. Yeah, that one is particularly horrendous, along w/ the Mexico City

Gag policy, the one on faith based funding etc...Just wipe 'em all out on the first day. Then you can go over them to see if there were any that were reasonable and you can just reinstate those...

[Mara Steele]

11. I don't know but, I think that would be a great, symbolic gesture

The public at large may not go for that kind of radicalism, but I would throw a fucking party if he did such a thing!

I think it would be hilarious and beautiful. :D

:toast:

[Freddie Stubbs]

14. A lot of them are simply 'housekeeping actions'

Creating and dissolving advisory panels.

http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/executive_orders/wbush_subjects.html

But there certainly are some that set policy.