Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Because there aren’t enough votes in Congress to pass the auto bailout, “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said it was up to the Bush administration to unilaterally rescue the Big Three.” (Source)

If Mr. Reid had actually read the Constitution, specifically the parts that explain what the President does and what Congress does, he would know that the President cannot legally “unilaterally” fund a bailout. Congress is in charge of spending.

What Reid is saying is, “Congress can’t do it’s job, can the President do it?” Now, if you went to your boss and said, “I can’t do my job, can you find something else to do it?”, I think you’d be fired fairly quickly.

Well, maybe we should fire Mr. Reid. Or better yet, if he’s the “leader”, maybe we should fire all of Congress.