Turdblossom on Meet the Press:
MR. ROVE: Yeah, look, here’s the issue. There is a tension between Congress and the executive. Congress wants to be able to call the—this Congress in particular—wants to be able to call presidential aides up at its whim and convenience and have them testify. That would have a chilling effect on the ability of a president to get candid, straightforward advice from his aides. We have a constitutional separation of powers. The founders talk about this. They, they understood this issue, and they wanted to insulate the judicial, the executive and the legislative from each other in this respect.
Mr. Zatkin didn’t mention this “insulating” thing in American Government class. ‘Course I was asleep a lot during his lectures (I had him fifth period, right after lunch). Dollars to donuts, Rove has some footnote from the Federalist Papers in mind when he talks about the desire of the Founders “to insulate” the branches of government. One which could be easily debunked, like Hamilton made an off-the-cuff remark about how cold it gets in legislatures in the winter or something.
But really, this sort of thing just goes to show you that the left blogosphere needs something like the Bat Signal, only instead of a bat, it lights up the night sky with the silhouette of a giant hammer pounding a nail, and when you shine it, Glenzilla swoops in and explains how various wingnuts are dead wrong on the Constitution.
Can we get one of those? A Glenzilla Signal?
Gavin adds: You want me to make one? I like the moon + bat symbology just fine, but perhaps there’s something in a giant silhouetted wingnut.
Above: I’m just thinking out loud here…
