Murtha Needs a Civics Lesson

For those of us who went to public school, we grew up believing that our constitution created a government with three co-equal branches. Well, John Murtha must have been out sick the day they discussed that, because according to him, the president is just a figurehead whose power is granted by Congress (from the Rush Limbaugh Show transcript):

All right, it gets even better. John Murtha was on NPR. I've never listened to NPR other than when we have sound bites from them here. What's that stand for, National Public Radio? I've never listened. Anyway, regarding Iraq, Murtha said, "Winning is not a strategy. Victory is not a strategy." On what the Democrats will do, Murtha said, "We're going to say here's a plan that we have, and Speaker Pelosi has signed onto the plan that I have. Stability in the Middle East, stability in Iraq comes from redeployment of our troops, and that's going to be what we'll work for." He's the guy, by the way, that suggested redeployment to Okinawa, among other places, and Kuwait. And on the presidency, Murtha said, "Listen, this isn't a dictatorship. The president can say all he wants to. The president has no power. The president is a perception of power, and he's lost that power in this election."

I'll tell you what, Congressman Murtha, why don't you send you favorite wacky left bill up to the White House and see if you can force the president to sign it. Then we'll see where the real power lies.