The more liberals and the Obama regime attempt to portray legitimacy and concerns for the people and the rule of law, the more the irony of their actions are revealed in both direct and subtle ways. Any rookie government poag would have realized the true magnitude of the impression represented by this staged act by Brennan.
Oh, dear. This is probably not the symbolism the White House wanted.
Hours after CIA Director John Brennan took the oath of office—behind
closed doors, far away from the press, perhaps befitting his status as
America's top spy—the White House took pains to emphasize the symbolism
of the ceremony.
“There's one piece of this that I wanted to note for you,” spokesman
Josh Earnest told reporters at their daily briefing. “Director Brennan
was sworn in with his hand on an original draft of the Constitution that
had George Washington's personal handwriting and annotations on it,
dating from 1787.”
Earnest said Brennan had asked for a document from the National Archives that would demonstrate the U.S. is a nation of laws.
"Director Brennan told the president that he made the request to the
archives because he wanted to reaffirm his commitment to the rule of law
as he took the oath of office as director of the CIA,” Earnest said.
The Constitution itself went into effect in 1789. But troublemaking blogger Marcy Wheeler points out
that what was missing from the Constitution in 1787 is also quite
symbolic: The Bill of Rights, which did not officially go into effect
until December 1791 after ratification by states. (Caution: Marcy's post
has some strong language.)
That means: No freedom of speech and of the press, no right to bear
arms, no Fourth Amendment ban on “unreasonable searches and seizures,”
and no right to a jury trial.
How ... symbolic?
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