Not breaking news: Smirky doesn't believe in the Constitution

Obviously, this would never happen here: a reporter schooled Smirky on what the Supreme Court's job is, as reported on Monday. At the same time, Smirky throws the lowly Abu Ghraib prison guards under the bus, as if nobody gave those orders to torture. The interview, which was filled with the usual crud from Smirky and his doll's eyes wife, had one remarkable exchange that shows what a total--yet 100% scary--tool we have in the White House.

BOULTON: I mean, you've talked a lot about freedom. I've heard you talk about freedom -- I think every time I've seen you.

THE PRESIDENT: Yes.

BOULTON: And yet there are those who would say, look, let's take Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib and rendition and all those things, and to them that is the, you know, the complete opposite of freedom.

THE PRESIDENT: Of course if you want to slander America, you can look at it one way. But you go down -- what you need to do -- I think I suggested you do this at a press conference -- if you go down to Guantanamo and take a look at how these prisoners are treated -- and they're working it through our court systems. We are a land of law.

BOULTON: But the Supreme Court have just said that -- you know, ruled against what you've been doing down there.

THE PRESIDENT: But the district court didn't. And the appellate court didn't.

BOULTON: The Supreme Court is supreme, isn't it?

THE PRESIDENT: It is, and I accept their verdict. I don't agree with their verdict. And it's not what I was doing down there. This was a law passed by our United States Congress that I worked with the Congress to get passed and sign into law.

BOULTON: But it looked like an attempt to bypass the Constitution, to a certain extent.

THE PRESIDENT: This was a law passed, Adam. We passed a law. Bypassing the Constitution means that we did something outside the bounds of the Constitution. We went to the Congress and got a piece of legislation passed.

BOULTON: Which is now being struck down, I think.

THE PRESIDENT: It is, and I accept what the Supreme Court did, and I necessarily don't have to agree with it.

My only point to you is, is that yes, I mean, we certainly wish Abu Ghraib hadn't happened, but that should not reflect America. This was the actions of some soldiers.

I especially like the part where Smirky tries to show how our government works to someone who clearly knows far more about the inner workings of the American system than he does: "This was a law passed, Adam. We passed a law." Clown.
The last bit about Abu Ghraib is grossly offensive in its disingenuousness.