1. paid for by the government means by us, the taxpayers. Do NOT fall into the trap of thinking it all belongs to the government -- that way lies slavery.
2. Any study funded by the current executive branch (at least under the current administration) would be considered suspect by the very people who are angry with the current proposed ruling.
3. This, and other issues associated with Presidential leave-taking, are going to get more and more press. The goal is to minimize Bush's ability to do anthing aside from pack up his gear.
Extension on three: What really chaps the main-stream media and a lot of the US political left is that there is no constitutional way to get Bush to resign in favor of Obama and put Obama in office yesterday -- which is what they'd like to see. Their thinking runs thus: we repudiated everything you did and stand for, so why theare you still here?
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