Let's assume they're not idiots (continued)

Control sought on military lawyers
Bush wants power over promotions
By Charlie Savage
Globe Staff / December 15, 2007
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is pushing to take control of the promotions of military lawyers, escalating a conflict over the independence of uniformed attorneys who have repeatedly raised objections to the White House's policies toward prisoners in the war on terrorism.

The administration has proposed a regulation requiring "coordination" with politically appointed Pentagon lawyers before any member of the Judge Advocate General corps - the military's 4,000-member uniformed legal force - can be promoted.

Again I ask: Has no one in W's Administration asked, "Do we really want to bequeath an unlimited Executive to our Democratic successors?"

Again, three (3) possibilities present themselves:
1) W truly believes in Rove's permanent Republican majority.
2) (the I, Claudius option) W wants Congress to strip the Executive of all authority and is doing everything in his power to provoke Congress to action!
3) They've something else in mind.

... and, again:
a) I find it hard to believe that even W believes in Rove's permanent Republican majority.
b) I include option #2 only to be complete. No, this is not plausible.
c) Conclusion: they've something else in mind!

"Something else"? Like what, exactly?

W has no intention of relinquishing the Presidency in Jan 2009. A pretext will be created to enable him to remain as Imperator G.W. Bush I, founder of a grand imperial dynasty.

Do I believe this? With each new expansion of Executive power my skepticism is diminished.

The pretext? see previous post.