Read it and Weep

If you swear to defend the Constitution, shouldn't you have to read it?

Representative Eric Cantor was on Hardball this evening (he's the Deputy Minority Whip). He said that the Commander in Chief declares war. Chris Matthews asked him then why did the President go to Congress for authorization for the Iraq war. Congressman Cantor said that Bush's lawyers recommended that he should.

Let's just check with the Constitution, shall we?

Article I; Section 8: The Congress shall have power
to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;
To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;
To establish post offices and post roads;
To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;

It goes on.

If you happen to live in Richmond call this jerk and tell him he might want to read the document he's sworn to protect. OR you can email him using the zip code 23221-1118. Let him know what you think.