Constitution, what Constitution?

Here's some food for thought from the GOP presidential debate in Michigan the other day:

MR. HUCKABEE: A president has to do whatever is necessary to protect the American people. If we think Iran is building nuclear capacity that could be used against us in any way, including selling some of the nuclear capacity to some other terrorist group, then yes, we have a right to do it. And I would do it in a heartbeat.
MR. MATTHEWS: Without going to Congress? Without going to Congress?
MR. HUCKABEE: Well, if it's necessary to get it done because it's actionable right now, yes. If you have the time and the luxury of going to Congress, that's always better. But Chris, the most important single thing is to make sure --
MR. MATTHEWS: And if Congress says no, what do you do? If Congress says no, what do you do, Governor?
MR. HUCKABEE: You do what's best for the American people, and you suffer the consequences. But what you don't do is -- what you never do is let the American people one day get hit with a nuclear device because you had politics going on in Washington instead of the protection of the American people first.

And Huckabee isn't even the scariest of these creeps! Here's a man who's asking the country to elect him as our most powerful official, with a sworn duty to preserve and defend the Constitution of the U.S.-- and he's obviously never even read the document!! This is worse than someone applying for a job as an IT systems analyst asking the interviewer: "Linux? Who is this Linux that you speak of?"

I mean WTF??!!??

The apparently sincere belief that everything's good if you think you're doing what's "best for the American people," has me sincerely terrified. Huckabee would be the first to tell you that he thinks it would be "best for the American people," if all American Roman Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Buddhists, gays, atheists and Hindus were either "converted" or dead. If he thought the former path might take too long and expose the country to an unacceptable risk of eternal damnation-- would mass extermination be the only choice? Would he think it O.K. to "suffer the consequences" of genocide if it left his kind of Americans better able to face the Second Coming?

If you can't rule out unprovoked, "pre-emptive" war against the wishes of Americans' elected representatives in Congress, what can you rule out? Is the proposed anti-flagburning amendment to our Constitution, that men like Huckabee support, the only part of the Constitution the Republicans will defend?

FYI-- The Law of the Land is Crystal Clear

Public Law 93-148

93rd Congress, H. J. Res. 542, November 7, 1973

Joint ResolutionConcerning the war powers of Congress and the President.

Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SHORT TITLE

SECTION 1. This joint resolution may be cited as the "War Powers Resolution".

PURPOSE AND POLICY

SEC. 2. (a) It is the purpose of this joint resolution to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgement of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicate by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations.
(b) Under article I, section 8, of the Constitution, it is specifically provided that the Congress shall have the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution, not only its own powers but also all other powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
(c) The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.

Please note that in Sec. 2.c,3 the word "attack" stands for an actual attack, not a situation where the President thinks there may be an attack!