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Whatever it takes short of imprisonment to force Congress to do their freaking job. Kudos to Obama. While not the best application of leadership, in times of clearly stated obstructionism, it's probably the only way.
Ah, Saul's old, MY ends justify the means, tactic.
Preserving the federal republic is NOT obstructionism.
When they say "We Want To Stop The President", that's obstructionism! It's wrong. It's not what they were elected to do. You want to call it something else, you are not living in the real world. If you find their actions acceptable, wait until every Democrat blocks everything a Republican President does. Don't come back crying about how wrong it is then. They have a 7% approval rating because they're not doing anything even when the President extends olive branch after olive branch and offers compromises and even yields on key issues. "Preserving the federal republic" as a description of their actions is laughable.
Ah, Saul's old, MY ends justify the means, tactic.
I want congress to do its job. It has failed. If Obama has to go a less than ideal route to get things done, why is that categorically wrong? Hasn't some President you've supported done the exact same thing? Isn't the my-way-or-the-highway, with-us-or-against-us, ends-justify-the-means thinking exactly what rightwingers are looking for in a leader?
I want congress to do its job. It has failed. If Obama has to go a less than ideal route to get things done, why is that categorically wrong? Hasn't some President you've supported done the exact same thing? Isn't the my-way-or-the-highway, with-us-or-against-us, ends-justify-the-means thinking exactly what rightwingers are looking for in a leader?
If Congress did its job, Obama would have been impeached by now.
Will not be surprised if one day he steps out wearing a Castro style military uniform, smoking a Cuban cigar, and declare himself El Presidente for life.
Exactly! And the liberals will be jumping with glee. They seem to support communism.
I want congress to do its job. It has failed. If Obama has to go a less than ideal route to get things done, why is that categorically wrong? Hasn't some President you've supported done the exact same thing? Isn't the my-way-or-the-highway, with-us-or-against-us, ends-justify-the-means thinking exactly what rightwingers are looking for in a leader?
See...there's this thing called 'The Constitution', and we try to follow that. When a President -any President- tries to circumvent it we move a step closer to totalitarianism. I'll not take the trouble to list history's more notorious leaders who saw any means fit to arrive at an end.
I want congress to do its job. It has failed. If Obama has to go a less than ideal route to get things done, why is that categorically wrong? Hasn't some President you've supported done the exact same thing? Isn't the my-way-or-the-highway, with-us-or-against-us, ends-justify-the-means thinking exactly what rightwingers are looking for in a leader?
Dish it out? When has a Republican President ever arrogated power in this way? If you approve of this now, just remember that this sets a precedent for a Republican administration to do the same thing some day. If that ever happens I expect complete silence from you and your ilk.
After today’s appointment, President Obama will have made a total of 29 recess appointments. By comparison, George W. Bush made 171 recess appointments; Bill Clinton made 139 recess appointments; George H.W. Bush made 77 recess appointments; and Ronald Reagan made 243. When you divide these numbers by the number of years each man spent in the White House, it reveals that Obama is far and away the least likely president to invoke this power:
See chart. Read it and weep. Or are the Bushes and Reagan's "different"? Looks like St. Ronnie is the winner!
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