Boo Radley
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No, you're right. You haven't said that they shouldn't hear it, only that if they rule against what you think should be the proper ruling then you will demonize the court, and bitch about how it was a judicial fiat.
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So, now we come to the meat of your issue. It's not that you have a problem with Obama passing agenda through executive order, you just have a problem with Obama passing agendas through executive orders YOU DON'T LIKE. You approved of Bush's agendas, but not Obama's. That's fair, but don't say you are against passing agenda through executive order when you actually supported Bush doing it.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Obama carried voters between the ages of 18-29 by a margin of about 2-to-1 in 2008, but many recent college graduates have faced high levels of unemployment. That raises concerns for the president about whether they will vote and volunteer for him in such large numbers again.
Read more: Obama takes on student loan costs, eyes young voters | Fox News
But there are warning signs on the horizon for Mr. Obama. It is not just a sagging economy that may actually be on the way down, not up. Battleground state voters are leaving the Democratic Party. According to National Journal, “Over 825,000 registered Democrats in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina and Pennsylvania have departed the party rolls since President Obama’s election in 2008.”
USA Today reports that Republicans have become resurgent in key swing states too. “Since the heady days of 2008, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Swing States Poll finds the number of voters who identify themselves as Democratic or Democratic-leaning in these key states has eroded, down by 4 percentage points, while the ranks of Republicans have climbed by 5 points.” Republican voters are also paying more attention and are more engaged. In key swing states, Obama trails both Romney and Gingrich.
Bad News for Barack Obama’s Re-Election | RedState
When Congress starts approving his appointees that have been waiting since 2009 then maybe you have a right to complain.
The GOP has been obstructing Obama in everything so no wonder he is pissed. Obama is the president in US history who has had least appointments approved by Congress, and it is all down to GOP obstructionism. So spare me the crocodile tears please...
I don't know about that. As someone who voted for Dole, I think Bush lost it when he invaded Iraq. At that point, he earned a lot of the distain people held for him.
He has the right to complain, no matter what Congress does.
Again, we go back to the seperation of powers thing. There's a legitimate reason it exists. If Obama didn't put up so many clowns for these appointments, the Republicans wouldn't have to block those appointments.
It's not Congress' job to spoon feed the president. That's the way our system works.
Bush went to Congress for permission to invade Iraq. The vote was overwhelming in favor. That IMO makes it Congress, or America's, war.
The vote by Congress regarding interfering in Libya - Republican - 0 - Democrat - 0 - President 1
Your son is about to be hit by a truck, but to get to him you must run across a lawn posted "No Trespassing".
Do you trespass and save him.
~OR~
Do you let him die?
When President Bush was passing agenda items, conservatives didn't raise a rant. Now that Obama is doing it, they are screaming like stuck pigs that it is beyond his authority. Consitution is key, we are seeing that conservatives don't really care unless there is a D in front of the name.
Works both ways J. Your faux outrage is noted, but amazing, did a search and couldn't find anything on you complaining about Bush and his signing agenda through executive order.
I don't know about that. As someone who voted for Dole, I think Bush lost it when he invaded Iraq. At that point, he earned a lot of the distain people held for him.
The only problem with that theory is that Congress has blocked many many appointees for reasons that have nothing to do with the appointees.
The disdain existed prior to that. It's why those same people cast all the blame for 9/11 onto him.
Actually, that is incorrect. I realize it is a small point, and still speaks poorly of congress, but all they voted for was to let Bush decide. They did not vote to go to war.
You are correct. Bush went to Congress for permission to invade Iraq. Congress authorized the invasion, war was never declared. The large point, Barry did not.
You can always find some, but overall, no. I myself saw him no worse than anyone I disagreed with. I even argued the country would survive him just fine. I was wrong. He lost his mind and did a lot of damage. And he did so with the blessings of a lot of partisans.
Unlike Bush, Obama worked within the UN, an organization we have signed agreements with that went through congress. While I also question Obama's actions, he did not move into another country, nation build and lock us into a long term conflict. I know how hard some try to make very different things equal, but the fact is they are not. They are different.
OMG! Are you fixing to blame Bush for the recession? That's as rediculous as saying that 9/11 was an inside job.
I would say, that you have outed yourself here. Look, the problems we have now are a result of Presidents in the past looking for ways to increase their power, and circumventing how this country is supposed to work on BOTH sides of the isle. But, to compare a President that did things through exec order to make sure that opposition to a war didn't actively lose that war for political reasons, as opposed to a President that wants to grab power to fundamentally change this country into a 'social justice' view that believes that the constitution is only a piece of paper that they got wrong, is disingenuous, and the height of hypocrisy, when he campaigned for this office on a platform of open and transparent governance. Obama is a liar, and a socialist killer of true freedom in this country.
Bush worked within the UN, as well.
Bush worked within the UN, as well.
Are you for real? The recession hit seven years into Bush's presidency and you want to give him a complete pass? :lol:
OMG! Are you fixing to blame Bush for the recession? That's as rediculous as saying that 9/11 was an inside job.
No, Bush the jr. did not. Coalition of the willing is by definition outside the UN.
I guess Saddam had too many friends in the UN.
In fact, that was not what I was doing. But in fact he did not help. I don't believe presidents control the economy, but fighting two wars, not asking that they be paid for, telling people we can spend like drunken sailors and that we can cut taxes.
However, I was speaking to our credibility, to embolding terrorists, helping with their recruitment, destablizing the region, breaking the rule of law, and grabbing power.
Or there was doubt that Saddam had STOCKPILES of WMDs (Which was the key selling point for the invasion). Gee, were those stockpiles ever found? Nope
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