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Mother Jones article - fluff talk of a few Democrats say he needs congress and some saying he doesn't.
MSNBC - only 27% in their unscientific online poll saying Obama over stepped his bounds.
Etc...
Let's not be willfully naive here. Obama has faced negligible criticism from his base. Which is why he can repeat lies after he gets caught lying. Democrats generally speaking - don't care if Obama lies.
Obama has set a precedent for the next president to take vast license and if that next president is as Republican and is abusive as Obama, Democrats will instantly flip back to having a conscience on the issue again.
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STOP right here.
BOTH parties wanted this.
Stop falling for the left-right BS. Wall Street & Corporate America wanted this for the longest time - THAT's who's pulling the strings.
I haven't watched this in a while. I hope others consider re-watching this:
Obama went from campaigning as opposed to executive orders, as opposed to signing statements, as opposed to expanding executive power....all to the cheers and chants of fans -- all the way to expanding executive orders without backing by law and on a larger scale, to issuing signing statements while claiming that it wasn't a signing statement.
You should pat yourself on the back for being part of the flock that enables this 1984 hyperbole.
Democrats and Obama supposedly cared about reigning in executive power and blasted Bush for expanding it, have now expanded it dramatically more than Bush did. Obama has set a precedent for the next president to take vast license and if that next president is as Republican and is abusive as Obama, Democrats will instantly flip back to having a conscience on the issue again.
Oh, who are we kidding, Obama supporters have already shown that they don't have a conscience on issues - just that Obama is always right like the good sheep that they are.
Agreed. Libs are too dense to understand that this is not about Obama, but the powers of the presidency in general. Obama has set a standard for the expansion of presidential power (for which Obama derided Bush in 2008) which will be very difficult to reduce.
This expanded presidential power (i.e. reduction of Congressional power and individual liberties) cuts both ways. There will be a conservative president at some point in the future that will continue and expand upon the standards Obama has created, if left unchecked.
I, for one, like a balance of power and not a king. This is why we had the first American Revolution. Do we need another?
Republicans say "global warming is a hoax", as a favor to corporate America (but 97% of all active climate scientists say man made global warming is happening.) Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet: Consensus
They say "The flat tax is a good idea for all Americans" (but the Flat tax lowers taxes for the rich, and raises taxes for the poor and middle class.) Flat Tax Will Benefit Only the Rich - US News
Do republicans care about the above lies said by republican politicians? No, they literally ignore them. And then they actually turn around and say the democrats are lying.
And yes Obama said a few lies/falsehoods about Obamacare, but perhaps at the time he said them he believed they were true. Still I concede Obama has said a few lies to pass his agenda.
But if Obama said lies like the republican lies I listed above (outright lies in multiple areas to push an increased corporate profits agenda) you can bet your life I would hate him.
Agreed. Libs are too dense to understand that this is not about Obama, but the powers of the presidency in general. Obama has set a standard for the expansion of presidential power (for which Obama derided Bush in 2008) which will be very difficult to reduce.
This expanded presidential power (i.e. reduction of Congressional power and individual liberties) cuts both ways. There will be a conservative president at some point in the future that will continue and expand upon the standards Obama has created, if left unchecked.
I, for one, like a balance of power and not a king. This is why we had the first American Revolution. Do we need another?
This is Obama hoping to keep his flock sleeping
Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works. They'll warn that tyranny always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, and creative, and unique experiment in self-rule is somehow just a sham with which we can't be trusted.
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