Former Clinton Chief of Staff Podesta, "Obama Can Use ‘Armed Forces’ to Push Progressive Agenda" (Congress, generations)

[doc1]

Now that would make for some exciting times

".....How does one “move the country forward”? In the center’s report, Podesta explains that Obama can use executive orders, rulemaking, and even the armed forces “to accomplish important change” and that such means “should not be underestimated.”.........

Podesta: Obama Can Use ‘Armed Forces’ to Push Progressive Agenda | The Blaze

[HappyTexan]

Pray tell..how is Obama going to "use the military" to create jobs ?
That's a really far far left piece there.

Might even be too far for our left friends here on C-D.

[subsound]

The Blaze? Becks attempt at a laughable news source? It makes WorldNutDaily look sane.

[doc1]

Originally Posted by subsound

The Blaze? Becks attempt at a laughable news source? It makes WorldNutDaily look sane.

The OP is about the report issued by the "Center for American Progress ", not about who reported on its exisitence.

Any opinions on the report itself?

The Power of the President

[Sunny-Days-in-Florida]

Left wing nuts are going crazy knowing they are on their way out.

Our armed forces would turn on any President who asked them to hurt the American people in any way.

It would backfire and the American people would rise up and remove him from office in a second.

Thank goodness the end of liberalism in America is near.

[plwhit]

Yes I read it.

It reads like a far left wish list with an unlimited budget. It also suggests Obama use the military to accomplish some of his goals even though Congress voted against those goals.

Some of the suggestions by The Center for American Progress experts have me thinking this is a joke:

~ Generate solar energy on U.S. Air Force hangar roofs
~ Conserve federal lands for future generations
~ Replace costly, inhumane immigration detention policies with equally effective measures
~ Collect data on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans in federal data surveys
~ Develop a comprehensive policy on the Russia-Georgia conflict
~ Launch an “educational productivity” initiative to help school districts spend every dollar wisely to best prepare our children for the 21st century
~ Build the next-generation Recovery.gov web site to track all public expenditures and performance in real time

For the most part this document wants more studies, more survey's, more government agencies. Nowhere in this socialist wish list are there any concrete suggestions on how to get American citizens back to work...

[wrench409]

Podesta just fired a warning shot across the bow, folks.

[stillkit]

Originally Posted by wrench409

Podesta just fired a warning shot across the bow, folks.

Yep, and it was probably Hillary who put the trigger in his hand.

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by doc1

Now that would make for some exciting times

".....How does one “move the country forward”? In the center’s report, Podesta explains that Obama can use executive orders, rulemaking, and even the armed forces “to accomplish important change” and that such means “should not be underestimated.”.........

Podesta: Obama Can Use ‘Armed Forces’ to Push Progressive Agenda | The Blaze

These "progressives" just can't shut up. Just about everything you hang them on comes out of their own mouth.

I would like to point out to Mr Podesta that it is doubtful that there are many "progressives" in the military willing to go along with goose-stomping marching orders.

[Boompa]

Originally Posted by doc1

Now that would make for some exciting times

".....How does one “move the country forward”? In the center’s report, Podesta explains that Obama can use executive orders, rulemaking, and even the armed forces “to accomplish important change” and that such means “should not be underestimated.”.........

Podesta: Obama Can Use ‘Armed Forces’ to Push Progressive Agenda | The Blaze

Do you mean like when Truman integrated the military?
Is that supposed to be a bad thing?