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Home Front: Politix
Obama threatens vetoes and executive orders -- including immigration reform
2014-11-06
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK]
  • 'Congress will pass some bills I cannot sign,' the president warned
  • He has only vetoed two minor bills since his inauguration in 2009
  • And 'I'll take some actions that some in Congress will not like,' Obama added, referring to threatened executive orders including a move on immigration
  • President sounded more like a winner than a loser despite his policies being repudiated on a national scale
  • Never articulated a single policy where he would shift his position to align with GOP majorities in both halves of Congress
"There is no Dana, only Zool! There is no Cause, only Effect!"
Posted by:Fred

#14  RiV, you can impeach him now---or, you can wait until he abolishes the 22nd amendment by executive order.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-11-06 13:13  

#13  With Reid out of the way, the omnibus funding bill process ends. Individual department authorization comes back into play. If they have the will to do it. IF you do this, we won't fund that. IF you want this, you have to sign that.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-11-06 13:06  

#12  Impeachment is tempting. As each year goes by, it becomes more and more tempting. Obama has done great damage to the country. He has trampled the Constitution. Most likely, he has committed high crimes and misdemeanors that are impeachable but the Pubs don't have the votes in the Senate to convict him. There are better things to do such as restore the country.

They need to address jobs, Obamacare, close the border, restore free markets and create a business climate in the country, address the myriad of crazy, debilitating regulations and taxes that are strangling business and build defense back up to mention a few.

I don't think the Congress can do this without Pub leadership in the Presidency. They can develop and pass legislation even though Obama will veto much of it. As said, send it back again and again. Congress also has a great deal of power in their control of the purse.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-11-06 12:38  

#11  Sure he has been at undermining the "Laws of the Land" for a long time...

Posted by: Earl Darling of the Nebraskans5575   2014-11-06 11:47  

#10  I oppose any attempt to impeach Obama, no matter how much he deserves it:
1. It won't work - there aren't enough votes to remove him from office.
2. We would end up with Slow Joe as president if Obama were convicted.
3. It would just make Obama a martyr.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2014-11-06 10:54  

#9  AlanC. And the other problem is the chatteringf classes trying to whitewash Obama, telling Amercians dissent is raaaaaaaacism and people not telling them to get st..d. That is how Nixon is worse than Attila and Obama still has over 40% approval despire cleaning his feet on the Constitution, using IRS on political enemies like in your average South American dictaorshoip and not having missed any opportunity to help Islamism.
Posted by: JFM   2014-11-06 09:54  

#8  Years ago, my daddy told me "when betting between malice or stupidity, bet on stupidity every time." When you're dealing with malice and stupidity, discussion is pointless.
The only way Obama can play to the crowd now is as a martyr. Incompetence has pretty much closed off all other avenues.
So let him burn himself.
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-11-06 08:20  

#7  JFM you have it correct. The problem is that, while the grounds and evidence are there they cannot be explained to the majority or large minority of Americans due to the complexity of the issues.

Political philosophy and constitutional law are not taught in any way shape or form to allow the people to follow the argument. All you have to do is look at the video on college students that don't know who fought the civil war, who won or what it was about.

Ignorance is a tough hurdle to clear.
Posted by: AlanC   2014-11-06 07:45  

#6  You have material; for impechament when opposing it will egt the other side to be thrashed in next elections. If tring it leads you to lose next presidential and legislative elections then you don't have material.

In othert words;, the problem is the American people who should be asking nfor Obama's head instead of watcing football and giving him over 40% approval.
Posted by: JFM   2014-11-06 05:44  

#5  This sounds like a "I'll show them" statement.
Posted by: chris   2014-11-06 04:58  

#4  Executive orders? Lets see him FUND them.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-11-06 02:40  

#3  The DemoLeft-led Filibuster ariseths.

As per FREEREPUBLIC + HOTAIR, the Bammer would like to remind the GOP-Right + new Senate that they have no clear or decisive "Mandate" as the majority of US Voters did NOT elect them this past Tuesday.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-11-06 01:45  

#2  Isn't there enough material for impeachment---ten times over?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-11-06 01:38  

#1  Have him veto everything. Send each bill every week for him to re-veto. See who gets tired of it and blamed first.
Posted by: DarthVader   2014-11-06 00:20  

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