Democrats Are Kidding Themselves about Obama's Power Grab.

[Dayton3]

When you have people like noted constitution scholar and self described social liberal like Jonathan Turley criticizing President Obama's power grab you know you have major problems.

Yet by and large the presidents supporters are silent about an issue that I do not believe for a moment that they ac actually support.

I think Democrats are deluding themselves. They think that

1) President Obama will be followed by President Hillary Clinton for eight years and that no Republican will win the presidency for the foreseeable future. Thus they have no need to worry about a Republican president ever wielding the powers that Obama has taken.

This is ridiculous. The Republicans will find a way to win elections again. Even if they have to nominate a Hispanic Lesbian who happens to oppose abortion and has a record of fiscal conservatism.

Remember the GOP was locked out of the presidency for twenty straight years before. 1933-53.

2) They believe that once a more cooperative congress is voted into power (presumably a Democratic controlled one) that the president in power will gracefully give power back to Congress. This is very unlikely. Once power has moved from one branch to the other it rarely goes back. And a Democratic Congress would be even less likely to insist a Democratic president give away well established powers.

So people who insist that President Obama is right in exercising such powers because "Congress won't work with him" should realize that they are loading a gun that will inevitably be pointed at them one day.

 

[MACAULAY]

Outstanding post.

I hope you don't expect reasonable responses.

The smart Loons (a minority) will run from it and pretend they didn't read it.

The dumb-ass Loons (heavy preponderance) will do nothing but call you names like Nutter---which they, being dumb-asses, think is an effective response. Alternately, they will come up with some non-sense that you never dreamed could be relevant to your post.

"Well, Sarah Palin is creepy."

Very good post, but don't be surprised if they don't play fair with it.

 

[Dayton3]

Outstanding post.

I hope you don't expect reasonable responses.

The smart Loons (a minority) will run from it and pretend they didn't read it.

The dumb-ass Loons (heavy preponderance) will do nothing but call you names like Nutter---which they, being dumb-asses, think is an effective response. Alternately, they will come up with some non-sense that you never dreamed could be relevant to your post.

"Well, Sarah Palin is creepy."

Very good post, but don't be surprised if they don't play fair with it.

Thanks.

But the issue needs to be discussed

 

[MACAULAY]

Well, Turley is the only Progressive who has been honest about it. He professes to be a Progressive and an Obama supporter, at least originally...and then proceeds to trash him mercilessly for trashing the Constitution.

The fact is that Turley is the most intelligent and educated of any Progressive that appears in public...that, in itself ought to give them pause. But, it doesn't.

I am afraid we have a Lemming effect.

There is no race with a better claim to industry and intelligence, and all the attributes which make for success in life...than the Germans, yet Hitler was able to lead them down the path to destruction.

I am not comparing Obama to Hitler, nor am I predicting a similar outcome; they are in fact very different kinds of sociopaths. But, both started off with a radical message, and an amazing ability to deliver it...and the Lemmings followed along about the same then as they are now. So far.
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But, it doesn't appear you will get your discussion--not even a bad one. Sometimes even the morons can see to stay away.

 

[Dayton3]

they are in fact very different kinds of sociopaths. But, both started off with a radical message, and an amazing ability to deliver it...and the Lemmings followed along about the same then as they are now. So far.
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I don't consider President Obama a sociopath. I consider him (and I know this will get people claiming it is a racial slam) "LAZY".

Building relationships with Congress takes effort. Building governing coalitions with the other side takes effort.

President Obama does NOT want to make those efforts. He thinks he is right and thinks working with the opposition and having to compromise is demeaning and degrading.