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Shock Video: Obama Admits He Can’t Do What He Did Today

Jun. 15, 2012 7:57pm

It’s very rare that you see President Obama admit wrongdoing after he’s done something. Unfortunately, it’s much more common for him to say something is a bad idea and then do it. Listing the number of instances would take too long, but it’s safe to say it’s a common trend.

And now there’s just one more example. In the following clip, taken from a 2011 Univision Town Hall, President Obama admits that it’s beyond his power to suspend deportations for anyone because (surprise, surprise) there are laws on the books that he’d be breaking by doing that. In other words, the President acknowledges that to do what he did today would be a rank violation of the separation of powers. Watch below:

Couldn’t have put it better ourselves, Mr. President. If only you’d listened.

(H/T Doc Thompson)

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:35pm

    SO, time to impeach him once and for all.

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    • hazmat_factor
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:38pm

      If House leadership doesn’t stay scared of the race card, gets off their collective tush’s, and does the job they were elected for…then yeah, it is past time.

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    • kindling
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:27pm

      It is because he is half Black that they don’t do what they took an oath to do……uphold and enforce our Constitution. They are afraid of a race war. Well I have news for them. It is coming anyway and in some places has already started. Blacks have been looking for a reason to kill whites ever since the Democrats started dismantling the Black family. Democrats have kept a large number of Black people in bondage by giving them what they need and like addiction they can’t vote against a free ride. But along with free care was a loss of identity and self esteem and what is left is rage.

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    • rickc34
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:39pm

      Yes it is time to impeach him.

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    • starman70
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:44pm

      Obammy Dear, THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE – - – JUST UNDO WHAT YOU DID TODAY!!!!! that way you will be compliant with the laws passed by Congress.

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    • Grey Eagle
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:21pm

      Obama is going to be looking at a tape in a political ad over and over and over.

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    • CatB
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:49pm

      @GREY .. the ads practically write themselves .. .and how about how he doesn’t care about the 40% black youth out of work! I would be running that … everytime he ran that one where he panders to the black community

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:57pm

      The House is ball-less; they just want to be reelected to keep their cushie perks…….throw all the bums out…….If this donesn’t turn the people against this ‘wanna be’ dictator nothing will.

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    • marhee9
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 11:31pm

      That was the first thing that came to mind while he was giving his speech today. I think that’s why he tried to make it sound like it was Janet Napolitano that was responsible. This is the same guy who walks around talking about being a constitutional lawyer. We have to get him out in November or we’re all in big trouble. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KYopiOWbjs

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    • lukerw
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 11:47pm

      To follow Illegal Orders is a War Crime!

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      lukerw  
    • wzanesdad
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 1:32am

      Question…..why is there 16 articles about Obama on here and only 2 about Romney? I love the blaze and Glenn Beck, but it seems like they are giving Romney less coverage than abc, cbs, and nbc are.

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    • rawmilker
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 2:15am

      His strategy for his failing re-election attempt can only succeed with the support of those who have drank the KoolAid, and all freeloading bottom feeders.

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    • RLTW
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 2:37am

      When someone does something wrong, those around that person are normally in shock because it’s more than they can imagine, it seems unreal. I don’t hold the house/ senate blameless; I will only say that this administrations assault on the Constitution has been mind boggling.

      I like many are distressed and approaching a breaking point I’m sure, so with that said. Hey congress pull your heads out of your fourth point of contact and do your F-in Job.

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 2:58am

      Hey! Impeachy people! Impeachment takes place in the Senate.
      Test question for today: Can the Republicans win a 2/3 majority on a vote in the Senate?

      Congress can check the misuse of Presidential power, but the Senate needs to become a Republican Senate. Get involved in your local Senate races.

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      GETLIFE  
    • godlovinmom
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 3:25am

      Okay this may be weird..its late and I’m tired…but…is Obama getting whiter?

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 4:25am

      Nicely put, KINDLING.
      In 2008 not being racist meant voting for Obama.
      In 2012 being beyond racism means having the courage to vote him OUT.

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      GETLIFE  
    • old white guy
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 5:23am

      he broke the law with his immigration policy.

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    • jdtanker
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 6:22am

      Obama knows he’s going to get his ass kicked in Nov. so he’s going to buy votes from the mexicans. Oh, which is illegal. Obama doesn’t care about black people, white people, brown, red, or yellow. He only cares about staying in power and further transforming America. We are Team America, Time to Kick Some Commy Ass!

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    • historyguy48
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 6:39am

      Ancient Romans hate Kings. I wonder what fat, lazy Americans will do?

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    • HowardSternIsABigot
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 6:47am

      How many litle bony half white half black fingers are you going to let this trasitor stick in your eye? impeach.

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    • HowardSternIsABigot
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 6:53am

      cogress can add a proviso that any illegal caught voting commits a felony with penalty of 20 years hard labor. Why not?

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    • HKS
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:04am

      He can do what he did because there is no leadership in congress to stop him. You won’t hear a word from the speaker on this, just watch and wait.

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:39am

      O needs to GO…… and if the blacks want to start sh@@, let them…..

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    • loriann12
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:40am

      I see either one of two scenarios: 1) He’s doing everything he can to get OUT of the office of President of the United States either because it’s not as glamorous as he thought it would be or he doesn’t like being “handled” by someone else and just being an empty suit that plays golf all the time or 2) He’s setting it up for riots when we discover the fix is in and he gets re-elected even though no body you know voted for him.

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    • opb
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:54am

      @kindling, True That!

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      opb  
    • buyundbuy
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 8:02am

      What is Congress waiting for.

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    • PaBowHunter
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 8:45am

      So at what point are we as Americans going to stand up for the US Constitution and demand this man’s removal from the Presidency? He IS violating the Constitution and he KNOWS America won’t say a word about about it because the government has most trained to be quiet because they may be labeled a RACIST.
      This is not about race. This is about the rule of law. Wake up and get into the fight! This cannot be allowed to stand. Obama is violating the US Constitution, therefore he is a criminal and MUST be impeached.

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    • MRMANN
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 8:52am

      Agreed

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    • mhannah.vera
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 8:59am

      @Kindling you are correct…and I think it was the plan all along. They are not doing things on the fly. They have been planning the dismantling of America a long time. Sometimes they look like they don’t know what their doing but its been their plan all along. They have only had a few bumps to my knowledge, the Tea Party, Fast and Furious and the States move against his Affordable Cares Act. Obama is not smart he just does what he’s told and sticks to the agenda like glue.

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    • realindependent
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 9:00am

      You guys are such hatters. the president can and has done this before. Reagan comes to mind. but oh well. truth is never overabundant here anyways.

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    • LookingforJustice
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 12:28pm

      Can we just IMPEACH the “white” side of O’Kardashian?

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    • DORVAN
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:52pm

      Loriann75 and equal justice: Maybe Obama doesn”t want out. Maybe he feels safe because of who he reports to. Maybe he thinks they are all-powerful and will rig the votes. But if he gets re-elected in Nov., neither he nor the invisible powers that be, will know what hit them. I believe Americans are fed up sufficiently to take Washington on foot. God gave us this country and I don’t think He is ready for us to surrender it to our enemies in high places. No one is above our God. He is our leader whether we know it or not, and no one can stay his hand. What He lifts up, no one can put down, and what He puts down, not one can lift up. Stay alert, stay awake. Be ready. Our day will come. Soon.

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  • NO_MORE_OBAMA
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:34pm

    He is laying the foundation now for the November election. The republicans will have no choice but to sue him and the justic department. OBAMY will be able to say to the Mexicans. “See the republicans hate you”

    If the leader of the house had any balls at all he would impeach Obama now!

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 1:08am

      At this rate, if we have elections in Nov.

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    • lqtm
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:18am

      LMAO @ you guys.

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      lqtm  
    • countryfirst
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:42am

      The POTUS has created division like we have never seen before. He has created 4 branches of government- Executive, Legislative, Judicial and most resent Litigation

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  • Mutiny
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:30pm

    The differences is Obama did use a executive order. He used Czars and Homeland security. The laws like the patriot act and Ndaa have provided loop holes for the president. Remember the left was going nuts at Bush for the same type things. Now Obama is finding loop holes and you are surprised.

    Wake up. The GOP and DEMs are on the same side. They are both against us.

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  • kaydeebeau
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:30pm

    For what? We have a polling place – you troll

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  • Inlightofthings
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:28pm

    I am astounded at the number of campaign ad opportunities POTUS is presenting – which is with nearly every speech and decision. Looks as though Romney is welcoming and exploiting each and every one. Not the candidate Romney that Axelrod thought he was going to campaign against.

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:26pm

    Nowthat ought to hurt im reeeeeeeeeeal bad! Stupid is as stupid does!! The only way he could have listened is if he had wrote the speech himself.. its so obvious someone else wrote it.. he read it off the teleprompter but didn’t hear word of it.. so what the heck, my as well read it again! And make himself look like a buffoon! Which in his case isn’t hard to do!

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  • Maximus_Delta
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:26pm

    Nie unterbrechen den Führer

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  • denkat56
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:26pm

    since when has barry gone by the rules, his chigago cohorts make up thier own rules as they go. laws , we dont need no stinking laws.

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  • Individualism
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:25pm

    this issue could trigger an American golden dawn party to take root.

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  • EJinVA
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:24pm

    Lee Har vey Os wald your Country Needs you!@

    EJinVA  
    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:29pm

      For what? We have a polling place you troll

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    • barber2
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:44pm

      Am sure this decision, like the Affordable Health Care ( remember the Affordable Housing Act which blew up the economy ? guess that’s why the Democrats would rather it be called ObamaCare to deflect attention ! ) , the Supreme Court, which the Far Left Obamanites have been smearing since Citizens United, will oppose this as unconstitutional ( typical Obama Democrat Executive Order by the group which does not need a “do nothing ” congress to pass laws ! the Obama White House can do it ) This is just another poke in the eye to BOTH congress and the SCOTUS by our Obama people who must believe that ” yes we can change ” the Constitution of the United States and no one will notice ! ( maybe because the Left has so corroded public education that no one teaches civics anymore – they are too busy indoctrinating kids in the Marxism they were taught ) CONGRESS Wake up !

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    • OklahomaMike
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:59pm

      The very last thing this country needs is for someone to make BHO a martyr, who will then once again be turned into an angelic savior by the media, the Left, and future history books. All his political opponents will be construed, even far more than they are now, as haters and racists. All the momentum toward stopping this man’s agenda would be lost.

      No, let him remain a failed, living politician–VOTED out of office.

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 1:08am

      @EJinVA
      That was a dumb statement. Nothing like implying an act like that to bring in the SS, Secret Service. That act would cause a civil unrest that would make the 60′s look like a kids party. Your are dumb

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  • EJinVA
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:23pm

    How about amnesty for tax payers, deport Obama!!

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    EJinVA  
  • antisocialist
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:20pm

    So now can we impeach him?

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  • JUSTANOTHEROPINION
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:18pm

    You can post your frustrations here all day long if it makes you feel better, but, if you truely want to do something about it then you have to write your Congressman and Senator about it as I have. Crying in the milk is not going to solve nothing. God bless America and God help us all.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:27pm

      I do both – as I suspect most here do (though if some don’t it is because we have an Obama lover in office who forgets their duty and we are just waiting for November)…thanks for the reminder though – never hurts to have a cold slap in the face every now and again

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    • Laken
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:33pm

      They READ these blogs!!!!!!!!! You can BANK ON IT

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    • hazmat_factor
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:46pm

      I do both…

      BUT…I just love to gripe and moan I guess! Truly frustrating when you get to a point where you feel like your government is against you, then you realize your not paranoid, they really are out to get you!

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    • FlowerBell
      Posted on June 16, 2012 at 2:29am

      Speaker Boehner’s website – http://www.speaker.gov/
      Let him know how you feel directly. Perhaps if he hears from enough of us he will wake up and do his duty to protect our constitution and freedoms.

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  • TruthisHealthy
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:16pm

    too many enemies within are protecting the bastard. Barry is a treasonous enemy!

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  • lukerw
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:15pm

    Ah… the Old FDR approach: Do it… even though you know it is not Legal… then hire the Best Lawyers to defend you in the Supreme Court… and go about your business when the SC rules against you!

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  • Laken
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:12pm

    Support Issa….IMPEACH HOLDER

    http://action.freedomworks.org/6851/tell-congress-to-investigate-eric-holder/?source=AWEHT2&gclid=CPr8i_zmzbACFcVk7AodlRQ0Wg

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    • Laken
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:51pm

      Like The White House Insider Said…..Holder IS The Firewall For Obama. If We Get Rid Of Holder We Have A Window Of Opportunity To Take Down Obama….

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    • Canyouhearus
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 11:46pm

      Impeach BOTH of them!!! Obama and Holder!
      And toss the out on their ears!
      And there must be some crime Mz. Napolitano is guilty of, too!
      I am so tired of this!
      I called my senators and all the congresspersons in my state about this today!
      For all the good it does!

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  • Laken
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:10pm

    Congress WHAT Are You DOING??????????? Do Your Job OR Do Us ALL A Favor And GO HOME!!!

    Listen To WE THE PEOPLE Congress…We DEMAND An Investigation Of The “One Who Calls Himself Obama”..NOWWWW!!!!

    http://www.wnd.com/wnd_petition/petition-urging-congress-to-investigate-obamas-eligibility/

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  • Countrygirl1362
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:09pm

    He is testing the waters to see how much Congress and the people are going to let him get away with.

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    • Laken
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:23pm

      Rules of engagement…..getting our soldiers killed
      TSA patdowns by sexual molesters at the airport
      Calling all out WAR on conservative bloggers
      Suing States For Upholding the LAWS On the Books
      Telling us WHAT to eat and HOW much we should drink
      Teaching Oral sex and anal sex to 5th graders
      etc etc etc etc>>>>>I could go on for daysssssssssssssssss
      And…NOW….THIS!!!!! Amnesty for illegals!!! Why Don’t You Just
      Put Up A NEON SIGN AT THE BORDER Barry???? Come On In While The
      Gettin Is Good……

      GOD BLESS AMERICA….

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      Laken  
    • Laken
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:31pm

      To Call AND Fax Your Reps….

      http://www.lcaction.cc/2659/targets.htm

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      Laken  
    • trueblueday
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 11:51pm

      Since this individual has been our sitting POTUS, this is the most time I have ever spent in my life contacting my congressional representatives. I can no longer sit idly by and watch this great Nation spin out of control. It’s sickening.

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  • beckyspatflaveredstew
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:09pm

    All He did is utter words. What happens next, will determine whether or not we are under a dictatorship.
    If His words are given respect, and treated as law, we are in serious trouble.

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  • sooner12
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:08pm

    I can’t say it any differently: Obama is just a MFer. He is so pathetic.

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  • wordweaver
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:08pm

    Impeachment hearings? Congress? Anyone? Bueller?

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    wordweaver  
  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:08pm

    .
    Save America Deport a Mexican…..

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:05pm

    .
    Impeach this fool for subversion…..

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  • essence428
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:04pm

    Of course he knows…now what will happen because of it? Will Congress push back or let him get away with it….Luckily, there’s already lawsuits planned to challenge his authority for this, but of course, there will be no decision prior to the election and he knows that…I’m not sure how this translates into votes for him because these people are ILLEGAL and LEGALLY can’t vote…Any immigrant here legally should be furious because they followed proper procedures.

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  • DetritusScreener
    Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:01pm

    So much for swearing to uphold the Constitution and the Laws of the United States.

    Obama is the worst President in the history of the United States.
    Obama and his administration are CORRUPT to their core.
    Obama has committed TREASON against the United States and should be held accountable.

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