During a Google hangout Thursday night, President Barack Obama was asked about his administration deporting “record numbers” of illegal immigrations during his first term. His poorly phrased response sounded more like something you might expect from Vice President Joe Biden.
“This is something I’ve struggled with throughout my presidency,” Obama said. “The problem is that I’m the president of the United States, I’m not the emperor of the United States. My job is to execute laws that are passed.”
Watch the video below:
Now, while many of the president’s conservative critics argue that he has behaved like an “emperor” by exerting his will via executive orders, it is unlikely that Obama was actually lamenting the fact that he is not the emperor of the United States.
That still probably won’t stop people from arguing he accidentally revealed what he truly desires, but it really seems to have been a Biden-esque gaffe.
(H/T: The Weekly Standard, Drudge)
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Red Bubba
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:37pmSilly emperor. Everyone knows it’s the court’s job to pass laws.
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TotallyNotATroll
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:01pmWell when he throws lightning bolts from his hands at a young man, please, someone throw him into the fusion reactor.
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civilwarcometh
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:04pmMUFFYTHETUFFY Racist much are you??
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DagneyT
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:14pmMuddy, who cares what color he is? I will not bow down to anyone but Jesus Christ!
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AlaskaismyEden
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:29pm@muffythetuffy: “We will never bow down to a black man…”
Don’t be racist about this. I didn’t vote for the man. I dreaded him getting into office, but I was proud that America is open enough to elect a black man, and was more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Of course, he quickly proved himself an incompetent socialist without the sense God promised a billy goat. Still, race had NOTHING to do with it. There is good and bad in all people. I’d have gladly voted for a conservative/libertarian black man. Actions are important; skin color is NOT.
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fastgen1
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:31pmby the end of his term he will be the emperor.. He will sign an executive order asking all of the white females if they want him emperor. You know the rest.
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ScreaminEagle
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:36pmYes but did he drink water during this speech.
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civilwarcometh
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:38pmThey want full control again in 2014…http://weaselzippers.us/2013/02/15/dccc-chair-promises-house-dems-obamas-organizing-for-action-will-work-to-help-democrats-retake-house-in-2014-elections/
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tonypro
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:42pmSince being the President is such a problem, how about you take your POS, demonic self to, oh I don’t know some place you belong, hmmm say iran, egypt, or any muslim country for that matter.
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mlite9
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:45pmWould that he be elevated to Emperor of His Own cell block. Now THAT would be an unmistakeable Biden-esque gaffe. All in favor, signify by saying Aye.
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Stuck_in_CA
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:57pmHussein should move to Venezuela. I hear there’s gonna be an opening for a despot/Dictator soon.
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joel228
Feb. 15, 2013 at 7:15pmIs there any doubt that muffythetuffy is a liberal, Obama loving troll? Deceptive demons all over the place.
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Trigus
Feb. 15, 2013 at 7:28pmJust like I said about Glenn. Over time your true colors will shine thru all the smoke and mirrors.
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purple_circles
Feb. 15, 2013 at 7:53pmmuffythetuffy you are a either a leftest troll or you are uneducated, I’m not sure which. Those on the right are not racists, It was the Republicans that freed the slaves and the Democrats wanted to keep them enslaved. Read your history muffythetuffy. Racism is injected by the left to create division for a political agenda.
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yiska8
Feb. 15, 2013 at 8:08pmHa! Truth seeped out by accident. This is how the SOB sees himself. No one challenges him and I’ll never forget how stunned and shellshocked he was after the first debate. That was the real Kenyan. You just have to listen to what he says and apply the opposite.Here’s what I heard:
“I am the emperor of the United States. My job is to make laws without Congress, the Senate, or the American people’s wishes by executive order. I am your Emperor. I am your Kenyan King. On your Knees, serf!!!!”
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Obama_In_PeePee_Is_Becks_Art
Feb. 15, 2013 at 8:58pm“Poor Choice of Words? Obama Says ‘the Problem Is…I’m Not Emperor of the United States’”
No … it was a slip of the forked tongue. Here’s his better choice of words (over and over again):
“OBAMA CALLS FOR DICTATORSHIP IN AMERICA!! Communists Democrats CHEER! TREASON Caught On Video!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzSPKUCip7U
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SendTheMeteors
Feb. 15, 2013 at 9:30pmActually the President is head of the Executive branch of our government and his job is to enforce the laws.
You’d think that President Obama’s record breaking deportation of illegal aliens would be cheered by one and all here. But of course that’s not the case. You violently object to Mexicans crossing the border, but when the President sets records sending them back all the sudden you love Mexicans crossing the border. When Obama kills Muslim terrorists, suddenly you’re on the terrorist’s side.
That’s called Obama derangement syndrome. If the President does something you previously said you wanted, now – surprise – you’re against that thing. You and all those Republicans voting against measures THEY SPONSORED when President Obama comes out in favor of them. The operative word is “derangement.”
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pissantno.10
Feb. 15, 2013 at 10:04pmmetors have another glass of wine , and hold up your mirro and kiss yourself all over
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Beachmastermax
Feb. 15, 2013 at 10:36pmMeteors, open your eyes. BHO has not deported a record number of illegals. He refuses to even take them from local law enforcement. What they are counting are the illegals that have SELF deported because BHO is crushing our economy.
You are likely to live in chaotic anarchy. When this happens….look in the mirror.
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JohnofOregon
Feb. 15, 2013 at 10:43pmMeteors,
Nobody has said splodin some terrorist is wrong. Sen Obama kept calling all of that murder. It is the continual hypocrisy that is irritating. When you staffers on the hill start doing these defensive blogs, at least understand what those dang hill billys in fly over country that left hates actually think. Republicans in general do not have the hive mentality like the left has. They actually like to think independently.
And yes, pretty much all conservatives agree the splodin those terrorist is aggood idea.
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Bert in NY
Feb. 16, 2013 at 1:31amYeah cause of course we’d want a white emperor, right?
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savagenatn
Feb. 16, 2013 at 2:57ammeteors is once again immune to the facts. Supper is ready meteor, your mommy is calling for you.
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EnemiesWithinWillNOTPrevail
Feb. 16, 2013 at 4:26amDoesn’t he make you want to puke? What a disgrace.
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Chucktowner
Feb. 16, 2013 at 10:20amSilly emperor. Everyone knows it’s the court’s job to pass laws….????
SILLY BUBBA. Everyone SHOULD KNOW it Is Congress’s JOB to pass laws.
Obama is so far outside of the mainstream that nearly every time he speaks off prompter, he ends up sucking on his expensive shoes. He simply cannot help himself. He was raised by and associated with Communists and all manner of “Radicals” his entire life. And since his opinion of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights is skewed away from the founding principles, his natural inclination is to show is imply that he is ‘unfairly’ constrained by the founding principles.
I recommend that after he finishes ruining the U.S. that he move to France where the general population enjoys being ruled.
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hypnos
Feb. 16, 2013 at 11:55amIt’s terrible to restrict your actions when you know better. Such suffering
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AINT_SKEERT
Feb. 16, 2013 at 11:56am@ meteors,
The deportation numbers are higher because they are counting all that are turned back at the borders, they never included these statistics in the past.
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hypnos
Feb. 16, 2013 at 12:05pm@meteors, of course he gets credit again and again for killing OBL,just ask him. I would like to see the stats on deportation you know trust but verify. Also the real reason to secure the border is from Mexican drug cartels and Hamas, fast and furious is not a strategy.obviously drug killings in Chicago is not a gun problem it is illegal entry of drug cartels into our cities.So his lame attempts to appear to solve these pressing problems is like a magician’s slight of hand an illusion.
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hypnos
Feb. 16, 2013 at 12:11pmJust as I thought immigration illusion meteor boy.https://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/february-12-2013/how-obama-administration-inflates-deportation-statistics.html
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Jim in Houston
Feb. 16, 2013 at 12:45pmThe SOB thinks he is emperor!
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comsense08
Feb. 16, 2013 at 1:01pmUh, hope you were trying to be funny. It is NOT the courts duty to pass laws. That’s left to the congress. Courts judge constitutionality of laws, when challenged.
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Jinglebob
Feb. 16, 2013 at 1:48pmYes he has had this problem for years. Didn’t I read were he told fellow students that he was a prince while he was a Foreign Exchange student?
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DSTSS2010
Feb. 16, 2013 at 3:13pmNo, the problem is that HE is the President.
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busterpuddles
Feb. 16, 2013 at 3:19pmTOTALLYNOTATROLL, why wait until then?
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Quester55
Feb. 16, 2013 at 5:20pmTrue R.B., But not in Obamaland, He owns the courts & makes up his own laws
Whats even better, you should read the Court papers filed in the California State Supreme Court, that was to be tried 2-12-13, but was dropped for unknown reasons. It contained Solid Evidence, Proving OBAMA IS NOT AN AMERICAN President, Starting with his FALSE Conn. Issued SSI # .
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wayner4162
Feb. 16, 2013 at 8:47pmanyone who voted for obama is a servile coward!
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alumin
Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:37amTotallyNotATroll – Best comment ever!! lol
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biohazard23
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:37pm“And he still ain’t got no clothes!”
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Bonnieblue2A
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:49pmBut rather than acknowledge he has no clothes, he denies being emperor. “Not me” from Family Circus all over again.
Contrary to his statement, Obama only executes the laws with which he agrees; or, those which by begrudgingly enforce he can further his political agenda to wipe them off the books completely.
Of course, when it comes to illegal firearms straw purchasing/traffiking across our borders, Obama hides behind executive orders and no federal employee has been charged with federal firearms law violations. Selective enforcement of laws is not executing laws.
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RJJinGadsden
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:04pmHi BIOHAZARD, I was just wondering. Does that make Biden the Court Jester? If so, we can just borrow the name from the court jester in The Wizard Of Id. We’ll just call him Bung.
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IndyGuy
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:23pmbiohazard23 writes: “And he still ain’t got no clothes!”
Sure he does…He just showed us his freudian slip…
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crackerone
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:37pmAn emporer in mom jeans, leaving his local bathhouse.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Feb. 15, 2013 at 8:36pmA little Freudian slip there, Zero?
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momrules
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:34pmThe seeds continue to be planted. Lord and savior, second coming, America’s dad, the emperor………all words chosen to sway enough people to want him as Dictator of America. Many will soon be convinced that if he could just do what he wants to he can save America.
If you were not scared before now you should be.
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TMDesign
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:40pmNot the emperor? That’s not what this picture suggests . . .
http://pic.writelydesigned.com/616/
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momrules
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:47pmTMDESIGN…………yipes!
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:59pmIts coming and fast, he has declared his intentions, as in China when he declared “I will rule a communist land such as yours.’
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Deb C
Feb. 16, 2013 at 12:25pmGlenn was right ! They will tell you … you just have to listen !!
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puravida56
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:33pmhe has admitted to not having the constitutional power to do things in the past, and then did them through executive order (the legality of which should be decided by the supremes)
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1TrueOne55
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:49pmBut unless a Senator or Congressman from the House files a legal suit the SCOTUS can’t do anything. And most politicians are to scared of their donors to do that. Because when they are in power it will definetely comeback on them. Just look at Clinton Impeachment effort. Bush was railed against as the illegitimate president because Dems had picked Al Gore as their champion and they felt that they had the election in the bag because they had put so much money into the Florida campaign. When you look at how Gore handled that it implies that they felt that their efforts at one man one vote policy was going to work but when it failed they went to the Supreme Court and failed again because they refused to follow election laws in Florida and “CHERRY” picked districts where they felt that turnout was to be at a specific level because of “Gerrymandering” of the districts.
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Exidor
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:32pmParaphrased.
“My job is to get what I want through Executive Orders”
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RIDEMODELS
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:16pmHe has the right to say that because of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights……The End.
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john vincent
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:27pmride-
while things may be lawful, they may not necessarily be expedient.
A child may steal penny candy and get away with it, but there is a blemish on his conscience. Just because he did not get caught, or nobody saw………it will never be right.
Mr Obama is akin to the kid who steals, says things that a correct minded person would never consider; and in his case, everything he does is right. Why just last week at sotu, he said,
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If Congress wont do it.. I will…………..’ hint hint (emperor) No Mr Obama you have it backward: Congress prevents you from doing what you want.
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progressiveslayer
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:32pmPoor choice of POTUS you meant to say you anti-American POS.
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savagenatn
Feb. 16, 2013 at 2:58amnice choice of words slayer, could not agree more. He is a total POS
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truthnstuff
Feb. 16, 2013 at 9:58amHe actually is POSOTUS.
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Eastinfection
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:32pm“My job is to execute laws that are passed.”
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Right.
Obama the Cop.
Bad boy, bad boy
whatcha gonna do?
whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
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RIDEMODELS
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:20pmThe executive orders were used for terrorist purposes…..This clown has a war on Americans themselves……..Chris Dorner loved Obama….Chris Dorner loved Obama….He creates these nut jobs.
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Saff SGT
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:31pmhe is A Hole of the USA for sure
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Donald
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:31pmSo egotistical….
So Narcisstic……
This is Not a surprise
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darkknight91
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:32pmQuite revealing that he sees himself as not being an emperor as a problem.
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beps
Feb. 15, 2013 at 8:31pmNarcissists are NEVER satisfied.
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Vickie Dhaene
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:29pmHe will have to struggle with that for the rest of his life. He will never be an emperor except for in his crack filled psychosis.
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mercenary4freedom
Feb. 15, 2013 at 7:11pmIf he wants to be emperor, let him end up like Ceasar.
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fixer
Feb. 16, 2013 at 2:45pmwonder if he own’s a fiddle?
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billjac
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:28pmNot Emperor of the United States? Someone better tell the major networks that.
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T-2
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:28pmThe sad thing is most American will vote him in as emperor… We’re so screwed.
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Shasta
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:40pmIf we had a national election today, to vote yes or not for Obama as a life long emperor, he would when his coveted title. In the long run, he may get it anyway, without a vote.
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welovetheUSA
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:27pmHe wants to say…I aand will be King f the word and nothing can stop me….redrum..redrum redrum…I am thy God and all will worship me after I take all their guns and close down the banks and take over all 401k’s…
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RickMik
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:23pmMethinks a “Freudian slip” as we all know how well he executes the laws of the land with which he disagrees; and this includes the Constitution.
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DougHuffman
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:23pmPoor choice of words? No. Poor choice of occupier. The Emperor’s new clothes and his sycophant water carriers.
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cliKKer
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:23pmActually forget the emperor statement… he says my job is to execute the laws passed by the congress. Ok were is the fence? and I don’t remember the law allowing illegal immigrants into the country? or the law allowing american citizens to be killed by drones… anyone anyone….
the emperor has no clothes…..
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BADDOGGYDESCIPLE
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:22pmYeah, yeah, we know.
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hades3
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:21pmNow we know why he said “I want too be a ruler .”
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thegreatcarnac
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:21pmObama doesn’t have a job. He campaigns year in and year out but will not govern. He is a fool. He is a fake.
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DLV
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:31pmNot a fool, just a good liar who is able to deceive the masses. I’ll give him credit where its due.
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john vincent
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:21pmAh yes, that quintessential reminder:
‘out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.’
He merely stated what he wishes was a bit more true: EMPEROR OBAMA
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WillG
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:19pmFull of ambition The Dalai Bama is. That is his ultimate goal.
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NoMoMrNiceGuy
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:17pmHe makes blood squirt from my eyes -
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richauthor
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:16pmThe Emperor of Empty Suits…
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13th Imam
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:37pmEmpty throne
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Shasta
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:42pm…sitting on his empty throne.
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Bonnieblue2A
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:52pmEmpty ideology.
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whatthecrazy
Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:54pmEmpty chair?
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John WIS.
Feb. 16, 2013 at 7:41amEmpty brain.
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Lotus503
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:14pmUh, yeah…I can see where HE would think that was a problem…
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DeniseJ
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:22pmJason Howerton is quick to give him a pass on his Freudian slip, but I think we should REMIND Obama often that he is NOT the emperor, as he has done a great job of acting like one! (picture of Napoleon in uniform with Obama’s face)
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BetsyRoss1513
Feb. 15, 2013 at 5:13pmDon’t you mean “My job is to pass into law that which I executively order.” ??
Yea, he doesn’t wish he was emperor. PFfft… hahahaha….
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