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Czars Stay: Obama Ditches Campaign Promise to Never Use ‘Special Signing Statement’

Czars Stay: Obama Ditches Campaign Promise to Never Use Special Signing Statement

The president signed into law today the $38 billion in budget cuts that the House and Senate approved earlier in the week week. But Obama said that there were certain provisions of the bill that he would not abide by.

Namely, the provision defunding the czars.

Jake Tapper of ABC explains:

Last week the White House and congressional Democrats and Republicans were involved in intense negotiations over not only the size of the budget for the remainder of the FY2011 budget, and spending cuts within that budget, but also several GOP “riders,” or policy provisions attached to the bill.

One rider – Section 2262 — de-funds certain White House adviser positions – or “czars.” The president in his signing statement declares that he will not abide by it.

But remember this?

Earlier this evening, Obama signed the budget bill, with the czars provision attached to it, according to the AP. At the same time, he issued a “signing statement”objecting to the defunding of the czars provision–and a couple others:

In an accompanying signing statement, however, Obama questioned the constitutionality of a provision in the spending bill that prevents the White House from retaining special policy advisers, or “czars.” He also objected to two other sections that block the transfer of terrorist suspects from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States or to other countries.

The president basically told Congress to shove it, issuing this statement about the provision defunding the czars:

The President has well-established authority to supervise and oversee the executive branch, and to obtain advice in furtherance of this supervisory authority…The President also has the prerogative to obtain advice that will assist him in carrying out his constitutional responsibilities, and do so not only from executive branch officials and employees outside the White House, but also from advisers within it. Legislative efforts that significantly impede the President‘s ability to exercise his supervisory and coordinating authorities or to obtain the views of the appropriate senior advisers violate the separation of powers by undermining the President’s ability to exercise his constitutional responsibilities and take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

The president went on, “the executive branch will construe section 2262 not to abrogate these Presidential prerogatives.”

Tapper translates:. “In other words: we know what you wanted that provision to do, but we don’t think it’s constitutional, so we will interpret it differently than the way you meant it.”

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  • SavingtheRepublic.com
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:24pm

    ^______^______^
    Just like him to say yea okay Ill sign it but I wont abide by the law I just enacted!! This guy continuously acts above the law esp wih his creation of czars. He has bypassed procedures and many times appointed individuals without Senate review.

    Yea yea Bush had “czars” but many that were labeled as such were legit posts. Karl Rove, White House Senior Advisor, was listed as “Domestic Policy Czar” his Obama admin equal is David Axelrod who is not considered a czar! How does that work exactly lefties???

    BHO has in fact created new positions true czars. Thats the difference btwn the two not to mention its is suggested that BHO has in fact 51 czars!!

    Wanna know more google: “‘Daily Show,’ ‘Fact Check’ Bend Facts To Support Obama”. The Blaze will not allow me to post links…..

    SavingtheRepublic.com  
  • citygirl56
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:24pm

    Who is surprised that he lies?? Anytime his mouth is moving, he IS lying !!! He can NOT tell the truth.

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  • Professional Infidel
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:23pm

    When has ramalabama ever done what he said?? I want to hurl

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  • myvotecounts
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:22pm

    Someone or some others have to do his job. He’s too busy taking vacations, playing, golf, basketball, etc… to do the job he was elected to do.

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    • macpappy
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 9:27am

      Listen for the silence and you will hear the load voice of the real person running the White House. Always, a step away from the prez, with access to both those big ears, and his blackberry.
      Valery Jarrod listens to the Soros Socialist Counsel’s instruction and relays those instructoins to the her worker bees. I doubt that obama knows what he is going to say day to day. He is a completely handled puppet…..leaving us to wonder just who has their arm up his arse making his mouth move.

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  • Rayblue
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:22pm

    He looks worried in the photo. Like he just got a brain wedgie.
    Too tight on the hammer and sickle cortex.

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    • taebaggranny
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 10:45pm

      @ RAYBLUE Or he needed a fix bad..In his book Dreams from My Father he says that he used cocaine beginning in HS and through college.. You don’t kick a habit like that overnight. Nor can you do it without medical help..Might be worth digging into.

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  • frankee47
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:21pm

    the worst and most corrupt pres in the history of the USA !

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  • Airgun
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:21pm

    @walkwithme- “Advisors” who write policy that has the force of law are also unconstitutional, no matter who the POTUS is.
    By the way, Bush isn’t the President anymore; get over it.

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  • Defiant530
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:21pm

    When will the day come when they nail Obama to the wall? He may be President (a poor example of one) but he is NOT above the law

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    • macpappy
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 9:20am

      You see the main stream media is not reporting the failures of Obama; therefore only the folks that watch Fox, or do online research even know who he really is. For example, right now the MSM is publishing the Democrat talking points about the new Ryan bill just passed by the house; saying that it will do away with old folks medicare….which is not true at all. But, if CNN says it and omits the truth they all you hear is Seniors will lose health care. Most liberals don’t watch fox or come here…only trolls. Half of the country believes what the Prez is selling anyway. So when it comes time to vote, you better educate your friends and family and get them to the polls.

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 10:45am

      I am praying for the day they nail him to the wall…..we can’t take another 4 years of this………..God help us!

      Report Post » NancyBee  
  • Marylou7
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:20pm

    What’s one more lie to a pathological liar.

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  • Goohuman
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:20pm

    Ironic Obama complains about the separation of powers. Seems he has most of it locked up for himself.

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  • frankee47
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:19pm

    the worst and the most corrupt pres in the history of the USA !

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    • lynnissmart
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 1:10pm

      I agree but how do we get him out other than wait until 2012?

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  • Craig
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:19pm

    So let the czars write “regulations” that bypass the legislative process?? These are the ones that haven’t been vetted nor approved by Congress. Hmmm.. Even if we fire all of Congress without electing anyone to fill the vacancies, the present WH composition will chug along just fine. 2012 and 2014 can’t come soon enough.IMHO.

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  • hifi74
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:19pm

    Like something being unconstitutional has stopped him. So far he has abrogated his duties, he has pushed through legislation that is unquestionably unconstitutional, and has done everything he can to effectively render the legislative branch eunuchs.

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  • BIGJAYINPA
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:18pm

    Why would The Annoited One ever feel he needs to be constrained by something as meaningless as a campaign promise? When every word out of his mouth is a lie what value is their in a promise?? The Liar-in-Chief can do as he pleases and the little people had better love it.

    BIGJAYINPA  
  • VermontPatriot
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:18pm

    When the hell has the Obot ever cared about something being
    Constitutional before.

    This guy is a sleazebag!

    I’ll borrow a line from Trump…”You’re Fired!”

    Report Post » VermontPatriot  
    • taebaggranny
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 10:37pm

      @VERMONTPATRIOT Only when it suits his agenda…The rest of the time he ignores it…

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  • danmsnyder
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:17pm

    So what’s new?

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  • dcwu
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:17pm

    Impeach the SOB.

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    • KENTUCKYREDBONE
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:38pm

      Thats what America plans on doing in 2012!

      Report Post » KENTUCKYREDBONE  
    • Mary M. Tebbe
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 9:14pm

      dcwu: Keep in mind what the American people did on November 2, 2010 and have a little faith in your fellow man. We all know what we need to do in 2012, and I think there are a lot of disillusioned democrats and Independents out here that see the light as well. The democrats in Congress may vote like sheep going to a slaughter, but I believe that a lot of people that voted the democratic ticket out here in the general public didn’t exactly get what they bargained for either, and I doubt that he’ll get their vote again. What will interest me is the Jewish vote, because the Jews usually vote for the democrats, but this time they must see that Obama hates Israel, and has treated our ally most abominably.

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  • tobywil2
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:16pm

    Where are the “checks and balances” that Mr. Stern blames?

    • Obama declared war, bypassing the Congress
    • Obama refuses to enforce laws passed by Congress (The Defense of Marriage act, Emigration Laws, etc)
    • Obama creates law (bureaucratic rules and regulations) not authorized by Congress. An example is the EPA actions on Carbon Dioxide emissions

    So Mr. Stern, just where are the “checks and balances.”

    Is the United States still a republic? Where is the outrage in the Congress?

    Can the Republic recover from the many recent assumptions of power by the Executive Branch?

    Did the Republican’s really win control of the House of Representatives on Nov. 2? The
    Tyrant has violated the Constitution that he swore to uphold.

    Why have the eunuchs in Congress not started impeachment hearings? http://commonsense21c.com/

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  • Goohuman
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:16pm

    Czars gotta go. His advisors need to be part of the official government process.

    If Obama can’t play by the rules, he can’t play.

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  • tarbush
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:16pm

    Above the law. How long until he desolves congress and declares himself fuhrer?

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    • WHITE LOTUS2x
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 9:00pm

      Tarbush…. He is trying to achieve all as soon as he can and he seems to be doing a good job of it. He must be stopped. Lotus.

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    • glashole
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 8:43am

      I hope he falls down and hits his head real hard, but who would take over? Joe or one of the Czars since the wey our government is designed to operate has been redefined.

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    • upstateny
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 8:44pm

      He will declare himself a Dictator as soon as his Minions shoot a few more people. They will try to take our guns and his morons know the only way is to sway public opinion with their violence. This country need’s a real good cleansing and Communists, Marxist’s, Socialists and Fascists have no place here. The only way to stop it permanently is to remove them permanently. It may be harsh but it’s life and I will not give up my freedoms, never.

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  • Logic77
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:15pm

    He sounds like a DICtator!

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  • Robert-CA
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:14pm

    Yep keep the communists in the WH .

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  • chirodoc007
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:13pm

    In other words … I‘m more powerful than you and there’s nothing you can do about it.

    So will these Reps stand up and fight on the debt ceiling, or do they just bow and thank Big O for not kicking their teeth in?

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    • teachermitch32
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 9:17pm

      “Oliver” Boener should be so lucky to get more soup. I am very saddened by the spinlessness of the GOP leader(s) that are in control right now. As this next election approaches I will be doing more research on candidates than I have ever done before (at least the ones I have influence over, and those I can email in the future).

      Big changes need to occur. BIG changes!

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 10:21pm

      They wont fight it, because they have no guts, and they know that if they did, then he would win reelection, based on their folly. While I would love to see it happen, the layoffs in the Government would be abhorrent, and it would be put at the feet of the House. I think Obama is trying to get the Republicans to do something just like that so he actually has something to lie to the American people about.

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  • ADEBTFREEAMERICA
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:12pm

    That’s fine Mr President, we will fire them in 2012.

    Report Post » ADEBTFREEAMERICA  
    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:31pm

      Are you sure that there will be an election in Nov., 2012? I’m not. This man has an agenda and, when it is fully implemented, the Representative form of government we now have will be gone. The ObamaCare law gave his government the authority to access any individual’s bank account and to make withdrawals from it. It also funded his “civilian army” that so far has no white faces in it and is growing as we read this. I am 71 and will have to get End of Life Counselling soon. I wonder who gets to make a final decision about treatment I will need or which “HOME” I will be placed in. No, fellow Blaze readers, I am not sure we will have an election next year. Are you?

      DisillusionedDaily  
    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:32pm

      And him as well.

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    • KimH211
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 10:36pm

      @Disillusioned

      I‘m afraid you’re going to be proven right on elections. I’ve been saying the same thing.

      God help us.

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    • Goldmember
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 8:06am

      ADEBTFREEAMERICA

      I don;t believe there will be a 2012 election.

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    • macpappy
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 8:30am

      Were the elections bypassed “for any reason” that would be reason for Constitutionalist to start the resistence. Beleive me when I say that a resistence movement in the US would be more than the world has ever seen. Besides, the military would have to be used and National Guard units would find themselves facing citizens with arms, that know how to use them. Obama is a fool and I am afraid that most conservitives give him way too much credit for intellect.

      @noteaparty
      Most of these folks will just brush your liberal uninformed rants from their minds and move on knowing you are an uninformed fool. But, if you really want to get it on, I’m your huckleberry. I don’t mind telling you why you are misinformed or uninformed or just being nasty. You know you can go to the Huff Post and be with your litter mates, and won’t have to deal with the big dogs over here.

      Report Post » macpappy  
    • UPSETVET
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 4:57pm

      Barack Obama, the President of the United States of America signed the legislation given to him by Congress making it the LAW OF THE LAND. What right has he to then say he would not abide by some of the provisions of the law he signed because they are, in his opinion, unconstitutional. Where does that power come from ? Obey, protect and preserve the US Constitution is a broken sworn oath, as far as Barack Obama is concerned. His refusal to abide by the law he himslf has signed is an impeachable offense of treason.

      As the POTUS Barack Obama took a sworn oath to obey, protect and preserve the US Constitution. I may be wrong, but I don’t recall any article in the US Consstitution that gives the President, the Chief Executive of the Executive Branch of our American Government, the power to decide what is and what isn’t constitutional. Isn’t that the responsbility of the SCOTUS. Since when is the POTUS above the LAW ? Since January 2009 ? This guy must go, not after the 2012 election, but NOW.

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    • upstateny
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 8:36pm

      I am beginning to doubt a 2012 election. These breathing trash bags were screaming that Bush was going to declare Martial Law before the 2008 election. Their history shows that they will do anything to try to ram their agenda into America. They will do what they accused Bush of attempting, it’s their way.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on April 17, 2011 at 12:39am

      I am proud to be am American, I voted for Obama, I was really immpressed with what
      he had to say, But he has been in campaign mode since 2006 and I am terribly dissapointed
      in what he has done while he has been in office..My main beef is that he has devided the
      Country as much as he has. He is not a Leader !!
      One Independent Voter Not making that mistake again,,,Semper Fi.

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    • Living in Paradise
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 8:27pm

      Why are you talking about Moammar Obama that way?

      Don’t you believe in the Mahdi, the Anointed One?

      Report Post » Living in Paradise  
  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:12pm

    So what else is new here in him breaking yet one more promise; he has already declared he will not honor any law he sees as unconstitutional even if in effect for several years.

    He is needing impeachment now, for we are only one executive decree away from a dictatorship when he declares a national emergency for any reason he choses.

    Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
    • No To The Tea Party
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:18pm

      Snowleopard

      You always bring up Impeachment but yet not one of your elected officials brings up Impeachment.
      Why is that???
      Do you know something about the law that the rest of us don’t ????

       
    • kryptonite
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:43pm

      Snow,
      The Red Roach doesn’t have to declare an emergency or resort to violence. He simply bypasses Congress and Judicial rulings when his agenda is opposed. It is that simple.

      Perhaps further on in his dictatorship, he will dissolve Congress, but I doubt it. This tyrant wants to keep a stamped picture of our Constitutional Republic for the world to see, so he can spend more time playing golf, and less time having to answer to the international community. Domestically, the Traitor doesn’t need to answer to We the People. We have pretty much lost our voice. Just wait till 2012 comes along. His czars aren’t going anywhere, and he too will stay.

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    • Partygirl
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 8:44pm

      I agree totally. Time to impeach him.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 9:05pm

      The only way he will be impeached is if Monica returns to the Whitehouse, but if he got caught doing that, I think Michelle would do it for us.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 9:16pm

      @Kryptonite:

      Red Roach? Interesting, and yes I get the reference. Good one.

      @LedbytheNose:

      A military coup would mark the ending of the nation as established in the Constitution. Once the armed forces turned on their commander and the people, then the intstitution can never again be seen as trustworthy. HOWEVER, if Obama or any wannabe dictator, were to enact decree or take such power in clear violation of their oaths to the Constitution, then there would be grounds for the legitimate usage of removing him from office and then seating the next in line of legitimate succession as established by the Constitution.

      @Darmok:

      There is always hope.

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    • Slobaphobe
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 10:05pm

      Dear No 2 TP–That’s right. As long as you and yours are doing fine why the fuss? The TSA is putting hands down the pants of children at the direction of the president’s appointee Napolitano and the president has an internet kill switch a la Ghaddafi, Mubarak and the rest of the dictators.But all is well with you. Thanks for sharing.

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    • attyell
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 10:14pm

      @no to the tea party
      You’re joking right??? Can you really be that ignorant??? How about gas at over $4.00 per gallon, how about being the most pro-abortion President we have ever had? How about spending America into bankruptcy? How about determining which laws HE will follow and which laws he will choose not to follow ie DOMA? Trillions of dollars in debt, running this country into the ground, getting us into another war, doing whatever he wants, not caring at all about the American people, lying and manipulating, breaking promises… oh yes he’s a dictator.

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 10:17pm

      How life has changed since Obama:
      More troops dead in Afghanistan.
      New war in Libya.
      4.4 Trillion more dollars spent, that we couldn’t afford, because Bush spent 4.4 Trillion too.
      Attempted to try KSM in NYC.
      Added the “advanced screening” in airports to the point that they are feeling up kids to keep us “safe”.(that wouldn’t stop a short range missile, or someone putting the bomb putty in their gut”.
      Gas prices went from $1.50 to almost $4.00 a gallon since he has been in office.
      Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen, Oman, Syria, and others have started uprisings against their governments, which have destabilized the world because he told the youth there to “stand up”.
      England and Israel are now on our lowest level of friendship than ever in the modern times.
      Moody’s has threatened at least three times to lower our credit rating(means more money from us later in interest if they do).
      Is that enough, or shall I continue?
      Unemployment has stayed at 8.8 or above, even after two stimuli that he swore would fix the problem.(still no sign of this on changing in the near term)
      Do I get to tell you to shut up now?

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    • Magen_daveed7
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 10:46pm

      How come the communist and socialist always says that the other side did it. That’s always their excuse. First of all Bush was no conservative. He was a socialist republican like his dad. Regan never liked the first Bush and that is why you never saw him in the 80′s. The Bush’s are part of the socialist and communist movement in this country. I’m tire of people saying “the other side did it the other side did it the other side did it” that’s all these criminals can say.

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    • GEW
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 11:23pm

      I don’t know anything about impeachment, I don’t that that would even work. However, I do agree with the one step from executive order and we have a new Dictator, the first of USA. I will wager you, there will be some event that will cause the suspension of our Constitutional Rights, and even the election. This man is on a mission. This is the moment, this is the time frame and this is happening while we debate — they (Progressives) act or as Nike says….they “do it”.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 11:45pm

      @NoTo
      How naive do you think we are?
      Point in Fact:
      Clinton, Bysh Sr., Bush Jr., and Obama all work and belong to the same group of international Globalists through the auspices of the Council on Foreign Relations. They are USING the far left, the unions, and Islamists and other radicals to achieve there RULERSHIP. Thereof YOU either know and are a knowing fool or YOU don’t know and are an unknowing fool, the common denominator is obvious to all here as to your mental state.

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    • pugsly84
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 11:56pm

      @NO TO THE TEA PARTY read this, If you look closely the original patriot act is penned by JOE BIDEN http://www.apfn.org/thewinds/1997/06/terrorism.html

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    • Chuck
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 11:59pm

      Darmok and Jalad !! …..
      Trust me …. bo would NEVER even cast an eye over at Monica . bo swings from the other side of the plate. You can catch him in action if you like… http://www.mancountrychicago.com … with rahmie, reggie love, and billy ‘frisky’ frist. SEARCH !

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:09am

      @ No To The Tea Party

      Your fatal assumption and error is that you probably think most of the people here condone the Bush policies because we despise Obama’s policies.

      Personally, I think with Bush consequences were unintentional due to ignorance, faulty planning and execution. The consequences from Obama however look and feel blatantly deliberate.

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    • ANTISOCIAL-IST
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:10am

      No To The Tea Party
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 11:00pm
      Wow Jackrabbit

      what universe or world do you come from ????

      nototea: jackrorabbit only asked if it was now okay to tell you to shut up; not to shut up. and now you told him to shut up directly twice. you know? you are the worst kind of commie troll – you’re stupid and stupid. why are you obummer boot-lickers so mean spirited? if i had a commie in the white house representing my commie views i would think i would be overjoyed; but you loons are always so downright ugly – intellectually speaking, or lack thereof.

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    • alr79
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:17am

      I agree. Impeachment is what we need. He has backslid so many times. When are all his supporters going to realize that he is not handing out stem. checks. they will never get their 40 acres and a mule.

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    • iheartusa
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:27am

      @ no to Tea Party
      ‘Since President Obama has been in office, my life hasn’t changed, financially.
      Taxes are the same, The Bush tax cuts are still in effect. My life and my family’s lives are good, before Obama and now”
      You obviously are sucking off the teet of us taxpayers! Because the 48% of us taxpayers, (people who actually pay taxes for our success, based on our productivity, to the government), subsidize the likes of you who are WAY TOO dependent on the government to pay your way in life. Life is much better in our way of life, because we have the ability to make your own destiny, base on HARD WORK! I know alot of people like you, who have the same outlook on life and they are miserable! I would not trade my love of life for your fear of life, in a heartbeat!

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    • leftcoastslut
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:47am

      what is that pivan lady calling for, “revolution”. don’t be turned into a parinoid freak… ya got to calm down… like glenn always says “know who you are”… always vote for what is right and moral… there is alot of smoking mirrors, watch the other hand, there is strength in numbers… maybe go stand with the “tea party’s” that always seem to spring up… tou may find several of your neighbors there… don’t let this small, minority, left-wing wackos intimidant you, stand tall and “know who you are”…

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:55am

      “Czars Stay: Obama Ditches Campaign Promise to Never Use ‘Special Signing Statement’”
      ————————————————————————————————————————————

      So how many broken campaign promises is this? So far, the only one he hasn’t strayed from is his promise to “fundamentaly change America”. For this he needs to be fired!

      Calling all Patriots
      Join us in drafting Col. Allen West to run for POTUS…
      http://www.americasteapartynews.com/allen-west-files.php

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    • Charlesjr
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 1:37am

      Why does this not surprise me? This Marxist hates the constitution.
      http://hughcpeconjrs.blogspot.com/2011/04/mr-president-this-is-your-idea-of.html

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    • thebarbarian
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 3:32am

      @on tea

      first yes to the tea.
      taxes were raised and you sre just starting to feel what has put so many truckers out of business.(don’t go there your precious ovomit taxes has nearly finished the oo/id/lo drivers not to mention howmany have closed thier doors)as for the fuel let me quote you avior ” … under my plan energy prices will nessesarilt skyrocket.” thanks a$$wipe from all the truckers out of business now and still have to pay for the trucks even though we can’t afford to run them. our way of life and our method of caring for our families has been assaulted by you ^@#$%^$()%^$@!! marxit and your messiah.
      i ca go on but it won’t do any good
      . your a useful idiot drone of the marxist left.
      as for the wars, look into cloward and pivens writigs from 1968to1973. take note at how many times they refere to the spreading thin of resources in order to bring up caos to bring down America.that included funds for the economy and our military. it was the perfect way to kill off our soldiers.they know that the military is formed of patriots to freedom. a concept that they and all marxist dispise.
      the facts are against you.lie all you want(alinsy) it won’t save you. we know what you are. for the informed (not like you and your fellow useful idiots ) we’re ready.
      sick of marxist shut up or put up

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    • thebarbarian
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 3:38am

      boy i should cool off before responding. apologize for the typos.they are so stupid that they don’t even see that thier heros call them things like useful idiots and tools. nothing riles me up like a marist drone.

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 3:39am

      OK, the czars having to do with his responsibilities can stay. How many does that leave?
      And nobody’s keeping him from doing his duties through cabinet members. What a sleaze…..

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 3:43am

      Oh, I meant his CONSTITUTIONAL responsibilities….

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 4:02am

      JACKRORABBIT and NO TO THE TEA PARTY

      Just take a look at these 2 posts! Just beautiful! One is facts with little or no comment, the other is total spin to try to somehow lessen the damage. Sorry “NO …PARTY” you lose.

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    • DSTSS2010
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 5:42am

      He didn’t just break a promise. He stated that he intends to break the law he just signed!
      IMPEACH THE B**TARD!

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 5:59am

      @No To The Tea Party: “Before you throw that word around, why don‘t you look back at the World’s dictator’s, present and the past.”
      =====
      Why would I have to “look back” at dictator’s “present,” dodo?

      ==> “Both Socialist laws.”

      I never said O’bum is a socialist. He’s a commie, and I’ve done enough looking to know how O’bum and all other Reds in power behave.

      ==> “Give facts, or shut the hell up.”

      Ah, Mr. No, that’s where you are wrong. I don’t need to do either. You see, when I signed up on THIS blog my goal was to chat, debate, and share info and thoughts with LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE. Libs never were or will be the reason I am here. Therefore, I don’t have to give you anything, AND since Obamanites do not manage this site, I don’t have to shut up either.

      Sometimes I choose to debate a liberal, but that is optional. Given your choice of words, I pass. Anyway, we have suffered over two years of Obamanation, and at this stage I feel it is not only futile but counterproductive to cater to every troll or lib who pops up on this site demanding to know what is wrong with Obama.

      If you want to become informed about Obama’s ideology you can stick around this or any other non-liberal blog for a couple of months and read the stories. On the other hand, if you want to intimidate/silence me or anyone else here, you are wasting your time. You are on We the People’s turf, not the other way around.

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    • streetrodder
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 7:03am

      @No To T Party. Do you know Ron Paul? There are others, look it up.

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    • Devil Dog 7175
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 7:20am

      Ditches another campaign promis… And this is a surprise??? He started his lie fest the day his lips began moving… Hows that hope and change working out for ya?

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    • EP46
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 7:28am

      Only the House of Representatives can Impeach the President. They have toooooo much to do now to waste time on a process that would take from now until election time. Just keep up the contact with your elected representatives telling them to find ways to ‘take the money from the puppet’ stop his spending and you will stop his destruction.

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    • USA4EVER
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 7:42am

      Snowleopard,
      I like all of your comments, keep up the good work irritating the far left (No to the TEA PARTY). He tells us to shut the hell up. Just like a liberal wanting to try and stop freedom of speech. Write all you want ( no to the TEA PARTY). It just re-inforces how wrong we know that you are. COMMON SENSE is a WONDERFUL THING……and a WONDERFUL THING the left does not have.

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    • drbage
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 8:50am

      Does the O have any promises left to be broken?

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    • frodis
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 9:01am

      Mr No To Tea Party the facts are everywhere. Obozo is a hypocrite. He wants to make this great country a big joke and wants to take from hard working people and give to the lazy bums who want handouts. Period. What part of that do you not understand? Wake up from your fairytale world.

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    • daavidruth93
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 9:01am

      It has come to the point where this Great Nation of ours can no longer endure the destruction of it from our President. The time has come to demand the INPEACHMENT of him! When the premise of a Presidency is based on Lies, Deceit, Corruption and our Constitution is repeatedly used as a door mat, it is time for him to go! According to our Declaration of Independence, it is our duty to remove him from the Office of the Presidency! Where can you show me in any history a leader travels abroad and apologizes openly for his Country? It is time to stop the devastation that will inevitably effect generations of our children for years to come.

      Now that a great deal of investigations have been done on his background and many of the controversies that surround him have been brought to light We have in office a President who puts forth a lot of effort to conceal who he really is. A wise man once said you can judge the character of a man by the people whom he surrounds him self with. If you look very closely at his hand picked czars, there is not one of them who have the interest of this Nation at heart, but only the demise of a free Nation governed by our Constitution and a Free Market.

      I have never seen a time in Our Nation when it has been so engrossed in so much fear and utter despair because of the actions of a President. For the past two years you see new deceitful regulations that will either cripple or destroy Our American Life. We see countless regulations that have been implemented either through a back door or corruptly rammed through Congress on a regular basis. Unfortunately, too few of these back-door actions have surfaced and have become apparent to the public, but because of a few brave Patriots of our Nation, we are watching. So how many other regulations have been covertly obscured so they can not be found?

      We can no longer watch idly by as an incompetent President encourages frivols spending of our Nation’s security or children’s futures! When a Nation’s cries to stop, fall on def ears, it is time for INPEACHMENT!

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 9:09am

      LIAR!!!
      Does ANYONE think this man is NOT dangerous? This is gettin scary.
      Will Congress do anything about this? And CAN they???

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 9:24am

      @no to T Party
      You apparently have not been to the Grocery store lately, or purchased gas. I thought John McCain
      was a flip-flopper, Obama takes the cake on that one..The LameStream Media has not called him
      out on his broken promises. Lost my job a few months after Obama took offfice, am working two jobs
      and still not making what I was before, Now tell me that my life has not changed. Thats the hope and
      change I got.. You people are living in La-La Land, wake-up !!! Oh, by the way do you have a Gov. Job ?? I voted for Obama , sounded real good to me, same B.S. only gettting worst !!

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    • NOTAMUSHROOM
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 9:25am

      @No to Tea Party
      “Since President Obama has been in office, my life hasn’t changed, financially.
      Taxes are the same, The Bush tax cuts are still in effect. My life and my family’s lives are good, before Obama and now. So how has your life changed since Obama’s been in office ????
      Give facts, or shut the hell up.”

      Your discourse is less than civil, which is typical for you progressives (did you read the stories of BIll Ayers and Calypso Louie?) You guys are always trying to shut other people up either by 1) doing the Alinsky thing 2) shouting down those who are attempting to discuss a subject with you or 3) opening your mouth and spilling forth what you really think in addition to 1 & 2.

      Additionally, thank you for sharing with us your Progressive-style ability to actually think that the world stops at your navel. Apparently you like being kept in the dark and fed nothing but $__t. This identifies you as yet another Progressive mushroom.
      Have you ever actually been to a tea party? You might get out this weekend and air out those neurons that have become mush. Plenty of Tea Parties from which to choose. Heck, take the family. Your kids might learn something tha’s been erased from their civics classes. Don’t worry. It‘ll be over your head but they can explain it to you later and you’ll get some sun to boot!

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 10:56am

      Of course the man-child on training wheels wants to keep his czars, because he is a Marxist! Just wait until the food police, just like in Britain, come to your house to inspect what food you have and slap fines on you for having ho-hos, and the like…pure communism! The ignorant vote of 2008 is biting us ALL in the azz! The fraud-in-chief will be exposed one day, I hope it is soon, because America can not take much more of his TREASON!

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    • Eblaze44
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 11:23am

      @attyell Posted on April 15, 2011 at 10:14pm
      “@no to the tea party. You’re joking right??? Can you really be that ignorant??? How about gas at over $4.00 per gallon”

      I suppose you might try and blame Obama for the $4.00/gal gas, but only in the part that makes you think that drilling our own oil will be cheaper – it won’t – the price of oil will remain the same – because if ours was less expensive – China would buy it. The price of oil is driven by speculators and what’s happening in the world. It doesn’t matter where you get your oil, it won’t be cheaper. Check just anything made in the US of A – it costs more to manufacture, labor costs, which is the why, we might as well drain the rest of the world first.

      We grow oranges, grapefruit and lemons in Florida – tell me why when I go to the grocery to buy them, they come from Texas, California or even Brazil? Why do oranges here in Florida cost the same as those you buy in NY or Chicago? They don’t travel as far, so it’s not the delivery price, it’s the price fixing by the market. How can tomatoes grown in Mexico cost less than tomatoes grown in the US? it’s the same principle with oil and gas from the US. it won’t be cheaper, it will simply be keeping our money at home and not helping to fund Muslim fundamentalism and terrorism. Although, I’m not really sure how much oil the US actually gets from the middle east. me thinks I heard we get a lot of oil and gas from Canada, Mexico and soon – Brazil.

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    • shadowrider
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 11:54am

      Impeachment is waaay tooo lenient for him !

      Perhaps we need to go Mid East on this entire administration ?

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:41pm

      Biden WROTE the Patriot Act…enough said!

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:45pm

      @No to the TEA party…you are a shill for the progressives, we all know that, of course you will defend the chosen one, you are a lemming, an amoeba…just wait until stagflation hits and you can’t afford to eat…at that time you will chose violence I would think…and if you do, we are ready and waiting for ya…stuff it up the ol’ sunless place my friend! You wouldn’t know a right or what freedom really is if it hit you smack in the face – communist!

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    • RJO
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 2:00pm

      OK…….

      B.O. NEEDS to establish an office with the White House to seek out and destroy all of these “PESKY” videos/audios of him……..contradicting HIMSELF!

      Let’s see……they could be named the “Rewind Czar”……..

      Uh….ya think the the LAMESTREAM media will pick up on this story? Nope…add it the the huge pile of “news stories” critical of this jack-ass that are ignored.

      Once again ABC – CBS and NBC…………………………….bend over!

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 2:19pm

      @Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks},

      “A military coup would mark the ending of the nation as established in the Constitution. Once the armed forces turned on their commander and the people, then the intstitution can never again be seen as trustworthy.”

      Wise. Thank you.

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    • rodamaa
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 2:55pm

      We have to start doing what the Left does so well, call the president a despot trying to usurp power he does not have, blah, blah. The problem is that we silently get morally outrage and do nothing to call attention to his misdeeds.

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    • 4tru4
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 3:29pm

      I can’t even stand to watch him speak w/o a break anymore. Obama feels free to twist and distort the truth-and now just outright lie to America because he has most media to cover for him. Their is no ethics on MSNBC and others but future Americans will look at these pathetic schiels and see how they TRIED to sell our country out and all the only comentary they will be able to do is on a comment and reply page like these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • We Are Not Alone
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 3:35pm

      OMG…. George Bush was a saint compared to this thug…..

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    • We Are Not Alone
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 3:59pm

      Let’s get this straight, WE THE PEOPLE wanted $100 Billion in cuts…. then $60 Billion in cuts……we settled on $38 Billion….. in reality it turned out to be only in the millions and now it‘s even lower then that because what’s his name said “No” to the defunding of his Czars….. It sure doesn’t look like our Nov election had any effect yet…..WOW…. WE THE PEOPLE should be scared…. where is the press??????

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    • gemologist
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 6:08pm

      No, it’s the other way arounds, he doesnt take into account that the impeachment will not work, the elected officials would only suggest it if they think they could do it, otherwise it becomes ammunition against them in a campaign (Am I too jaded for 30?)

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    • LindaB11
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 7:54pm

      @no to tea party. Because there is no political will to impeach at this time, there is your answer. he should be impeached and it should have happened a long time ago when he violated the “Takings and Establishment Clauses”. He has been in violation of the constitution since the day he has taken office. Welcome to the kingdom you are now a SUBJECT!

      Apparently you’re clueless of the constitution as well!

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    • PalinPal
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 8:08pm

      If his lips are moving then you know we‘re in trouble because he’s lying. He’s a liar.

      I’m fearful that people are so on to him these days that he needs to put his plan on fast forward ~

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    • upstateny
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 8:29pm

      Why do you people engage the obots? Like they are here to learn the truth. Just let them continue on their path to destruction, it’s coming and they know it. Everyone said that the unions couldn’t be knocked down and they are. As soon as the tyrant is moved out of DC the communists and the like are next. They have no interest in being allowed to live here as we the people chose to, so is there really a reason for them to exist here or anywhere. I say no.

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    • JEANNIEMAC
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 10:04pm

      During his presidential campaign, then-Senator Obama was quite critical of the Bush administration’s uses of signing statements telling the Boston Globe in 2007 that the “problem” with the Bush administration “is that it has attached signing statements to legislation in an effort to change the meaning of the legislation, to avoid enforcing certain provisions of the legislation that the President does not like, and to raise implausible or dubious constitutional objections to the legislation.”

      Then-Sen. Obama said he would “not use signing statements to nullify or undermine congressional instructions as enacted into law.”

      The president said that no one “doubts that it is appropriate to use signing statements to protect a president’s constitutional prerogatives; unfortunately, the Bush Administration has gone much further than that.”
      Obama speaks with a forked tongue.

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    • JEANNIEMAC
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 10:04pm

      During his presidential campaign, then-Senator Obama was quite critical of the Bush administration’s uses of signing statements telling the Boston Globe in 2007 that the “problem” with the Bush administration “is that it has attached signing statements to legislation in an effort to change the meaning of the legislation, to avoid enforcing certain provisions of the legislation that the President does not like, and to raise implausible or dubious constitutional objections to the legislation.”

      Then-Sen. Obama said he would “not use signing statements to nullify or undermine congressional instructions as enacted into law.”

      The president said that no one “doubts that it is appropriate to use signing statements to protect a president’s constitutional prerogatives; unfortunately, the Bush Administration has gone much further than that.”

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    • joef
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 11:06pm

      word

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    • SIGNOFTHETIMES
      Posted on April 16, 2011 at 11:21pm

      You are exactly RIGHT. BUT When you are dealing with people in power that have no respect for the RULE OF LAW you cannot remove them through legal constitutional procedures. THEY WON”T GO! As stated in Rules For Radicals make your enemies follow their own standards, they will fail because you are not bound by such limitations. I’m afraid that we have an elected a CANCER that has infected our government at all levels.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on April 17, 2011 at 12:16am

      Nothing new here, He can not tell the truth or keep a promise !!

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on April 17, 2011 at 2:29am

      pugsly84
      Posted on April 15, 2011 at 11:56pm
      @NO TO THE TEA PARTY read this, If you look closely the original patriot act is penned by JOE BIDEN http://www.apfn.org/thewinds/1997/06/terrorism.html
      —————————————————–

      Good for you. I have had more than a few progs tell me I’m a liar when I tell them that the VP wrote the Patriot Act. Even when you give them the facts, they say it’s a forgery or something as equally stupid. However, don’t let that stop you from posting stuff like this. There are still a few on our side that don’t know about this so you are doing them a huge favor by teaching them the truth.

      Two thumbs way up!

      Why Col. Allen West Should be President
      http://www.AmericasTeaPartyNews.com

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    • joseph mitch nixon
      Posted on April 17, 2011 at 9:36am

      the dammmm ax never ever kept a promise , he is a dear leader , he get away with everything .
      he got a lot of useful idiots . just like the unions .

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    • KansasPatriot
      Posted on April 17, 2011 at 9:47am

      Snow, its more than a broken promise. He is flaunting his Soros-appointed power and thumbing his nose at Congress. He is just following his Master’s lead:
      From Politico, 04/12 [The] Center for American Progress today is releasing a report, “Power of the President,” proposing 30 executive actions the president can take to advance progressive change in the areas of energy, the economy, health care, education, foreign policy, and national security. “The following authorities can be used to ensure progress on key issues facing the country today: Executive orders, Rulemaking, Agency management, Convening and creating public-private partnerships , Commanding the armed forces, Diplomacy.

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    • Physicist_In_Training
      Posted on April 17, 2011 at 9:57am

      Is that even legal? That can’t be legal…if the President can just override whatever bits and pieces of legislation he doesn’t like, while at the same time signing executive orders to instigate laws that he does like which congress hasn’t passed, then what on earth is the function of Congress?

      “Where law ends, there tyranny begins.” — William Pitt the Elder

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    • BecksTheMan
      Posted on April 17, 2011 at 10:18am

      The problem is we have GOP leaders in the house and Senate who are caving to the Democrats and compromising and I could see the likes of Harry Reid defending Obama taking over the Government as a permanent president and Boehner saying well we have negotiated for free elections after two additional years and him being one of the candidates which will still be a shorter term if we defeat him than an incumbent win would be.

      I do have to take my hat of to Orin Hatch lately he has really stood with the good tea party freshman in the Senate. Boehner has really been putting unbelievable pressure on the ones in the house and it is sad to see so many of the freshman caving.

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    • Valkaneer
      Posted on April 17, 2011 at 12:15pm

      @ SNOWLEOPARD,

      When it comes to the military frankly you don’t know WTF your talking about. ALL military members take an oath to protect, defend, and up holed the constitution. Our military would throw him out, lock him up, or my personal favorite deport him. If he is found of treason, well we all know what can happen with that. Anyway, the people of the United States could very well stand with the Military. They hold to the highest standards of Ethics still in any part of the country, only a man of the cloth has higher standards. Please keep your “I know what the people will do” comments to yourself.

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    • Cincinnatus Dogood
      Posted on April 17, 2011 at 8:19pm

      You seem very calm Tea Party, are you smokin that hippie weed?

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    • Hollywood
      Posted on April 19, 2011 at 4:47pm

      Impeachment would be WONDERFUL, but not necessarily effective. REMEMBER; Clinton was impeached for lying UNDER OATH re his Monica affair,and he still stayed in office!

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    • Living in Paradise
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 8:23pm

      Our President doesn’t need impeachment.

      He needs IMPRUNEMENT. He needs an enema because he is so full of it that his eyes are brown.

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