Obama: Congress Is Supposed to Represent Me, Not the American People | |
KenTx2011 (OP) User ID: 29561266 United States 09/06/2013 02:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ***snip*** In short, Obama will try to influence Americans into supporting his war, but failing that, Congress is supposed to just ignore the vast majority of voters against the war and approve military action in Syria. As Obama implied, members of Congress should represent themselves rather than the voters who placed them in office, especially when Obama’s aims run contrary to the demands of the American people. This is right in line with a senior State Department official’s earlier statement that “the president’s decision to take military action in Syria still stands, and will indeed be carried out, regardless of whether Congress votes next week to approve the use of such force.” |
cdevidal User ID: 46346146 United States 09/06/2013 03:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is tyranny, folks. Kinda old news but look at this: [link to www.whitehouse.gov] "The head of each agency (..) is delegated the authority of the President (..) to employ persons of outstanding experience and ability without compensation..." What do you call it when employed without compensation? Slavery. There's other really annoying language in that E.O. Of course, this all can only happen in the event of a National Emergency, right? Well, guess what, boys and girls? Last year he did just that. [link to www.whitehouse.gov] Last Edited by SlowBro on 09/06/2013 03:13 PM |
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goodmockingbird User ID: 13167649 United States 09/06/2013 03:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ***Snip*** Quoting: KenTx2011 “Now, with respect to Congress and how they should respond to constituency concerns, you know, I do consider it part of my job to help make the case and to explain to the American people exactly why I think this is the right thing to do,” Obama said. “It’s conceivable that at the end of the day, I don’t persuade a majority of the American people that it’s the right thing to do and then each member of Congress is gonna have to decide, if I think it’s the right thing to do for America’s national security and the world’s national security, then how do I vote?” “And you know what? That’s — that’s what you’re supposed to do as a member of Congress. Ultimately, you listen to your constituents, but you’ve also got to make some decisions about what you believe is right for America.” What this means to say is that congressmen have a few days to recollect every last nuance of scandal that certain henchmen can hold over their head to convice them to vote in favor of war. "You want this picture of you naked with six men in black leather bondage gear emblazoned on your home town newspaper's front page? "You want us to forward these emails you wrote to the stripper, on to your wife's lawyer? "No? Now maybe you can see your way clear to to vote topunish the evil dictator who used chemical weapons." I Support Our First Responders |
Epic Beard Guy User ID: 41632673 United States 09/06/2013 03:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | King Barry thinks we're all a bunch of dumb fucks, and we need him to save us! He is certifiable! Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe |
KenTx2011 (OP) User ID: 29561266 United States 09/06/2013 03:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is all totally and completely utterly insane!!!! I can't believe that this president is willing to go against what the VAST MAJORITY of Americans want. To go out and state it like he is... just wow. How in YOUR FACE is this? |
Reinvigorated Being User ID: 2782120 United States 09/06/2013 03:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What a fucking douchebag! I'm a proud Texan & American, posting from Central Texas & have no clue why my flag shows friggin Canada(no offense to my Canadian friends). "Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." Diderot "Immigration without assimilation is invasion!" - Anonymous Coward Gird your lions, shave your Family & panic sex the 'maters! "When your so-called religion is purely a political theory of conquest, and deception is one of it's core principles then it strikes me as perfectly sane and reasonable to assume literally everyone who is of such a "religion" to be exactly the same POS who deserves to be treated as the enemy non-stop." Darkwolf007 |
Reinvigorated Being User ID: 2782120 United States 09/06/2013 03:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 5*'s & greenage to you! I'm a proud Texan & American, posting from Central Texas & have no clue why my flag shows friggin Canada(no offense to my Canadian friends). "Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." Diderot "Immigration without assimilation is invasion!" - Anonymous Coward Gird your lions, shave your Family & panic sex the 'maters! "When your so-called religion is purely a political theory of conquest, and deception is one of it's core principles then it strikes me as perfectly sane and reasonable to assume literally everyone who is of such a "religion" to be exactly the same POS who deserves to be treated as the enemy non-stop." Darkwolf007 |
KenTx2011 (OP) User ID: 29561266 United States 09/06/2013 03:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | President Obama today refused to rule out attacking Syria without the backing of Congress, as new polls show he faces a crushing defeat in any vote in the House of Representatives. **** SNIP*** from DRUDGE Report today. An ABC News reporter at the G20 meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, tried to pin him down and get a 'direct response' to the question of what he will do if his gamble seeking congressional approval fails. 'I'm not going to engage in parlor games now ... about whether or not it's going to pass,' he said. 'You're not getting a direct response.' But while he acknowledged knowing his Syria gambit with Congress was 'going to be a heavy lift' all along, the president insisted that he didn't 'put this before Congress just as a political ploy or as symbolism.' 'I put it before Congress because I could not honestly claim that the threat posed by Assad's use of chemical weapons on innocent civilians and women and children posed an imminent, direct threat to the United States.' Obama also announced that he will make his case on Syria to the American people again on Tuesday in a national address. |
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KenTx2011 (OP) User ID: 29561266 United States 09/06/2013 03:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | *** snip*** 'It's conceivable at the end of the day I don't persuade a majority of the American people that it's the right thing to do,' Obama conceded Friday. 'And then each member of Congress is going to have to decide.'Oblabla said From DRUDGE Last Edited by KenTx2011 on 09/06/2013 03:27 PM |
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davvi User ID: 3677166 United States 09/06/2013 03:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is all totally and completely utterly insane!!!! I can't believe that this president is willing to go against what the VAST MAJORITY of Americans want. To go out and state it like he is... just wow. How in YOUR FACE is this? Quoting: KenTx2011 I don't know why you are so surprised, they did the same thing with Obamacare and what happened? The people re-elected him. He probably thinks if he does this against the people they will make him dictator for life. They are saying that rather than embarrass the president the House will not vote at all? They had better damn well vote we pay them to take a stand on issues such as this. Congress does not get a pass.... |
KenTx2011 (OP) User ID: 29561266 United States 09/06/2013 03:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is tyranny, folks. Quoting: cdevidal Kinda old news but look at this: [link to www.whitehouse.gov] "The head of each agency (..) is delegated the authority of the President (..) to employ persons of outstanding experience and ability without compensation..." What do you call it when employed without compensation? Slavery. There's other really annoying language in that E.O. Of course, this all can only happen in the event of a National Emergency, right? Well, guess what, boys and girls? Last year he did just that. [link to www.whitehouse.gov] I guess it fits in with his whole persona.... The bi-tyrannical wantable DICKtater!!! I don't know what we can do besides what we've been doing and that calling our congress and telling no to war. I've made that call and from the articles that I've been reading, so have ALOT of other people. |
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KenTx2011 (OP) User ID: 29561266 United States 09/06/2013 03:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is all totally and completely utterly insane!!!! I can't believe that this president is willing to go against what the VAST MAJORITY of Americans want. To go out and state it like he is... just wow. How in YOUR FACE is this? Quoting: KenTx2011 I don't know why you are so surprised, they did the same thing with Obamacare and what happened? The people re-elected him. He probably thinks if he does this against the people they will make him dictator for life. They are saying that rather than embarrass the president the House will not vote at all? They had better damn well vote we pay them to take a stand on issues such as this. Congress does not get a pass.... I so agree with you on this!!!! I never voted for this man, not once and certainly not twice. The writing for this president was on the wall from the beginning!!! I really don't care if "HE" gets embarrassed. It's our asses he handing out and over to them, not his. He is insane! |
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KenTx2011 (OP) User ID: 29561266 United States 09/06/2013 03:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BREAKING: Dem Congressman Charges Obama With Syrian Intelligence Scandal ***Snip*** Florida Congressman Alan Grayson, once among the most ardent supporters of the Obama White House, is breaking ranks and calling out the Obama administration for manipulating intelligence data in order to convince lawmakers to allow military action against Syria. While such accusations have been whispered for day behind closed doors, Grayson is among the first lawmakers to make them public, and the accusation itself is possibly the most serious ever leveled against the administration among a member of the president’s own political party. Rep. Alan Grayson: Syria Intelligence Manipulated Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., who is aggressively lobbying against a military strike on Syria, says the Obama administration has manipulated intelligence to push its case for U.S. involvement in the country’s two-year civil war. [link to theulstermanreport.com] |
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