Obama: Congress Is Supposed to Represent Me, Not the American People

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In a speech today at the G20 Summit in Russia, President Barack Obama stated that members of Congress should listen to their voters but ultimately should act on their own, against their constituency, in order to make a decision that is “right for America.”

Obama made this revealing statement after a journalist asked, “One of your closest allies in the House said yesterday, ‘When you’ve got 97 percent of your constituents saying no, it’s kind of hard to say yes.’ Why should members of Congress go against the will of their constituents and support your decision on this?”

“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.”


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The kenyan Tyrant under TPTB control as usual.

The antichrist not far behind.

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In a speech today at the G20 Summit in Russia, President Barack Obama stated that members of Congress should listen to their voters but ultimately should act on their own, against their constituency, in order to make a decision that is “right for America.”

Obama made this revealing statement after a journalist asked, “One of your closest allies in the House said yesterday, ‘When you’ve got 97 percent of your constituents saying no, it’s kind of hard to say yes.’ Why should members of Congress go against the will of their constituents and support your decision on this?”

“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.”


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"Humanitarian attack". Has a stupider, more oxymoronic phrase ever been coined? I swear this whole scenario is being penned by the world's worst script writers. Government contract and all.

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In a speech today at the G20 Summit in Russia, President Barack Obama stated that members of Congress should listen to their voters but ultimately should act on their own, against their constituency, in order to make a decision that is “right for America.”

Obama made this revealing statement after a journalist asked, “One of your closest allies in the House said yesterday, ‘When you’ve got 97 percent of your constituents saying no, it’s kind of hard to say yes.’ Why should members of Congress go against the will of their constituents and support your decision on this?”

“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.”


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....Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany.

That is understood.

But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."

"There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."

"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy.

All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked

("I think it’s the right thing to do for America’s national security and the world’s national security")

and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country (and the world) to danger.

It works the same way in any country."

Hott off the press Cory's Rant #2 aka sleight of sin make this viral for current events and Syria!!!

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?

:901 citizens:

How would you feel if you were in the military and your commander in chief just hired you out to fight FOR your enemy the very people who have been killing fellow Americans for the past 12 years??

I am sickened by this thing in the white house and all those who surround him...

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.

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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.

BREAKING: Dem Congressman Charges Obama With Syrian Intelligence Scandal

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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]

What a fucking douchebag!

THIS^^^

What a douchebag what the fuck are you American's going to do about it but come on here and whine get off your ass and do something about it you are the only ones that can

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....

you go, davvi, I had no idea the "president" was this disconnected from reality.

Evil and selfish, of course. A consummate user and abuser, yes.

but for him to expect Congress to commit suicide for him is psychotic.


Jonestown on a national scale.

I used to think that...

but Obama is too fucking stupid to be the AC...

The AC will unite the world in peace...

everyone will love him...

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