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The dangers of a lame duck with a phone and a pen
« on: November 05, 2014, 01:18:59 PM »
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Re: The dangers of a lame duck with a phone and a pen
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2014, 01:43:53 PM »
Somewhat tangential, but one of the best quotes in the article:

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And voters also rejected the loony-toon delusions of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Honestly, the woman should be running a hat and wig shop in Haight-Ashbury, selling weed and prescription pills on the side. How it is that Democrats in Congress have taken her so seriously for so long will baffle historians for decades.

Sadly, she was reelected by a near 80% in her district.
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Re: The dangers of a lame duck with a phone and a pen
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2014, 07:02:30 PM »
Quote from: Ben on November 05, 2014, 01:43:53 PM
. . . Sadly, she was reelected by a near 80% in her district.
People who vote for a living . . .
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Re: The dangers of a lame duck with a phone and a pen
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2014, 08:44:27 PM »
Danger signs appeared immediately.  His party received a tremendous thumping in large part because of him and he showed no emotion other than anger that his policies were rejected.  All during the election background media kept talking of executive amnesty before Christmas.  Obama had said or done nothing to contradict those rumors.

I hope GOP "leadership" is prepared to deal with Obama in a forthright and unambiguous manner because he will come at them hard and fast.  I think we will see pretty quickly whether GOP leaders are action or talk.   
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Re: The dangers of a lame duck with a phone and a pen
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2014, 09:15:02 PM »
http://news.yahoo.com/mcconnell-warns-obama-unilateral-actions-180109883--politics.html


I think that there would be a tremendous backlash.  Perhaps to the point where the Supremes become involved, since that is writing law* by executive fiat. 



*It has clearly been established that immigration and citizenship law is purview of Congress, not the executive branch.
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Re: The dangers of a lame duck with a phone and a pen
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2014, 10:24:06 PM »
In brighter and somewhat related news: reason.com blog 2014/11/05 DOJ-finally-releases-fast-and-furious It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Re: The dangers of a lame duck with a phone and a pen
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2014, 06:26:34 AM »
Quote from: Balog on November 05, 2014, 01:18:59 PM
I look forward to Obama's childish tantrums.

I don't. This country can't absorb a few million more illegal unnecessary aliens, and now that the Big O has no chance of getting legislation to open the gates to the invading hoard, IMHO there's no question that he'll do it by executive fiat.

The question in my mind is, how can such executive fiat be legal? As the country's chief executive his job is to execute the laws and regulations adopted by the legislative branch. We have laws pertaining to immigration, and I can't understand why/how anybody (even him) thinks he has any authority to just wave a magic wand and bypass all those laws.
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Re: The dangers of a lame duck with a phone and a pen
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2014, 06:46:33 AM »
Interesting thing is that the CR expires around the 11th of December.  How many games are going to be played out between now and then.  I see us heading to another shut down of the government just before Christmas.  Not going to play well for either side if that happens.

Best we can hope for is an extended CR until the new Congress is seated.  Then there better be a budget passed post haste and on Obama's desk for him to sign or veto.

Then also force him to have a budget in their hands as required by law. 

Going to be an interesting 6 -8 months.  Say that because we all know that by June or July everyone is going to start posturing for 2016.
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