BGFalcons82;1225488 wrote:I'm not buyin your explanation, ptown. jhay78 nailed it with his statement that R's are guilty if they compromise and become bipartisan buddies and they are also to blame should they stand their ground and want to cut programs. Heaven forbid they shut down the government!! Since compromising and "being the party of no" means they are to blame, I'll ask the follow-up: What should R's do in order to be "blameless"?
Compromise further. Give up on the idea to never raise taxes, as it is ludicrous. Come up with a real plan to cut debt that touches the big problems, Medicare and Medicaid. Come to the table with long term ideas that goes beyond the BS political slogans of "ohhh, evil this, or dictator that."
That said, the liberals need to do the same thing, give up on the idea of continued spending and social welfare reform. We can't help everyone. See, it is a total team effort.
If we are really serious about the debt and long term reform, we need serious in-depth solutions from our leaders. Shutting down the Government solves nothing. Especially, if it over a small portion of the debt.
What else would you call a person that picks and chooses what laws to enforce?
What else would you call a person that writes his own legislation via Executive Order and changes the welfare requirements LAW?
What else would you call a person that acts as policeman, judge, juror and executioner as he sends drones across the planet to execute Americans, terrorists, and anyone else standing in his way?
What else would you call a person that authorizes a governmental agency to sexually grope grandmas and children?
What else would you call a person that refuses to enforce the Defense Of Marriage Act because he doesn't like it?
What else would you call someone that magically turns ILLEGAL citizens into legal ones with a stroke of a pen?
What else would you call a person that gives OUR TAXPAYER money (note- not HIS money) to people who funded his election and punishes those that did not?
What else do you call someone that allows his election donors to be granted waivers from his new healthkare law?
Yeah, you're right, he wasn't elected dictator. He's just performing like one.
I'd call that every President since FDR. Every President simply picks and chooses which laws they want to follow. It is the reality of the modern President, and the growth of Executive power. Now, I'll admit, the President came in saying he would change, and he hasn't. He has fell in love with the Executive Power like every other President.
Go back through history and you can find Executive Orders and statements where Presidents go against Congress all the time. Reagan has his moments, towards Iran, tax issues, military spending, Afghanistan, etc. Clinton has his. Going back, Truman had his, China policy, Korea.
It's not unique to this President. If you want to call it dictator like, fine, then rail against the Presidential power. Also, if Romney does the same thing, which I am sure he will, you cannot come back with this argument at all.
Furthermore, to a larger point. Using loaded language like Dictator solves nothing. It leads to poor discourse and dialogue on the real problems we face.
The President is not in the same company as Stalin, Hitler, Mao or any other Dictator. Using the word is just a poor excuse and a simple out to saying you don't like his policies. Just say that, in a more analytical way.
believer;1225507 wrote:It is certainly a flagrant and obvious abuse of executive powers if not dictatorial. In all fairness all presidents have used executive orders to circumvent the law to one degree or another. It seems, however, that the Bammer is abusing it to an arrogant and even scary extreme. He did promise to fundamentally transform Amerika so......
One thing is certain...if the Kool Aid drinkers, fence riders, and the Pauliban are successful in handing Barry 4 more years to continue these policies, we have no one to blame but ourselves.
Actually, if you go back, GWB and Clinton used it far more. Also, Presidents during the Cold War used it far more frequently than ones today.
