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Being a Lame Duck President is Not Going to Stop Obama From Finishing His Work on Immigration Reform
Political Kryptonite ^ | July 7, 2014 | Fred Dardick

Posted on 07/07/2014 6:53:26 AM PDT by FredDardick

Looking at declining poll numbers that are starting to make Jimmy Carter seem accomplished, many question whether the Obama presidency has officially entered lame duck territory. Chuck Todd of NBC News recently quipped “you look at the presidency here: Lowest job rating, tied for the lowest; lowest on foreign policy. His administration is seen as less competent than the Bush administration, post-Katrina … Essentially the public is saying [the] presidency is over.”

The media would have us believe the Obama party is finished and it’s time to move on to the next contestant in the Who Wants to be President contest, but forgive my skepticism. I don’t buy that Obama is done with our nation. Not by a long shot.

For one thing, the Obama administration has never really been about Obama. The formally unknown politician from Chicago was chosen by the liberal elite over Hillary Clinton for a very specific reason: he’s an empty suit… a figurehead… someone willing to smile for the cameras and then hit the links for 18 holes while the adults in the back room get the real work done.

You could see it at Obama’s VA press conference last month. Even though Obama probably couldn’t point out the VA on a map of the VA, and certainly doesn’t give a fig for injured veterans, Obama confidently strutted in front of the cameras looking like a dutiful college student who had just done his homework. He spoke for over a half hour on a subject that until the day before he knew nothing about. But no decisions were made. No plan of action was taken. Just a “look at me, I actually know what I’m talking about” moment.

It was pathetic.

While the entire country cringed, Obama probably thought Americans should’ve been proud of him for actually reading his briefing material, because in Obama’s mind that’s his job. He’s far more comfortable with being “the propagandist” than “the decider”. That’s why he’s back on the campaign trail. He really doesn’t know what else to do with his time (other than playing golf of course).

No longer taken seriously at home or abroad, this is where the truly dangerous aspect of Obama’s presidency comes in. Obama may already be dreaming of retirement on the white sand beaches of Hawaii, but the liberal powers at be know their time is running out to get Big Things Done before their trillion-dollar patsy exits stage left. They’ve already tackled healthcare, banking and energy reform, whose deleterious effects are already being felt by America. There really is only one reason left to roll Obama in front of the cameras to pander and cajole about – permanently remaking the country’s voter base through immigration reform.

That’s why the immigration crisis has unfolded so rapidly even though we are nearing the end of Obama’s presidency, right when everyone is starting to call him a lame duck. It is an entirely liberal created crisis meant to give Obama the flimsiest of excuses to sign that presidential order which will truly “fundamentally transform” our nation once and for all. An order that will be drafted in Nancy Pelosi’s office, approved by Harry Reid and given the thumbs up by John Boehner and the rest of the turncoat Republican establishment in Congress.

While the poor liberal saps who voted for Obama are focused on the Hobby Lobby decision, or collecting their food stamps, or buying and selling drugs, depending on the constituency, the Washington powers that be are going to spend trillions of our hard earned money on uneducated, and oftentimes dangerous foreigners, at the price of permanent economic hardship for most Americans.

When that piece of paper on immigration finally does land in front of Obama, whether it be a presidential order or congressional legislation – whatever it says really won’t matter much to him – he will sign it. We may know Obama is an intellectual lightweight, but in his mind he is a misunderstood genius. Too smart and too visionary to be understood by the unwashed masses. He wants to do great things. Like Lincoln, like FDR, like Genghis Khan. He’ll sign it because that’s what great men do, they transform nations… and who gives a damn about the details.


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: aliens; congress; immigration; obama

1 posted on 07/07/2014 6:53:26 AM PDT by FredDardick
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To: FredDardick

What Obama is doing to America is not “immigration reform”. That’s just another Obama lie.


2 posted on 07/07/2014 6:55:56 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The future must not belong to those who slander bacon.)
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To: FredDardick

All of the Executive Orders that Obama is doing can be revoked in January 2017 by our new President Walker, Cruz or whoever it will be? True?


3 posted on 07/07/2014 6:56:35 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: napscoordinator

Not if the GOPe has its way. It will do everything it can to prevent the likes of Walker or Cruz winning the presidency as they are a threat to the comfortable status quo. The GOPe will undermine conservative candidates at every turn.


4 posted on 07/07/2014 7:00:50 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: napscoordinator

“All of the Executive Orders that Obama is doing can be revoked in January 2017 by our new President Walker, Cruz or whoever it will be?”

Perhaps this is why millions of government-dependent Democrat voters are being imported at this very moment. These invaders are being distributed throughout the country for maximum impact under the “National Popular Vote”. The Progressives are determined to hang onto the White House no matter what.

Obama is no lame duck, and the poll numbers do not matter to him or his handlers in the least.


5 posted on 07/07/2014 7:02:46 AM PDT by Junk Silver
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To: FredDardick

It is time.


6 posted on 07/07/2014 7:03:18 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: FredDardick

Where this latest immigrant flow is going should not be lost on people. Most are going to the New England states that always vote Democrat where they will be used to bolster their congressional representation along with federal money going back to the states.


7 posted on 07/07/2014 7:06:40 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Starboard

The EXEMPT Prince: "Do not worry. We, the EXEMPT, despise Americans
as much as you, our beloved King, our deliverer of Diseases and Poverty to all 57 States."

8 posted on 07/07/2014 7:07:41 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: napscoordinator
can be revoked

A reformed electorate will be required to achieve these goals.

A more likely scenario is that the press, the 51% who do not pay income tax, the 35.4% who collect Federal welfare, and the various racial, gender, and sexual perverts will all support a leftward leaning candidate.

Somehow, we must change the hearts of Americans.

9 posted on 07/07/2014 7:16:13 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: FredDardick
The GOPe is supporting Obama on "immigration reform." 14 GOP Senators signed on to the Gang of 8 bill that will triple legal immigration over the next decade to 33 million and double the size of the guest worker programs to 1.4 million annually.

Our current LEGAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES will make the Dems the permanent majority party. Amnesty just hastens the process. The GOPe is using amnesty as a bargaining chip to get more guest workers for their corporate paymasters.

The GOPe will not stop trying to get "immigration reform." The upcoming lame duck session of Congress is the next danger period. There are more than 50 Reps in the House who will vote for amnesty. If it is ever put to a vote, the Dems and the 50 Reps will pass it easily.

In 1970 one in 21 was foreign born; today, it is one in 8, the highest in 90 years; and within a decade it will be one in 7. Ever since the 1965 Immigration Act, immigration has been transforming America demographically.

87% of the 1.1 million LEGAL IMMIGRANTS who enter annually are minorities as defined by the USG. Is it any wonder that by 2019 half of the children 18 and under will be minorities or that by 2043 we will be a majority-minority country with non-Hispanic whites being less than 50% of the population compared to 90% in 1970. ALL OF THIS WITHOUT AN AMNESTY.

If the Dems get "immigration reform," the transformation of America will be complete. Obama would have been the most consequential President in our history with the passage of Obamacare and "immigration reform." It will be game, set, and match for the destruction of this country. In terms of the trans-formative impact of immigration on electoral politics, Ted Kennedy and the Dems set this in motion in 1965. They are now reaping the electoral benefits as this country enters the era of tribal politics. Demography is destiny.


10 posted on 07/07/2014 7:29:41 AM PDT by kabar
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To: LucianOfSamasota
Somehow, we must change the hearts of Americans.

Our current LEGAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES with their massive influx of LEGAL IMMIGRAANTS over the past three decades is exchanging American hearts for Third World hearts. We are being colonized. Unless we reduce LEGAL IMMIGRATION substantially we are finished.

11 posted on 07/07/2014 7:34:24 AM PDT by kabar
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To: FredDardick
Being a Lame Duck President is Not Going to Stop Obama From Finishing His Work on Immigration Reform of Destroying America
12 posted on 07/07/2014 7:35:50 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: kabar
Our current LEGAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES with their massive influx of LEGAL IMMIGRAANTS over the past three decades is exchanging American hearts for Third World hearts. We are being colonized. Unless we reduce LEGAL IMMIGRATION substantially we are finished.

Absolutely. Do you know of a candidate or political party which addresses this issue?

13 posted on 07/07/2014 7:53:17 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Jeff Sessions and Steve King are the only real ones who understand what is happening.


14 posted on 07/07/2014 7:56:17 AM PDT by kabar
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To: FredDardick

The Big Unanswered Questions about the Child Illegal Immigrants

http://sharylattkisson.com/the-big-unanswered-questions-about-the-child-illegal-immigrants/


15 posted on 07/07/2014 8:02:03 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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To: FredDardick

Well Duh!

The Crony Capitalists in the GOP, also known as the GOP Establishment, want the very same thing.

The Democrats want it for votes, and the GOP-E want it to please their Big-dollar Corporate Campaign Donors.


16 posted on 07/07/2014 8:25:57 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: napscoordinator

I hate to tell you that the only presidential candidate in recent history who has pledged to deep six all of Oblunder’s EO’s is New Gingrich. Not a peep out of Perry, Crua, Paul, Walker, Romney, Ryan or Christie.


17 posted on 07/07/2014 8:58:46 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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