[af_vet_rr]

when did EO’s become all the rage?

Who started it all?

How many has Barry done so far? I’m tired of candidates saying how they’ll ‘do’ or ‘undo’ this or that via EO.

They've been popular with Presidents for decades. I certainly wasn't happy with Clinton/Bush/Obama using them.

One thing I find very interesting - when Rick Perry came out and said he would bypass Congress with his energy plan, although I think he used the term "executive action" instead of "executive order", the media flipped out. Barry is going to do it and the media is talking about him trying to save peoples homes or jobs or whatever. Lovely double-standard.

[achilles2000]

“One thing I find very interesting - when Rick Perry came out and said he would bypass Congress with his energy plan, although I think he used the term “executive action” instead of “executive order”, the media flipped out. Barry is going to do it and the media is talking about him trying to save peoples homes or jobs or whatever. Lovely double-standard.”

The situations aren’t morally equivalent. Perry would be undoing Obamalini’s unlawful acts. Here Obama is contemplating another set of unconstitutional diktats. Undoing these would also not be morally equivalent to their imposition.