Posted on 03/20/2013 7:13:07 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama came into office four years ago skeptical of pushing the power of the White House to the limit, especially if it appeared to be circumventing Congress.
Now, as he launches his second term, Obama has grown more comfortable wielding power to try to move his own agenda forward, particularly when a deeply fractured, often-hostile Congress gets in his way.
He’s done it with a package of tools, some of which date to George Washington and some invented in the modern era of an increasingly powerful presidency. And he’s done it with a frequency that belies his original campaign criticisms of predecessor George W. Bush, invites criticisms that he’s bypassing the checks and balances of Congress and the courts, and whets the appetite of liberal activists who want him to do even more to advance their goals.
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But what do I know? I don't even listen to Chris Matthews!
Barry has shown us that there is a very thin line between being a president or a fascist dictator that can be easily crossed.
He is getting everything he wants from Congress as it is.
BUMP!
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Impeachment File on B. Hussein Obama.
Complacency and capitulation.
“President Barack Obama came into office four years ago skeptical of pushing the power of the White House to the limit, especially if it appeared to be circumventing Congress.”
Really? I don’t remember it that way. If that was the case it was only because the Dems controlled Congress then, and once that ended due to the 2010 midterm election slaughter — Obama reverted to his true character.
Thinks he is the Pharaoh.
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