Posted on 03/09/2014 1:15:46 PM PDT by neverdem
Obama is not a dictator, but there is a danger in his aggregation of executive power.
Recently, a bizarre scene unfolded on the floor of the House of Representatives that would have shocked the framers of the Constitution. In his State of the Union address, President Obama announced that he had decided to go it alone in areas where Congress refused to act to his satisfaction. In a system of shared powers, one would expect an outcry or at least stony silence when a president promised to circumvent the legislative branch. Instead, many senators and representatives erupted in rapturous applause; they seemed delighted at the notion of a president assuming unprecedented and unchecked powers at their expense.
Last week, Obama underlined what this means for our system: The administration unilaterally increased the transition time for individuals to obtain the level of insurance mandated by the Affordable Care Act. There is no statutory authority for the change simply the raw assertion of executive power.
The United States is at a constitutional tipping point: The rise of an uber presidency unchecked by the other two branches.
This massive shift of authority threatens the stability and functionality of our tripartite system of checks and balances. To be sure, it did not begin with the Obama administration. The trend has existed for decades, and President George W. Bush showed equal contempt for the separation of powers. However, it has accelerated at an alarming rate under Obama. Of perhaps greater concern is the fact that the other two branches appear passive, if not inert, in the face of expanding executive power...
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Strike the “not” and “but” from that sentence.
Where is the brave editorial cartoonist who will portray BO doing a “knockout game” on Uncle Sam and/or SCOTUS + the Congress?
Obama is not a dictator but he plays one in the White House.
AKA: “If you want your Constitution, you can have your Constitution”
Actually, he is a dictator wannabe and if the Republicans or someone won't stop him, he'll succeed in being dictator. He's perilously close.
Needs to be in the memo: “People have been hearing you for years. They haven’t been listening for just as long.”
I read that that too - “George W Bush. . .” Blah, blah, blah - stopped right there.
Who is Turley? A dissident liberal, or one of the usual suspects?
Sorry, don’t know anything about him. Could you provide a little background?
Don’t criminal psychologists document that pathological behavior is displayed in increments?
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Yes, deception is the common trait of all dictators. After they achieve control, they no longer care what the common people think. At this point, the government is so universally corrupt they can rig all future outcomes in their favor. This is where we find ourselves under Zero’s reign. Does he really care now whether the masses have finally figured out that he is a dictator? What can they do about it now?
Et tu, Brute?
Obama is only waiting for the opportunity.
I’m from Mississippi, so I’ve been called racist just because of that, and although I’m not a racist, I will gladly wear that mantle if it is required to oppose the kenyan bastard.
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Give him time.
George had flaws aplenty, but this wasn't one of them. I guess this is just another variation of the "Bush's Fault" knee-jerk thing by the media, in this case it is "Bush's Fault, Too...", specifically.
The author put that bash on Bush in, to throw a sop to the ultraliberal readers.
But note that it came in at the end, AFTER the main points were made.
But to have that op ed in the LAT is telling...
Even the people on the Left coast know that this Pres__ent has overstepped the constitutional limits on powers.
Its the editorial equivalent of a magnitude 6.0
On what basis can one say he’s not a dictator accelerating his power grabbing daily?
What would he have to do to BECOME a dictator?
What would he have to support to BECOME a Marxist?
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