just damn...
Posted on 11/21/2014 3:20:48 PM PST by John Semmens
President Obama's decision to enact immigration reform legislation that Congress has refused to enact inspired some lavish praise from fellow Democrats.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) called it "a courageous first step. President Obama's determination to take a politically unpopular position so soon after voters elected a Republican dominated Congress stakes out new ground in the battle for control over the government and policy."
"It's important that we build upon the President's innovation and transform our nation from the archaic plan of trying to extract policy from a fragmented legislative body, where no one has a mandate for governing, to a more modern structure where the will of the one man elected to represent all of the people prevails," Pelosi said. "At this turning point in our history I am hoping that Congress will get behind the President's leadership and give it an ex post facto endorsement by passing a bill codifying his decision."
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz) praised "this bold step in the right direction," but also called upon Republicans "to pick up their half of the burden by enacting the President's policies into law. To leave the President alone on a limb exposes him to criticism that he has acted outside his authority. Well, President Lincoln acted outside his authority when he suspend the right of habeas corpus, but Congress later legalized what he had done. Instead of focusing on President Obama's so-called 'lawlessness,' I'm hoping the current GOP leadership can be as patriotic as their Party's leaders were in 1861."
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill) lamented that "the President's actions do not go far enough. His vow to legalize 4 to 5 million illegal immigrants still leaves tens of millions of current illegal residents at risk, not to mention the tens of millions more we cam expect to stream across our southern border in response to this current iteration of amnesty."
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) insisted that "inaction by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives forced President Obama to take the law into his own hands. If they had simply enacted the legislation he wanted he wouldn't have had to enact it by himself. They're the ones responsible for him stepping over the line."
White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri dismissed fears that Obama's action on immigration shreds the Constitution. "The President has been modifying the Constitution for nearly six years now," she pointed out. "For the GOP to go nuts over this latest modification makes no sense."
In related news, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson predicts that a resumed surge of illegal immigration can be expected. "When we compare the poverty of Latin America with the wealth of the United States, the attraction should be obvious," Johnson observed. "As word of the success of the earlier waves of immigrants—they're not being deported, they're getting access to a wide array of public services and benefits unavailable where they came from—filters back, more can be expected to make the one-way journey."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/166796-2014-11-21-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-november-23-2014.htm
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For real - Donna Brazile went to the White House to beg Obama to fix the mess he caused. Don’t if she got to talk to him personally. I am sure Valerie will pass on the message.
Obviously, fascists would hail it.
We appear to have reached an odd singularity where fact and satire are one and the same.
Yes we have, but I really appreciate John’s articles!
just damn...
Save these two for the "best of"...
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill) lamented that "the President's actions do not go far enough. His vow to legalize 4 to 5 million illegal immigrants still leaves tens of millions of current illegal residents at risk, not to mention the tens of millions more we cam expect to stream across our southern border in response to this current iteration of amnesty."
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White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri dismissed fears that Obama's action on immigration shreds the Constitution. "The President has been modifying the Constitution for nearly six years now," she pointed out. "For the GOP to go nuts over this latest modification makes no sense."
Scary and semi-accurate and completely informing as ever!
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"The President has been modifying the Constitution for nearly six years now," she pointed out. "For the GOP to go nuts over this latest modification makes no sense."
I have seen obolabots claim that the Constitution is racist/archaic/irrelevant/etc. though. Repeatedly.
It sure appears that way!
Well done!
Sheila Jackson-Lee said “It is selfish not to let foreigners take your job”
Good job, John. Thank you for the ping.
Too soon for satire on this....
LOL You've really captured Pelosi...
Ten Commandments according to Obama
Thou shall worship no other gods than Obama
Thou shall not make graven images unless they are Communist dictators
Thou shall not take Obama’s name in vain lest the NSA record it for later usage against you
Thou shall keep the National Amnesty Day holy for it is Obama’s crowning achievement of destruction
Thou shall honor the State and Obama before thy mother and father
Thou shall not murder political opponents or dissenters unless they oppose Obama
Thou shall no commit adultery if you are straight; if thou are LGBT anything with an orifice goes
Thou shall not steal unless you are Democrat or illegal alien then everyone should give you everything for free; it’s also okay to steal other people’s identities
Thou shall not bear false witness unless its to achieve agendas and you are Democrat or acting under Valerie Jarrett’s order, then anything goes
Thou shall no longer have to covet; just take it from the White man until he has nothing left to give
Heil Hussein!
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