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His Royal Imperial Highness, Barack Obama II
Townhall.com ^ | 4/4/2012 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 04/04/2012 3:22:03 AM PDT by servo1969

America's constitutional structure is built on checks and balances. The idea behind these checks and balances is simple: We want interest counteracting interest, ego counteracting ego. We don't want any one person to gain too much power -- or any one faction or any one way of thought.

Gridlock, for lack of a better word, is good.

President Barack Obama, however, has a different idea. He believes that America must be fundamentally transformed. That fundamental transformation cannot be effectuated without a fundamental transformation of the system of American government.

The most important part of that transformation is the elevation of the presidency from a coequal branch of government to a pre-eminent branch of government. The president shouldn't be seen as just a player in the larger government struggle for power and policymaking; he should be seen as a larger-than-life figure, an almost godlike personage, the sort of fellow who can enact policy single-handedly.

No wonder, then, that President Obama declared war on the Supreme Court this week.

We are not amused.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barak; obama; royal; scotus

1 posted on 04/04/2012 3:22:17 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

he is one evil POS..


2 posted on 04/04/2012 3:24:56 AM PDT by aces
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To: aces

Hopefully, the Supremes will put this asswipe in his place. Computer does not like my spelling of asswipe ; maybe it is ass wipe.


3 posted on 04/04/2012 3:40:32 AM PDT by DooDahhhh (ma)
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To: aces

Hopefully, the Supremes will put this asswipe in his place. Computer does not like my spelling of asswipe ; maybe it is ass wipe.


4 posted on 04/04/2012 3:40:43 AM PDT by DooDahhhh (ma)
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To: DooDahhhh

Baby Doc Barack


5 posted on 04/04/2012 3:44:40 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: servo1969
The entire point of the founding fathers' design was that they had learned through personal experience that it is impossible to give that much power to one person without them becoming corrupted by it. Not to mention the fact that such a position would tend to attract people who were already power-hungry to begin with. They essentially created a system of government which operated like a bucket of crabs: None of the crabs were to be able to escape and do as they pleased without one of the other crabs grabbing them and pulling them back down (to Earth.) Of course, this makes it hard for the government to accomplish things very quickly. Which was kind of the point.

Many people, Obama for example, would like the Executive branch to be the King crab.
6 posted on 04/04/2012 3:45:39 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh................
The Constitution sets out how to oppose this tyranny.
Nothing at all wrong with it.
The problem ISSS............a complete, total LACK OF BALLS on the part of our (sic) “opposition” party.
Bone-er is a complete gutless idiot hiding behind a coterie of other bumbling cowardly idiots.
THAT’S the problem.
Nobody willing to kick ass and take names.


7 posted on 04/04/2012 3:55:40 AM PDT by Flintlock (Picture ID for ALL voting. Let our dead rest in peace.)
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To: servo1969

BTW—why is Holder still in office??
HUH???


8 posted on 04/04/2012 3:56:31 AM PDT by Flintlock (Picture ID for ALL voting. Let our dead rest in peace.)
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To: Flintlock

Because the bucket is tipping to one side.


9 posted on 04/04/2012 4:02:24 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

A little more power for the glorious leader is just what all revolutions need. Finally an American leader with the the stature and vision of a Mugabe or Hugo Chavez. (sarc)


10 posted on 04/04/2012 4:14:46 AM PDT by dog breath
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To: servo1969

I’m not sure I agree with the author on his use of the word ‘gridlock’ here. He gets the principle of Checks and Balances correct - it’s between branches of the government. But gridlock to me refers to the political parties being able to stymie each other’s agenda in the legislature. Gridlock is not an executive veto of af a bill, or judicial overturning of a law. These things are Checks and Balances in action, as it were.


11 posted on 04/04/2012 5:07:38 AM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "p" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: Flintlock
"Nobody willing to kick ass and take names."

I think Newt would if we would give him the chance!

12 posted on 04/04/2012 5:20:31 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie mmm mmm mmm)
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To: servo1969

I think he stepped into a bee hive by lambasting the judicial branch. Popcorn popped. Waiting for the DOJ to give the judges a middle finger.


13 posted on 04/04/2012 6:33:53 AM PDT by halfright (Just a serf in the Kingdom of Zero)
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To: servo1969

14 posted on 04/04/2012 6:41:49 AM PDT by paulcissa (The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
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To: DooDahhhh

Let’s hope so..


15 posted on 04/05/2012 3:12:02 AM PDT by aces
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To: servo1969

So long as the checks cash nobody cares about balances.


16 posted on 04/05/2012 3:17:07 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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