Posted on 06/18/2012 7:14:48 PM PDT by NoLibZone
While our presumptive nominee Mitt Romney has criticized Obama's cynical, politically-timed power grab, he has yet to say whether or not he would repeal President Obama's executive decision to no longer enforce our laws with respect to somewhere around one million Mexican illegals. Instead, first thing this morning, the Romney campaign went right back to talking about Obama's failed economy:
A number of my fellow conservatives, many of whom I admire, are hitting Romney for not taking a stand on this, but what exactly is Romney supposed to do? This entire story is, quite obviously, a coordinated trap set up by both the Obama campaign and their White House Media Palace Guards to change the subject and gum Romney up in divisive identity politics for the next ten days.
Within seconds of Obama's unilateral move (remember when the media hated those?), many of the Media Palace Guards I follow on Twitter were tweeting things like "game changer," because after having no choice but to report on Obama's very bad two weeks, they were all in agony and desperate to change the subject -- desperate for a "game changer."
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Exactly! I’m fine with him addressing it at a later date, but well before the election, but he MUST address it.
“You dont know what you are talking about”
You are confusing the opinion of a columnist with fact.
The fact is this is administrative discretion.
Check out the WH website under executive orders...
The only real screw up and real catastrophe in a rational person’s life is losing his/her means of making a living, such as lay off from job or losing his business.
Which is why Romney should focus like a laser on economy. Everything else will fall in place if economy improves.
Also never forget, mandate was an idea originating from the most conservative think tank in country, the Heritage foundation. It forces rich freeloaders to carry their own weight.
On immigration, I am 100% against amnesty to illegals.
For the purposes of my post it doesn’t matter if it’s in the form of an EO or a “policy change” as Obama characterized it:
“Administration officials said the president used existing legal authority to make the broad policy change, which could temporarily benefit more than 800,000 young people.”
If you read post 16 that I was responding to you will see what I mean.
“Too bad Mitt doesnt understand what needs to be done, and agrees with Obama on virtually every leftist initiative.”
Mitt’s not my choice either but your statement is nonsense! To equate Mitt Romney with FUBO shows me just how for over the edge of reality you are! Personally, I think that Mc Lame was/is closer to Obama than Romney. And he’s mentally disturbed as well. So did you vote for him last time?
The term Executive Order has a particular legal meaning and legal significance as does the term administrative discretion.
I find folks who don't know the meaning of the terms they throw around don't have particularly strong arguments.
Every single article on the “policy change” referred to it as an Executive Order, so what? Thomas Sowell, whom I quoted, doesn’t have particularly strong arguments?
Are you saying you agree with 4Speed in post 16 that a President Romney would be unable to reverse the policy? That he would need a bill from congress?
“Bush was the super-market manager president. He may have made a fairly decent next door neighbor. He was not presidential material. It was embarrassing.
He was his daddys sock puppet. I dont mean that his dad directed every move, but theres no way this guy would have held the positions he did in life without his dads shadow hanging over him. Just being the son of the former president was probably enough.”
Reagan was the last POTUS who was presidential material.
That’s certainly my take on it.
I’d like to think Romney is going to shock me by doing a bang-up job, but I’ve spent too many years hoping that and being screwed over, to buy into this year.
I figure, what you see is what you get. Ug.
” Id like to think Romney is going to shock me by doing a bang-up job, but Ive spent too many years hoping that and being screwed over, to buy into this year.”
For sure.
Is right ok? I got it out of the bible.
Well, go to same Bible and look up “Wrong”. You can call it “Fair”, you can call it “RIGHT”, but right now it’s not “Fair” for some people to break he law, cut in line, while legitimate Immigrants are waiting in the line.
Life ins’t Fair, and if your parents brought you with them, they can take you back with them, or you can go back without them. And if the Country you came from isn’t a “Fair” place to be, and that’s why you came to American, take a copy of the Constitution back and declare a Revolution. That’s only Fair to our Teenagers who need a summer Job washing cars.
Every single article on the policy change referred to it as an Executive Order..
The president of the United States has the responsibility to execute the laws of the United States,” said Hoyer, “and what he has said is — in terms of prosecutorial discretion — that he wants to give these folks under three defined parameters an ability to have a two-year waiver, which could be re-applied for in order for them to continue to go to school and/or to work.”
I think that’s appropriate, I think [that’s in] the best interest of our country and that’s why the president has taken that action,” said Hoyer. “[And] in terms of prosecutors clearly have discretion in terms of what cases they’re going to bring or not bring and I don’t think anybody questions that under the Constitution.”
Last Friday, President Obama announced that effective immediately, without any congressional action, the Department of Homeland Security would lift the shadow of deportation from hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens between the ages of 16 and 30 who have been in the United States at least five years and meet other criteria.
“It forces rich freeloaders to carry their own weight.”
No, it causes people who don’t even need it to subsidize others. It also raises the overall cost of healthcare. It’s a redistribution of wealth, plain and simple.
“Mitts not my choice either but your statement is nonsense! To equate Mitt Romney with FUBO shows me just how for over the edge of reality you are! “
Romney = Obama.
If McCain would have won then we’d have vp Palin. We could have impeached McCain and had president Sarah Palin. so you prefer Obama?
I know. And yet you said it would take an act of congress to reverse it?(post 16)
I think you misread my posting. I am saying it is WRONG, UNFAIR, NOT RIGHT for illegals to step in line in front of those who have done it the right way and waited.
I also said illegals will be taking jobs away from legal US citizens.
I’ll have to go back and check; maybe I mistyped it.
And yet you said it would take an act of congress to reverse it?
Yes, it will take an ACT of Congress to Control the breaking of the law. As with other law breakers, it takes an act by Law enforcement to bring someone to trial. A Congressman has already proposed a Bill to bring to bear the end of the lawless president.
NOT an Executive Order
Actually, President Obama did not circumvent congress by using an Executive Order to effectuate his policy change. The change in immigration policy was set forth in a memorandum written and signed by DHS Secretary Napolitano. To be an Executive Order, the memo would have needed to be an official document bearing Obamas signature and published in the daily Federal Register. Obama outsmarted congress by effectuating his policy change through prosecutorial discretion that is consistent with the current law and has decades of precedent.
http://mediamatters.org/mobile/research/201206160002
Following the Obama administration’s announcement that it will grant certain undocumented immigrants the chance to be exempted from deportation, Fox News claimed President Obama had issued the decision as an executive order, implying he did so to circumvent Congress. In fact, the change is an exercise of prosecutorial discretion that is consistent with the current law and has decades of precedent.
“Mitt Romney is provably on board with every leftist initiative. I have quotes of him in complete alignment with everything Obama has said and done. Even you guys admit its true when you hope and pray Romney focuses on his economic rhetoric, since any analysis of the reality of the situation reveals the horrid truth.
Romney = Obama.”
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I’ve read some of your post history and you definitely come across as an angry, embittered negative individual (likely male). Of course, some individuals have been known to come here and attempt to sow the seeds of discord.
So, unless you’re here from the Obama campaign, I hope your life situation improves and you become blessed with some happiness & joy.
As for me, I’m continuing to work (and donate to the extent my limited financial means allow) to promote all the wonderful TRUE CONSERVATIVES we have running this year. I refuse to be influenced into pessimism and defeatism.
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