Obama punts on signing UN arms trade pact opposed by NRA

The Hill ^

[Vendome]

He’ll sign it on Friday June 30th.

The 4th of July falls on Tuesday and the news will be replete with celebrations of the anticpated 4 or5 day weekend and we’ll be entertained with the cost of gasoline and AAA guess as to how many people will travel on this holiday.

Heck, I bet they run stories about alternative plans by people who are not celbrating

[Joe Brower]

That possibility certain exists, although right now, I don't know. There's too many eyes on him and his cadre right now regarding gun-control, he's got too many other unwanted bonfires elsewhere, and he's willing to wait until after 2014 and the push to take back the house.

After that, I'm sure it will arise again, and we'll hear mewlings here and there until then; a smokescreen. But return it will -- these statists have lots of time, living as they do on the taxpayers dime.

[Southack]

0bama signing a Treaty that stops him from arming his jihadi buddies in Syria?!

LOL!

[WayneS]

Advocates for the pact had hoped the president would sign the treaty as soon as it became open for signatures on Monday, arguing that such a public display of support would create pressure on major arms dealers, such as Russia and China, to get on board.

Barack Obama? "Create pressure" on China and Russia?

In what universe would that happen?

[WayneS]

Advocates for the treaty suggest the delay is, in part, politically motivated, and that the administration may wait until Congress is in recess this August to sign the treaty when few people are paying attention.

No way! Not possible. I simply refuse to believe that the most transparent presidential administration in the history of our nation would behave that way...

/s

[enduserindy]

He will wait until he has finished arming al queefa.

[pabianice]

1. Kerry is a traitorous scumbag whose shameful naval record was expunged by the vicious anti-Semite Carter.

2. Obama knows he cannot get a 2/3 vote in the Senate, so why why further infuriate Repubs now while his gangster administration is being dismantled by the House?

[cherokee1]

“Kerry pushed back-—” Kerry doesn’t even push on his own colon——the krap just runs out of him. He thinks everybody will take his word that his fake treaty doesn’t hurt the second amendment? Woops! there goes another load!

[Obadiah]

Bingo.

[ZULU]

He is a bastard. Probably wants to hype it on TV when he does sign.

[El Gato]

Waiting for when most of the Senate is out of town.
Treaties are ratified by the Senate only’ by two thirds of those present, not of the full Senate.