Posted on 01/26/2014 8:05:40 PM PST by Steelfish
Frustrated Obama's Message: I'LL GO IT ALONE By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News When he stands before lawmakers Tuesday night for his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama will have a message for the divided Congress that has largely stymied his agenda for the past three years: Fine, I’ll go it alone. “I’ve got a pen,” Obama has said in the weeks leading up to the speech, “and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.”
Many of Obama’s big policy goals have ended up stranded in limbo between the Democratic-controlled Senate trying to advance his agenda and the Republican-led House bent on stopping him.
And, heading into a midterm election year, he faces lame-duck status unless his party can regain control of the House this November.
Frustrated with the Capitol Hill quagmire, the president is increasingly turning toward the power of the presidency to try to solidify his legacy. Obama has pledged to act, saying, “We are not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we’re providing Americans the kind of help that they need.”
"The president sees this as a year of action, to work with Congress where he can and to bypass Congress where necessary," White House press secretary Jay Carney told ABC News Sunday.
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“Constitution be damned!”-B. Obama
Coldest state of the union address ever — Let him pitch Global Warming and look like an idiot.
Coldest state of the union address ever — Let him pitch Global Warming and look like an idiot.
I don't think MLK would be pleased with what he'd see were he alive today.
“It can’t happen here.”
Just wow.
I know where I wish he’d shove that pen.
Obama’s state of the union speech to Congress: Let it be written with my pen and let it be done. Now go home I do not need you... your emperor has spoken.
My pen, my phone, my race card and me. That’s one hell of a way to run a country, Barry. We all know you “won”. You’ve told us that many, many times but isn’t this a little over the top? Ever hear of the U.S. Constitution?
I predict this to be one of the most rambling , angry and bizarre SOTU addresses ever.
the conservatives in attendance should blow their duck calls.
“I’ll go it alone”
So, is that his OFFICIAL announcement of his dictatorship?
LOL I wish I had written that!
Obamacare is going to totally implode, and later he’ll be facing the prospect of no conceivable positive legacy.
SO MARK MY WORDS:
He’s going to unilaterally do away with US nuclear arms, in return for NOTHING.
And he’s going to say THAT is his “positive legacy”.
Just wait.
Hey Dirtbag!
Embrace the suck.
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On the contrary. MLK was down with the struggle against Whitey McCracker-Honkey just like Obama is today.
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