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Obama in State of Union speech to tell Congress to act or step aside: officials
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Posted on 01/27/2014 9:25:38 AM PST by chessplayer

WASHINGTON — President Obama will tell Congress in his State of the Union address Tuesday to either act or get out of the way, White House officials said Sunday.

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KEYWORDS: 113th; bhosotu; civilwar2; civilwarii; cw2; cwii; dictator; fascist; nazi; socialist; sotu; tyrant
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To: chessplayer

How much further aside can they step? They’ve already handed over their huevos, bent over time and time again, told us we didn’t have to be afraid of him, patted him on the head everytime he threw a hissy fit, let him steal at least two elections, put our heros in harms way, alienated our friends, intentionally bringing on an ecomonic crash, trashed the Constitution, took away our rights and all but eliminated every privacy we had so what’s left?


101 posted on 01/27/2014 11:06:51 AM PST by bgill
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To: chessplayer
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102 posted on 01/27/2014 11:08:48 AM PST by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: CitizenUSA
You've very optimistic thinking there will be a next POTUS. Even if the next is Hillary and BJ again, it'll be more of the same.
103 posted on 01/27/2014 11:11:02 AM PST by bgill
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To: chessplayer
IMPEACHMENT and REMOVAL should be taking up all of congress' time!
104 posted on 01/27/2014 11:20:38 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Who but a TYRANT shoves down another man's throat what he has exempted himself from?)
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To: bgill

“You’ve very optimistic thinking there will be a next POTUS. Even if the next is Hillary and BJ again, it’ll be more of the same.”

Regardless, we still have to fight. Even if we lose, I couldn’t bear surrendering this once great country without a fight. American ideals like self reliance, liberty, and morality are worth fighting for. I’m not just going to curl up in a corner while the left dismantles everything our forefathers sought to create. If the left wants an oppressive state, there are plenty of other countries to choose from. America is ours!


105 posted on 01/27/2014 11:36:55 AM PST by CitizenUSA (Sodomy and abortion: the only constitutional rights cherished by Democrats.)
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To: kevkrom
If I were in the chamber, I’d stand up and start reciting Article 1 of the Constitution, probably starting from Section 7, until they dragged me away.

If I were in the chamber, I’d stand up and start blowing my duck call until they dragged me away.

106 posted on 01/27/2014 11:51:13 AM PST by Octar
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To: servantboy777
"but congress should then threaten to defund the EPA, TSA, DHS, Obozocare....on and on."

But that threat wouldn't have any teeth becasue Obama know Reid would never let it pass through the Senate. Boehner could threaten not to raise the debt ceiling next month though - but Boehner has no balls and would wimp out.

107 posted on 01/27/2014 11:55:19 AM PST by circlecity
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To: circlecity
That’s a great way to get Congress on your side. I’m sure that’ll work.

It isn't intended to do that. It is a throwing down of the gauntlet, and the Wookie's husband wants to see what the reaction will be. If it is weak and timid, he'll go about instituting a dictatorship at breakneck speed. If it is strong, he'll back off a bit and for a little while, and try some other time.

Make no mistake, this one believes that he has the right to run this country all by his lonesome. Purging the military leadership over the last couple of years, and having lots of opposition figures charged with crimes or tied up with IRS investigations is just the tip of the iceberg. We are well and truly phocked if this guy isn't put back into his cage - which is to say, limited to the authority that a President is supposed to have under the Constitution, and not one iota more.

108 posted on 01/27/2014 12:25:17 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: CitizenUSA
Truth be told, President Obama really, truly isn’t a king. He just wishes he was one. Not only that, but our government is divided.

Exactly. The people of this country voted not only for him, but for a divided Congress that (by its very nature) could NOT do very much. I guess that We The People decided that the unified government of 2009-2011 wasn't all that great...and since we couldn't get rid of him that easily, the next best alternative was to tie him up as much as possible to reduce the future harm he could do.

EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN should stand up and walk out if he dares to utter such a thought. The ENTIRE Republican response (regardless of whether or not they walk out, which is regretably not too likely) should concentrate on this illegal and un-American power grab.

109 posted on 01/27/2014 12:37:56 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: chessplayer

I am sure the Democrats will give him a standing ovation.


110 posted on 01/27/2014 12:47:55 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: chessplayer

111 posted on 01/27/2014 12:58:21 PM PST by Manic_Episode (F the Whigs)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman
When Paul first got to DC I liked the way he talked, he was blunt and to the point, now he seems to only speak Washingtonese.

I don't think there's any doubt about it. Rand Paul is 'going native'.

112 posted on 01/27/2014 1:16:50 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: chessplayer
He reminds me of this chap


113 posted on 01/27/2014 1:34:55 PM PST by Oratam
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To: erkelly
The constitution mandates that the president give a once-a-year state of the union address.

The Constitution doesn't say that the President needs to give an address at all. It merely states that he is required to report on the state of the union. It can be delivered to Congress in written form, but Presidents love to take the opportunity of the SOTU to grandstand.

114 posted on 01/27/2014 1:53:50 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Ancesthntr

-— EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN should stand up and walk out if he dares to utter such a thought -—

They should, but they won’t. In addition, the media will report this unprecedented power-grab as just another news item.


115 posted on 01/28/2014 3:57:33 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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