Posted on 05/24/2014 8:12:44 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
President “I am not a dictator” Obama, the same man who once bemoaned that the U.S. Constitution is deeply flawed and America’s Founding Fathers had “an enormous blind spot” when they wrote it, is again complaining that our Constitutional Republic does not satisfy his dictatorial aspirations. Apparently, the inconvenience of having each state represented equally in the Senate is inconveniencing his ability to shove his leftist personal agenda down the throat of Congress and the American people.
As the Washington Times reports:
At a Democratic fundraiser in Chicago Thursday night, Mr. Obama told a small group of wealthy supporters that there are several hurdles to keeping Democrats in control of the Senate and recapturing the House. One of those problems, he said, is the apportionment of two Senate seats to each state regardless of population.
“Obviously, the nature of the Senate means that California has the same number of Senate seats as Wyoming. That puts us at a disadvantage,” Mr. Obama said.
The Founding Fathers decided in the “Great Compromise” in 1787 to apportion House seats based on population and give each state two seats in the Senate regardless of population. The solution was a compromise between large states and small states in a dispute that nearly dissolved the Constitutional Convention.
The president also blamed “demographics” for the inability of the Democratic Party to gain more power in Congress, saying Democrats “tend to congregate a little more densely” in cities such as New York and Chicago. He said it gives Republicans disproportional clout in Congress.
Thankfully for us and for America, our Founding Fathers knew exactly what they were doing when they drafted the Constitution and set up specific checks and balances to divest power away from any one individual or branch of government.
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The Founders had assigned the Senate the responsibility of representing the states as sovereign entities. And that among independent and sovereign States, bound together by a simple league, the parties. however unequal in size, ought to have an equal share in the common councils.
It was among a people thoroughly incorporated into one nation that every district ought to have a proportional share in the government.
Barack Obama is a domestic enemy of the Constitution.
It was on one Of POOKIES Cartoons I saved..
You are right I didn’t make the cartoon just shared it..the name of the person is on the cartoon..
That puts us at a disadvantage,” Mr. Obama said.
just as was intended!!
Yes. Senators were intended to be the advocates of the governments of their respective states.
The 17th amendment made them no different than the members of the House of Representatives, no longer a check or a balance against the winds of short term popular political fevers.
Most dictators would be unhappy with the constitution, that’s why they want to change it. The constitution is the only thing that stands in their way to abolish freedom.
YEAH!!
He can’t be dictator for life.
No, but ten bucks says he will beeline to the U.N. in 2017 and be a PITA for life.
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he’s such a racist. Wyoming is his new code-word for white-Republican.
bkmk
Everything about the Constitution is objectionable to Obama!
I’m surprised he didn;t slip and say, “YOUR founding fathers...”
Must’ve had the teleprompter that day...
the = that. lol
F’ Obama. Impeach Obama...
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