Posted on 06/16/2012 7:34:58 AM PDT by Innovative
President Obama returned Friday to a trusted tactic â satisfying his political allies by not doing something.
Conservatives were angry when Janet Napolitano announced the administration would stop deporting certain undocumented immigrants but they should have seen it coming. On issue after issue - gay rights, drug enforcement, Internet gambling, school achievement standards - the administration has chosen to achieve its goals by a method best described as passive-aggressive.
Rather than pushing new laws through a divided Congress to enact his agenda, Obama is relying on federal agencies to ignore, or at least not defend, laws that some of his important supporters - like Hispanic voters and the gay community - don't like.
"If the president says we're not going to enforce the law, there's really nothing anyone can do about it," University of Pennsylvania constitutional law professor Kermit Roosevelt said. "It's clearly a political calculation."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
You must have an agenda or tremble easily.
Nothing is more real and sinister than the Kenyan's demonstrated behavior.
That is fact, not opinion.
Did DU lose another (not so clever) idiot?
The kenyan’s behavior is certifiably communist, to be sure ... and he despises america ... that being said ... so did joseph smith ... who also hated america ... never forget that smith is romney’s god and hero
Sure, let’s all ignore laws; I will not pay income tax anymore.
Well said! Too bad that many, especially many here who are supposed to be "the cream of the crop" of conservatives, still don't grasp this.
But we KNOW what Obama is doing, don’t we?
Also — your tagline is inaccurate — Newt endorsed and has been campaigning for Romney and Palin also declared she will work to elect “ABO” (Anyone but Obama)and that’s Romney.
How many white people will be granted citizenship under this change?
Must be nice that you can afford to let others do the dirty work while you stay pure.
“The primaries are over, ABO IS Romney.”
The term “anybody” could include Virgil Goode... unless you’re changing the dictionary definition.
“Well said! Too bad that many, especially many here who are supposed to be “the cream of the crop” of conservatives, still don’t grasp this.”
Yeah, yeah... too bad.
Now can you please stop spamming FR with ABO posts bashing principled conservatives that have different views? I thought Jim called a truce? You’re not going to win this argument, I promise that much.
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