Posted on 09/03/2013 5:25:29 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Barack Obama is betting his presidency on the hope of cooperation from an institution that he disdains and has proved incapable of taming. His roll-the-dice gamble for congressional go-ahead in Syria may well succeed. Still, the risk is enormous for Obama’s fraying credibility, and the implications are significant not only for the power of this president but for his successors.
Obama’s decision to seek congressional approval was sudden, verging on erratic. He was certainly correct when he said Saturday that “our democracy is stronger when the president and the people’s representatives stand together.”
But that raises an uncomfortable question: Why didn’t the president plan to seek authorization from the start? How can this request to Congress be reconciled with Obama’s willingness to act unilaterally in Libya?
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Have you always been humorless?
Isn’t it amazing these people waste their time writing stuff like this. Do they not know about the NSA spying program? Do they not think obama owns most of the congress through blackmail?
You didn’t, and how old are you? LOL.
I thought it was funny - couldn’t help it.
On the subject of Obama and Syria, I believe he is asking Congress for approval regarding the use of military force for the purpose of covering his butt over his red line rhetoric, and having a scapegoat to point the finger of blame if things go wrong.
Rolling the dice? He’s setting them up for the blame...everything is political, all the time.
He probably just laughed and went back to having the munchies...
Exactly.
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