Posted on 06/07/2014 10:00:22 AM PDT by Kaslin
Barack Obama's tenure in the White House has been one of the low points in the history of our republic. It may seem melodramatic to compare the damage Barack Obama is doing to 9/11, Pearl Harbor, and the White House being burned during the war of 1812, but in a sense he's worse than any of those calamities because he's a purely self-inflicted wound. It's not a sneak attack from the Japanese laying us low this time; it's the man our nation willingly chose to lead us not once, but twice.
It's bad enough that Barack Obama is not qualified or competent to handle a job like the presidency, as his performance has proven again and again. Not only has he ridden the economy so deep into the ground that the percentage of Americans not working is at a 36 year high, he's piled on so much debt in such a short period that the destruction of our economy via bankruptcy and/or runaway inflation may be inevitable at this point.
Worse yet, Barack Obama has taken the position that he can rewrite any law he chooses, any way he chooses, for any reason he chooses. In other words, although Obama is not a dictator, he IS CLAIMING THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE DICTATORIAL POWERS for himself. This is extraordinarily dangerous to our republic. As Congressman Trey Gowdy has pointed out, if Obama claims he has the power to change Obamacare or illegal immigration law at his whim, why couldn't he do the same with election law? In other words, Obama has no more right to give illegal aliens work permits or delay congressionally mandated parts of Obamacare than he does to ban handguns by decree or reduce the number of electoral votes in Republican leaning states. That's why it's so incredibly dangerous to allow Obama to be "above the law." It's because the abuses committed tomorrow by Obama or even future Presidents are likely to build upon the ones that we're allowing to go unchallenged today.
The best way to check Barack Obama's power would be to impeach him. Despite the fact that Obama is much more deserving of impeachment than Clinton (perjury) or Andrew Johnson (who violated the Tenure of Office Act), it's unlikely that Obama will be impeached. Unfortunately, even if Republicans take back the Senate in 2014, there won't be enough votes in the upper chamber to get rid of Barack Obama. That's tragic, because for the good of the country, Barack Obama deserves to be driven from office in disgrace.
1) For Illegally Changing Obamacare: It doesn't matter if the Affordable Care Act is called "Obamacare;" Barack Obama doesn't have the authority to unilaterally change the law. Changes to the law have to be made by Congress and then signed into law by the President. Barack Obama has broken the law repeatedly by making at least 23 unilateral changes to the law. Saying, "The Republicans won't work with us," or more disturbingly, "It's politically convenient," is not an excuse for overriding the Constitution of the United States.
2) Engaging In An Illegal War In Libya: While the President is the Commander-in-Chief, the Constitution gives Congress the ability to declare war. In the modern era, that has just meant an authorization of force from Congress, which Obama did not pursue. Additionally, we've tended to give Presidents the benefit of the doubt when American lives are at stake. However, in Libya, Obama didn't seek the permission of Congress and we had no national security interest in Libya. In other words, Obama's real justification for bombing that country and overthrowing its government was that HE FELT LIKE IT. Using the exact same precedent, the next President could bomb Mexico or Cuba without Congressional authorization. Incidentally, bombing either of those nations would probably make more sense than bombing Libya, although that's not saying much since our intervention there has been a complete disaster.
3) Lying To Sell Obamacare To The American People: When Barack Obama told the public if they liked their plan, they could keep their plan, he was lying. When he told Americans if they liked their doctor, they could keep their doctor, he knew it wasn't so. When he told Americans Obamacare would cut costs by $2,500 for the average family, he was deliberately misleading the public. For a President of the United States to PERSONALLY spend months telling deliberate falsehoods to the American people in order to convince them to support something as massive as a government takeover of the health care system is beyond the pale. If the willful lies Barack Obama told to sell Obamacare don't merit impeachment, then there are no lies that a President could tell to the American people big enough to merit impeachment.
4) Violating Immigration Law And Illegally Implementing The DREAM ACT: Simply put, Barack Obama has ceased to enforce most immigration law. As Senator Jeff Sessions has noted, “at least 99.92% of illegal immigrants and visa overstays without known crimes on their records did not face removal.” In other words, we've already stopped deporting anyone other than SOME hardcore criminals and gang members. Additionally, when the DREAM ACT didn't make it through Congress, Obama simply implemented it ANYWAY. Not only is he explicitly telling illegal aliens they can stay in the United States, he's illegally giving them work permits that he has zero right to offer. Even if Congress is too split on the issue to unify and put a stop to what Obama's doing, that doesn't change the fact that it’s flatly illegal. If this is allowed to stand, tell me ANY LAW on the books that the President is obligated to enforce?
5) Releasing 5 Taliban Terrorists In Exchange For Deserter Bowe Bergdahl: Barack Obama was legally required to alert Congress 30 days before he released terrorists from Gitmo. Not only did he fail to do so, but more seriously he released five high level terrorists who he knew were likely to help kill Americans in the future. One of the terrorists has ALREADY SAID he intends to go back to Afghanistan to fight America. Barack Obama spent a lot of time bragging about getting Bin Laden, but he just released five Bin Ladens back into the world and a lot of Americans who didn't desert their country are likely to die because of it.
honor
Use your brain for heavens sake
Selective enforcement of laws is just another name for tyranny.
What the Senate does or does not do is not the issue. If they are still on control they will not convict. But as a matter of principle I think they need to go thru the procedure. Then the onus falls on the democrat controlled Senate who if they vote in party unity show they dont give a damn about the Republic,
Freegards
LEX
“It’s right on. But, the laws no longer apply to the ruling class. Only to us.”
Then why do we feel compelled to follow the “law”? Apparently it is only selectively enforced, when it’s convenient to them and on a whim.
#5 is enough by itself.
#6 Benghazi. Who gave the armed forces the order to stand down? Obama was derelict in his duty as commander in chief.
I think I saw a poll this week that claimed that roughly a third of our citizens think Obama is doing a great job. Not adequate.....great.
Why would anyone think that? In what area is he doing great?
What would motivate someone to say he’s doing great?
How do we change that person’s opinion of Obama?
There was a far more serious crime committed in Syria via Libya: arming a named enemy, an affiliate of Al-Quaida with MANPAD shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles capable of taking down American commercial aircraft. That is giving direct aid and comfort to an enemy of the United States, named as such in US Law. There would have to be more than two witnesses to this event. That is why the Democrats go apoplectic when anyone mentions Benghazi.
The main problem, is also that the GOP wants this power when they take control. So they have no motivation to 'take' back the powers used by him.
All of them? Including those who have tried to hold him accountable? Really?
Yeah, lets throw out Ted Cruz and Mike Lee because Harry Reid won't let Zero be questioned.
Abusing the IRS, and the police powers of the state to intimidate, arrest, imprison, fine and silence political opponents.
They have done it with the FBI, IRS, ATF, EPA - see Catherine Englebrecht.
This was the second article of impeachment for Richard Nixon.
I have yet to see Cruz or Lee support any form of impeachment. They are complicit of such unconstitutional actions.
Between now and January, 2015 when the new Congress is seated can we get 22 Senate Democrats to turn on Obama to get to the required 67 “Guilty” votes in a Senate impeachment trial? And can we hold the Senate RINOs on an impeachment trial “Guilty” verdict?
Remember Obama spent his early formative years in Indonesia and was educated there. Maybe he’s expecting to follow the traditions of Indonesian presidents. Sukarno: 1945 - 1967.
Suharto: 1967-1998.
#6. Working out like a sissy. :-)
I think I saw a poll this week that claimed that roughly a third of our citizens think Obama is doing a great job. Not adequate.....great.
Why would anyone think that? In what area is he doing great?
What would motivate someone to say he’s doing great?
How do we change that person’s opinion of Obama?
bttt
At this point he must be impeached otherwise there is no reason for the states to continue in this travesty of a union.
The police state is going to continue to stomp on our faces....
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I fear that it has gone beyond that:
(I made this comment on another thread, so I am c&p’ing it here.)
Obamugabe used the Rose Garden presser, on May 31, as a ceremony of surrender to the mohammedans. Following all of the work that the Soros Administration has done to destroy our Republic, Obama was instructed to officially hand us over to the Global Caliphate.
Bergdahl, the cracker mock-up of Osama bin Ladin, played back-up singer, with his bismallah. As he praised his satanic deity in front of what once was our White House, he dedicated the site for islam in perpetuity.
And, of course, the loyal toadies in the media broadcast the ceremony all over the world, so that the islamonazis would get the word. I am sure that there was much ululation and the passing out of sweets in the ME on that night.
Thus, my new tagline.
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