Posted on 11/07/2014 4:52:12 PM PST by servo1969
Obama met with Republican leaders today at the White House for a “bipartisan lunch.”
This was his first meeting with Republican leaders after Democrats were shellacked in the midterm elections.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HxyrML3Wkww
Obama lashed out at Republicans when the cameras were turned off.
The AP reported:
Republicans attending the postelection lunch at Obama’s invitation said they asked him for more time to work on legislation, but the president said his patience was running out. He reiterated his intent to act on his own by the end of the year if they don’t approve legislation to ease deportations before then and send it to him to sign.
The Republicans’ approach, three days after they resoundingly won control of the Senate in midterm elections, “seemed to fall on deaf ears,” Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said in a telephone interview. “The president instead of being contrite or saying in effect to America, ‘I hear you,’ as a result of the referendum on his policies that drove this last election, he seems unmoved and even defiant.”
“I don’t know why he would want to sabotage his last two years as president by doing something this provocative,” said Cornyn…
…The meeting was tense at times, according to a senior House Republican aide. The aide was not authorized to describe the back-and-forth publicly by name and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, about to lose his grip on the upper chamber, barely said a word. The aide said at one point as House Speaker John Boehner was making an argument on immigration, Obama responded that his patience was running out and Vice President Joe Biden interrupted to ask how long Republicans needed. Obama angrily cut Biden off, the aide said.
DEFIANT IN DEFEAT: Obama tells GOP: MY mandate is bigger than yours http://t.co/OCPbN5j4ZV #tcot pic.twitter.com/J8xejzLK9S
— slone (@slone) November 8, 2014
The “man,” as you call it, is Satan’s chief minion on earth.
Downfall Parody Hitler Finds Out Democrats Lost The Senate
With guys like Cruz willing to push the GOPe into the fight kicking and screaming I think the next two years will be interesting.
CC
Dear Mr. Obama - you don’t legislate, Congress does.
You just got your ass handed to you, so no one gives a crap about your “impatience.” It’s no longer about you.
While impeachment appears off the table as an exercise in futility trying to get enough D Senators on board to convict of anything, and conviction would be tantamount to admitting his policies were unconstitutional, the better way out is to exercise Section 4 of the 25th Amendment.
His narcissism is clouding any ability for him to reason, surely a majority of his cabinet could come together with Biden and declare him “unable to discharge the powers and duties of the Office....” While he would immediately send his “written declaration that no inability exists” the VP and a “majority of the principal officers of the executive department” (Cabinet) could within four days confirm that the “President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office” and let Congress “decide the issue” by a 2/3 vote of both houses.
Much has been written about the mental state of Obama - and even the press is now questioning his inability to grasp the rejection of his policies (and him personally). It may take an open meltdown of some sort to confirm his mental and emotional inability to function as President, but as Democrats are themselves ready to revolt rather than find themselves totally eviscerated at the next election, they may find the 25th amendment their way out.
Some will argue that this section of the amendment was only intended to deal with physical incapacity such as by stroke or heart attack - but clearly there was an intent that mental problems where the President would try to argue he is not incapacitated while others see that he is was clearly contemplated - thus the second round and decision by the Congress in an expedited fashion being provided for.
Quicker and cleaner than impeachment, keeps their policies above the fray, and simply takes out what has only become a liability for the next two years.
Which Senate Dems are up for reelection in 2016? Those are the ones who will complete the deal to send him packing...
Well, if there’s something that Barack knows about it’s man dates. Just ask Reggie Love.
CC
I’m no expert on the federal budget. I think all departments have some amount of discretionary funds, but not enough to do major things. But Obama ignores whatever law is in his way, so I’m sure they’ll move some funds around to finance whatever they want as long as there is no current budget at all.
Remember that $870 billion ‘stimulus’ during his first year? A lot of those expenditures probably fell somewhere in that year’s spending and has been there ever since, reauthorized as part of all those continuing resolutions in absence of a real budget.
Congress should drop a budget on his ass ASAP, then they can restrict what the money is spent on. That’s what Senator Sessions plans.
I’d walk out too. And if pressed about leaving by the prez I’d say “Oh, come on now, Mr. President you should be used to people walking out on your speeches by now”.
CC
Why do the Republicans even bother showing up for these things?
FIVE million.
The order was for "up to THIRTY-FOUR million"!
Xlnt
Sounds like he is approaching a “for the good of the party” type of situation much like Nixon was confronted with. The question is who will be the one to approach him? I don’t think even his handlers can contain his behavior nor hide it anymore.
Yep, totally intentional and in cahoots with Harry Reid. Having no new budget for five or six years gives them more leeway in how they spend the money.
More like a hissy fit ...
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!
We won, now STFU and si’down!
What a hateful perv. His autocratic bullying reveals his insecurity, lack of talent for politics, and STUPIDITY.
I’d walk out too. And if pressed about leaving by the prez I’d say, “Mr. President, we came at your invitation,
that doesn’t mean we have to stay and be insulted.
Good day to you sir.”
Xint?
CC
It would have to be a few senior Democrats that tell Obama that it's his time to go.
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