Posted on 11/20/2014 9:53:11 PM PST by Jim Robinson
On Thursday night, President Obama delivered his address to the nation on his executive amnesty. It was historic, both in its scope and in its dishonesty: the speech represented a closely-woven and incredible tapestry of falsehood, exposited with a straight face by the greatest liar in modern American history. To those versed in immigration and constitutional law, watching Obama lay out his program felt like watching a madman describe, with preternaturally perfect sincerity, how the moon was constructed of cheese: you know the argument is untrue, but it’s incredible to watch its dogged exposition.
Obama opened with a glowing talk about the wonders of immigration – generalizations with which virtually Americans agree, as is his wont.
Then the lies began. Posing as an immigration hardliner, Obama stated that he felt for “families who enter our country the right way and play by the rules,” and who “watch others flout the rules” (of course, Obama was mere moments away from rewarding those who flout the rules and punishing those who play by them). He then explained that businesses exploited cheap immigrant labor (of course, Obama was about to announce wage pressure downward in the form of amnesty). He summed up with this incredible sentence:
"All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America."
Well, no. Not all of us, given that the Democratic Party draws its voting base from those who wish to reap the rewards of living in America’s generous welfare state without taking on the responsibilities of doing so. Obama continued with his fibs about how he had secured the southern border, citing a drop in illegal border crossings...
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in a sane world, Articles of Impeachment would be presented to the House of Representatives tomorrow morning
Shapiro nailed it...
I say impeach him!
This is political blackmail - do it my way or else.
This is how a criminal conducts himself not someone who obeys the law.
The President tonight put himself above the Constitution and the laws of our country.
Millions of Americans are opposed to amnesty - Republicans and Democrats and Independents, conservatives, liberals and moderates. But the President chose to thumb his finger at them and tell them their views don’t matter.
That is exactly the problem. As I said, time to get the ball rolling! We have a Republic to save while we still have it.
In a sane world, Senator Democrats would be at least open to the idea of removing the President from office. Unfortunately, at least for now, the Senate Democrats are not willing to turn on their Liberal Messiah. That means at this time impeachment is irrelevant.
We should push for it any way and put Democrats on record as defending Obama’s illegal power grab.
It will show that Republicans are willing to stand up for something higher than transient political self-preservation.
We have a Constitution. If the President can unilaterally rewrite a law to suit him, its a dead letter.
In a sane world, Obama would be forced to resign. But since he thinks no one will stop him, we face a crisis.
How that is resolved will tell us whether we’ll still live in a free country.
But, the Fat Lady isnt going to sing yet.
This is not over.
The GOP needs to stand up and do it. It doesn’t matter what the result is, they need to do the right thing.
Good article.
It’s most difficult to sit by to see no one stopping him.
He’s gotten away with rewriting Obamacare to suit himself.
If he can rewrite our immigration laws without congressional approval, a dangerous precedent is set.
What’s to prevent him from drawing up his own budget, spending money as he pleases and ramming regulations down the country’s throat?
The issue is more than simply about amnesty. He has undermined the Constitution and shown utter contempt for our system of representative government.
Simply put, we cannot afford two more years for Obama to wreck this country. That is the challenge we face tonight.
Democrats heading for permanent minority status. Obama’s executive orders will be canceled when the GOP takes the White house in 2016.
Does he really think these illegals will come forward with their information knowing we will have a record of them when the time comes to send them back?
Do you recall when he changed the name of a position after it was cut from the budget so he could keep it. I can’t remember what it was, do you remember?
Rush should break out Shenklin’s: “Who’ll Stop Hussein?” again because it’s apropos.
Which is why I wouldn't listen to it.....how awesome would it be if Obama's pants caught on fire every time he lied!
I am not a deep enough thinker to go beyond my gut reaction that would get me banned and a SS visit.
The Liberal Messiah needs to resisted. I don't care about symbolism; results are what matter. Right now, impeachment would not result in removal and so it is not the right strategy. We need to do what will be effective in stopping the wanna-be emperor.
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