Posted on 11/15/2016 5:06:42 AM PST by Kaslin
It's safe to say that there has rarely, if ever, been a president more absolutely sure of the utter and total correctness of his positions than Barack Obama. While outward humility and the intentional display of human hesitation have long been staple behavioral facets of virtually every first-rate high-level communicator as he tries to connect with (and win the support of) his constituency when making difficult decisions, words such as "I've really struggled with this" or "I've thought long and hard about this one" seldom seem to emanate from President Obama's lips. Instead, complete self-assuredness bordering on smug, condescending arrogance has been the hallmark of his demeanor.
His "signature domestic achievement" – The Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") – was brought into existence only by an arcane budgetary trick pulled off by then-Senate majority sycophant Harry Reid. After winning a Massachusetts Senate seat in January 2010, Scott Brown became the "41st senator," the one who would complete a Republican filibuster and prevent the ACA from becoming law.
But the ACA per se was never voted on by the full Senate, and Brown never got the chance to play his role as the 41st Senator in a filibuster. Sparing everyone the long, sorry, detailed saga, Reid managed to get the ACA to be dependent on a Senate vote under reconciliation, a budget technicality that requires only a simple majority of 51.
Hats off to Reid. It was brilliant political maneuvering. Arguably the most sweeping, significant domestic policy in U.S. history, Obama's ACA was implemented without a single Republican vote in either the House or Senate. Never has policy of such magnitude been passed without having convinced even one member of the opposition party of its worth and thus have any opposition support. Not one Republican vote.
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“...he’s about 65 days away from has-been status.”
I’m betting that Trump already has given Obama the “Here’s-how-it’s-gonna-be” speech.
Don’t think he can pardon someone convicted of a state crime.
I remember sitting in the cineplex for the third Lord of the Rings film when the Eagles flew in to save the battle, and everyone cheered. It was clear the Eagles were the metaphor for the US Air Force come to save the day. May more good movies with a pro-military message be made.
He’s a narcissistic sociopath. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Pennsylvanians clinging to God and guns won the state from Philly and Pittsburgh and put Trump over the top to win the election.
And that is factual.
I have said for years that we actually were fortunate Obama was, well, Obama.
All that time he spent golfing, a dedicated, focused ideologue would have finished destroying the nation. He was and is lazy and thank God.
If Trump is smart he did no such thing. Trump will not tell the enemy what he intends to do. Trump has repeated that axiom often.
I’m trying to think of some spectacular way to celebrate the day he leaves. Unfortunately I’ll be out of town that day and so options are limited. We are also in a drought so huge bonfires are out of the question.
The gormless idiot, obama, is gone in a couple months, thank goodness.
Hey, I was afraid he’d announce another exec order or closing Gitmo. I was happy for the usual arrogance. Bonus: he insinuated Hillary mismanaged campaign.
Ca$h. He is going to an Asian cooperation Summit. It is a giveaway. It’s purpose, like all of them, is to fleece America. He also is meeting with the Satanic Merkel. There is big money in Soros’ plan destroy Europe. Obama has set up The Obama Foundation.....just like the Clinton Crime Foundation. I just posted a thread on it.
You may be right but I thought a presidential pardon covered all sins, state or federal. It will be interesting to see who O pardons just the same
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