Obama Unveils New Plan to Work with Foreign Governments to Ignore the Constitution
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Morning Jolt August 27, 2014 President Obama's a big NBA fan, right? What if he's tanking this year of his presidency because he thinks he'll get a better lottery pick in the draft next year? Obama Unveils New Plan to Work with Foreign Governments to Ignore the Constitution You know why Obama seems so disconnected and disinterested in the presidency? Because he doesn't want to be president, he would rather be king:
Look at how these people speak. If you cannot get the Senate to ratify a treaty (technically, passing a resolution of ratification), then the United States is not a party to that treaty. Period. Full stop. The Constitution is not iffy on this. This part is not a suggestion. There is no wiggle room. There are a lot of nonsensical or highly exaggerated chain e-mails accusing the president of working with foreigners to subvert the U.S. Constitution. But this time you've got the foreigners and administration officials themselves confirming it on the front page of the New York Times!
"The difficulties of the U.S. situation" is a reference the fact that we have a Senate that opposes the treaty. The Times casually notes that President Obama ignored the legislative process in his domestic climate-change agenda, too:
". . . days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America . . ." What if Hillary Made Her Silence Work for Her? And America? Hillary Clinton's getting some grief about not saying much of anything about the racially-charged, controversial events in Ferguson, Missouri. She's unlikely to ever be so deft to do this, but what if she explained that action -- which everyone attributes to political caution, calculation, cowardice, and disinterest -- and attempted to revise the expectations of the American people about what a political figure ought to do in these circumstances? Sooner or later, she'll do another televised interview. And when asked about Ferguson, what if she said . . . "I simply didn't think there was much value in having me, or any other politician, rushing into this tense situation and blathering for the cameras. Particularly for those first couple days and weeks, we just didn't know all the facts. Way too many people were determined to believe in their preferred narrative, of a 'gentle giant' gunned down by a bad cop or a good cop getting demonized for taking a necessary act of self-defense -- and not caring whether or not the facts confirmed that. All we know is that a man was killed, his family and friends are mourning, and a cop is waiting to hear if he will face a legal consequence. Perhaps we've all gotten conditioned to expect that when something controversial happens, politicians have to jump in, but there's not a lot we can say that isn't already obvious: Cops need to work to ensure they enjoy the trust of the communities they police. Authorities need to respect and protect citizens' First Amendment rights to protest. Rioting, property damage, and assault are unacceptable. This is basic stuff, and I'm not sure rushing out and issuing a statement would change the mind of anyone involved." The Growing Genre of Campaign Ads Featuring Candidates Shooting Things "I'm Alaskan Republican Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, and I will shoot the negative attack ads off your television." How Many Unaccompanied Minors Did HHS Release to Sponsors in Your County? Here's a nice way to localize a national issue:
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