This is from Politico, folks... POLITICO FOR CHRIST'S
SAKE...!
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President Barack Obama insisted for years that he had
absolutely no legal authority — none whatsoever, zero, zilch — to slow
deportations on a broad scale.
* AND HE SAID IT EVEN AS HIS AGENCY HEADS DID EXACTLY
THAT!
* FOLKS... AT LEAST HE BOTHERED TO FOLLOW THE GOEBBELS
FORMULA OF "THE BIG LIE!"
Forget everything he’s said.
* YEP... FIRST THE LIE, NOW THE TRUTH... THE OFFERED
HANDSHAKE SUDDENLY SWITCHING TO A SUCKER PUNCH!
Obama’s pledge to use his executive powers by the end of
the summer marked both a dramatic reversal in rhetoric and a major strategic
shift on immigration.
* AGAIN... FOLKS... THIS IS POLITICO!
The president is no longer emphasizing his own
powerlessness but rather his determination “to fix as much of our immigration
system as I can on my own, without Congress.”
The administration is examining how far it can go,
legally and politically, to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from
deportation.
* TO "PROTECT?" TO "PROTECT" MILLIONS
OF INVADERS...???
* MY FRIENDS, HIS JOB IS TO PROTECT US! HIS JOB IS TO
PROTECT THE LAW! THAT IS THE OATH HE TOOK IN 2009 AND THAT IS THE OATH HE TOOK
IN 2013!
Despite the flow of young Central American children
across the southwestern border, Obama remains committed to taking significant
action, according to senior advisers and advocates who have attended recent
meetings with White House officials.
* "YOUNG CHILDREN...???" FOLKS... OBAMA
CONSIDERS ONE A "CHILD" UP UNTIL AGE 26 FOR PURPOSES OF OBAMACARE.
* FOLKS... CERTAINLY YOUNG INNOCENT FOREIGN CHILDREN ARE
PART OF THE DELUGE, BUT SO TOO ARE CRIMINALS, GANG MEMBERS, AND THOSE INFECTED
WITH CONTAGIOUS DISEASES! AND OBAMA'S POLICIES ARE SIMPLY RELEASING MANY OF THEM...
ACTUALLY TRANSPORTING THEM... TO VARIOUS CITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES!
THIS IS DOCUMENTED! I'VE BEEN COVERING IT!
In other words, Obama has signaled that he intends to do
exactly what he’s long said he’s unable to do.
* YES... THE POLITICO GETS IT!
“I take executive action only when we have a serious
problem, a serious issue, and Congress chooses to do nothing,” Obama said last
month in his Rose Garden announcement. “And in this situation, the failure of
House Republicans to pass a darn bill is bad for our security, it’s bad for our
economy, and it’s bad for our future.”
Even immigrant rights advocates, who were on the
receiving end of the White House denials for years, were surprised by his
abrupt and enthusiastic move toward executive action in June after House
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) ruled out a legislative overhaul of immigration
this year.
Activists had gotten so fed up in recent months that some
tagged the president as the “deporter-in-chief” and demanded that he shift
immediately from a legislative strategy to an administrative one.
“The way they talked about it was, ‘There’s nothing we
can do, only Congress can solve it, we don’t have the authority,’” said Lorella
Praeli, director of advocacy and policy for United We Dream. “That is very
different from what they are saying today. It is completely different.”
The shift could be used by critics as an example of Obama
saying one thing and doing something else...
* "COULD BE...?!?!" FOLKS... EVEN AS THE POLITICO
COVERS OBAMA'S LIES AND ASSAULTS ON THE RULE OF LAW... THEY DO WHAT THEY CAN TO
PROVIDE COVER!
...another “evolution,” in White House parlance, on a
hot-button social issue. Some Republicans see it as fertile ground for advancing
their midterm election strategy, which focuses on raising questions about the
president’s credibility and competence.
* SO NOW IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LAW... NOT ABOUT HONESTY (OR
RATHER LACK THEREOF)... AND AS FOR THE CONSTITUTION... SCREW IT - LET'S ACCUSE
REPUBLICANS OF PLAYING POLITICS INSTEAD!
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
“It brings into question, when he commits to other
things, whether he will keep that commitment,” said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.),
who worked closely with Obama on passing a Senate immigration overhaul bill
last year. “Things in this town, to a large degree, are done on people’s
commitments.”
But of all the challenges surrounding the decision,
taking a hit for a change in position isn’t at the top of the White House’s
list of concerns. Aides privately acknowledge that Obama has flip flopped — but
for good reason, they insist.
* FOLKS... FORGET "FLIP-FLP"... WHAT OF THE
CONSTITUTION? WHAT OF THE RULE OF LAW? HOW CAN PEOPLE NOT SEE HOW OUR REPUBLIC
IS BEING DESTROYED FROM WITHIN...?!?!
The president wanted to maintain pressure on Congress for
as long as he could because legislation is the only way to provide permanent
relief to undocumented immigrants, aides said.
* "RELIEF...?!?!" "RELIEF" TO THEM
EQUATES TO CONSPIRACY "ON THEIR BEHALF" TO GET AROUND OUR EXISTING
LAWS...!!!
* FOLKS... HOW ABOUT "RELIEF" FOR THE AMERICAN
TAXPAYER? HOW ABOUT "RELIEF" FOR THE AMERICAN UNEMPLOYED AND
UNDEREMPLOYED?
* TO ANY BLACK AMERICANS READING THIS... WTF...?!?!
An executive order can be rescinded by Obama’s
successors.
* FOLKS... A CONSTITUTIONAL EXECUTIVE ORDER IS ONE WHICH GOES
WITH THE GRAIN OF EXISTING LAW... WHICH IS ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE CONCERNING
HOW BEST TO PUT LAW INTO EFFECT. AN "EXECUTIVE ORDER" WITH THE
PURPOSE OF AND RESULT OF UNDERMINING THE LAW IS NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL EXECUTIVE
ORDER... NOT A LAWFUL ORDER.
* FOLKS... UNDERSTAND... FOR NOW WE HAVE LOST AMERICA.
DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE WILL BACK OBAMA — NO MATTER WHAT. THE OBAMA APPOINTEES
THROUGHOUT THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY WILL BACK OBAMA... NO MATTER WHAT. WITHIN
TODAY'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY THERE IS NO EQUIVALENT TO THE 1973 GOP NATIONAL
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP WHICH WITHDREW ITS SUPPORT FROM NIXON.
(*SIGH*)
President Obama didn’t want to concede that he could take
action on his own while legislation was still possible, but once it was no
longer an option, there was little downside to changing course, the aides said.
* FOLKS... NOTICE... NOTICE WHAT YOU JUST READ. THE AIDES
CLAIMED OBAMA HAS THIS POWER (WHICH HE DOESN'T) AND POLITICO SIMPLY ACCEPTS
THEIR FALSE CLAIM!
“These executive actions are not a substitute for
congressional action, in part, because they aren’t as far-reaching,” said White
House press secretary Josh Earnest in an interview. “But the president is
determined to do the right thing for the country and our economy by acting,
within the bounds of the law, to reform our broken immigration system,
consistent with the views expressed by the bipartisan coalition of law
enforcement, faith and business leaders who back reform.”
* THIS PRESIDENT DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE BOUNDS OF
LAW!
Obama still views the legal limits as murky, aides said.
* "MURKY..."
(*HEADACHE*)
It’s a major reason the review is taking so long — the
administration wants the order to withstand the inevitable court challenge but
needs to build a case for it.
White House counsel Neil Eggleston and domestic policy
adviser Cecilia Muñoz are hosting listening sessions with key players in the
process, including attorneys for the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees
International Union, according to sources familiar with the meetings.
* "LISTENING SESSIONS...?!?!"
* AND HOW DID THE AFL-CIO AND SEIU BECOME "KEY
PLAYERS?" (OH, YEAH... VIA CAMPAIGN DONATIONS TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES, AND LEFTIST GROUPS!)
The president has suggested privately that he would not
go as far as extending temporary protections to all 11 million undocumented
immigrants who would have qualified under the Senate bill. Instead, he’s
weighing how to provide relief to subsets of the population based on family
ties, longevity in the country or employment background.
* IN OTHER WORDS... MAKE UP NEW LAWS AS HE GOES ALONG...
* FOLKS... THIS IS ALL UNCONSTITUTIONAL...!!!
It’s unclear where he’ll draw the line, but advocates
expect him to go far based on his initial statements that he wants to max out
his legal authority. This is a stark change from the previous 5½ years of his
administration.
* FIRST OF ALL... NO IT'S NOT! BUT SECOND OF ALL: FOLKS...
GET FIREARMS TRAINING. PURCHASE GUNS. STOCK UP ON AMMUNITION. I FEAR THAT AT A
CERTAIN POINT "WE THE PEOPLE" ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION FOR OURSELVES...
* CLEARLY OUR POLITICIANS CAN'T BE TRUSTED TO DO SO.
Obama has been heckled at public events, pressed during
interviews and questioned in private at the White House about why he just won’t
use his executive powers to protect millions from deportations.
* THERE THEY GO AGAIN... "PROTECT." AND
"PROTECT" WHO? "PROTECT" ILLEGAL ALIENS - NOT AMERICAN
CITIZENS... NOT THE RULE OF AMERICAN LAW... NOT THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWER
STRUCTURE.
(*PURSED LIPS*)
* BUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION SIMPLY: OBAMA HAS NO SUCH
POWER. NO PRESIDENT HAS SUCH POWER. (SADLY... IT'S NOT SIMPLY THE QUESTIONERS
WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS - IT'S POLITICO AND MOST OF THE MSM WHICH DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND THIS.)
Sometimes President Obama made clear that only
legislation could provide relief for all undocumented immigrants, which is
consistent with his current view. Other times he didn’t draw the distinction.
Either way, he always left the same impression: The law
prohibits him from doing much on his own.
“There are those in the immigrants’ rights community who
have argued passionately that we should simply provide those who are [here]
illegally with legal status, or at least ignore the laws on the books and put
an end to deportation until we have better laws. And often this argument is
framed in moral terms: Why should we punish people who are just trying to earn
a living?” Obama said in a July 2010 speech.
“I recognize the sense of compassion that drives this
argument, but I believe such an indiscriminate approach would be both unwise
and unfair. It would suggest to those thinking about coming here illegally that
there will be no repercussions for such a decision. And this could lead to a
surge in more illegal immigration. And it would also ignore the millions of
people around the world who are waiting in line to come here legally.”
* A JULY 2010 SPEECH. A SPEECH. A SPEECH 28 MONTHS PRIOR
TO THE RE-ELECTION BATTLE HE KNEW HE'D FACE. OF COURSE THAT'S WHAT HE
"SAID!" (AHH... BUT IN THE MEANTIME... WHAT WAS IT HE WAS DOING...?
EVEN THEN HE WAS DOING WHATEVER HE COULD TO CIRCUMVENT THE LAW AND THE INTENT
OF THE LAW!)
Last November, Ju Hong, an undocumented immigrant from
South Korea, yelled at the president during a San Francisco event: “You have a
power to stop deportation for all undocumented immigrants in this country.”
* YO...! HONG! JU HONG! NO...! NO HE DOESN'T...!!!
“Actually I don’t,” Obama responded. “If, in fact, I
could solve all these problems without passing laws in Congress, then I would
do so. But we’re also a nation of laws. That’s part of our tradition.
* AHH... "TRADITION." (FOLKS... IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
HIS MIXING THE WORDS "LAW" AND "TRADITION" WAS
DELIBERATE...)
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
* FOLKS... WE'RE A NATION OF LAWS BECAUSE WE'RE A NATION
OF LAWS! WE ARE A REPUBLIC - A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC! (OR AT LEAST WE ONCE
WERE...)
And so the easy way out is to try to yell and pretend
like I can do something by violating our laws.”
* FOLKS... PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT HE DOES... DOES...
A month later, Vice President Joe Biden said Obama’s
options were limited.
“What I get all the time is, ‘Well, look, since the
system is broken, and Congress won’t fix it, why don’t you just suspend
everything?” Biden said. “The president doesn’t have the authority to do that.”
* FOLKS... THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS ARTICLE IS THAT
BIDEN'S PAST REMARKS ARE NO LONGER... er... "OPERATIVE."
But in the Rose Garden on June 30, Obama didn’t dwell on
the constraints of the law.
* JUNE 30, 2014... (WITH 30 MONTHS LEFT IN HIS PRESIDENCY!)
“So while I will continue to push House Republicans to
drop the excuses and act — and I hope their constituents will too — America
cannot wait forever for them to act,” Obama said. “And that’s why, today, I’m
beginning a new effort to fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my
own, without Congress.”
Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, said
a close read of Obama’s previous statements provides wiggle room. “If you look
really carefully at what he says, he says, ‘I can’t do what the legislation
does. I can’t go as far as you think I should go,’” Sharry said.
Still, Sharry added, “the impression he gives is, ‘I
can’t do it.’”
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