There are a few interesting items in President Obama’s interview with Katie Couric, not the least of which is his ham-fisted attempt to pass himself off as a populist (check his wardrobe). Such is given the lie, however, by his wistful longing for the power to instantiate his ideas without the taint of “legislative fingerprints.” Yet another sign by the ruling class that they believe the nation would be better off without democracy (note his use of the word “unfortunately”) and administered instead by a regime of experts. Forward to the 4-minute mark:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/02/katie_couric_super_bowl_obama.html
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Good eye, or good ear, in catching this! I’m not surprised by Obama’s offhand comments. His self confidence is such that he slips up occasionally and lets us know what’s actually going on. It could also be a byproduct of his being relatively inexperienced, politically.
I resent that our mostly documented Dear Leader is being criticized on this site. I will inform the gummint immediately and continue to monitor!
Obama, Obama, mmmmmm, mmmmmmm, mmmmmmmmm!
Well, it has now passed, thanks to Obama’s promise of an executive order to prohibit tax money from paying for abortions.
Horse. Someone explain to me how the Constitution grants the president the authority to blot out portions of passed legislation. To be sure, executive authority has been abused before (and overlooked by the courts), but this would be a direct action by the president to block execution of handpicked sections from a bill that has been passed by Congress and signed into law. Either the courts will strike down this EO, which means abortions will be paid for by every American taxpayer, or the courts will uphold the EO – granting Obama authority that is denied him by the Constitution. I suppose it wouldn’t surprise me – Clinton did it almost at will.
Could Stupak and co. truly be so stupid as to think that this will go over as promised by Obama? Instead, it seems almost like they were looking for some way to vote for this bill while preserving some sort of defense against repercussions from the pro-life community.
I am sick.
Hello. splendid job. I did not anticipate this. This is a great story. Thanks!