2016-08-26, 03:12 AM
Eos Wrote:I believe you mean "I guess I will have to use executive orders to get anything done because the opposition held house and senate block anything else meaningful I try to do in complete disregard for the well being of their constituents and to "prove" that the government "doesn't work" and should be dismantled" Obama.
Yes, but notice how if you leave off the second half of that narrative it suddenly becomes a much less desirable talking point. If the house and senate are blocking something, even if they are held by the other party, that doesn't mean you just get to go around it because you don't like it, you deal with it because that's how the country works. If nothing is happening it means the president believes he is more important than the entirety of Congress and is not willing to treat them as peers, instead only trying to push things that are only in his own interest. I feel that the biggest thing that needs to be removed immediately is earmarking; initially nothing would get done (but nothing is getting done now anyway so what's the difference?), but eventually I think it would actually be greatly beneficial and make our politicians into actual adults instead of whiny babies who will only vote for something if they have a direct vested interest in it at the cost of the integrity of the bill itself, and many more things would actually get done because every bill would be a SINGLE issue and not a thousand small issues of various ideologies that only a schizophrenic could agree with all of at once.
That said, he should really look at this chart
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/orders.php
Obama actually hasn't signed a -ton- of them, regardless of how damaging those he has signed may be he hasn't done anywhere near as many as people say. Just look at pineappleing FDR, lol.
VerrKol Wrote:Are we pretending someone like that could be confirmed by the Senate? Checks and balances.
It can be done in this current situation, but it is incredibly prohibitive in what they can do, they are only in temporarily (1 year), and it would inflame every conservative in the entire country and likely throw the presidential election outright for very little gain. So, essentially, there's no point in not doing it the hard way, nothing could get done in 1 year anyway, at least not on the scope they are after.
Just so you all know, and just in case anyone else actually has 30-50 hours of free time to read all of this, there IS a comprehensive list of everything Hillary and those attached to her have ever done that is in public record or can be extrapolated (usually reliably, but if not it will say outright that it's guesswork in every portion that cannot be completely verified) based on those public records. I'm sure most of you don't care or don't have time to actually look through the whole thing, but https://docs.google.com/document/d/184cs...ef=2&pli=1 (may freeze your browser for a bit, it's around 350 pages). It mainly focuses on the Clinton Foundation and Soros/power families. THIS IS A RABBITHOLE, AND IT IS VERY DEPRESSING TO READ, just be forewarned.