Several of President Obama's orders were clearly intended to circumvent Congress and the legislative process
I believe you could say
exactly the same thing about the Republicans establishing the
"Party Of No" prior to Obama's 1st inauguration,
AND the
entire Republican congress signing the Grover Norquist "PLEDGE"; both circumvented the President Of The US.
The debt never exceeded the GDP under Reagan
At the time the Nat'l Debt, which was under $1 trillion, was NOT the issue ... deficit spending WAS. Up until Reagan, every POTUS since Truman had paid
down the debt. Reagan's intent was to pass wealth back to the wealthiest at the expense of the middleclass by implementing 11 different tax plans that impacted them. Reagan even went on Nat'l TV to say he was
"shoring up SS for the next 20 years" with his tax increases, THEN used those extra tax funds to help pay for his other unbudgeted BS.
Taking even a cursory look at history and our current president has laid the foundation for some serious problems in the next few years
I disagree. But there is one thing everyone should realize, a nuclear war is inevitable ... there will be a nuclear war. The only question is whether it will be global. I forsee the US being hit with a dirty bomb in the next 2-3 years; there's absolutely no way to avoid it.
It's the content of the orders that is the issue. Several of President Obama's orders were clearly intended to circumvent Congress and the legislative process
Ohhhh, so you and fellow conservatives have a secret
"grading system" and rule to determine the value of an Executive Order now? Like determining the next Supreme Court Judge ...
"its the people who will choose the next Supreme Court Judge" (M McConnell)
if elected she would be the first woman President and we are back to another President that that is going to put their legacy ahead of the good of the country
Purely assumptive on your part. As always conservatives preach the "doom & gloom" IF voters go with Democrats. Its one of their strategies along with voter suppression to gain/retain seats in Washington since they have no PLATFORM to really run on. Let me ask you here, do you think the Republicans would get the same "mileage" on their platform if they explained the
true intent of their
"decrease government", and that is removing entitlements to the neediest Americans? You don't have to really answer that as I don't want to encourage you to LIE. I simply blame the Democrats for not putting their feet to the fire with that terminology.
Torp, you're always talking about Obama getting nothing done and going around Congress. I'm just curious, as Republicans took the initiative to secretly stop Obama before he even took office, exactly HOW would Obama accomplish anything under those circumstances WITHOUT using the Executive Orders? The VOTERS put Obama in office not once, but twice, by significant voting margins ... does Congress think they have no obligation to do the will of the PEOPLE? Do you think their current popularity
(snickering) and the current state of the Republican party has anything to do with their past 7 years of ineffectiveness & "do nothing" strategies?
.....And the thing is, listening to the GOP candidates and to Ryan last week, there is NO intention by the Republican party to change its 30+ years "stuck on Reaganomics" platform ... its still "cut taxes, decrease government" which has played itself OUT and has failed. The only reason Reaganomics and "trickle down" survives is because the rich Democrats in Congress secretly support it and simply let the Republicans take the flax for it. When will the Republicans quit pissing on the backs of the working class and telling them its rain?