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Frustrated Obama's Message: "I'LL GO IT ALONE"
NBCNews ^ | January 26, 2014 | Tom Curry

Posted on 01/26/2014 8:05:40 PM PST by Steelfish

Frustrated Obama's Message: I'LL GO IT ALONE By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News When he stands before lawmakers Tuesday night for his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama will have a message for the divided Congress that has largely stymied his agenda for the past three years: Fine, I’ll go it alone. “I’ve got a pen,” Obama has said in the weeks leading up to the speech, “and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.”

Many of Obama’s big policy goals have ended up stranded in limbo between the Democratic-controlled Senate trying to advance his agenda and the Republican-led House bent on stopping him.

And, heading into a midterm election year, he faces lame-duck status unless his party can regain control of the House this November.

Frustrated with the Capitol Hill quagmire, the president is increasingly turning toward the power of the presidency to try to solidify his legacy. Obama has pledged to act, saying, “We are not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we’re providing Americans the kind of help that they need.”

"The president sees this as a year of action, to work with Congress where he can and to bypass Congress where necessary," White House press secretary Jay Carney told ABC News Sunday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com ...


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1 posted on 01/26/2014 8:05:40 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

“Constitution be damned!”-B. Obama


2 posted on 01/26/2014 8:07:29 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: Steelfish

Coldest state of the union address ever — Let him pitch Global Warming and look like an idiot.


3 posted on 01/26/2014 8:10:11 PM PST by DannyTN (A>)
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To: Steelfish

Coldest state of the union address ever — Let him pitch Global Warming and look like an idiot.


4 posted on 01/26/2014 8:10:11 PM PST by DannyTN (A>)
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To: Steelfish
From, "I have a dream" to "I have a pen and a phone"

I don't think MLK would be pleased with what he'd see were he alive today.

5 posted on 01/26/2014 8:16:02 PM PST by Baynative (Got bulbs? Check my profile page.)
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To: Steelfish

“It can’t happen here.”


6 posted on 01/26/2014 8:18:34 PM PST by henkster (Communists never negotiate.)
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To: Steelfish

Just wow.

I know where I wish he’d shove that pen.


7 posted on 01/26/2014 8:18:34 PM PST by KJC1
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To: Steelfish

Obama’s state of the union speech to Congress: Let it be written with my pen and let it be done. Now go home I do not need you... your emperor has spoken.


8 posted on 01/26/2014 8:20:03 PM PST by The Great RJ
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To: Steelfish

My pen, my phone, my race card and me. That’s one hell of a way to run a country, Barry. We all know you “won”. You’ve told us that many, many times but isn’t this a little over the top? Ever hear of the U.S. Constitution?


9 posted on 01/26/2014 8:20:58 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare. The "global warming" of healthcare plans.)
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To: Steelfish

10 posted on 01/26/2014 8:22:44 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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11 posted on 01/26/2014 8:22:49 PM PST by null and void (We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
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To: Steelfish
He will be impeached alone too.
12 posted on 01/26/2014 8:28:23 PM PST by oldenuff2no ("For which she should be charged withNot sure a and face a jury. Not summarily executed.")
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To: Steelfish

I predict this to be one of the most rambling , angry and bizarre SOTU addresses ever.


13 posted on 01/26/2014 8:30:58 PM PST by matt04
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When he stands before lawmakers Tuesday night for his State of the Union speech,

the conservatives in attendance should blow their duck calls.

14 posted on 01/26/2014 8:31:11 PM PST by Octar
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“I’ll go it alone”

So, is that his OFFICIAL announcement of his dictatorship?


15 posted on 01/26/2014 8:31:12 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: null and void

LOL I wish I had written that!


16 posted on 01/26/2014 8:31:54 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Steelfish

Obamacare is going to totally implode, and later he’ll be facing the prospect of no conceivable positive legacy.

SO MARK MY WORDS:

He’s going to unilaterally do away with US nuclear arms, in return for NOTHING.

And he’s going to say THAT is his “positive legacy”.

Just wait.


17 posted on 01/26/2014 8:32:16 PM PST by gaijin
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Obama’s big policy goals have ended up stranded in limbo

Hey Dirtbag!

Embrace the suck.

18 posted on 01/26/2014 8:33:45 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


19 posted on 01/26/2014 8:36:45 PM PST by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Baynative

On the contrary. MLK was down with the struggle against Whitey McCracker-Honkey just like Obama is today.


20 posted on 01/26/2014 8:39:29 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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