Posted on 05/23/2014 8:58:39 AM PDT by yoe
President Obama is taking a swipe at the Founding Fathers, blaming his inability to move his agenda on the “disadvantage” of having each state represented equally in the Senate.
At a Democratic fundraiser in Chicago Thursday night, Mr. Obama told a small group of wealthy supporters that there are several hurdles to keeping Democrats in control of the Senate and recapturing the House. One of those problems, he said, is the apportionment of two Senate seats to each state regardless of population.
“Obviously, the nature of the Senate means that California has the same number of Senate seats as Wyoming. That puts us at a disadvantage,” Mr. Obama said.
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The sad thing is how many congressional Republicans would agree with him.
Senators were supposed to represent the state government, and provide a check on the federal government. Unfortunately, the 17th amendment just turned them into more exclusive version of the House.
Someone better emerge to intellectually challenge these intellectually challenged leftists.
Over 100 million commie victims would agree, if prodded..
Of course, they’re all dead.. at the hands of communists..
and activists who thought they knew better
than those who were battle tested
and trusted in God.
The US Constitution was structured in order to account for the truth about the human condition - that no human nor group of humans should be given power over the lives of others, as all are inherently flawed, sinful, and prone to corruption.
Obama and the left, being humanists, believe in their own “elitehood” and the inherent superiority of their intellect and morality. Limiting the power of “elite” people stifles them from doing the “right” things for “the common good”.
Obama is frustrated because the Constitution is functioning just as the Founding Fathers intended and is inhibiting him doing just that .
At what point in his commentary about the Constitution does he reach that level where he is violating his oath of office? It would seem to me, he could get impeached and convicted at some point and I think he has gotten beyond it now.
I wonder if “O” ever gets tired of being a jackass.
BTW Barack, the nature of the HOUSE is proportional representation, and the PEOPLE gave control of it to the REPUBLICANS!
What a frigging idiot. If not for the Constitution, I’d call his bluff so we can have a REPUBLICAN senate too.
I guess this fool was thinking of giving only California more seats. He’s too stupid to realize democrats control the Senate for exactly the reason he is criticizing!
“Constitutional Scholar” Obama should know that the constitution of the US Senate reflects that fact that the nation is a union of UNITED (sovereign) States. At least that’s how it started out.
Frankly, I’d like to see the popular election of Senators go away. I think that they should be selected by their state legislatures the way it was originally. We might still have a Harry Reid, but I’m confident that moron’s like Patty Murray, Barbara Mikulski & John Kerry wouldn’t get near the senate chambers except on a capitol tour.
And this guy taught Constitutional Law at a Law School? Even for a semester??
Is there anything about America that Obama LIKES?
Every Rat president laments that he can’t be king.
God Bless gridlock and the founding fathers...
his arrogance knows no depths... to think he believes he knows better than this once-in-a-lifetime group of classically educated men who not only founded a country, but a country like no other EVER in the history of the world... who not only put their lives and everything they owned on the line, but who--after winning freedom from a world power--came up with the idea of the US Constitution, and then brilliantly implemented it...
HE is the reason they foresaw the necessity of the 2 chambered congress, the executive branch and judicial branch and the system of checks and balances... how remarkable, how forward thinking, how utterly brilliant our Founding Fathers were...
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