Posted on 11/05/2014 1:42:23 PM PST by traumer
President Barack Obama came out swinging on Wednesday just 14 hours after a Republican wave swept over the U.S. Congress in an election that largely repudiated his policies.
'Congress will pass some bills I cannot sign,' he said, threatening to dust off a veto pen that he has used only twice in nearly six years. And he hinted at executive orders that will enrage conservatives. 'I'm pretty sure I'll take some actions that some in Congress will not like,' he said. 'That's natural. That's how Democracy works.'
Much of reporters' tussling with the president focused on executive orders related to immigration reform – what some tea party Republicans call an 'amnesty' – which he plans to implement this year.
He acknowledged that the GOP won Tuesday's elections, but framed the results as a mandate for Republicans to work with him, instead of the other way around. 'Obviously the Republicans had a good night,' he said.
But he said he would principally work with them 'if there are ideas that the Republicans have that I am confident will make things better for ordinary Americans.'
'I want to just see what works,' he said. 'The American people sent a message,' he claimed, 'one that they've sent for several elections now.'
'They expect the people they elect to work as hard as they do. They expect us to focus on their ambitions, and not ours.'
He then rattled off a list of economic indicators that he said buttressed his case that Republicans should accept his point of view.
'More Americans are working. Unemployment has come down,' he claimed, glossing over the part-time employment shift that the Obamacare law's employer mandate has ushered in.
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I don’t agree with the impeachment prediction. He is such a bumbling idiot he is politically worth more in office than removed.
I am sure that every intelligence agency (including our own) has updated their psych profiles on the Øne as a result of this ego-stroking conference. The thing is, with the republican milque-toast leadership set to continue, he probably WILL get away with a lot.
Make him sign to VETO OBAMACARE EVERY WEEK
Until some Dems cave
Pretty close: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3223737/posts
I also recall when the Republican Party trumpeted , "elect us and we will repeal obamacare". Well, they were elected, and obamacare is still here.
I also recall when I voted for Present Bush in 200, "I thought, "the members of the Clinton Mafia will now go to prison as they deserve. Boy was I disappointed. However, I learned a lesson, I never forgot: Both Parties protect the political criminals and, when the rubber meets the road, there is very little difference between the Republican Party and the Democrat Party. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Since President Bush's and the Republican Party's failure to demand justice for the Clinton criminals, I have never had high expectations from the Republican Party. And I have never been disappointed.
‘I’m pretty sure I’ll take some actions that some in Congress will not like,’ he said. ‘That’s natural. That’s how Democracy works.’
Da, Tovarisch Party Secretary. Much like the Deutsche Demokratic Republik, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,...
FUBO! I look forward to seeing you frogmarched to Florence, CO!
“Obama The Out Of Touch One (TOOTO)”
I am so using this one!!!
Liberty is when the well-armed lamb contests the vote.
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