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Republicans are beginning to act as though Barack Obama isn’t even the president
The Washington Post's Plum Line ^ | March 9, 2015 | Paul Waldman

Posted on 03/09/2015 6:32:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

It’s safe to say that no president in modern times has had his legitimacy questioned by the opposition party as much as Barack Obama. But as his term in office enters its final phase, Republicans are embarking on an entirely new enterprise: They have decided that as long as he holds the office of the presidency, it’s no longer necessary to respect the office itself.

Is that a bit hyperbolic? Maybe. But this news is nothing short of stunning:

A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran’s leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama’s administration won’t last after Obama leaves office.

Organized by freshman Senator Tom Cotton and signed by the chamber’s entire party leadership as well as potential 2016 presidential contenders Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, the letter is meant not just to discourage the Iranian regime from signing a deal but also to pressure the White House into giving Congress some authority over the process.

“It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional system … Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement,”(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: congressiranletter; dhimmitude; dingyharry; flopsweat; gop; iran; iranletter; irantalks; namola; nucleariran; nuclearweapons; obama; paulwaldman; praetorianmedia; rop; twelvers; washingtoncompost; worldwar3
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama says, “if Congress won’t act, I will!”

OK, so now Congress is acting.


21 posted on 03/09/2015 6:40:54 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When you conduct foreign policy as if it were a personal hobby instead of seeking consensus, you open yourself up to being treated as a hobbyist.


22 posted on 03/09/2015 6:41:58 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Funny, because it seems that the President thinks he can rewrite the laws at will. The MSM doesn’t seem too upset about that.


23 posted on 03/09/2015 6:42:05 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Legitimacy? Obama?? Hoo hoo hee hee! Those two words go together like oil and water.


24 posted on 03/09/2015 6:42:28 PM PDT by faithhopecharity
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To: FlingWingFlyer

He’s our Caliph.


25 posted on 03/09/2015 6:43:02 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So have most of our former allies.


26 posted on 03/09/2015 6:43:09 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Republicans are beginning to act as though Barack Obama isn’t even the president


Personally, I think this is a great political strategy.

It puts 0bama on the defensive as some Republicans are taking an offensive tact in addressing real issues. It will make 0bama look petty and childish to be constantly complaining.


27 posted on 03/09/2015 6:45:45 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I believe it was Jeffrey Toobin who said ‘Obama is the President that Nixon wanted to be’.


28 posted on 03/09/2015 6:49:41 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No use respecting the office any more than the guy who’s sitting in it.


29 posted on 03/09/2015 6:50:38 PM PDT by The Duke
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To: mkmensinger
"Not to mention the 1980’s. Does anybody remember the “Dear Comandante” letter to Danial Ortega written by House Dems?"

There was pelosi's trip to Syria in 2007 to usurp GWP. Didn't teddy kennedy go to the USSR one time to try to usurp President Reagan?
30 posted on 03/09/2015 6:50:40 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s America’s Golfer-In-Chief ....


31 posted on 03/09/2015 6:52:41 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
He is not a natural born citizen

That doesn't matter anymore. Even here on FR it's overlooked if it's "our guy."

32 posted on 03/09/2015 6:53:52 PM PDT by ASA Vet (We weren't here, We were never there, We don't exist, we never did.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t we all wish.......


33 posted on 03/09/2015 6:53:55 PM PDT by Lakeshark
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Republicans are beginning to act as though Barack Obama isn’t even the president...

Who told him he was?

You know, even through Kennedy, that idiot LBJ, the bumbling Cottah, that disingenuous lecher, Billy Jeff Clintoon, I always said, that no matter how bad, they were the President of the United States of America.

I hated it, but I accepted it.

But with this piece of crap, I will never, never accept him as my POTUSA.

I hate the fool and I count the days until he is out of office.

34 posted on 03/09/2015 6:54:12 PM PDT by OldSmaj (obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Republicans are beginning to act as though Barack Obama isn’t even the president

I think history will eventually show that he never was, but even if that turns out not to be the case, a Windup toy monkey could have done a better job than that idiot.

35 posted on 03/09/2015 6:54:52 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

W never had legitimacy questioned after 2000?

Right.


36 posted on 03/09/2015 6:56:43 PM PDT by Dryman (Define Natural Born Citizen)
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To: knarf
I want the news media publically and continuously attacked as the knee padders they are and FORCE them to confront the accusations

I think at this point, we need that war between America and the media ... they're the ones that are killing us

You are a man after my own heart. Yes, the primary enemy of this nation are those left wing Liberal Democrat propaganda agents who filter everything the public sees and hears. Until we start talking about ways to wipe them out financially, we aren't serious about solving any problems.

They need to be castrated one way or another.

37 posted on 03/09/2015 6:59:33 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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To: ASA Vet

Yeah, I know.
I admit, since it isn’t an issue after Precedent Obama, I’ve been pushing for Ted Cruz. He may be the one to save the Republic.


38 posted on 03/09/2015 7:00:59 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Zeneta
It puts 0bama on the defensive as some Republicans are taking an offensive tact in addressing real issues. It will make 0bama look petty and childish to be constantly complaining.

I've always said our party should disrespect him often, and in any manner possible. After he has his predictable childish meltdown, the rest of the population might be able to see him for what he really is; An incompetent man-child who would never have gotten anywhere but for the lying and deceitful people who run the media and entertainment industries.

39 posted on 03/09/2015 7:02:00 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Republicans need to begin to realize the Washington Compost is the fifth-column leftist media excrement that it is.
40 posted on 03/09/2015 7:04:52 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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