Posted on 04/18/2011 5:19:07 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
White House Explains Obama's Flip-Flop on Signing Statements Monday, April 18, 2011 By Fred Lucas
(CNSNews.com) – The White House defended President Barack Obama’s use of a so-called "signing statement" for the fiscal year 2011 budget compromise even though candidate Obama said in 2008: “We’re not going to use signing statements as a way of doing an end-run around Congress.”
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that back in 2008 Obama, meant the president should not abuse signing statements--not that he was against ever using signing statements.
“He never said he was opposed to all signing statements,” Carney told reporters on Monday. “We’ve pointed to numerous statements in the campaign where he made clear that every president must maintain the right, of course, must maintain the right, to have signing statements, to raise constitutional concerns or objections about the laws passed by Congress that he signs into law.”
Obama’s signing statement was in response to provisions in the budget compromise, reached on April 9 between Obama and congressional leaders, that dealt with funding of four White House “czars,” a provision to block funding for transferring terror suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay prison inside the United States, and to transferring Gitmo detainees to other countries.
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Obama is an idiot.
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“Signing statement” huh? It’s becoming apparent we’re electing dictators every 4 years. This is how banana republics behave.
All that’s left is for one of these presidents to refuse to leave office after his term, and voila, hello Bolivia.
Translation: signing statements are evil when done by Republicans, but cool when a Dem does it.
To every thing, spin...spin...spin
There is a reason, spin...spin...spin
All Animals are equal- Yada Yada Yada!
More Bull Carp from the Marxist administration
What I really meant was “I am a liar, believe nothing I say “
He's also an outright blatant liar on this issue, as he is with many other issues. His dancing-boy, Carney, is also a liar.
Maobama stated very firmly and in no uncertain terms that he wouldn't use signing statements. This tap dance is nothing but a steaming pile of B.S.
How can this guy lie SO much and not get called on it by ANYONE. He said in the campaign video I just watched “George Bush used signing statements to accumulate power.” ... “I will not use signing statements.” He lies to our face with impunity every single day and I am just so tired of it.
zero is no idiot.
He was introduced like he was a patriot, ran a carefully protected campaign, despite lies and lack of any history, was put into office and immediately put in place every agent needed to destroy our beloved America.
I can't say what I want because you would most surely ban me ... but we are SO screwed, and I'm afraid politics is no longer a viable method to reclaim our nation.
He’s an idiot. He actually believes in all that Marxist B/S he’s spouting. That is all the proof I need.
Obama's signing statement was in response to provisions in the budget compromise, reached on April 9 between Obama and congressional leaders, that dealt with funding of four White House "czars," a provision to block funding for transferring terror suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay prison inside the United States, and to transferring Gitmo detainees to other countries.
Another page from the Clinton playbook. He kept all the promises he intended to keep.
It seems like only yesterday he broke another pre-presidental promise not to raise the debt ceiling.
Oh, it was yesterday.
He’s a cunning idiot. And he’s not his own man at all. He does and says what he’s told to do and say. And because of his hidden and shady past (and probably present), he’s owned by those who put him there, entirely. They made him, they can unmake him.
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