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The co-chair of Barack Obama's Transition Team, Valerie Jarrett, appeared on Meet the Press this weekend and used, shall we say, an interesting word to described what she thinks Barack Obama will be doing in January when he's officially sworn into office. She told Tom Brokaw that Obama will be ready to "rule" on day one. It's a word that reflects the worst fears that people have for Obama the "arrogant," the "messiah," that imagines he's here to "rule" instead of govern.
Jarret told Brokaw that "given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one."
Someone needs to get to Jarrett and inform her that American politicians are not Kings and do not "rule" from office. But if this is the attitude of Obama's transition team, what does The One himself imagine he is about to unleash? Could the fears that Obama thinks he is being anointed America's King be far off with this sort of talk flying about?
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Another Fruedian slip by
November 10, 2008 - 03:20 ET by Dan The Man 2Another Fruedian slip by team Obama. I beleive Obama and the team believes they have power and will rule America and make sure we are taken care of even if we dont want it. They are elitists and know whats best for us.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Well, Dan, she did say
November 10, 2008 - 07:47 ET by motherbeltWell, Dan, she did say "take power and rule"....
Has anyone else wondered ...?
November 10, 2008 - 10:18 ET by KC MulvilleHas anyone else wondered whether the GOP, anticipating a complete wipeout, trashed the economy on purpose, so as to leave the incoming monarchy ... oops, administration ... no money to play with?
But what am I saying? Republicans doing anything on purpose ... LOL! What was I thinking?
Just a passing fantasy KC...
November 10, 2008 - 10:38 ET by JPR1Intriguing as conspiracy theories go but yes, beyond the ability of the GOP.
our keystone cop repub
November 10, 2008 - 12:42 ET by TruthMongerour keystone cop repub leaders can't wait to bend over, grab the ankles, and help obama rule
for once they may do something right - give the voters what they want - rubber stamp all DNC agendas - conservatives would be the only one's left standing after the inevitable armageddon
I think the Republicans put
November 10, 2008 - 12:15 ET by Insane ChipmunkI think the Republicans put McCain out there to lose on purpose; granted they may have expected Clinton as an opponent.
But knowing the unpopularity of the President, they could have figured, "hey well let's give him his turn so he can shut up and never run again". Then he picked someone who wasn't already running for 2012 as his VP pick so that when he lost people like Romney, Pawlenty etc wouldn't have been harmed by being the VP pick of a failing campaign.
Trivia: Who was the last failed VP pick that wasn't on an incumbant's ticket to become a nominee later in life?
The word Valerie
November 10, 2008 - 03:39 ET by IamTinmanThe word Valerie, is not "rule" but "serve". We fought a revolution to get rid of rulers. We're not ready yet to accept one again.
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.
Thomas Jefferson
Concur, we do not have
November 10, 2008 - 08:05 ET by BDConcur, we do not have rulers, we have leaders who serve at our pleasure.
Yeah, and we pay his salary
November 10, 2008 - 09:25 ET by SeashellYeah, and we pay his salary too.
Rule huh?
November 10, 2008 - 03:50 ET by ShanghaiRayAnd I won't feel sorry for one single person who voted for him after he royally screws them. Who knows, with the Dems in an increasingly powerful situation both in Washington and throughout the States they might even do away with the Constitutional Amendment on Presidential term limits. I'd laugh my ass off at all of the sheeple going to the slaughter if it were only his voters that would suffer.
Are those who voted for him
November 10, 2008 - 07:31 ET by NonanonAre those who voted for him really going to get screwed? They may not get all that they expected, but the ones who voted to keep him out of office are the real targets and will be the ones who really will get screwed. After all, if you were so naive or so nasty as to vote for Obama in the first place, you are probably not much of a producer with something worth taking.
It is clear he was elected because of the color of his skin rather than the content of his character, which can't be a good thing. His plans and policies are so ugly and dangerous, but his worshippers are blind to the harm he presents to us and our country.
Obama & Jim Jones
November 10, 2008 - 11:07 ET by Sergeant ROCKWe can only hope for a repeat of 1994 with a resulting Kool-Aid drinking send-off.
PALIN/McCain 2008
Geez, ROCK, that's disgusting
November 10, 2008 - 11:38 ET by BlondeFigures a 'Cane fan would come up with something so gross.
Unstable broad
November 10, 2008 - 11:40 ET by Sergeant ROCKGo to hell.
Alan KEYES 2012
Very nice
November 10, 2008 - 11:48 ET by BlondeI knew it would come down to a personal attack with you.
Charming.
The pot calling the kettle black...
November 10, 2008 - 11:50 ET by Sergeant ROCK.. there's a surprise! lol
Alan KEYES 2012
The difference ROCK
November 10, 2008 - 11:55 ET by BlondeIs that I said your comment was disgusting....whereas you devolved into personal insults.
Go figure. Typical Cane fan.
Done w/you.
Viva la difference
November 10, 2008 - 11:58 ET by Sergeant ROCKNice try there dipsy.. but your snide Cane reference wasn't meant as a compliment.
Let me re-phrase, take your puny 2 NC's and go to hell.
Alan KEYES 2012
If the shoe fits, Cinderella
November 10, 2008 - 12:31 ET by BlondeI'll withhold my sympathies
November 10, 2008 - 11:57 ET by moderncommentaries83I agree, ShanghaiRay. Those who voted for Obama are in for a rude awakening when gas is $10/gallon, or it costs $1,000/month to heat and power their homes.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if they tried to overturn the 2-term limits and create a "crisis" to justify making Obama ruler for life.
Then, of course, there's always the threat of terrorism. The Code Pink, "no war for any reason" crowd will fully expect Obama to give the terrorists warm fuzzies and bring about world peace. Which, of course, won't happen. I can't say I won't be satisfied to see the liberally-biased media, and the liberals who supported Obama, get theirs when all their pet causes are <i>verboten</i> under shari'a law.
My sympathies lie with the 56 million people who didn't vote for Obama, for the business owners and employees who will be taxed out of work, for the families who will have to choose between heating their homes or eating, for the unborn and just born who will die at the hands of abortionists and for the women who have abortions whose pain and suffering will be shoved aside as "distraction", for lovers of free speech and free religious expression who will find themselves persecuted and prosecuted, and for future generations that will have to bear out the brunt of Obama's "hope" and "change" policies.
Impeach Obama?
November 10, 2008 - 12:02 ET by Sergeant ROCKLet's assume for a moment that all these do come to pass, do you think that Obama would be impeached?
You are correct, there will be 'change'. But in the end, I don't think that it will be the kind that you can believe in.
Alan KEYES 2012
I agree too with the first
November 10, 2008 - 12:16 ET by Insane ChipmunkI agree too with the first part. Those who didn't vote for Obama knew he was full of hot air. It's the ardent believers who will be let down the most.
It may do the Ohhbamason good to read this...
November 10, 2008 - 05:22 ET by old croCODE OF ETHICS FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Any person in Government service should:
1. Put loyalty to the highest moral principals and to country above loyalty
to Government persons, party, or department.
2. Uphold the Constitution, laws, and legal regulations of the United States
and of all governments therein and never be a party to their evasion.
3. Give a full day's labor for a full day's pay; giving to the performance of
his duties his earnest effort and best thought.
4. Seek to find and employ more efficient and economical ways of getting
tasks accomplished.
5. Never discriminate unfairly by the dispensing of special favors or
privileges to anyone, whether for remuneration or not; and never accept for
himself or his family, favors or benefits under circumstances which might be
construed by reasonable persons as influencing the performance of his
governmental duties.
6. Make no private promises of any kind binding upon the duties of office,
since a Government employee has no private word which can be binding on public
duty.
7. Engage in no business with the Government, either directly or indirectly
which is inconsistent with the conscientious performance of his governmental
duties.
8. Never use any information coming to him confidentially in the performance
of governmental duties as a means for making private profit.
9. Expose corruption wherever discovered.
10. Uphold these principles, ever conscious that public office is a public
trust.
[Source: U.S.
House of Representatives Ethics Committee]
I wonder how many pols have?
wow...
November 10, 2008 - 05:32 ET by Warner Todd HustonThat code about rules out any Democrat!
:)
Not a slip of the tonque
November 10, 2008 - 05:38 ET by SlicksterNot a slip of the tonque at all, rule is what he intends to do. Obama is not intelligent but he is cunning. Make no mistake about it, he is a socialist racist who hates America.
Most likely
November 10, 2008 - 06:41 ET by DragonsbreathMore likely he will do the same to the people as Steve Lipski did to his. Bush was right to use hand sanitizer.
Besides don't communists rule and free people govern?
When you can't ask a question to your leaders anymore, that gets scary. That bothers me."
Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher
Bush Approved Order to Attack Anyone, Anywhere
November 10, 2008 - 07:14 ET by Josh SNIf we caught Nazis on U.S. soil planning to bomb America (we did!) we gave them a trial.
But Don Rumsfeld and George Walker can sign a piece of paper and he just ignores all the rules, and can send the U.S. military into any country on Earth to kill anyone he says.
Now, maybe Obama will continue this Omnipresent Murderer Motif, but until he does, maybe you should look at what the current President actually did, as revealed in today's paper.
Dear Newsbusters, you really think you have no moral obligation to address people on your site who say that the President-Elect is a "racist socialist who hates America" ?
Don't Forget Poland!
November 10, 2008 - 07:20 ET by Josh SNPoland Condemns people like you have here at NewsBusters.
tsk-tsk
November 10, 2008 - 07:32 ET by Agnostic"black messiah of the new left" - shouldn't be an insult if you truly believe in the tenets of modern liberalism. I do acknowledge it was meant as an insult it should not be taken as one.
"end of the civilization of the white man." - well there are crackpots everywhere. However isn't this one of the goals of globalist who see America as the holdout to the great unification of the world population.
Still just silly crap.
Uh, who here at Newsbusters
November 10, 2008 - 08:12 ET by BDUh, who here at Newsbusters said that? Please be specific with dates and times regarding postings.
Josh,
November 10, 2008 - 07:24 ET by AgnosticThe article? Annoymous sources that can't confirm anything from a paper most people on this site wouldn't put in their birdcage is not going to do well for your argument but it is interesting that these types of missions were being called for by many liberals and Democrats as a counter to Bush's policy of going into Afghanistan and Iraq. However the article was interesting; thanks, I'll look later to see if someone can actually give some details.
President-Elect Obama is not a racist socialist who hates America. President-Elect Obama has used racism as leverage in his campaign and stood on the shoulders of true racist to acheive office. President-Elect Obama has extremely socialistic ideas but they are nothing that hasn't been floating around Washington since the 1930's. President-Elect Obama does not hate America but does tend to see America (judging from his rhetoric) as completely wrong and the leading cause of problems in the world that can only be healed through his leadership.
I agree we need to be critical of what President-Elect Obama does and says not what we think he is going to do because of his campaign promises. Afterall, like campaign reform and bipartisanship, we know his campaign rhetoric really means nothing at all.
Exactly, at least for the last bit
November 10, 2008 - 08:07 ET by Josh SNYour criticisms of what Obama actually does, and the results of those actions, will be a lot more credible if you haven't been decrying him as a racist, or "leveraging racism" or "standing on the shoulders of racists."
Come on, the Southern Republicans were born in white racism and opposition to people like Obama being allowed to sit at the same lunch counter. There were no Southern Republican Senators before 1964. Was there one? I forget. So, since some of those guys are still in office (Jefferson Beureugard Sessions called a white civil rights lawyer a "traitor to his race" and said he thought the Klan were a nice bunch of guys, until he found out they smoked dope, and he regularly gets elected Senator from Alabama)
You know which two parts of Civil Rights George Herbert Walker Bush had the biggest problems with? Public Accomodation and the EEOC. George Herbert Walker Bush very specifically wanted to make sure people like Obama couldn't sit at the same lunch counter as him.
Your point would work so
November 10, 2008 - 08:12 ET by Warner Todd HustonYour point would work so much better if you could NAME one.
On the OTHER hand we CAN name one on your side.
KKKByrd of West Virginia.
WTH: We need to get better
November 10, 2008 - 08:20 ET by BDWTH:
We need to get better quality trolls.
THese guys are just punching clowns who do not put up much in the way of a fight.
THe equivalent of the 50M target on the pop up range.
BD
November 10, 2008 - 11:43 ET by BlondeThe phrase is:
We need a better class of troll, here.
This one is totally clueless....last night he claimed to be a Marine, but couldn't spell ordnance, nor sear.
Warner, that's just Josh
November 10, 2008 - 08:34 ET by motherbeltWarner, that's just Josh changing the subject again. Whenever these trolls have no defense for their guy, they segue into a subject they think they have a "gotcha" in....
Nice work.
But Josh,
November 10, 2008 - 08:34 ET by Agnostic- Your criticisms of what Obama actually does, and the results of those actions, will be a lot more credible if you haven't been decrying him as a racist, or "leveraging racism" or "standing on the shoulders of racists."
But those are things he has done. They don't make him a racist but they do show that he will use race and the leaders of racial politics as a tool towards his own goals. So far that just makes him a politician with great morals but nothing new in the world.
Their are areas of racism all around this country and it is displayed by almost every single race representative in the country. And I'm talking 2008 not 1965 so it is a little more relevant to the conversation concerning Obama unless you mean to say the Alinsky like idealogy of victimhood is out of the 60's then I would have to agree.
Still I will offer my best wishes to our President-Elect and will support his endeavors for our nation. Hopefully I never have reason to regret these feelings of obligation but since I've been complaining all through Bush's term about the government I do feel some sort of freedom to complain should Obama continue making the same mistakes or come up with new ways to create problems.
Hate to break it to you..
November 10, 2008 - 10:10 ET by bertkillianHate to tell you, but the party of black oppression has always been the Democratic Party. Kind of ironic isn't it? It was the Southern Democrat that was the faction of the Democratic Party that was pro-segregation (i.e., "Dixiecrat"). Some of those guys transitioned out of the Democratic Party when it became clear that it was becoming a haven for liberalism; which those congressmen and senators did not like either.
The Republican Party has been the party of Emancipation, the Party of Lincoln. GHW Bush probably did not "make sure people like Obama couldn't sit at the same lunch counter as him."; that would be Democrats' Helms, Wallace, Stennis, Thurmond and their ilk.
White racist southern Republicans???
November 10, 2008 - 11:16 ET by SickofLibsBonus points round question:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a: 1) Democrat; or 2) a Republican?
And don't quote the NYTimes as a source; wiki will do.
Josh, you are so full of it the whites of your eyes are brown.
November 10, 2008 - 12:42 ET by R D HelmUp until very recently, southern politics have been run by democrats, not republicans.
Almost all of the laws that once existed in this region that robbed black Americans of their rights were proposed by, voted for, and signed into law by democrats.
Had it not been for the votes of republicans, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 would have never passed.
It is painfully clear to most everyone here at NB that you are profoundy ignorant when it comes to matters relating to the history of the very nation in which you reside.
Even the simple act of producing a correct definition of the term "racist" is beyond your poorly developed intellectual ability.
I am about three meters beyond my tether with you and your ceaseless,
offensive assertions that southerners, republican or otherwise, are
racists.
In a word, you are an ignoranus.
-Dave
Did this country just elect Obama/Biden, or was it Soros/Ayers?
Josh
November 10, 2008 - 07:57 ET by well99You know there is help for your lying.See a shrink.You cant tell the truth from your lies.You just distort everything.Anonymous sources said you have a blowup doll of Obama.Must be true right.
We gave them a trial via
November 10, 2008 - 08:18 ET by BDJoshSN:
We gave them a trial via military commission which is completely different than a civilin court.
I will be interested to see if Obama follows suit now that the incoming Obama administration has indicated that they will close our detainee holding facility at Guantanamo Bay. But knowing he is a shyster by trade (And one who never actually practiced) I would say that he thinks a civilian court will work just fine.
I will giggle and laugh as the civilian prosecuters attempt to find any sort of "Crime" that the enemy combatants committed that can be prosecuted in a civilian court. After all, attempting to shoot a US Soldier in Aghanistan during a firefight is not exactly prosecutable in New York is it? Nor is carrying a load of B-40 rockets from a cache to a firing position several miles away when they are captured.
What is more likely to happen? A US criminal court will seek sanctions on the US military for staging the ambush that killed three and captured the defendant without attempting to perform the necessary "knock Warning" that US police face when they attempt an arrest. Oh, and do not forget the necessary Miranda Warning that we needed to perform on the Abu The Most Merciful after we captured him.
THen I will chortle as the US is brought up on charges in the world court for violating the Geneva convention by TRYING a military detainee in a civilian court.
Then, my mirth will turn to sadness as the detainees who will be ordered released by said civilian courts and likely paid reparations for our capturing him in the first place then begin a bombing spree in Bali Indonesia, Manila in the Philippines, and downtown London.
Pardon us Josh
November 10, 2008 - 10:43 ET by JPR1The bar for allowable Presidential insults has been gnats-ass low for the past eight years.
We'll need some time to adjust. </sarc>
LOL Josh
November 10, 2008 - 10:58 ET by candanceTypical lefty strategy - ignore what Obama's staff said they would do and deflect with something about Bush. Yawn.
Oh, I'm sorry, I keep having to remind myself that you're an "aristocratic Republican" who served in Marines with all those "ordinances."
What shall you tell us next? That you know what's going on in Iraq because you served there?
I'm a typical white person.
The NYT as a source of news????
November 10, 2008 - 11:53 ET by annoyedmanAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!
Those dead people are Al-Qaeda, you poor deluded thing from the far dark corner of a bog. They SHOULD be killed. Whenever, whereever, and however. Period.
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. ~~ Ecclesiastes 10:1-2
they mean it
November 10, 2008 - 07:25 ET by sentforth5lord god king obamabinladen will do his utmost to destroy this country. I can only pray that the true LORD GOD THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL OUR REDEEMER removes him from his place.
Take a look at St. Daniel ch11 v 20 and hope the verse is referring to osa..obamabinladen.
And don't tell me to suck it up and take my medicine...as a man of God I know I am to pray for those in power, but this is a fraudulently elected seat and Christians were never instructed to pray for thieves, except to pray that they change their evil ways.
I pray for innocent Americans as our unique system of government gets trampled by by the wicked left. This failure of a man thinks himself EMPORER, and I will have no part of anything he says or does.
Is sentforth5 bitter? Oh yeah, you bet I am. I'll pray for him, all right...I'll pray he chokes on a sandwich.
Check your attitude
November 10, 2008 - 07:40 ET by islero47So we're to pray that thieves repent, but not politicians? The two seem to overlap quite a bit. If you're going to pray that Obama chokes on a sandwich, why not pray for other evildoers to choke on sandwiches?
It's attitudes like yours that give Christians a bad name. Praying for the death of your enemies falls in line with Islamojihadists and liberals. Jesus meant something else when he said, "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
"If it weren't for Christians, there'd be more of 'em."
I don't know who first said it, but I love that quote. Having worked in a church, it's depressingly accurate.
Until you can cite the verse where Jesus says, "Ask the Lord to smite your enemies with their own dinners, and you shall receive," I'll hold to the assertion that your attitude is out of line with Biblical principles.
Oh, and if you think I'm a hypocrite for including a link to a piece about Obama's narcissism in my signature, remember that Jesus called out societal leaders for what they were. Now that you know Obama has a disorder, you can specifically pray that God heals him of NPD.
Sarah Palin/Jason Lewis 2012
Obama, pathological nacissist: http://www.faithfree...
Luke 19:27?
November 10, 2008 - 07:56 ET by Josh SNAlthough personally, for the obvious reasons, I'm much more a fan of Matthew 15:1-7
Jesus is upbraiding the Pharisees for not killing their children after they point out he isn't washing his hands.
Honestly, though, Thank you, islero47
November 10, 2008 - 07:59 ET by Josh SNThank you for doing what is right (re: sandwich choking) een though it involves criticizing someone who, just guessing here, is also on your political side.
The first beast
November 10, 2008 - 08:10 ET by sentforth5spoken of in Rev. ch 13 is a one world government and we are instructed by Christ Jesus to have nothing to do with it.
I grow weary of kissy-huggy love everybody would-be Christians. There is an adversary and his name is satan and he is not worthy of well-wishing....that goes for his little children as well. There is a war that has been ongoing since Genesis ch3 v 15 and the weapon satan uses against true CHRISTIANS is DECEPTION. Do not be deceived, for it is written, " all the world shall follow after the beast".
I will not pray for an untimely fig and it is high time Christians educate themselves...Rev. ch 12 v9 identifies the adversary and goes on to say he deceiveth the whole world.
Children..do not be deceived.Arm yourselves with the Word Of GOD. Not the words of men.Read 2timothy ch 3 and then tell me I'm wrong.
I'm sure folks would prefer a nice sugary lovey-dovey preacher to wax their ears with falsehoods but I am a warrior for God YHVH and will not bow down to this set-up for apostasy.
Nice try, though.
relax
November 10, 2008 - 08:19 ET by AgnosticI understand your opposition but you really need to relax a bit. As so many have pointed out, Obama has never really done anything himself and therefore hasn't done anything to destroy the US except to maybe point out the lack of knowledge contained by the voting public but I think most of us knew that already and politicians in both parties count on that. We must as a nation allow the opportunity for elected officials to fail or succeed on their own merit. If you truly want to be upset perhaps channel your anger toward the media who have failed to do their job and continuously perform acts that are dangerous to the population of America.
Relax A Bit?
November 10, 2008 - 08:44 ET by GeneralAlDear Mr. Agnostic, I'm not going to relax ONE bit until this man and all his Commie Comrades are defeated. The pure ignorance of the American voter led by the deceptive liars in the Mini Mouse Media has launched a deciple of Karl Marx into the most powerful job in the world. I do not trust any member of Congress, much less the media, to hold this individual's feet to the fire. I'll relax when and if I ever see another conservative in the mold of Ronald Reagan residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue!
Reparations
November 10, 2008 - 08:52 ET by Sergeant ROCKWith his propaganda arm, the MSM, and a socialist Supreme, reparations are around the corner.
PALIN/McCain 2008
Your Call
November 10, 2008 - 11:16 ET by AgnosticEat well and drink lots of fluids. It is hard to maintain that level of hostility over four years. However the media just proved they can maintain for 8 years so go for it!
uh huh
November 10, 2008 - 08:47 ET by sentforth5they are all in the same evil army.
I'm okay...God said all this would happen. I pray the spirit of slumber is removed from some of my bretheren,though.
I'm not new here at NB, and it is not my purpose to make Warner's post a pulpit, but we are living in the last generation of this age and we need solid Christian warriors to withstand the fiery darts of satan.
I am not extreme...I am sharing what I've learned..if I offend I apologize, but it is time to take up arms, not time to try to reason with factions of the wicked one.
I'm off to work...sorry, Warner! I love NB and don't want to start trouble.
Obama Ready To Rule
November 10, 2008 - 08:35 ET by GeneralAlValerie Jarret's statement is a code word for executive order. The Messiah will merely enact his wishes by executive order. Congress will follow up by making it legal through the legislative process. They will swamp us with so much crap that the it will take forever to get through the courts. In the meantime, if they get one or two Supreme Court vacancies and be free to impose Communism on us all. We are reaping the results of changing a priviledge to a right!
End of the Republic
November 10, 2008 - 08:44 ET by Sergeant ROCKWe've finally reached the tipping point. We have a racist in the Whitehouse whose socialist agenda will destroy America and a vacuous electorate that will be none the wiser.
PALIN/McCain 2008
Why Wait?
November 10, 2008 - 10:36 ET by Copperhead RidgeWhy wait to get the SCOTUS appointments? All he needs is for Congress to expand the number of justices. I know it would be hard to push the bill through the Senate, but I think this Congress will be filled with a lot of "me too" Republicans. From where I stand the modern GOP is the right wing of the liberal movement.
A liberal movement usually follows a night of binging on White Castles and cheap beer.
John has a long mustache...
November 10, 2008 - 10:40 ET by Sergeant ROCKExecute plan Delta 84. Out.
PALIN/McCain 2008
Relax, Everyone!
November 10, 2008 - 09:34 ET by DMartyrThat was just a slip of the tongue or, as Obama would say, a poor choice of words.
What she meant to say was "dictate."
This is actually very worrisome...
November 10, 2008 - 09:45 ET by c5thenI know many liberal friends who think an "Executive Order" is like an Imperial decree. They have made statements in the past that they can't understand why, if Congress doesn't pass a particular bill, the President doesn't just issue an executive order which does the same thing. They look at Supreme Court decisions in the same way too.
His Majesty, KING Barack Hussein OBAMA
November 10, 2008 - 09:49 ET by ChasvsGet ready for the Dictatorship to begin!
Check out the latest comments from the Obama Take Over America Transition Team!
John Podesta said the president can use Executive orders to move quickly without waiting for Congress to act, highlighting the extraordinary powers a president can wield beyond signing legislation approved by Congress. "There's a lot that the president can do using his executive authority withoutwaiting for congressional action, and I think we'll see the presidentdo that," Podesta said.
Who needs an elected represtative Congress when we've annointed a KING?
Can you say Heil Obama! Dictator of the once free and Great USA! Now
forever to be known as the USSA (United Socialiost States of America)
Go to HELL Barack, and take you snotty wife and Marxist. racist freinds with you!
Hang together or hang seperately
November 10, 2008 - 09:53 ET by Sergeant ROCKGo to HELL Barack, and take you snotty wife and Marxist. racist freinds with you!
I second the rant!
PALIN/McCain 2008
Yeah...I'll bet
November 10, 2008 - 09:58 ET by MrDebaterthe people of Venezuela thought they had elected a leader who would "govern"....and look what they ended up with...I wonder if Chavez uses ACORN during his elections as well...hmmmm....seems like he can't lose....and now he has taken over the gold mine, owned by Canada...I wonder how happy Canada is with Chavez....maybe Barack will give him a congratulatory call.
No Acorn
November 10, 2008 - 10:56 ET by Copperhead RidgeHugo doesn't use ACORN. He uses CARTER.
That's Cantankerous American Rejects Tilting Elections to Rogues.
Well hell its a blue Monday....Here is a new blues song
November 10, 2008 - 10:07 ET by upcountrywaterGovernment Blues
If course i woke up to this: $2,000,000,000,000,000.00
Hows the FDIC HOLDING UP?
First Mutt's Viet Nam 2
IranianUranium
Hold on...
November 10, 2008 - 09:55 ET by bertkillianJosh:
Why would you assume that because some of us here are not in Obama's court that we would then have to be in President Bush's?
Conservatism is not always best represented by the Republican Party.
Liberal Projection
November 10, 2008 - 10:04 ET by Sergeant ROCKConservatism is not always best represented by the Republican Party.
No kidding.
PALIN/McCain 2008
All Communist dictators
November 10, 2008 - 10:02 ET by nadadhimmiAll Communist dictators RULE. American Presidents GOVERN . I'm not a SUBJECT to be RULED. I'm an American citizen, and there are millions like me that are armed and will not suffer subjection to the ilk of Bill Ayers, "The Messiah and giver of all light" and his communist minions. If defending the Constitution means bloodshed, well, the tree of liberty must be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. SUBJECTS do not have the 2nd Amendment.
Their true colors are showing!
November 10, 2008 - 10:04 ET by northoneTeam Obama's true colors always show when they are not tightly scripted. Jarrett's comment is clear indication of their attitude. They plan to "rule"; not "lead"; not "inspire". It is going to be so sweet when the Obama-bubble bursts and all those kool-aid drinkers who voted for him and danced and sang come to realize what they have wrought.
King George III
November 10, 2008 - 11:03 ET by NorthCoasterOur last "Ruler" was King George III and the 13 Colonies fought a Revolution to throw him off.
Ready to Rule?
November 10, 2008 - 11:28 ET by TN MomHeck, I'm still questioning whether obama is ready to rule, er, lead:
On his 1st press conference he snubbed Fox News - a major US News Corp- yet he wants to sit down (unconditionaly) with leaders of countries who wish us harm...
TN Mom
November 10, 2008 - 11:35 ET by Sergeant ROCKDidn't you know that FNC wants to 'wipe Sweden off the face of the earth'?
Alan KEYES 2012
Rule ??
November 10, 2008 - 11:40 ET by 10ksnookerIs what you do in Kenya or the junta of Indonesia. It's what Muslims do, have rulers, who double as tyrannical dictators.
I'm sure it's just a slip of the tongure by naive "dear leader"
A little history for naive Constitutional scholar The One -- America has no ruler(s), the people are the sovereigns. America has a written Constitution and has a representative government. I am sure "dear leader", being a Constitutional scholar and all, knows that -- Right?
Reject Obamunism.
Obamunism and you
November 10, 2008 - 11:43 ET by Sergeant ROCKYou better get your mind right and embrace Obamunism! The Constitution won't be around forever.
Alan KEYES 2012
Don't miss this article...our country's life may depend on it...
November 10, 2008 - 12:28 ET by vrwc13http://www.faithfreedom.org/obama.html h/t islero47 (below/above and elsewhere)
,,,and:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder
Forewarned is forearmed! We need to understand what we are up against...
"(obama is) prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one."
v
Regardless of who sits in the Whitehouse, I know who still sits on His throne in heaven.
Ready to Rule video
November 10, 2008 - 12:44 ET by totsotvaitnThe truth is that the majority of American voters have spoken. Period.
Four years from now we will have an opportunity to vote again. It is up to Barack Obama to show the American people as to whether he is a good or bad President.
The American voter did not choose Barack Obama to become a messiah, a king, a dictator or a ruler. He was elected as President of the United States. We can speculate all we want but only time will reveal what type of leader we have chosen to occupy the highest office in The United States of America.
Ready to Rule?
November 10, 2008 - 13:00 ET by FormerMarineOfficerTime out coach. Is there a corontion in the offing on 1/20/09?
Are you kidding? We haven't even been presented incontrovertible evidence that Mr. Obama is in fact a natural born citizen. http://www.obamacrimes.org
Ready to rule, hardly, at most govern would be the operative term. As I recall Benjamin Franklin's response to Mrs. Powel's question was, "A Republic if you can keep it". That would be the intent, a Constitution having been framed and adopted.
Semper Fidelis and Happy Birthday Marines, our 233 year of tradition unmarred by progress.
Our sister service the Army also has an especially prescient motto, "This We'll Defend".
45 years ago...
November 10, 2008 - 13:59 ET by SentryDan45 years ago this past June, I swore to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to bear true alligence to the same. I will still honor that oath. We who served in the United States Armed Forces need to remember that.
Which is more important following a person who has only his own interests at heart or keeping this great country free for our children and grandchildren. Our government's prime directive is to protect/defend the citizens. It is not to take care of the citizen from cradle to grave, contrary to what many believe.
It you want to be a citizen of this country then be part of the solution and not part of the problem. Stop demanding "what can my country do for me."
Remember, "Freedom isn't Free. It was bought and paid for with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who served and are serving in the United States Armed Forces."
Remember folks, it's hard to soar with eagles when you are surrounded by a flock of turkeys.
Get The Bad Guy
November 10, 2008 - 14:14 ET by melpolhttp://www.associate...
A million violent felons are rotting in prisons. We would be more efficient if we followed the example of the French and gave all those convicted of violent crimes a chance to serve their country. As an alternative to prison most will happily join death brigades and be airlifted to Afghanistan. With grenade launchers in hand hunting down Osama Ben Laden and killing him will be easy. If successful the hero's would be brought back to America and given a full pardon.
It it mighty generous of Him
November 10, 2008 - 17:05 ET by AbuNudnikIt is generous of Him to allow President Bush to remain President until the date set forth in the constitution for the President-elect to be sworn in, to "take power and rule." It's a good sign. He is prepared to follow the constitution until the day he "take[s] power and rules."
I feel...
November 10, 2008 - 19:33 ET by Howard InoI feel a bad moon rising...
I see trouble on the way...
Don't go out tonight...
Buckle your seatbelts America.... C H A N G E IS on the way!!!!!
Rule? The word is "Govern"...
November 11, 2008 - 08:58 ET by BeyrakIt's going to be a fast, short four years for this one term empty suit. "Rule"? Please!
Just watching Obama walk makes me ill. He walks around bouncing around like a NY crack whore pimp. He just needs the wild hat with the feather in it.
And keep Bill Ayers, Rev Wright & Oprah out of the Lincoln bedroom!
Jarret told Brokaw
November 11, 2008 - 09:58 ET by RobertG_Arizonathat someone told her she was important. Why oh why do they lie to these people, poor dear. Yes Dear Leader BroBama thinks he gets to RULE and with Pelosi, Dingy Harry and the Obaminites in Congress he will try.
We just might resist-and no it is NOT futile. Jeremiah Wright may have told Dear Leader BroBama he is the messiah, but he was wrong. Lock and Load anyone?
When Craig Ferguson was
November 11, 2008 - 11:06 ET by GrannyGrump42When Craig Ferguson was waiting for his US citizenship, he showed us his British passport -- something he couldn't wait to get rid of. And why? Because it said he was a "subject". And he wanted to be not a subject but a citizen.
It's tragic that this man, who only just got his passport changed to a US passport recognizing him a citizen, not a subject, should see the first election in which he was qualified to vote go to a man who evidently intends to turn Craig Ferguson back into the subject of a ruler.
When Craig Ferguson was
November 11, 2008 - 11:13 ET by GrannyGrump42When Craig Ferguson was waiting for his US citizenship, he showed us his British passport -- something he couldn't wait to get rid of. And why? Because it said he was a "subject". And he wanted to be not a subject but a citizen.
It's tragic that this man, who only just got his passport changed to a US passport recognizing him a citizen, not a subject, should see the first election in which he was qualified to vote go to a man who evidently intends to turn Craig Ferguson back into the subject of a ruler.
When talk-show host Craig
November 11, 2008 - 11:14 ET by GrannyGrump42When talk-show host Craig Ferguson was waiting for his US citizenship, he showed us his British passport -- something he couldn't wait to get rid of. And why? Because it said he was a "subject". And he wanted to be not a subject but a citizen.
It's tragic that this man, who only just got his passport changed to a US passport recognizing him a citizen, not a subject, should see the first election in which he was qualified to vote go to a man who evidently intends to turn Craig Ferguson back into the subject of a ruler.
Proof in the Pudding: Day 1
January 12, 2009 - 13:43 ET by pbr90Hillary, in accepting a post as Sec of State, will not say it, but women of America should - in that Obama claimed he would be ready day 1 to be effective in the White House.
He now has a chance to prove that promise, given the nature of current events, including the awful bail out mess, where no one knows where the money is.
American women are not anticipating the hemming and hawing that underpins most traditional elections - because of that very issue in the debate during the election.
If integrity and credibility is what he seeks, and campaign promises were not empty promises, the administration with its current cabinet will be under considerable pressure to prove its point - inaugural ball or no inaugural ball. The ball is in his court, as it should be.