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In reply to the discussion: I wish it weren't so, but this is blatant dishonesty on the part of the Administration [View all]toby jo
(1,269 posts)103. You do whatever you want, O. Anybody that can go from a community organizer to senator to
president should be allowed to make war on other countries. It follows, eh?
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I wish it weren't so, but this is blatant dishonesty on the part of the Administration [View all]
cali
Aug 2013
OP
Not likely since combatting CO2 emissions would pose an even greater threat
NorthCarolina
Aug 2013
#25
Blatant dishonesty and attempting to minimize the gulf between candidate Obama and President Obama's
suffragette
Aug 2013
#20
That is so true. Eg, I remember a reporter asking Obama what he thought about Humanitarian
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#27
I'm beginning to think that may be the case. Nothing else explains the complete flip flops
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#83
You had to go to the Guardian to find out about a press conference? But...
TreasonousBastard
Aug 2013
#32
And even Corker in the article didn't say that Obama has complied with the War Powers Act. n/t
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#47
I stand corrected on that specific point but the rest of my argument remians valid.
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#62
I would also add that Representative Kucinich thinks differently on this subject.
Laelth
Aug 2013
#40
I don't like Corker much, either, but Kucinich has no say in this whatever.
TreasonousBastard
Aug 2013
#59
Kucinich earned the right to 'have a say' in these matters by the fact that he was RIGHT
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#68
Since when does the President 'notify' Congress before making a decision about
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#41
I'm familiar with the War Powers Act. I haven't seen anything there that doesn't require
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#63
Nope. What I want is to read the same daily classified intelligence briefings
underthematrix
Aug 2013
#95
Yup, that so-called "threat to the United States" is no more a real threat
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#49
The REAL "threat to the United States" IS COMING FROM WITHIN, not from some other country. N/T
L0oniX
Aug 2013
#65
This administration is the grift that keeps on giving. Pure Bush-era legal circumlocution. nt
Poll_Blind
Aug 2013
#94
Deja vu all over again. Bush et al and Iraq. Funny how history repeats itself...nt
Clear Blue Sky
Aug 2013
#102