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Krashkopf Donating Member (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 03:45 PM
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Teabaggers are always saying Obama is undermining the CONSTITUTION . . .
But I have never heard a single one of them explain, exactly which Constitutional provision Obama was destroying.

When Bush was President, it was clear that he was violating the 1st Amendment, when people were being arrested for wearing the wrong t-shirt at a public function; and that he was violating the 4th Amendment with his illegal domestic surveillance programs; and the 8th Amendment with his torture policies; and that he suspended Habeas Corpus with regards to at least one American citizen, and all of the detainees at GITMO and in black site prisons around the world . . .

But what, exactly do the Teabaggers think Obama has done? Can someone help me out, here?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 03:48 PM
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1. bush wiped his ass with the Constitution and teabaggers didn't give a fuck
they give a fuck now because we have a black president....it has nothing to do with specifics
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Ozymanithrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 03:52 PM
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2. Bush was a white Republican...n/t
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 04:02 PM
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6. Bingo!
That says it all.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 04:23 PM
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8. a rich white republican
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 03:57 PM
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3. It's all part of their strawman rhetoric
Wingnuts think if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes a 'truth' and then they can build all sorts of BS arguments from that.

It's no different than Hannity, Beck, and the portly drug addict calling Obama a socialist or any of the other nutbaggery.
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 04:00 PM
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4. They're using classic Paul-tard, Strict Constructionist, and Originalist logic.
Edited on Fri Apr-02-10 04:01 PM by LostInAnomie
Which basically breaks down to "The Constitution says whatever we say it says". When they are abusing power they say "It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution we can't do that!!!!" When they say we are abusing the Constitution they say "Where in the Constitution does it say you can do that!!!???"

You basically can't win.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 04:00 PM
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5. Clearly the 2nd Amendment because he sent the FBI to seize everyone's guns.
Don't you remember that? That's why the Hutaree Militia had to 'practice' with sticks.

;-)
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dennis4868 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 04:16 PM
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7. Obama violated their law....
that says NO BLACK PRESIDENTS! A repub Prez can shit on the Constitution without a word from a teabagger but if a president is black.....all hell breaks loose!
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Laf.La.Dem. Donating Member (924 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 04:28 PM
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9. Way too many facts
We tea baggers do not like too many facts - gives us a headache
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rgbecker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 06:14 PM
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10. Remember when he decided to give a talk to kids in our schools?
People kept their kids home..some schools wouldn't show it! I guess that was all against the constitution.
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whatsthebuzz Donating Member (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 06:27 PM
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11. I'm wanting to know the same thing
I've been told that Obama is shredding our Constitution with the bailouts and heathcare reform. People who say this claim that GWB was just "keeping us safe" when I bring up all the shitting he did on the Constitution and that a Commander in Chief has a right to do that at wartime.
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