quote:Originally posted by O No!:
http://www.reuters.com/article...dUSTRE67L15520100824
http://www.politifact.com/trut...ay-detention-center/
"Obama really wants to close the center. But Congress really doesn't.
The latest turn of events was the law authorizing defense spending for 2011. In addition to funding the military for the year, members of Congress attached several stipulations about Guantanamo. The law says no funds canbe used to transfer Guantanamo detainees to the United States, and no funds can be used to transfer detainees to the custody of foreign countries, unless specific conditions are met about how the prisoners will be held.
Obama didn't like those provisions and issued a statement deploring them. He said the limitation on transferring prisoners to the U.S. is "a dangerous and unprecedented challenge to critical executive branch authority ... ." Of the new requirements on transferring prisoners to foreign governments, Obama said it could "hinder the conduct of delicate negotiations with foreign countries and therefore the effort to conclude detainee transfers in accord with our national security."
Obama stopped short of saying he would disregard the law, something presidents sometimes do via "signing statements." President George W. Bush issued many signing statements as president that said he would disregard parts of laws passed by Congress that he believed infringed on his executive authority. During the campaign, Obama said he would not "abuse" signing statements."
Notice how this says Bush "disregarded parts of laws passed by Congress" many times.
http://www.boston.com/news/nat...uts_for_top_earners/
You know he TRIED to end tax cuts for the wealthy, but was blocked by Congress.
http://politifact.com/truth-o-...un-more-debt-bush-d/
"Axelrod argues that Obama also inherited Bush tax cuts and Medicare prescription drug expenses, which add about $200 billion a year to annual deficits (Axelrod called them "unwelcome gifts that keep on giving"). Riedl argues that kind of complaint may be valid in a president's first year, but by a president's second year, he needs to take ownership of programs he has inherited. If, for example, Obama thinks the prescription drug benefits in Medicare are unaffordable, he should try to repeal them, Riedl said. If he thinks the Bush tax cuts were wrong, try to roll them back."
Once again, he DID try. So the blame goes not to Obama, but to Congress.
so rhetoric trumps action? That cuts for the Rs and the Ds. Barry had democratic majority in the House and Senate for the first 2 years of his term. He must really be making some f'ed up decisions if he can't even get the libs to back him up.
Bottom line is, Barry has done nothing better than W. Ya'll just like that he is a lib and that he reads teleprompter speeches better than Bush. Policy wise, very little to nothing has changed besides the unconstitutional forcing of Obamacare on the people of the United States.
