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On November 18 2013 03:46 heliusx wrote:


The president cannot choose not to enforce the ACA. Are you trying to draw parallels between the delays and simply choosing which laws you will enforce?

On November 18 2013 03:47 farvacola wrote:

This is as clear an indication as any that you are drinking the kool-aid. The latter part is certainly an open question; I do think that she would have spoken on the matter more carefully. The former, though, is based on nothing more than the assurances of those who either have no idea what they are talking about, have everything to gain in claiming authority alongside their indignation, or both. It would seem a fairly safe bet to suggest that someone out there could have hired better contractors and gone about the tech side of things more competently, but the notion that even someone like Hilary would have been guaranteed to have no issues with the launching of a massive website is nonsense.

On November 18 2013 04:03 ziggurat wrote:

Hillary is a competent administrator. And she is a details person. Obama's reaction when the web site didn't work was to get mad at his advisers for not telling him that it wouldn't work. I don't think it's drinking the coolaid to say that Hillary would never display this stunning level of ineptitude.

On November 18 2013 04:00 ziggurat wrote:

Obama is already picking and choosing which parts he will enforce. I agree that this is unconstitutional but he's doing it anyway. I'm not sure how you missed all the news stories about this in the last few months. I would imagine that if you google "obama enforcement discretion" you'll get lots of hits explaining the details.

On November 18 2013 04:04 Roe wrote:


Do you wish she was president 2000-2008?

On November 18 2013 05:43 Scorpion77 wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487821/Britain-lays-pageantry-Queen-welcomes-South-Koreas-female-president.html

here's how Barry should have behaved, rather than shitting all over Our National Anthem.

On November 18 2013 04:03 ziggurat wrote:

Hillary is a competent administrator. And she is a details person. Obama's reaction when the web site didn't work was to get mad at his advisers for not telling him that it wouldn't work. I don't think it's drinking the coolaid to say that Hillary would never display this stunning level of ineptitude.

Starting in 2003, the Democratic minority embarked on an unprecedented series of filibusters to stop President George W. Bush’s appointments to appeals courts. Back then, Republicans said there was a crisis of judicial vacancies needing to be filled. Democrats replied that the courts, especially the D.C. Circuit, were underworked and that the Republicans were trying to pack the courts with like-minded judges. Now the sides are reversed, and so are the talking points.
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As it happens, the Republicans have the better of the current argument. They aren’t conducting a “blockade” that violates past norms. President Barack Obama’s nominees are getting confirmed at a faster pace than Bush’s were at the same point in his presidency. One of Obama’s nominees, Sri Srinivasan, was unanimously confirmed in May.

On November 18 2013 05:49 heliusx wrote:


Oh you mean when the band started playing in the middle of him speaking? Are you a troll or just really dumb?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVS_It6EIGo

On November 18 2013 12:38 Sub40APM wrote:

She was such a details person that Obama crushed her in the 08 primaries while her campaign completely floundered. Obama in 08 was a junior senator with two whole years of experience at the federal level and he reigned fire all over Clintons inept team. And no, it wasnt youth enthusiasm and the black vote, it was a methodical campaign that seemed state of the art compared to Hilary's friends inept handling of the situation. And that is a hallmark of the Clintons. They have dumb friends and lackeys and they trust these lackeys and friends way too much.

Obama's obvious problem is that he only seems to get up for elections, which he runs meticulously and effectively and then goes back to sleep or whatever it is that he actually does.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants to make sure that there is a strong progressive voice in the 2016 presidential field, and he's willing to jump in if no one else does.

"There are people in this world who, ever since they were 12 years of age, they decided they wanted to be president of the United States. That is honestly not me," Sanders told the Burlington Free Press last week. "Anyone who really, really wants to be president is slightly crazy because this is an unbelievably difficult job given the crises that this country faces today."

Nevertheless, Sanders said that there needs to be a 2016 candidate who will go after Wall Street, focus on poverty and the collapse of the middle class, address global warming and oppose cuts to Social Security and Medicare -- all issues that Sanders has taken on while in the Senate.

And according to the Free Press, "Sanders says he is willing to consider making a run if no one else with progressive views similar to his ends up taking the plunge."

"Under normal times, it's fine, you have a moderate Democrat running, a moderate Republican running," Sanders said. "These are not normal times. The United States right now is in the middle of a severe crisis and you have to call it what it is."

Sanders said he would probably run as an independent.