So the future of the country is less important to these lefty dinks than their being entertained by primary squabbles.

While Obama is turning the Constitution into confetti, these hens are clucking about Republicans. Obama could have cleanly done recess appointments the other day, when the Senate was actually in recess, he chose to make them when it was not deemed to be in recess , so that he had a campaign issue to demagogue on.

“King Barack’s power grab”

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/king_barack_power_grab_FQVJqAlOM3eplEuV7fNxDN

Chuck Todd currently outlining a series of tough questions for Willard at yesterdays NH town hall. Stewart describes Santorum as the conservative Mitt is trying to be. Santorum challenges the idea that Romney is more electable by noting that he has never won a race while running as a conservative. Game on.

Iowa paints a disturbing picture for the Republican Party. The conservati­ve base flexed their muscle and gave a clear indication that they will vote for anyone but Mitt Romney. Mitt got the same amount of votes as he did in 2008. He is not growing his support. And overall turnout for the caucuses was identical to 2008 as well, when the “enthusias­m” among the Republican Party was supposedly much less than today, and long before the Tea Party burst onto the scene. The GOP cannot beat Obama if GOP voters don’t turn out to vote for Romney.   www.sunstateactivist.org

Mitt Romney is the best of the bunch right now.  He is the man to beat in NH.  It won’t happen.

Thought it funny yesterday when Gingrich was saying that he was “partnering” with Santorum to bring down Romney.  Gee, I wonder if Santorum knows that???????????

But on the bright side, look what an awesome job King Barack did with Libya!

Militias may drag Libya into civil war, transitional government chief says

The Islamist Winter: New Report Suggests Extremist Views Winning in Libya

 A Mitt Romney win? It’s a “nobody’s dream come true” story.
The
mere existence of Ron Paul in the process here is simply exposing media
corruption, their cronies, and masters. Without Ron Paul there is no
discussion of Freedom and Liberty in politics. Today we have but one man
between freedom and tyranny. That should shake us all to our core. Just in,,,,Romney endorsed by McCain, The man who sponsored the NDAA bill that finishes off the Bill of Rights.  Beware America!

Why display that poll without giving ANY info about it?
Anyway here
ITERVIEWS WITH 554 LIKELY NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY VOTERS WHO WATCHED NEWS COVERAGE OF THE IOWA CAUCUS RESULTS-

Voters do not need an “alternate” to Romney.  He will be the R nominee.  The US is not left or right, but centrist.  I think we will see that as this primary season continues. 

Romney is a moderate.  Heaven knows – we need “moderation” in this country.

Joe’s colleague, the philosopher Meghan McCain, has stated : ” Obama is like, totally bogus !” Think what Obama would do to us with a second term.

“The future of America depends on electing a new president in 2012, and the best asset for any potential challenger is Barack Obama.  His obtuse sense of self-worth will be a shrewd candidate’s greatest advantage. 

This presidential election will be a street fight.  It will be bloody; it will be vile.  Anyone who challenges Barack Obama needs to understand that the man and his minions will lie, cheat, and utilize any underhanded trick available to win four more years of public-funded golf, vacations, and Air Force One for himself … 
In the coming election, the greatest advantage we will have to actually win the future is Barack Obama.
 
Because, in the end, there is a big difference between God and Barack Obama: God does not want to be Barack Obama.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/obama_americas_greatest_asset.html#ixzz1iax0Aaqs

Saying Mitt Romney is the “best in the bunch” is sort of like saying Romney is winning big in the Special Olympics

That certainly does call into question the goals of your much-loved Neo-Connery in which the object was to be self-determination and not nation-building into an American style democracy or republic or whatever you rightist moaners are calling it today. The fact of the matter is you understand nothing and believe in even less. Your sole object in life is to bleat, kvetch, moan and whine about our current president without ever offering an alternative policy. Well, as long as we know from whence you come and can hope you return, I suppose we can’t ask for much more.

The GOP will go down in flames with a flaming assh ole, Mitt Romney.

Except for the birther contingent, the Ron Paul supporters won’t vote for Mitt, they’ll stay home and drown their sorrows in raw milk.

The Santorum frothers will vote for Mitt, because they hate Obama and f*gs. Unless Mitt flip-flops again and pretends to be a moderate.

The Dems will vote for Obama.

The independents will stay home or vote for Obama, because they know Mitt is a fraud.

Result:  The Romney/Ryan ticket will lose bigger than McCain/Palin.

Last week the liberal media was freaking out because the GOP couldn’t make up its mind (since almost any candidate could beat Obama), now apparently MSNBC directive is to freak out because a certain poll says the GOP now has a clear favorite for beating Obama.  Clearly, there’s no way for the GOP to make liberals happy.  Its yet to be determined who’ll have the nomination, but as long as it isn’t as weak a candidate as Bob Dole or John McCain it’ll be a good choice.

Let’s try to see is we can explain this in terms even a simplistic copier and paster can understand:

We have a duly enacted law the goal of which is to protect American consumers from the terrible abuses of lenders which began in the Raygun Reign and ultimately wrecked our economy and our banking system during the W and Big D*ck Debacle.

The law has not been repealed.

The task before Congress, the Senate, is to advise and consent on appointments to head the agency created.

The Republican misleaders say they have no quarrel with the nominees.

The Republican minority dislikes the law.

Rather than do its job in approving admittedly qualified nominees, the Republican misleaders launch a tangential attack upon the law by obfuscation and obstruction.

Our president is charged with enforcing the law.

Our president is unable to enforce the law due to the Republican minority misleadership.

Our president finds a manner to enforce the law.

Therefore, the Republican minority is not doing its job, by our president is doing his job.

Is that simple enough for you to understand? Do I need to break it down even further for you.

Then, as to the discussions about the Republican nomination process, what exactly is your moan? Was anything said that did not have enough basis in fact to form a reasonable opinion? Be very specific. Because, frankly, I think you have just launched into another one of your prolonged moans. Might I suggest, if you cannot get specific in this regard you at long last man up and stop your pre-adolescent girlish whining?

Another copy and paste from a disreputable source. What a shame you have no original thought. Perhaps, not a shame.

It is awesome.
With ZERO American deaths, and hundreds of thousands of civilian lives he accomplished much the same at this…

Iraq blasts kill at least 53, raise specter of civil war

‘People have real fears that the cycle of violence might be revived in this country,’ Baghdad resident says

NOW
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/05/us-iraq-violence-idUSTRE80409W20120105
Bomb attacks
targeting Shi’ite Muslim areas of Iraq killed at least 67 people on
Thursday, police and hospital sources said, ramping up fears of an
increase in sectarian strife.
A WEEK AGO
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1226/breaking2.html
Seven die in Iraq bomb attack

Google is full
http://www.google.com/search?q=iraq+bomb&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Civil War is awesome, especially when Islamists win! After all, what are Islamists about if not self-determination? Well, submission, sure, but let’s not be picky.

Obama akbar!

Is he bowling, or did Barack elbow him out of that competition?

That was a most interesting analysis, and I do think there is a great deal of merit in it. We begin with a flawed and widely disliked candidate whose record of winning elections is not all that good. I mean, this man last to John McCain. John McCain! And, the only election he has ever run was on the basis of being a moderate, Rockefeller style Republican. Why has he not won as a conservative? Simple. He is not a conservative. He comes across as shrill and inauthentic when he tries to be.

Thank you for that summary and the link.

Another copy and paste from a disreputable source. What a shame you have no original thought. Perhaps, not a shame.

Pretty much nailed you, I gather. Thanks for the confirmation, however immature and puerile it may have been.

As a Republican would say, suppose you would prefer an EVIL dictator in power.

This has always been the problem with the NEOCONS idea of spreading democracy.  Your side does not always win, unless you install your own puppet government, hang out there for oh, 10 years or so, all to have it go to hell when you leave.

OBAMA BROKE THE LAW.

Lefties should be squawking, but they won’t, because it’s Obama.

Isn’t the real question “who can beat Obama”.  That is what this election is about, isn’t it?  If you take a look at the numbers above – that is clearly Romney.  What else do you need to know if you are a republican?

Leaving aside the constitutional questions, there is a potential
statutory problem with the legality of the Cordray appointment under Dodd-Frank.  Section 1066 of Dodd-Frank provides that the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to perform the functions of the CFPB under the subtitle transferring authority to the CFPB from the other agencies “until the Director of the Bureau is confirmed by the Senate in accordance with Section 1011.”  It turns out that section 1011 is a defined term which provides: “The Director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.”

Without Senate confirmation of a director, the powers under the act belong to Geithner. Cordray does not assume them by recess appointment, according to the law that created the position. You know, that duly enacted law. Why read the bill, eh Kook?

“Another copy and paste from a disreputable source. What a shame you have no original thought. Perhaps, not a shame.”

Always good to have a second copy of Robert’s wise words.

Again, I had to laugh! You should do a conservative comedy act or at least get to roast a Democrat, wafflehead!

( I know, It’s a pancake. But wafflehead sounds better)

I thought the idea was that we weren’t going to stomp around the world blowing up brown people for oil and imposing our will on other countries?

What about our friends???

http://tinyurl.com/6neg4af

Let’s see:
Mitt Romney wins Iowa (where he wasn’t expected to do very well)  (H/T Santorum)
Mitt Romney polling at 47 percent in New Hampshire
Mitt Romney Head to Head vs Obama  —  Romney +6 (Rasmussen Reports)
Generic Republican vs. Obama —  Generic Republican wins +4, +2, +1.3

Looks like we have a winner on our hands.  Let’s let the people vote in the primaries. 
It is the liberal media stirring up controversy.

Will republicans let ideology get in the way of a win in 2012?  Will NH send that message on Tuesday?  I hope so.

OK, so we are supposed to believe that MSNBC has any interest in seeing anyone who could challenge their precious dictator.  And yes, our President is a dictator, by definition, just listen to his speech yesterday.  If Bushy had given that speech, holy crap!  (And no progressives, I did not like him either.)   For El Presidente, it was just another day of telling us to shove the Constitution, he doing it his way.

But I digress, does anyone on that panel have any clue what happens outside their little New York fishbowl.  Ok, Harold Ford Jr. did come Memphis, where several of his family members have been spending time in the Greybar Hotel for doing things the “Chicago Way”, you know like what we have in the administration now.  Ford lost his Senate bid in TN, obviously racists stole the election, so then he transplants to New York for what looked like a bid for Hillary’s old seat, oops now New York is racists as well.

This should be the new rule, anyone that CNN, MSNBC, and the New York Times wants as the Elephants nominee should be the last guy anyone who votes GOP should pick.  After all, they all loved John McCain until the general election.  And guess who endorsed Romney, John “Progressive Lite” McCain, wow who did not see that one coming?  Oh and to be fair, if the GOP  beltway establishment wants the guy, you all should consider someone else as well.  At least the media actively wants a loser to face their guy, especially this time.  The GOP beltway boys look to their democratic “opponents” to see if its OK with them to go to the bathroom. 

“Captain Milktoast” has about as much chance to beat Obama as McCain had, zero nada, because he will refuse to attack Obama’s record.  Which is exactly how the people at MSNBC want it.  As

Ratner is an Obama guy, and the way he’s talking here, it’s like he’s saying to the GOP primary voters, Hey, we WANT Romney as your pick. 

https://motherjones.com/files/images/recess.jpg

Yeah, power grab in deed!

Where are you getting the silly assertion that almost any candidate could beat Obama? None of them currently are! 
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/president_obama_vs_republican_candidates.html 

What are the odds of Obama winning?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/signal/likelihood-democrats-could-control-washington-2012-164705443.html 

How strong is Mittens?
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/overestimating-romney_611846.html?page=1 

Remember, “We are all Socialists Now”, thank you, Newsweek.  Actually, in Obama’s world, we are all Serfs now, so get your ass out on the farm and slave for Him.  He has to buy  “Her Excellency” some more designer digs and send her on some more vacations.  Besides, anymore than three days in the White House cramps his style, Air Force One is calling and Air Force Three is calling for Michelle.

Yes, Romney can win the nomination and give Pres. Obama a very good run for the money (which will be considerable on both sides)

It is not only the left “stirring up controversy”.  Look at site like “The Right Planet” and Gretawire – two far right wing blog sites.  The far right is doing their share of “stirring up controversy” too. 

Let the people have their voice.  The vote is the loudest one of all.

The voters will decide.  They always do.

I agree wth much of what you’ve written. However, I get the feeling many Republicans will still come out in support of their congressional candidates while not casting a vote in the presidential race. Obama wins.

Of course liberals won’t be happy with the GOP candidate. I, for one, was hoping against hope that Bachmann would win. She would have been annihilated by Obama.

That would be a great point if the Senate were in recess. It isn’t.

dic·ta·tor   [dik-tey-ter, dik-tey-ter] Show IPA
noun 1. a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.

The GOP hasn’t chosen their nominee yet, the Dems are stuck with theirs (though if someone in the party had guts (like Kennedy in 1980) they’d challenge Obama).  You aren’t going to find many Gingrich or Huntsman (do they exist?) supporters choosing Romney over Obama, some will, but many won’t because they REALLY want their guy to get the nomination and don’t want to consider alternatives.  Once a nominee is set they’ll have overwhelming GOP support, and since Obama has been one of the most liberal and ineffectual Presidents in history he’ll likely lose at least around 50% of independents, so even with 99% of Dems voting for him he’ll still likely lose the election.   Its more about the one-on-one election campaign and current environment circumstances than who the GOP nominee is.  To most in this country anyone other than Obama would be a better President.  After the 2010 trouncing he had a chance to pull a Clinton and move toward the center, instead he’s doubled down on his ‘I won’t take no for an answer, I’ll do it anyway’ boneheaded left wing approach.   He’ll have to get damn lucky to win the election.

In 1980 the Dems had their far-left President trounced by an ‘extreme right wing’ Reagan (which he wasn’t of course, but liberals never let facts get in the way of their propaganda).  In 1984 they chose an even further left jerk, and he lost in a landslide.  Obama has shown himself to be at least as far left as Mondale, so we’ll see who gets annihilated in 2012…

You’re correct.  I’ve heard the ‘Right’ is going to have some big pow wow in Texas to come up with…  I don’t know with what.  What they’ll be coming up with is more ammunition for the left to use against the right.

So RRE, let me ask you a question, and this is sincere.  When George Bush tried to pull recess appointments (forget the fact that congress is not out of session)  did you oppose it?  When the so called “Patriot Act” was pushed into law, did you oppose it?  I did, did you?  If you opposed it then, do you oppose it now? 

Do you oppose the new National Defense Authorization Act that can send you to Gitmo without trial if the President or his agents, like I used to be, state that you are a terrorist.  You will be held as long without trial until hostilities end.  You do know that it re-empowers the military to make that decision on US soil.  This means that the military will have to have the legal right to spy on you to gain intellegence so that they can toss your butt in jail until the “War on Terror” is over.  BTW, when do you think that the “War on Porverty” and the “War on Drugs” is going to be over?  Do you think the “War on Terror” will be over any sooner?   Did you know that the various Intelligence Branches are forbidden from gathering Intell. on you inside the confines of the US?  We were restricted from that function after Nixon, a move that I hated, professionally,  but as a citizen, I absolutely agreed with. 

So, do you trust Obama enough to not abuse that power?  Do you trust someone like me to not abuse that power.  Here is the tough question, do you trust the next President with that power, especially when he or she is not “your guy”.  He could be  an evil “NeoCon”.   It was the last question that solidified my opposition to the Patriot Act.   It is why I oppose the NDAA.

Why do I bring these acts up.  Because when it’s wrong, its wrong.  I do not care if it was a guy I agree with politically, you do not violate our laws without penalty.  Obama said yesterday that if congress does not do what he wants, screw em and screw the law, I am the dictator and will do it anyway.  This is a republic, my friend, and we are not run by a tyranny of the majority.  The senate minority, if it is large enough can block appointments, especially in this case.  When the democrats were the minority, they did it ALL the time, and previous Presidents grumbled and for the most part went along with it.  The difference is that this Chicago Politician believes that he can do it the Chicago way and not get blow back. 

There are times when you must put down your politics and view issues and people for what they are and what they do.  The alternative could mean a one way trip for you to that lovely tropical island of Cuba.

Thank you for showing exactly why Obama is NOT a dictator. He does not have absolute power, has restricted control (the US Constitution) and is in a term limited elected office. 

The Senate is in recess if no business is being conducted…unless you can quote me exactly in the Constitution where a recess is defined. Thanks! :) If you can’t, I will go by the dictionary definition of what that simple term means.

“recessn [rɪˈsɛs ˈriːsɛs]3. a cessation of business, such as the closure of Parliament during a vacation”Can you please provide us with a record of activity or “business” in the US congress since Christmas? If you can’t, they are effectively in recess. Go challenge it in court if you want — another attribute of a non-dictatorial republic. Thanks for playing.

I remember 2008 well.  The R’s seemed to have shot themselves in the foot with all of their in-fighting. 

It is happening again.  Do they not learn from their past mistakes?

I asked this question before the Iowa caucus.  Will ideology win over reality (for lack of a better word).

“Reality” won by 8 points. 

Will ideology raise its head again and again, or will the republican party appear to actually want to win the White House?

I dislike recess appointments every bit as much as I dislike arcane Senate rules which make governance impossible. Our government is a complete wreck. It has been since Raygun and none of his predecessors, Republican or Democrat, have been able to set things right.

He doesn’t appear to find himself limited by the Constitution. The Senate is not closed. You can find the Senate Calendar, just like everyone else, at the Senate website.

BTW, no one gives a shit what you go by. Thanks for playing.

Do you miss Saddam, Bunky?

Do you like the rules, however arcane, being violated as long as your guy is doing it?

I remember 2008 as a year two Democrats battled it out in the primary season.  Remember John Edwards won Iowa.  If the media had done their job, Hillary Clinton may have won Iowa.  Obama and Clinton went far into t he primary season neck in neck.

Where was the press then clamoring for a consensus candidate?  For an alternative?

How about one of the many BushDrunks???

Flippant response after your little theory gets deflated. 

When US House was in session. 
12/13/2011
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r112:@FIELD(FLD003+h)+@FIELD(DDATE+20111213) 
(Notice the “activity” in the house.)

Two weeks later 12/27/2011, Congress on vacation: When the US House is falsely “in session” but actually a recess.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r112:@FIELD(FLD003+h)+@FIELD(DDATE+20111227) 
Note the INactivity.

Please, sir, kindly STFU. Your argument is vacuous.

Do you have even a rudimentary understanding of the English language, Dingbat? I specifically said I didn’t like either, and I also specifically faulted presidents of both parties.

Please refrain from commenting when you don’t understand the article and from responding when you don’t understand the comment.

Once you get Romney for POTUS you won’t have to worry about black people. Just check with Brigham Young.

BS.  I know the owners of TRP and they are hardly far right wing.

You got banned off TRP AND Greta Wire for vulgarity, ya phony.
OWN your hate.

Still spreading lies like you did on GW. I will not banter with you. Take it to GW. I’m not interested in your lies.

I don’t Lie Kid.

I have NO reason to.

A few of your journalistic gems:
A-hole all you have is lies. Go screw yourself. No one else will.
Then get lost teabag.
GretaWire – WhackoWire.
And you animals kill the truth every day here on whackowire.
Hey hag, that is you – not me.
STFU. I am not interested in your rants.
Child could you be any more stupid than you look. No, I don’t think you could.
GRETAWIRE – WHACKOWIRE.
And the “dittoheads” all say the same thing. What a great name for those animals.
Have you seen the new name for GW? A-holes Are Us.
57,690 comments – and all attacks. Go attack dog.
Hell, that bi tch (her word) never feels “better”. She is just a miserable sack of chit.
STFU
You are so sick. You sound like Melanie. How many names do you have trash bag.

And we have a TIE for the winner of hypocrisy to the Nth degree:

Look a-hole. I’ll put up with fun – but I won’t put up with offensive language from you. I will and have flagged all of them.

Money will decide. It always does.