Why Are Republicans WRONG about EVERYTHING?

MSNBC Host: I can’t find ‘a single Democrat in Washington’ to say if Obama’s amnesty plan is legal
By Ashley Dobson | November 18, 2014 | Comments
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For once it’s not just Republicans questioning the legality of President Obama’s executive actions.

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell discussed Obama’s upcoming executive action on immigration reform with Rep. Peter Welch (D – Vt.) and tried to find some sort of way to justify Obama’s promise of amnesty and work visas. Unfortunately for him, no such legal reasoning exists yet.

“No one at the White House has been able to give me the legal justification for the following component of the president’s plan,” O’Donnell said, going on to explain the specifics of it. “…What is the legal justification for the president to create a new category of beneficiaries for work documents? How can that be done without legislation?”

Welch not only said that he didn’t know, but that he didn’t care to know. But this is hardly surprising given the recent urging of Democrats for Obama to bypass Congress on this issue.

“Lawrence, I can’t tell you, and I’m not the lawyer who’s going to be litigating this case,” Welch said. “So the answer to that would be decided by the courts, as you and I know.”

O’Donnell didn’t let him get away with that answer and pushed again.

“I don’t mean to badger you about this, but I’ve been on this for days now,” O’Donnell said. “I haven’t found a single elected Democrat, not one Democrat in Washington who can answer the question that I just put to you. Have you heard it answered by any Democrats?”

“I haven’t. I haven’t,” Welch responded.

Watch the clip below:

Read more at http://redalertpolitics.com/2014/11/18/msnbc-host-cant-find-single-democrat-washington-say-obamas-amnesty-plan-legal/#d8lFP7TmrhESomZk.99

Nov 19, 2014 - 08:00pm PT
They have presented us with another tyrant that pisses on the Constitution.

Norton wrote:
you damn right Harry Reid was not going to do the Republican Party's job for them

I don't remember folks that are not Repubcan or Democrats winning elections for offices that matter, in contested races in Idontno, now that it has a closed primary, or back when it had an open primary.

For that matter, I don't remember any independents winning national elections, although Ralph Nader running, certainly "screwed the pooch" for Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election.

Kinda like the 300 plus bills passed by the House that Harry Reid won't even allow a vote on in the Senate? Both parties, eh?

In any event, Bump found that this Congress has introduced fewer bills than most past Congresses and put far fewer in front of the president to sign.

The Pinocchio Test

This is one of these “facts” that is sorely lacking context. While some 300 bills have passed the House and failed to pass the Senate, there is nothing unusual or unique about this. As Bump put it, “when it comes to House legislation that the Senate is ignoring, it’s the same as it ever was. Republicans earn Two Pinocchios for this claim.”

Crankster wrote:
Larry, don't believe everything Hannity tells you. Read.

dirtbag wrote:
It was killed by right wingers, who completely abdicated their responsibility to govern by refusing to even discuss the issue.

dirtbag wrote: Edit: you actually sound a lot like Lois.

WASHINGTON--Legislation to keep most Americans' phone records out of government hands was defeated in the Senate on Tuesday, dooming at least for now prospects of national security reforms that supporters said would protect the privacy of law-abiding citizens.

A motion failed to get the necessary 60 votes needed to cut off debate on the bill sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), with most Republicans voting against. The final vote was 58 in favor to 42 against.

One of its most outspoken foes was incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who said stopping the National Security Agency from collecting telephone dialing records "would end one of our nation's critical capabilities to gather significant intelligence on terrorist threats."

I think most national level elections are effectively rigged. Choice A vs Choice B has been vetted by big business, big politics, big military and big money. Our votes are not much different than a once-candidate communist party vote. A show, an expensive show, and mostly pretense at democracy that no longer truly exists.

“The biggest issue in the country is that we don't discuss the biggest issue in the country,” Sanders told me in his Senate office last week.

“How does it happen that today the economists tell us that 95% of all new income created in America goes to the top 1%? How does it happen that we have by far the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on Earth, where one family, the Walton family of Wal-Mart, owns more wealth than the bottom 40% of the American people? How does that happen, and what do we do about it?”

Funny how nobody wants to talk about Net Neutrality, on the internet.

After Ford left the White House in 1977, the former President privately justified his pardon of Nixon by carrying in his wallet a portion of the text of Burdick v. United States, a 1915 U.S. Supreme Court decision which stated that a pardon indicated a presumption of guilt, and that acceptance of a pardon was tantamount to a confession of that guilt.[67]

In 2001, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to Ford for his pardon of Nixon.[68] In presenting the award to Ford, Senator Ted Kennedy said that he had initially been opposed to the pardon of Nixon, but later stated that history had proved Ford to have made the correct decision

Does that mean that Ford did something illegal when he conditionally gave amnesty to draft dodgers? Carter when he did it unconditionally? Should we arrest them all? (I say start with Dick Cheney!)

Does that mean that Obama is actually a slave, because Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was illegal?

Truman acted illegally when he eliminated segregation in the military?

The full story of the inside game in Washington shows how the permanent political class enriches itself at the expense of the rest of us. Insider trading is illegal on Wall Street, yet it is routine among members of Congress. Normal individuals cannot get in on IPOs at the asking price, but politicians do so routinely. The Obama administration has been able to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to its supporters, ensuring yet more campaign donations. An entire class of investors now makes all of its profits based on influence and access in Washington.

Canadians: “Build a Damn Fence!”

From The Manitoba Herald , Canada ; “Reported” by Clive Runnels

The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The recent actions of the Tea Party, and the fact Republicans won the Senate, are prompting an exodus among left-leaning citizens who fear they’ll soon be required to hunt, pray, and agree with Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck.

Canadian border farmers say it’s not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, animalrights activists, and Unitarians crossing their fields at night.

“I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn,” said Southern Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. The producer was cold, exhausted, and hungry. He asked me if I could spare a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn’t have any, he left before I even got a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?”

In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. He then installed loudspeakers that blared Rush Limbaugh across the fields. “Not real effective,” he said. “The liberals still got through, and Rush annoyed the cows so much that they wouldn’t give any milk.”

Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, and drive them across the border, where they are simply left to fend for themselves. “A lot of these people are not prepared for our rugged conditions,” an Ontario border patrolman said. “I found one carload without a single bottle of imported drinking water. They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet, though.” When liberals are caught, they’re sent back across the border, often wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have been circulating about plans being made to build re-education camps where liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and watch NASCAR races.

In recent days, liberals have turned to ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have been disguised as senior citizens taking a bus trip to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching half-a-dozen young vegans in powdered wig disguises, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed seniorcitizens about Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney to prove that they were alive in the ’50s. “If they can’t identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we become very suspicious about their age,” an official said.

Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organicbroccoli shortage and are renting all the Michael Moore movies. “I really feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can’t support them,” an Ottawa resident said. “How many arthistory majors does one country need?”

In an effort to ease tensions between the United States and Canada, Vice President Biden met with the Canadian ambassador and pledged that the administration would take steps to reassure liberals. A source close to President Obama said, “We’re going to have some Paul McCartney and Peter, Paul & Mary concerts. And we might even put some endangered species on postage stamps. The President is determined to reach out,” he said.