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THIS PRESIDENT DON’T NEED NO STINKIN’ CONGRESS TO CHANGE THE LAW

A White House official comments on Obama’s de facto amnesty for young illegal immigrants as reported by Politico.

“We work to achieve our policy goals in the most effective and appropriate way possible,” the official said. “Often times Congress has blocked efforts …… and we look to pursue other appropriate means of achieving our policy goals. Sometimes this makes for less than ideal policy situations – such as the action we took on immigration – but the president isn’t going to be stonewalled by [the law], he will pursue whatever means available to do business on behalf of American people.”

In the interest of clarity I have changed one word in the White House official’s statement.  The statement actually made was the President will not be “stonewalled by politics”.  But the context is an announcement by the administration that certain specified laws will no longer be enforced, Congress be damned.  What other law might the President next declare null and void, voter fraud?

CATCH AND RELEASE, OBAMA’S NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY

Prior to Barack Obama, presidents urged Congress to make laws.  Obama doesn’t bother.  He cuts out the middle man with an executive order.  The orders always come on a Friday after the White House newsroom has largely been vacated for the weekend.  Besides, nobody reads the Saturday paper in any event.  The Constitution?  Oh that was written years ago, it’s out of date.

In a move that might be called the campaigns first October surprise, the presumptive Democratic candidate has granted amnesty to youthful immigrants.  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made the announcement Friday morning; the new policy will not grant citizenship to children who came to the United States as illegal immigrants, but will remove the threat of deportation and grant them the right to work in the United States.

If socialism is his goal,
He has the country on a roll.
Inch by inch, hair by hair,
He is quietly taking us there.