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I tweeted a mini-thread today about how EOs were going to be the undoing of this republic, but I swear, watching the Dems say "Hey, he can& #39;t do that" after their collective circle jerk when president phone and pen enacted DACA is surreal.
Obama: I don& #39;t have the authority to do this (DACA).
Obama: Oh what the heck, here& #39;s DACA by EO.
SCOTUS Justice Roberts: Totally cool.
Trump: Here& #39;s an EO to do [lots of things that should never be done by EO].
The left: Totally bogus.
Me: Haha fuck you.
Obama: Oh what the heck, here& #39;s DACA by EO.
SCOTUS Justice Roberts: Totally cool.
Trump: Here& #39;s an EO to do [lots of things that should never be done by EO].
The left: Totally bogus.
Me: Haha fuck you.
I& #39;ve made this point until I& #39;m blue in the face, but I& #39;ll make it again since some of you seem determined to misunderstand the situation, but here it is:
If one side continues to play by the rules while the other side plays Calvinball (if you don& #39;t get this reference, consider your education a failure), it& #39;s an inequitable situation. Also politically suicidal.
Eventually the one side figures out that playing by the rules is a fool& #39;s errand and starts playing Calvinball as well.
Well meaning, but incorrect people: You can& #39;t fix a wrong by doing the same wrong act.
Me: "Thank you sir, may I have another?!" is not a strategy.
Well meaning, but incorrect people: You can& #39;t fix a wrong by doing the same wrong act.
Me: "Thank you sir, may I have another?!" is not a strategy.
This is not who we are!
::gets punched::
We& #39;re better than this!
::gets kicked in the nuts::
We should never sink to their level!
::gets stabbed::
::gets punched::
We& #39;re better than this!
::gets kicked in the nuts::
We should never sink to their level!
::gets stabbed::
No one should allow their principles to become a suicide pact. I& #39;ve been screaming about EO abuse since Clinton was president, so 25-30 years, but no one seemed to care as long as their guy got to use it.
Clinton used an EO to make -IIRC- tobacco vending machines illegal. Pretty sure he didn& #39;t have the authority to do so, but he did it. The egregious Paul Begala: "Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Pretty cool." There were more. A lot more.
Dems were giddy about it. They were somewhat less giddy when W decided hey, this EO thing is pretty cool. The screeching was loud, but I was too busy laughing at them to care. Then Obama upped the ante, IMO, with DACA.
"If Congress won& #39;t act, I will. I& #39;ve got a phone and a pen." So now Trump. I& #39;ll be honest: you cannot make me care anymore. There& #39;s no more regard for the Constitution. Most of the text is treated as dead letter law.
Apparently there are a lot of citizens who want a king, not a president. Many of them seem surprised that the king is not always the person they wanted in charge. As for me, I& #39;ll enjoy my bit of schadenfreude as the republic continues to crumble.
