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Originally Posted by bhunter
I'm sure Obama would be readily claiming credit if those enitities did something that made him look good. Presidents have chiseled out a large domain of power in Washington such that most anything emanating from the federal government can be attributed to them IMHO. Personally, I'd like to see less presidential power.
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It's not the POTUS but the SCOTUS you ought to be worried about. Ever since Marbury v. Madison they've been a law unto themselves and ever since Nixon nominated Lewis Powell to the Court they've been about the business of turning the US into an oligarchy.
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I didn't think the girl did that bad in the interview.
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Yeah, I thought she did pretty well too...... for a
girl.
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Anderson was obviously attempting to shake her up by his questioning.
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How is it "attempting to shake her up" to point out that "Obama's CBO" is actually part of the Legislative Branch and not the Executive? "The girl" just kept on going though, repeating and repeating the same mendacious talking point, never answering a totally legitimate question. I suppose I have to give her credit for being pretty tenacious though.
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I'd rather listen to her than the conniving, snickering Axelrod despite her use of a possessive pronoun instead of the definite article regarding the CBO.
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Her use of the possessive pronoun, apart from being simply wrong, was calculated to reinforce the talking point that
Obama "lied" when the
CBO predicted that unemployment would be around 6%. The definite article wouldn't have been effective.
And the remarks about Axelrod are uncalled for,even if they're completely to be expected.
John