The Special Lightworker Fails High School Civics
Courtesy of smokeboater in http://smokeboater.livejournal.com/152874.html#comments referring to "Former Obama Student: Obama's Ignorance of Constitution Embarrassing," in the Breitbart News at http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/04/04/Former-Obama-Student-Obamas-Ignorance-of-Constitution-Embarrassing?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigGovernment+%28Big+Government%29
The really hilarious aspect of this whole story is the way in which Obama's ignorance of the very subject in which he claims to have SPECIALIZED is robbing him of the victories he otherwise might have expected, coming into office in 2009 with a popular majority and both Houses of Congress of his own party.
He (and Pelosi, who has been in Congress for years and has absolutely no excuse) could have crafted a health care bill that -- while still socialistic in concept -- would have actually passed Constitutional muster. They could have organized the Congressional campaign for that bill better, so that it would have passed clearly and cleanly in both Houses.
Now, Obama is trying to INTIMIDATE the SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. And he's trying this, not when he has a majority in both Houses and a surety of years in office, but after his party lost the House and when he is not sure of staying in office for even one more year.
A bright high school student who paid attention in Civics classes could point out why this is a very bad strategy. Obama can't really back up his threats, because he can't pack the Supreme Court without unified support from Congress. And he's obviously outraged the Federal judiciary -- indeed, his clumsy bluff may wind up swinging the moderates on the Supreme Court against him, because he's posturing as if he imagines himself to be a Hugo Chavez-like dictator.
No doubt when the history of these days is written, Left historians will try to claim that Obama failed because he was some sort of noble Lightworker who meanies hated because he was a black -- er, light coffee-colored -- man. But the fact is that Obama is failing because he is a fool -- and the worst kind of fool, an arrogant one who imagines that his most egregious errors are brilliant strategy.
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PS - And yes, Obama is dead wrong in his claim that the Supreme Court can't set aside Congressional legislation if they find it unconstitutional. This is called the power of "judicial review," and it is the essence of the function of the Supreme Court. As anyone knows who has ever taken a high school Civics course.
But then what would I know. I'm not Mr. Special Lightworker, now am I?
The really hilarious aspect of this whole story is the way in which Obama's ignorance of the very subject in which he claims to have SPECIALIZED is robbing him of the victories he otherwise might have expected, coming into office in 2009 with a popular majority and both Houses of Congress of his own party.
He (and Pelosi, who has been in Congress for years and has absolutely no excuse) could have crafted a health care bill that -- while still socialistic in concept -- would have actually passed Constitutional muster. They could have organized the Congressional campaign for that bill better, so that it would have passed clearly and cleanly in both Houses.
Now, Obama is trying to INTIMIDATE the SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. And he's trying this, not when he has a majority in both Houses and a surety of years in office, but after his party lost the House and when he is not sure of staying in office for even one more year.
A bright high school student who paid attention in Civics classes could point out why this is a very bad strategy. Obama can't really back up his threats, because he can't pack the Supreme Court without unified support from Congress. And he's obviously outraged the Federal judiciary -- indeed, his clumsy bluff may wind up swinging the moderates on the Supreme Court against him, because he's posturing as if he imagines himself to be a Hugo Chavez-like dictator.
No doubt when the history of these days is written, Left historians will try to claim that Obama failed because he was some sort of noble Lightworker who meanies hated because he was a black -- er, light coffee-colored -- man. But the fact is that Obama is failing because he is a fool -- and the worst kind of fool, an arrogant one who imagines that his most egregious errors are brilliant strategy.
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PS - And yes, Obama is dead wrong in his claim that the Supreme Court can't set aside Congressional legislation if they find it unconstitutional. This is called the power of "judicial review," and it is the essence of the function of the Supreme Court. As anyone knows who has ever taken a high school Civics course.
But then what would I know. I'm not Mr. Special Lightworker, now am I?