blondeatlast
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Wed Nov-12-08 06:27 PM
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Karma's a really nasty thing, or, do we stick it to them with their own cheats? |
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Edited on Wed Nov-12-08 06:29 PM by blondeatlast
Unitary executie powers, the "nuclear" option, etc. all those dirty little cheats they thought would never come back to haunt them.
Now the republicans are facing the very real possibility they will be used to overcome some of the damage GWB wrought.
Should we?
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baby_mouse
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Wed Nov-12-08 06:34 PM
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1. I'm really torn about this. |
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Some of them are just plain wrong and shouldn't be used but OH MY GOD you could so much genuinely useful stuff done...
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blondeatlast
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Wed Nov-12-08 06:37 PM
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2. Exactly. wouldn't it be kind of cool if Obama overturned the worst of GWB's unitary orders-- |
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then used a unitary order to declare that there would no longer be unitary orders?
It's truly a tough call here.
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Wed Nov-12-08 06:57 PM
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4. There's no way around this point: Congress needs guts. |
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Obama can certainly overturn any or all of *'s Executive Orders. Overturning them all would probably save time, but I believe the new president will proceed in his usual unhesitating, deliberate way.
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Wed Nov-12-08 07:15 PM
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5. Good point. I think with a smallish majority and a Democrat in the WH, it will find some. |
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No worries over signing statements and vetoes will help (I hope).
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Wed Nov-12-08 06:38 PM
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3. "Nuclear option?" If necessary, yes. Unitary executive, no. In fact congress should take that away. |
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