Obama Tries and Fails to Brush Off War Powers Problem at Press Conference

[Better Believe It]

Obama Tries and Fails to Brush Off War Powers Problem at Press Conference
By Matthew Rothschild
Editor of The Progressive
June 29, 2011

At his press conference today, President Obama tried to brush off the problem he’s been having with Congress over the War Powers Act.

He initially tried to dismiss the gravity of the problem by saying, “A lot of this fuss is politics.”

And then he simply made an assertion that he was following the law, without defending that with any legitimate argument.

And Obama’s insistence that we send “a unified message” is the same undemocratic claptrap that we hear from every war President who wants the Congress and the citizenry to shut up and keep silent and not dare question his royal judgment.

Read the full article at:

http://www.progressive.org/wx062911.html

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. But, he ducked the issue with a great deal of panache and good diction. K&R

[Better Believe It]

2. Yes. He didn't flub his lines. Bravo for another great performance!

[FiveGoodMen]

3. Ah, but his protectors are here unrec'ing

[EC]

4. What's the difference?

They'd vote for the mission to continue anyway.