David Swanson: Obama Crowned Himself King on New Year’s Eve

[TheKentuckian]

80. On record is the veto, the signing statements are nothing. They aren't law but the bill signed is.

Even Obama is not constrained by his statement, much less so for future administrations.

Let Congress override the veto under the fire of a viscious campaign against the bill.

Let's not act like any pressure was applied or that the public was whipped. This shit was passed without any public shitstorm. The price of the vote could have been raised quite a bit and at the least a large scale conversation could have been forced.

Reveling in the power isn't important, accepting it is. The veto is absolutely required wheter or not it would be overriden. The President signed the bill, he owns it as surely as every "Yea" vote. Excuses are excuses. There was no leadership at all and nary a wave made.

Find it acceptable all you want but I cannot. A fucking constitutional expert??? Add this to willfully and openly taking on the authority to order the death of citizens without even the benefit of a charge, much less a trial based on his own unchecked power and these are the powers of a tyrant, regardless of how such power is used.

Such power was purposefully disallowed and is at fundemental odds with our entire system and basic principles.

No one should be trusted with such power and anyone who excersises it or even accepts it should hold even the office of dog catcher in our system.
Granted, every TeaPubliKlan would eagerly accept the powers and gleefully abuse them. That being the case it was our fucking job to select a Democrat that would fight this shit to the last, instead our "leaders" were busy drafting this garbage.