Permit me to laugh at David Swanson

[TheKentuckian]

219. No, what he did is signed the bill. His statement doesn't change that fact an iota

Nor does it change the law he signed.

The Republicans don't run the Senate and this wasn't passed with anything resembling only Republican votes. Democrats voted "yea" at about the same clip.

Working to elect liberals is my full intent but that effort does not solve my concerns. Hell, even actually electing liberals doesn't solve my concerns. Only recinding this and the other pile of shit legislation on the books moves toward solving my concerns.

You guys can stop hanging on his signing statement, it isn't even binding on him much less future administrations and I trust no mortal human with such authority and granting and accepting such power is antithetical to our entire system of law and the fundementals of western civilization.

Don't let your heart be troubled, I am much more angry at Congress but let's not pretend this was something the TeaPubliKlans thugged through, it is really close but maybe in the Senate more of them actually voted against it and we marginally control the Senate at that. You act like we had a fillabuster going and they broke it and further that Obama has to sign the shit into law because it reaches his desk.

This bill has proven that DC needs an enema and that most of our "representatives" are traitorous garbage deserving to spend the rest of their time on earth at the end of a rope or in prison, certainly not leading our nation.

The thing with Congress is I can't directly do a damn thing about 532 of them. My rep voted "nay" and neither Senator is up (though the horrendus Paul had enough decency to also vote "nay" which only makes me more angry with the unacceptable fucks that we will be told we must re-elect. All I can reall do to elect a better Congress is maintain my rep and send a few bucks to other decent candidates and maybe make some calls to pick up any slack.

If Presidents, Senators, and House members don't have magic wands, voters certainly have even less arcane power to throw around.