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bigtree

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7. I see this President working on several issues and initiatives at once

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 10:04 PM

Dec 2011

. . . still limited by the actions of the legislature. He says he'll mitigate the effects of this legislation, work to remove or modify the provisions outside of the weight of the Defense bill and I believe him. Doesn't mean he'll be successful, but that's the point in moving forward. He apparently got the best he could out of this Congress.

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So he objected to the detention provisions, but he's going to sign the defense bill anyway [View all] bigtree Dec 2011 OP

lame as it ever was.... mike_c Dec 2011 #1

So, which will he be expecting to "work on" first, this or the health care plan? Brickbat Dec 2011 #2

I see this President working on several issues and initiatives at once bigtree Dec 2011 #7

He could use the veto pen Autumn Dec 2011 #3

That's pretty much how I figure it Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2011 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Dec 2011 #5

more than talk bigtree Dec 2011 #9

"National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011" The ProSense Dec 2011 #6

fucking kidding me bigtree Dec 2011 #13

VETO this POS... rasputin1952 Dec 2011 #8

That would require he actually take a stand and follow through on something he said dflprincess Dec 2011 #17

This is referring to FY-2011 NOT the current defense bill. n/t tammywammy Dec 2011 #10

thanks, I can't believe this came up when I searched bigtree Dec 2011 #14

And I wouldn't expect the Supreme Court to invaldiate this law as unconstitutional. no_hypocrisy Dec 2011 #11

Doubtless he'll be able to invoke a spirit of bipartisanship and collegiality . . . hatrack Dec 2011 #12

not likely this year bigtree Dec 2011 #15

This isn't an "Oh well...", what this does is kill our civil liberties and about a thousand years of TheKentuckian Dec 2011 #16

Yup. villager Dec 2011 #18

couldn't have said it better myself..wtf is happening in this country xiamiam Dec 2011 #20

I'm missing something here. Still. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2011 #19

more of the same... coup being secured..nt xiamiam Dec 2011 #21