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bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-11 06:46 PM
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36. No, he cannot rewrite US law by fiat--oh wait, wasn't the kill order against that U.S. citizen
done by Executive Order?

I and many others find the laissez-faire approach to Presidential leadership to be troubling at best, tragically weak at worst. IMO this President has been on the sidelines for some of the major legislation that might (yes, I know there were no guarantees) have passed had HE been a 'fierce advocate' instead of a wait-and-see administrator-type President. Instead, the potential victory was never PUSHED FOR, then a plethora of reasons were hauled out as to why the victory could not have been won, thus explaining the lack of effort to win as if that was a foregone conclusion.

One of the reasons I voted for President Obama was because he impressed me deeply with his ability to SPEAK to people and DELIVER a powerful message in a PERSUASIVE way. We will probably never know why that part of the man dropped out of sight as soon as the Inauguration was over only to resurface a very few times during the previous two and a half years.

Americans respond to solid appeals to their better nature, especially if they are presented with all of the very good reasons that back up those appeals. Now that it's campaign season we are seeing the same eloquence from Presidential re-election candidate Obama that we saw before he was elected. Why should I, or anyone, believe that this President is going to change his modus operandi during his second term?

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