Obama in July: “I Know Some People Want Me to Bypass Congress & Change Laws on My Own… But, That’s Now How Our System Works”
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, August 19, 2011, 3:14 PM
Less than one month ago, Barack Obaama told radical La Raza activists that he would like to change immigration laws but that he did not have that power.
“I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own… The idea of doing things on my own is very tempting. But that’s not how — that’s not how our system works.”
Obama addressed La Raza back on July 25, 2011.
The Sun-Times has the transcript:
THE PRESIDENT: Now, I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know very well the real pain and heartbreak that deportations cause. I share your concerns and I understand them. And I promise you, we are responding to your concerns and working every day to make sure we are enforcing flawed laws in the most humane and best possible way.
Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own. (Applause.) And believe me, right now dealing with Congress –
AUDIENCE: Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Yes, you can!
THE PRESIDENT: Believe me — believe me, the idea of doing things on my own is very tempting. (Laughter.) I promise you. Not just on immigration reform. (Laughter.) But that’s not how — that’s not how our system works.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Change it!
But, that was way back in July.
Yesterday, Barack Obama took the law into his own hands and halted deportation proceedings of illegal aliens on a case by case basis.
He changed the laws on his own.
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kansas commented:
Deport yourself…to Martha’s Vineyard for some high living. We can wait until next month for your magic plan to screw us.
bg commented:
++
and the authorities are doing what about it??
decide when, or if, to call a meeting ala UN style??
like i said from the get go: Welcome to the New World Order..
we have been sold to a Golden Calf for a few pieces of Silver..
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patman commented:
You lie.
-Joe Wilson
Kenny Solomon commented:
“……the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.”
I’m NOT just sayin’.
Pretty sure we’re at 50/50 now between the peace lovers and our own government as to who’s more dangerous.
Kenny Solomon
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kansas commented:
The President of the United States is gonna adhere to the law. Maybe he should get a Nobel Prize.
rumcrook commented:
“hahaha hey audience of sycophant followers its very tempting for me to be a dictator….”
Barry's CT. SSN 042-68-4425 commented:
We are being Ruled by a Usurper. So it should not come as any surprise, when he helps Illegal Aliens. After all, many of them are holding fraudulent SSN’s too.
But now Sheriff Joe is on the Kenyan’s case and maybe Barry will be wearing pink underwear in Ariz. some day.
If bloggers, talk radio, etc. had given just 10% of the time to the forgery, that they gave to the Weiner, this story would be far more developed and known to the public. http://www.BirtherReport.com
Major Kong commented:
Consistent with the other unpopular actions he’s taken. Commit the act then get the hell outta Dodge. Even with a fawning, speak-no-evil, “news media” he still has to act like a cowardly thief in the night.
KING DONG commented:
When your an illegal alien president yourself why should taking an oath to uphold the laws on the books matter!!! Just like all the politicians any more, it party politicics. Who cares whats good for the country!!! Its about greed, power, and control!!! They have systematicaly destroyed what this country has stood for, freedom, justice, and liberty!!! Its past time to replace those virtuse. I am ready for the revolution!!!
James commented:
The question is, does obama have the constitutional authority to do this by executive order. Is anybody going to challenge the legality of it in court? Does obama hva ethe right to alter Laws and Acts on the books just by executive order.
Major Kong commented:
#10, James
That’s where the Department of Justice would normally intervene. Two words: Eric Holder.
“Nuf said.
Bob in St. Louis, MO. commented:
Impeach this FRAUD! Congress should draw up articles of impeachment immediately! We are a nation of laws, and he took an oathe as president to uphold and defend the constitution of the
United States!
cee commented:
I continue to be stunned by the complete disdain shown American citizens by this President. The majority of CITIZENS are opposed to the current immigration policy of permitting ILLEGALS remain in the US.
Carlos commented:
Everything emanating from Hussein’s semen-soaked mouth is a friggin’ lie. (Just droppin’ my gs, like little barry).
billyjoejimbob commented:
SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS
VOTE THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE OUT OF OFFICE
NEVER WANT HIM TO BECOME A MARTYR
KEEP OUR COOL …. AND REMEMBER WHAT OLD MAYOR DICK DALY SAID
VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN
2012 NOV 6 I WILL BE THERE TO VOTE
IF ANY NEW BLACK PANTHER PUSSY CATS WANT TO INTIMIDATE VOTERS.
REMEMBER THE WORDS OS STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN (AUSTIN 3:16)
THEY BRING THE ASS
WE BRING THE WHOPPING
AND THATS THE BOTTOM LINE ‘CAUSE STONE COLD SAID SO
WE HAVE TO STAND TALL AND STAND PROUD MY FRIENDS
OUR SERVICE MEN – OUR HEROS TOOK AN OATH TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY
FOR ALL ENEMIES – FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
SEMPER FI AMIGOS
POWDER IS DRY
Reaganite Republican commented:
What people you mean, like Soros maybe?
#1AMERICAN commented:
charge the mooslum fraud with treason
MamaGrizzly commented:
Obama would LOVE to be a dictator. As a boy he would have greatly admired the power of Indonesia’s dictator and patterned himself after him. Also, his mother filled his head with all kinds of nonsense and I don’t think he has come to grips with that fact that she was mistaken.
That said, Obama is a dangerous man, and so are his followers. The fact that whites are being called the “new terrorist threat” by Neo-Nazipolitano is proof that they have plans for us . . . I will not be surprised if an dissent will be labeled “terrorism” by Obamas goons. Just look at the TSA for more proof.
Barry's CT. SSN 042-68-4425 commented:
PSA from The Usurper and The Hamburgler – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyK5-kJ-je8
Rachelle commented:
I wonder if the governor or attorney general of a state has standing to file a quo warranto proceeding in federal court to challenge this lawlessness? Probably not, but something has to be done to keep these people busy until they are voted out of office by the people and into jail by a jury.
ar05075 commented:
KING DONG,
I’m armed, ready, and getting impatient.!
lol commented:
this administration scoffs off that “outdated, and confining” document we the people call the constitution. he knows he is a one termer like jimmy carter so they are trying to cram whatever they can down our throats until the next election.
GrayRider commented:
Obama is a pathological liar and a pathological destroyer of America. We have another year and a half of this Marxist Maniac and must absolutely send himm packing with his devil tail between his legs. If this idiot gets reelected we are doomed.
Rock commented:
I trust and pray there is a line he will cross that will wake up the American People, Black White, Hispanic the whole melting pot and wake them the frag up. While I have little faith with the military leadership at command level I do suspect many in the ranks might feel otherwise.
Do you really believe there will be a honest election in 2012 or one at all?
Rock commented:
But, That’s Now How Our System Works”
Surprised he didn’t say “But, That’s Now How their System Works”
bg commented:
++
Breaking Free from the Constitution
[Mr. Obama’s comments take a turn from discussing the historical
record. Unprovoked he laments that the Supreme Court “could not
break free from the essential constraints placed by the Founding
Fathers in the Constitution.” He further describes the Constitution
as “a charter of negative liberties.” This is at odds with the preamble
to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.]
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John Skookum commented:
Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own. (Applause.)
In every liberal chest beats a black fascist heart.
No Man commented:
Four more years! He hasn’t finished us yet.
SSBN 627(B) commented:
“But, that’s not how our system works. I’m gonna go ahead and do it anyway, because I am The Emperor I’ve waited for and this so-called Constitution is recognized neither in Jakarta nor Nairobi. I know I swore an oath, but it was on a Christian Bible and therefor completely invalid. Besides which, I am by self-definition, a Constitutional lawyer (not that ANYONE will ever see my transcripts) and thereby an unassailable expert on what parts just are not fair and I will go ahead and change what I want to suit my purposes. You’ve got to ask yourself: ‘What would Hitler do?’”
Unfortunately for the rest of us, Obama is a student of history and knows precisely the answer to the above question.
aprilnovember811 commented:
They’re allowing this usurper to ride roughshod all over the country. Apparently a Air Force Officer refused to deploy again for this impostor. He was given an honorable discharge the other day. I wonder why?
No Man commented:
When tyrants start with “Make no mistake . . .” or “I know some people who . . .”
Bend over. Here it comes again.
Gimme a Break, I'm just a Hobbit commented:
Count me among those who thinks Obama deserves a vacation – a very long one beginning in January, 2012.
tommy mc donnell commented:
too bad he doesn’t feel the real pain and heartbreak that colonization causes as the political left continues to bring people here to take the freedom of the american people away.
big L commented:
Not good. Can you imagine the suits and hearings if a GOP president would sign an executive order, say outlawing abortion clinics across the land?
The states health officer and departments should demand the federal govt carry out health inspections of all immigrants, just like in Ellis Island. Of course those were legal immigrants.And white or Caucasian. But we don’t know what these illegals are bringing in. Look at the Demand for Whooping cough vaccine now. It was almost eradicated. It think they call them heirloom diseases. Maybe they should call them parasites-brought-in-by-unchecked-illegal-alien diseases
Taqiyyotomist commented:
THE PRESIDENT: Now, I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books, but that doesn’t mean
I don’t know very well the real pain and heartbreak that deportations cause.jack squat, and if you knew me at all, you’d know that.(Maybe he swore a more powerful oath to someone ELSE. Soros comes to mind.)
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Obama: it all depends on what the meanings of the words “swear” and “oath” are — and I’d like to thank William Jefferson Clinton for that cogent argument for doing whatever the hell I damn well please. My definitions are not yours — I have my own dictionary, which changes whenever the hell I want it to. So SURE, I “swore” an “oath”. What that meant to me was that I “said I might, but only if I felt like it”.
—-
I SURE WISH OUR MILITARY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM WOULD COME HOME AND UPHOLD THEIR OATH.
…against ALL enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC.
My keyboard to God’s ears.
sablegsd commented:
IMPEACH!
ohiochili commented:
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
Voltaire
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
Frederick Douglass
We will endure this tyrant no more.
mg4us commented:
It should be clear to us now why Obama halted deportation proceedings of illegal aliens on a case be case basis. . .
- Not for illegals (as they broke the law illegally entering the US) . . .
- Not for Mexico . . .
- Not for Hispanics . . .
Nope. . he did it to protect he only one that matter. . himself. . .
Folks researching his Birth Record are close to showing the fraud that he is and that he was not born in the US. . and his mother was too young under the laws in place at the time to bestow citizenship on him. . actually she made him an INDONESIAN citizen when he was adopted and moved there. . .and there is no record of him renouncing it. . .
Obama is the one here ILLEGALLY. . He is the illegal alien he is worried about protecting!
impeach the fraud. . .and ALL those in the government that have sold us out to allow this to happen!!
Terry1960 commented:
With respect to this post and the one concerning a “new” Federal Diversity program, Obama has proven incompetent on the issues of economy (among others); time to revert to the tried and true Democrat/Socialist mantra…..Social Reengineering.
Patty commented:
There should be investigations of the DOJ and when Obama is out of office, there will be.
Obama bypassed Congress in Libya, so what is preventing him from by pass Congress over and over again. Once, this administration is out of office the Chit will Hit the Fan.
Patty commented:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-white-house-funded-obamacare-internet-propaganda-campaign/
this is another little bypass and manipulation
Patty commented:
The DOJ has been letting go criminals.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/01/shocking-new-documents-detail-dojs-reasons-for-releasing-marxist-bomber/
So, I believe this administration is already working without the approval of anyone.
TennDon commented:
IMPEACH de-felon. Do it NOW!!!
Patty commented:
I asked is the new style in Washington. Look presidential and have others do your dirty. Indeed it is. And as far a little know document called the Constitution well, it is apparently little KNOWN to the leaders in office now.
Patty commented:
You can promise the moon to the most vulnerable and they will believe it. You can give the children of illegals who the left say, “they are innocent” and you can promise that families will not be separated but when illegals come here to have babies just to stay here and squeeze the life out of all of us tax payers. Well, that is the last straw.
When arrested they must be deported. And this means ILLEGALS ONLY. Those with proper papers who are working and paying taxes, of course they can stay. We are a melting pot but it seems the lawmakers and Obama are literally burning up this nation with bureaucracy and manipulating the laws for political gains.
Time for real action and once Obama and the boys are out of office I truly believe there will be administering the laws that are already on the books. Why has it been so hard to do this.
tommy mc donnell commented:
i don’t think the majority of people want him to bypass the congress and change laws by himself. maybe the majority of the media do but thats about it.
now that some people have finally awaken to the democratic party’s plan to establish a permanent one-party system in the country thru colonization like they have in the inner cities of america they are going to fight to implement the plan anyway they can. anyone see dictatorship here.
steve Christensen commented:
So the POTUS openly defies the Constitution and completely ignores the laws of the land, and no one seems to be upset. The “keepers” of the Constitution (REPUBLICANS) are so myopic in their repealing ObamaCare, spending cuts and deficit reduction that they can’t seem to see that Obama is emptying the candy store…….The most urgent issue facing this country is the conversion of the Executive branch into a dictatorship.
Obama now decides what laws are constitutional, and which are not. He implements policies previously denied by Congress and seems to be creating a government in the executive branch that is completely outside the rule of law and functions without regard for constitutional restraint. Everyday he gathers more power in the executive and further distances himself from the other two branches of government.
And, I still want to know who paid for the $1.1million dollar bus that carried him on his recent “listening” tour…..
Sandy commented:
Everything Obama says has a sell buy date after which he does the opposite. We have an economy in crisis mode and now we are being told that we have to share what jobs we have with illegals. I don’t think Obama is planning on a second term that’s why he’s in such a hurry to finish us off.
kato commented:
“Look, I’d like to give y’all more of that Obama Money from my stash, but those tea-party Republicans won’t let me. We need to use the political process — strikes, flash mobs, recall elections. I’ll do my part. I’ve got Holder launching politically motivated criminal investigations. In the meantime, I’ll be doling out some more Section VIII money. And while I’m on vacation, my reparations czar and my union overseers will be thinking up new ways to redistribute the wealth.
“Dont you worry, Maxine. I’ll get you that money.
“By the way, Government Motors stocks is down almost 40 percent. Go out and buy a Volt, and send Geithner the bill. I’m sure we still have some of that stimulus money lying around somewhere.”
mg4us commented:
Keep this in mind
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/the_anti-american_president.html
gee! commented:
Impeach is not going to happen , half of congress know that this guy is fraud their not going to jail for anyone or any country.
silentcal_rox commented:
that’s the way it WAS before Ocommie, and his union thug “Brown Shirts” came to town!!
Joanne commented:
Obama is not allowed to change laws – only Congress can make and amend laws. The U.S.A. had a dictator and people make jokes.
silentcal_rox commented:
my first reaction was impeach the arrogant S.O.B’ in the houde, convict him in the senstre, and toss him out on the street! BUT, it will be quicker to vote the low life out, along with his minions (hear thea claire?) and ship him out oin November 6, 2012!! we can render him powerless until then! NO JUDICIAL CONFORMATIONS for this clown, he nominates one , , ,BORK them!!!
asdf commented:
Impeach the son of a b*tch.
Allen West commented:
I will call for his impeachment just as soon as I get through with my interviews on ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, BBC, CBC, and FOX.
Molon Labe commented:
And what are the brave, oh so brave, GOP going to do about this?
What will Romney, Perry, and the other RINOs say?
Zip, nada, zero, zilch.
Molon Labe commented:
If Obama can do this will the GOP candidates step up to the plate and pledge they will accelerate the rate of deportations, especially those people who Obama is trying to protect?
Janet Napolitano commented:
Go ahead Hussein, start doing things on your own…It may be the first time in American history when our military stages a coup to save the Republic from a usurper!
Sam Stone commented:
Treasonous and a High Crime which should lead to impeachment.
burt commented:
He is suppose to enforce the laws of the land. If he does not want to, it is time for him to go.
Treason never flourishes, for if it does…None dare call it treason.
Larkin commented:
The American people have NO advocates in government.
The majority of politicians, including republican pols are there for their own aggrandizement.
It’s time for the military to clean house and set this country back on track, because regardless of how our system is SUPPOSED to work, nefarious forces are preventing that from taking place.
Beachluver commented:
Can the Supreme Court do anthing about removing this POS from the White House? It’s obvious the DOJ will do NOTHING……ERIC HOLDER should be prosecuted himself for the Fast and Furious debacle!!!! Over a hundred new vouchers for Obama care were DUMPED right before the week-end……I mean were going to have to start a list of his impeachable offenses…..I meanhow are we going to hang on till 2012? I LOATHE this jugged-earred man-child!!!!
chip williams commented:
Why do we put american citizens in jail for breaking the law.But, we give amnesty to wet backs…dumb ass
chip williams commented:
Doesn’t anybody see a connection between our polluted food supply,and all the new deseases since we started importing from foreign countries without regulations.How about the sicknesses….uhhhhh SWINE FLU…hello is there anybody in there???