Less than 2 weeks into the Obama Presidency, we have some new excuses that you can use before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Not.
1. On former Senator and Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, who failed to pay more than $120,000 ($128,203 in taxes and $11964 in interest): “Nobody’s perfect,” said Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs. “It was a serious mistake. …” (February 2, 2009)
“That’s not part of his power, but this is part of the whole theory of George Bush that he can make laws as he goes along. I disagree with that. I taught the Constitution for 10 years. I believe in the Constitution and I will obey the Constitution of the United States. We’re not going to use signing statements as a way of doing an end-run around Congress,” Senator Obama, 2008.
Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe. Steven Chu, December 12, 2008, Obama Administration transition team. So, up to $5 to $8 per gallon is the Obama Administration’s goal according to Chu. [Update: now U.S. Secretary of Energy.]
Valeria Jarret, co-chair of the Obama transition team told Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press (Nov 9, 2008) that “given the daunting challenges that we face, it’s important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.”
As a country, we elect Presidents to govern, not rule.
“I think we can say that, ah, ah, the Constitution reflected a enormous blind-spot in this culture that carries on until this day, and, and, ah, and that ah, the Framers had that same blind spot. Ah, ah, I don’t think that the two views are contradictory to say that it is a remarkable political document, ah, that paved the way for where we are now. And to say it ah, also, ah rep, ah, reflected fundamental flaw of this country that continues to this day.”
KMOV reports:”Last Tuesday without any fanfare, the Barack Obama campaign announced Jennifer Joyce and Bob McCulloch, the top prosecutors in St. Louis city and St. Louis County, were joining something called an Obama truth squad.”
The governor of Missouri responded today, appropriately illustrating the outrageousness of these actions. In a free society, such tactics areabhorrentandreminiscentof the police state tactics of the USSR:
?¢‚Ǩ?ìSt. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of hisMissouricampaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.
Memphis police beat someone and it is caught on tape in booking area. Thugs in Memphis, looks like the SS in Germany. Those officers should be in jail, not just fired: