Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
Diane Ellis ·
May 27, 2011 at 11:43pm
President Obama signed an extension of the Patriot Act late Thursday, just hours before the law's provisions were set to expire.
The Senate was able break through legislative gridlock and pass the bill Thursday night, sending it to Obama, who is in Europe, for his signature. The president was expected to use an automated signature to sign the bill into law.
The Obama administration had pressured Congress to approve the four-year extension before the Friday deadline, arguing that if it were allowed to lapse for even a short period of time, it could endanger natonal security.
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Oct '10
Re: Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
As I was asked recently at the demise of Osama, Feel Safer Now ?
Repeat the phrase three times... The robo signing device used for the extension is a bit of an eyebrow raiser....
Dec '10
Re: Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
I like AOTUS (Autopen Of The United States)
Between that and TOTUS, we have our first virtual president.
Aug '10
Re: Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
He was seen commiserating with John Ashcroft about his loss to a dead man. Something about shutting down a porno library in Abottabad.
Jan '11
Re: Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
AmishDude: I like AOTUS (Autopen Of The United States)
Between that and TOTUS, we have our first virtual president. · May 27 at 2:57pm
I opined earlier... with the TOTUS to give speeches and the AOTUS to sign bills, do we even need Obama anymore?
Apr '11
Re: Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
"Signed" with the auto-pen so he can say he never signed it without having to cross his fingers behind his back.
Dec '10
Re: Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
Nothing I could say about this would adhere to the Ricochet CoC.
Mar '11
Re: Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
So, he will do anything to get re-elected - what else is new?
Liberals are not outraged because they know he is the most Liberal president they can have, at the moment, anyway.
All they need is the auto-pen to veto any Obamacare repeal, so they can move on to Single Payer after 2014 or 2016 - they are playing the long game.
Oct '10
Re: Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
Perhaps the AutoPen would carry more significance if it were powered by some Green Energy Program ? Better yet, just a rubber stamp handed to a Union Rep. in the White House, job creation and all that.
Apr '11
Re: Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
Yup.
Re: Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
The hypocricy is outrageous. The Patriot Act was the left's proof that Bush was evil and Dick Cheney was Darth Vader.
Have other Presidents used the autopen? I'd like to know more about the security surrounding that thing. God forbid Michelle gets hold of it while Obama is away. She will ban cheesburgers.
Sep '10
Re: Obama Continues His Stint as Bush 2.0, Crickets Heard Chirping
I think I will applaud Obama for putting the country's interest ahead of his wacky left wing ideology. The Patriot Act, Attacks on Pakistan, Bin Laden, Global Warming, Guantanamo Bay, Military Tribunals, Iraq war, Afghan war, and I suspect numerous others are all examples that Obama can be penetrated by reason and facts.
Good for him.
Your main point however, was more about media bias and of course you are 100% right. They are truly in the bag for BO.