They only gripe when they are not in the office ... why are there term limits for Presidents???
On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > *Conservatives Fight Against Excessive Presidential Power * > > Posted 2 hours ago > <http://godfatherpolitics.com/27408/conservatives-fight-against-excessive-presidential-power/> > by Onan Coca <http://godfatherpolitics.com/author/onan/> > > Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) is one of a handful of young conservatives who > are leading the fight to protect the Constitution. These young Congressmen, > with names like Rand Paul (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), Justin > Amash (R-MI), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Ted Yoho (R-FL), Matt Salmon (R-AZ) are > standing up to the entrenched establishment of both parties and demanding a > return to our constitutional core values. > > In a recent speech before the Senate, Sasse began what will be a series of > different arguments demanding that Congress fight back against the unlawful > misuse of Executive Power being demonstrated by President Obama in recent > years. > > It’s a powerful speech that brilliantly underscores our need for better > leadership in Congress and a return to Constitutional principles in the > Republican Party. > > *The problem of a weak Congress and executive growth should be bad news to > all of us and, more importantly, to every constituent who cast their votes > for us under the impression that Congress made decisions— not suggestions. > I think the weakness of the Congress is not just undesirable, but is > actually a dangerous thing for America.* > > Excerpts of the Senator’s remarks > <http://www.sasse.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=F92AC9BC-330D-44E9-9731-9B4283D20CF9> > : > *"Imagine President Trump has been propelled into the White House... He > signs an executive order to turn the Peace Corps into stone masons and > build a wall. He shutters the Department of Education and, by executive > order, turns the Department of the Interior into the classiest oil company > the world has ever known."* > > *"So what happens next?... After having raged against a supposedly lawless > President [would Republicans] suddenly find that they are actually okay > with a strongman President, so long as he’s wearing the same color jersey > that they are? He may be a lawless sonuvagun but, some would say, he’s our > lawless sonuvagun. Would the ends justify the means?"* > > *"... the problem of a weak Congress and executive growth should be bad > news to all of us but, more importantly, to every constituent who cast > their votes for us under the impression that Congress makes decisions— not > just suggestions."* > > *"I think the weakness of the Congress is not just undesirable, but is > actually a dangerous thing for America... I don’t think this because I am a > Republican and the current occupant of the White House is a Democrat. In > fact, I think we need to have this debate now precisely because we don’t > know who is going to control the White House next."* > > *"I think it, rather, because I have taken an oath of office to the > Constitution; and I’ll still hold this same view when a Republican > president next tries to reach beyond his or her constitutional powers."* > > *"In this series of addresses on the growth of the administrative state > and on the unbalanced nature of executive branch and legislative branch > relations, my goal is not primarily to advocate. My first goal is just to > do some history together..."* > > > Read more at > http://godfatherpolitics.com/27408/conservatives-fight-against-excessive-presidential-power/#oAY98oGmWJplG9Ct.99 > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMnVlMmI3BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NTEyNDM3MDQ-> > > > [image: Yahoo! 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