The New York Times is reporting that Dear Leader's legal minions are actually weighing whether or not to recommend that he issue a "signing statement" asserting that he doesn't have to abide by the terms of a just-passed (by a Democratic-controlled Congress, mind you) defense bill, at least when it comes to restricting the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay.
This is an amazing about-face from a person who (very justifiably, in our view) complained so vociferously during his 2008 campaign about President George W. Bush's excessive use of those very same signing statements, and who unequivocally vowed not to use them himself for any reason. Let's fire up the wayback machine and let the man definitively tell you so himself:
How, then, can that course of action be on the table enough to justify even having such an internal debate?
The President's demonstrated ability to completely ignore so many of the flowery promises he so clearly stated barely two years ago is nothing short of astounding.
An officially-labeled site of "right-wing extremism" according to the Obama Administration, which overbroadly defines that term in part as:
"Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into...those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration."
"Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment", footnote, page 2.
In addition, persons who oppose illegal immigration or are against the further regulation of firearms are similarly tarred with the same smeary Federal brush in that assessment.
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