How Obama Dumped Hagel (UPDATED)

Politico  He ‘just wasn’t the man for the job,’ president concluded.
 

"When President Obama first summoned Chuck Hagel to the Oval Office in October, he wanted to know how his Pentagon chief planned to cope with the dangerous new threat posed by the Islamic State that had drawn the reluctant president back into war in the Middle East, not to mention getting a sense of Hagel’s other plans for the final two years of Obama’s presidency.

"But after several lackluster, low-energy sessions, Obama was so unimpressed by the performance of his laconic, self-effacing defense secretary that he decided Hagel “just wasn’t the man for the job,” according to a senior administration official. That set in motion the decision that led to Hagel’s decorous dumping on Monday by a president who almost never fires anybody—and never admits it when he does." 
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" ... he dashed off an uncharacteristically sharp memo to National Security Adviser Susan Rice slamming the administration’s Syria policy as rudderless and ill-defined."

" ... few expect his departure to solve the deeper problems plaguing Obama’s national security team given the iron grip exerted on foreign policymaking by Obama’s West Wing staff.
... "But Hagel’s main gripe, according to people close to him, was what he viewed as a disorganized National Security Council run by Rice—a criticism shared by McDonough, according to a senior administration official."  Read more:

Defense Secretary Hagel fired  "Obama couldn't fire Kerry.  He's a liberal Democrat who's very popular with Dems on the Hill.  Hagel, on the other hand, had outgrown his usefulness.  He had zero credibility with both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, making him the perfect fall guy for Obama's incompetence.

"The world is going to hell largely because of a lack of American leadership on a wide variety(SP) of issues.  Obama should stop casting about for goats and look in a mirror to discover the reason for his failures."

Obama relishes his immigration order

http://terrellaftermath.com/

If he walks like an emperor, if he talks like an emperor, if he rules like an emperor.......well...

 

WH Reporter Asks If Obama Thinks He’s ‘the Emperor of the United States’  “ 'Because [Obama] was asked very specifically about the idea of expanding the deferred action executive order for the DREAMers to their parents. And he said September 17^th last year on Telemundo, very clearly: ‘If we start broadening that, then essentially I would be ignoring the law in a way that would be very difficult to defend so that is not an option. Is that still off the table?” asked Karl

"Karl: “When the President said specifically that expanding the DACA executive order is not an option because it would be ignoring the law. Does he still believe that?”

“ 'Well Jon, I don’t want to get ahead of – what – any sort of announcements that the President might make, before the end of the year, about executive actions that he may take to fix our broken immigration system. Since [the Telemundo] interview aired, the President did direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a review of the law to determine what, if any, authority he could use to try to fix some of the problems that House Republicans have refused to address. SO this is something that has been under consideration for a long time…”
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"Karl: “But I’m not asking about the options, I’m just saying: Does the President still stand by what he said in that interview in September last year?”

“ 'Well, Jon, obviously there are some things that have changed,” Earnest fumbled.

“ 'So no,” said Karl." ....

Here’s How to Stop Obama’s Amnesty Order  ... "Savage told his listeners the new Republican-majority Congress has a weapon at its disposal, if it only is willing to deploy it.

“ 'If the executive order is based on a statute, Congress can change the statute, thereby nullifying the order,” Savage said.

“ 'Come January, the first day – instead of all the ceremony – call [Congress] back in session, go to power, go to the mats and change the statute. Day One,” he told his “Savage Nation” audience Thursday.

 

"He noted that the only instance in which Congress could not nullify an order is if the president is acting according to an exclusive power granted to him by the Constitution." ...

Obama Met With Ferguson Protesters in Secret, Wants Them to ‘Stay on Course’

Defund.com  "The New York Times hid this in the 21st paragraph of their report:

But leaders here say that is the nature of a movement that has taken place, in part, on social media and that does not match an earlier-era protest structure where a single, outspoken leader might have led the way. “This is not your momma’s civil rights movement,” said Ashley Yates, a leader of Millennial Activists United. “This is a movement where you have several difference voices, different people. The person in charge is really — the people. But the message from everyone is the same: Stop killing us.”

Christian booted from National Cathedral speaks out

WND  

 

... "The Islamic “jummah,” or Friday call to prayer, would be held on America’s grandest Christian stage – the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

 

"It was a bold move that had never been tried. Leaders of the Episcopal cathedral said sending prayers up to Allah from a Christian church would show the world that two religions at odds with each other for centuries could “approach the same God” as one body of believers.

 

"The stage was set. The prayer rugs were neatly arranged facing Mecca. The lights shone down on the imam for his opening remarks.

 

Not so fast.

 

"Christine Weick, a 50-year-old Michigan woman with flowing blonde hair who lives out of her car, rose from the packed National Cathedral, the hall of halls in terms of religious prominence in America, and moved toward the front of the church.

 

"She pointed to the cross hanging overhead.

 

"That cross seemed to be the one thing nobody wanted to look at, she told WND Saturday in an exclusive interview." ....   Read more

 

Obama Is Damaging Hillary’s Chances

WSJ    "Mrs. Clinton’s popularity has plunged, and she is increasingly trapped by her former boss’s record."

 

 

"President Obama ’s high-risk immigration gamble may have severe consequences for Washington, the country and the Democratic Party, most of all Hillary Clinton .

"Mrs. Clinton’s putative bid for the Democratic presidential nomination is already running into trouble. The national exit poll from the recently completed midterm elections showed her with less than a majority of voters (43%) saying she would make a good president. When pitted against an unnamed Republican candidate, Mrs. Clinton lost 40% to 34%.

"Those grim numbers followed on a September WSJ/NBC poll showing a plunge in Mrs. Clinton’s favorability rating, to 43%, from 59% in 2009.

"And that was before President Obama launched a defiant post-midterm campaign discarding political compromise and unilaterally doubling down on his unpopular policies. As a candidate, Mrs. Clinton would likely inherit a damaged party—and as a former member of his administration, she would struggle with the consequences of Mr. Obama’s go-it-alone governance." ...

President Obama Gets Schoolhouse Rocked on SNL Over His Illegal Immigration Orders

Independent Journal Review  "Saturday Night Live ratcheted up the laughs against President Obama for his unprecedented amnesty orders using the throwback song from Schoolhouse Rock, “I’m Just A Bill.' ”

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"It starts out with the familiar boy climbing the steps of Capitol Hill and asking what kind of bill is on the Hill with him. The bill responds with a jingle that he is an “immigration bill” and that he hopes he can be passed into law someday.

 

"Cue the President shoving the bill down the stairs before inviting his buddy, the cigarette smoking “executive order,” into the picture.

 

"The boy exclaims in bewilderment that what the President is doing is unconstitutional, but the executive order just laughs at the boy’s belief that he still thinks that is how government works.

"It seems this skit would even funnier if it weren’t so true of the political process today. But it does pack a punch in terms of just how far from the constitutional framework that this nation has strayed, and how America is losing its way due in large part to its lawless leadership."  

Hat tip to Sammie, from Texas.

 

Left decries SNL’s ‘repeated Obama bashing’ while conservatives laugh

America’s Deconstruction Complete Under Obama.Rule of Law Gutted.Where Is The Nation Heading?

Adina Kutnicki

Photo of Ferguson activist Umar Lee, a Muslim who threatened

 to behead people in September.

 

Umar Lee with Rep. Ellison, also a Muslim

 

... "Al Sharpton, a White House advisor, was in Ferguson until the day of the election. He met with Barack Obama the day after the election and has returned to Ferguson to foment rebellion. He is being guided by the president of the United States.

"Barack Obama would fit in with these extremists or with the Occupiers. Like them, he wants a national movement to bring in his vision of a new America, one that meets his requirements for social justice. He is guiding this. It’s not about Darren Wilson or Michael Brown, it’s about his movement to fundamentally change America."..

OKLAHOMA: Muslim Attacks Christian With Knife, Says Muslims Need to “Step Up” Beheadings

Clash Daily

"The religion of peace strikes again in Oklahoma. Check this out…"

Upon their arrival, officers learned the victim, Jerome Bullockand 54-year-old Jimmy Stepney had been arguing about the Bible and the Quran.
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“We were watching the news,” said Bullock. “He said he felt like more Muslims need to step up to the plate and do certain thing. He was talking about beheading people.”
Because of the statement, Bullock says he asked Stepney, who’d been staying with the family, to leave.
Stepney complied but eventually came back and started arguing with Bullock.
According to the arrest affidavit, the pair began fighting in the yard after Stepney allegedly punched the victim.
Witnesses told officers that Stepney had a knife and was attempting to stab the victim. That’s when Bullock’s mother, Diane Range, came out with a baseball bat and started swinging at Stepney.
Read more: KOCO

Via Doug Giles at Guardian Eagles

"Tom Wood The satanic verses in the Koran tells it all !!" He posts here:

 

 

King Living Like a King; People Living Rotten

Bokbluster

 

"President Obama believed in his heart that marriage is between a man and a woman. Until one day he woke up and he didn’t. He said he evolved.

 

"The president likes to insist he’s not a king. Twenty-two times he insisted he couldn’t just change the immigration law. Until Thursday he did. He insisted his position hadn’t changed.

King

But what more can we expect from a king in silk stockings and pink satin pants? (Allan Sherman My Son the Nut, “You Went the Wrong Way, Old King Louie”)

 

Obama to Congress: It’s My Way or My Way

Jonah Goldberg : Congress’ placating the president on immigration would establish a precedent for lawless executive action.
... "Like a cannibal in a coma ward, I have no idea where to begin. It is always remarkable to me — which is why I am remarking upon it — how the only way this president can be rescued from a bad news cycle is if an even worse one comes along. This is a source of frustration for many on the right who get outraged by the fact that “we” don’t talk enough about Fast & Furious or Benghazi or the IRS scandal or the VA scandal or Ukraine/Syria/Islamic State/China/Libya/Gitmo . . . . etc. The reason some of these topics get pushed to the backburner, even on the right, is that another controversy or scandal suddenly eclipses the previous one." ...  Full article

Andrew C. McCarthy:  Alinsky Does Amnesty : The only limit on the president’s power that he recognizes is political expediency. 

 

"President Obama is an Alinskyite.​

"That assertion is not an epithet — well, not primarily. True, I would not describe someone I admired as an “Alinskyite.” Saul Alinsky was a loathsome figure — a radical statist who whose toxic brew of thoroughgoing deceit and brass-knuckles extortion (“direct action”) has become a part of mainstream politics. But in tying the president to the seminal community organizer whose theories and tactics so influenced him, my purpose is more to decode than to insult him."  Full article

 

 Roger Kimball; More genius juxtaposition from Matt Drudge
Here’s one cluster of links on Drudge’s home page today:
O-WHIPPED: REPUBLICANS LEAVE TOWN WITHOUT IMMIGRATION BLOCK…

 Obama Mocks…

 Blasts Boehner…
"Last Tuesday, Obama crossed a Rubicon, ostentatiously demonstrating his Caesarian contempt for the law by effectively granting amnesty to 5 million illegal aliens (those the president calls “undocumented immigrants”). He brazenly circumvented Congress and traduced the Constitution (violating along the way his oath to “faithfully execute” the laws).

"What will the Republican establishment do about this upsurge of tyranny? On the evidence so far, not much. They will whine. They will bluster.  They will file toothless lawsuits that are guaranteed to go nowhere and achieve nothing." ...
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 Kimball concludes his article with this link:

"Also read: Boehner Is Under Obama’s Thin Skin, Let’s Hope He Stays There"

http://www.teapartytribune.com/2011/05/13/naked-truth-obama/naked-truth-obama/

Ferguson Protests Grow Larger: ‘We Don’t Give a F--- about Your Laws’

NRO  "The protests in Ferguson, Mo., on Friday night grew larger than previous days’ gatherings of protesters, despite the rain and cold weather. Police officers used a megaphone to ask protesters to leave the street outside the Ferguson Police Department or they would be arrested. In this video, protesters responded by chanting ”F— the police” and shouting “We don’t give a f— about your laws like you don’t give a f— about our lives.” Warning: Video contains foul language."
 

 

 Black Quill & Ink

 

Conservative Black Chick: Death of Black Teen Michael Brown Incites Another Race War

 

... "The District of Columbia has had black mayors and predominately black city council for nearly the past 30 years and blacks are killed daily most often by other blacks. I wonder if Mr. French considers the “black government in DC to blame” or if the race card is reserved only for blacks, who are allegedly killed by cops or white people?

"Black advocates like French, Sharpton and President Obama need to start playing the honesty card for a change and allow true justice be served."