How Not to Lead the U.S.
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 15th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
How Not to Lead the U.S.
David Corbin & Matt Parks, The Federalist
Reject Obama’s Plan for the Syrian Rebels
Erick Erickson, RedState
We as a nation must do something about ISIS. The organization is a threat to our national security. If we do not kill them now, they will come here to kill us. They are not a rational player. They are an apocalyptic player. They do not just have expansionist desires. They have desires to bring about the end of the world to usher in the Mahdi and Jesus. We must deal with this threat in the Middle East or in some street in the United States. But the Congress must reject President Obama’s plans to fund, train, and arm the Syrian rebels. That is not a solution, but an Admiral Ackbar moment.
Heather Has Two Genders
Meghan Gurdon, Wall Street Journal
Once upon a time, there was a red crayon that could only draw blue: blue fire engines, blue strawberries, blue hearts—all things we know to be red he could only draw in blue. No matter how hard the crayon tried, no matter how critical the remarks of others, the crayon couldn’t behave in accordance with the label on his side.
The Next Steps on Immigration
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, RCP Changing Lanes
RCP’s Tom Bevan asks Rep. Adam Kinzinger about Republican views on immigration.
Obama’s Betrayal of the Constitution
Bruce Ackerman, New York Times
BERLIN — PRESIDENT OBAMA’s declaration of war against the terrorist group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria marks a decisive break in the American constitutional tradition. Nothing attempted by his predecessor, George W. Bush, remotely compares in imperial hubris.Mr. Bush gained explicit congressional consent for his invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. In contrast, the Obama administration has not even published a legal opinion attempting to justify the president’s assertion of unilateral war-making authority. This is because no serious opinion can be written.
