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Home Front: Politix
VDH: The Next President Unbound
2016-09-30
[RealClearPolitics] But the press is the most blameworthy. White House press conferences now resemble those in the Kremlin, with journalists tossing Putin softball questions about his latest fishing or hunting trip.

One reason Americans are scared about the next president is that they should be.

In 2017, a President Trump or President Clinton will be able to do almost anything he or she wishes without much oversight -- thanks to the precedent of Obama's overreach, abetted by a lapdog press that forgot that the ends never justify the means.
Partially true: the press would continue flying cover for President Clinton; President Trump will be fact-checked even on what he said he had for breakfast, and whether it really is boxers or briefs.
Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#3  In fact so-called fact checkers would declare that Trump had Pancakes for breakfast even if he is right there eating Wheaties and milk for breakfast.

And too large of a percentage of the voters would believe what the media tells them over their own lying eyes.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2016-09-30 14:08  

#2  The Senate used to ratify treaties. In the past, a president could not unilaterally approve the Treaty of Versailles, enroll the United States in the League of Nations, fight in Vietnam or Iraq without congressional authorization, change existing laws by non-enforcement, or rewrite bankruptcy laws. Not now. Obama set a precedent that he did not need Senate ratification to make a landmark treaty with Iran on nuclear enrichment.

Reads like treason and high crimes and misdemeanors to me.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-09-30 14:01  

#1  Of course, being unable to look beyond the next moment, the media doesn't grasp that in a one party dominated government there is no need for more than one media outlet. There are only so many Rotary Club and local high school events to cover.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-09-30 13:19  

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