Shemp, maybe you're able to talk yourself into believing you're making sense, but of course you aren't.
--- In [email protected], "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > > > About a year or so ago we had a discussion over Obama's > > > comments during his campaign to become the presidential > > > nominee of the Democratic Party in which he said that > > > once he was president that he'd overturn laws he deemed > > > unconstitutional (a big gaffe because any high school > > > student can tell you that presidents can't do that; only > > > the courts can). > > > > We've been through this before, Shemp. You haven't got > > a leg to stand on with this. > > > > > Not if you're going to rewrite the English language, Judy. > > > > > Here's what he was quoted as saying: > > > > "I would call my attorney general in and review every > > single executive order issued by George Bush and > > overturn those laws--or executive decisions that I feel > > violate the constitution." > > > > "Laws" was obviously a slip of the tongue, which he > > instantly corrected. He was talking about reviewing > > executive orders, which *can* be reversed by the > > president. > > > > > > "Laws" may very well have been a slip of the tongue, Judy, as we discussed a > hundred times, but saying right after it "or executive decisions" is NOT I > repeat NOT "instantly correcting" it, as you well know. > > "Instantly correcting" it would have been saying something to the effect "I > meant to say 'executive orders' " which he did NOT say. > > The English language is the English language. Give Obama a little respect > for knowing the English language. > > > > > > > Anyway, at the time you wrote something like: yeah, he > > > said the same thing when he was in Fairfield. > > > > > > Well, I think I've found on youtube what you were > > > referring to. > > > > No, Rick was tellling us what Obama had said in response > > to a question *he* asked Obama, not that Dennis Raimondi > > asked Obama. > > > > > Although he doesn't say it as explicity as the gaffe he > > > made in Denver, > > > > It wasn't even a gaffe. > > > > > > Huh? > > Just above you said it was a "slip of the tongue". Is not a slip of the > tongue a "gaffe"? > > > > > > you can sort of interpret it as the same > > > thing (the discussion starts at about 2:20): > > > > No, you can't "sort of interpret it" as saying he > > himself was going to repeal laws, sorry. > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlPzmyX6sOc > > > > > > Is this what you were referring to? > > > > Here's what Rick said: > > > > "That's almost verbatim the answer he gave to me in > > Fairfield when I asked him about impeaching Bush/ > > Cheney and repairing the constitutional damage they > > had done." > > > > > > If that's the case, then Obama would have said -- almost verbatim -- that he > would reverse laws or executive decisions. > > Please don't reinterpret the English language, Judy. > > > > > > > > And here's Rick's original account of what he asked > > Obama in Fairfield: > > > > "When Obama was in FF, I asked him about impeaching > > Bush and Cheney. He said he felt it would be too > > disruptive that Congress wouldn't get anything > > else accomplished but he said that if elected, one > > of his first moves would be to have his attorney > > general review everything Bush and Cheney had done > > to erode the Constitution, and that he would reverse > > those decisions so as to repair the damage." > > >
