RANT: Politicians lie; we suffer

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/us/politics/13obama.html

Obama Making Plans to Use Executive Power

By PETER BAKER

Published: February 12, 2010

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Already, Mr. Obama has had to reconcile his campaign-trail criticism of Mr. Bush for excessive use of so-called signing statements to bypass parts of legislation with his own use of such tactics. After a bipartisan furor in Congress last year, Mr. Obama stopped issuing such signing statements, but aides said last month that he still reserves the right to ignore sections of bills he considers unconstitutional if objections have been lodged previously by the executive branch.

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Argh! Forked tongue.

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