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View Poll Results: Does the President have dictatorial powers?
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Old 10-03-2008
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Re: Does the President have dictatorial powers?

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Obama said that he wants to kill the Whiteness inside of him. He was ashamed of being partially White when he was growing up, even though his White relatives took care of him after his Black father abandoned him in typical Negro fashion. He has made numerous hateful comments against White people.
Citations, please

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There are numerous other cases of Blacks murdering Whites after usurping political power: Hati, Rhodesia, South Africa.
Um, did you ever notice that "whites" are a bit more than 10% of the population in the US?




Oh, and for the record: fuck stormfront.
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Citations, please
Barack Obama and Race

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Um, did you ever notice that "whites" are a bit more than 10% of the population in the US?
However, < 10% of Whites believe in defending themselves against non-Whites in the U.S.

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Oh, and for the record: fuck stormfront.
Being the anti-White bigot that you are, you would never say that about a Black or Mestizo version of Stormfront.

The preachers of "tolerance" and "peace" are the most intolerant, bloodthirsty hypocritical bastards on this planet.
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Re: Does the President have dictatorial powers?

I voted no, but I think that under certain circumstances the answer is definitely yes. Congress realized this problem in the 70s; national emergencies essentially permit the executive to activate incredible powers. They tried to curb it with the National Emergencies Act, but I don't think it was very effective. A state of emergency in the whole United States will still see a very, very powerful president. The legislature is still somewhat powerful, but following WWII the power of the executive has grown and grown, i.e. National Security Act, the Cold War, increasing executive orders, 9/11 and so on. An active role in world politics is very useful for a strong executive, IMO.
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So Liberal excrement heads just get to wave their hands and say "I'm right because I said so, and I don't need to explain myself to you." yet their opponents are supposed to support every claim that they make?
You have supported none of the claims you made with what I consider to be valid information. You don't actually have to, because I consider your claims to be lunacy, but that's another issue.
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You cannot reason.
You are utterly unaquainted with the meaning of the term 'to reason', so using it only makes you look foolish.
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You attacked the character of the source for allegedly being similar to Stormfront.
Which doesn't make it an ad hominem.
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That's all that Marxist scum can do: make wiseass remarks and act like chickenshits when called on the lack of evidence presented for their outrageous claims.
When I see a Marxist scum, I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

In the meantime, I don't consider you rational enough to justify any further 'discussion' as it were.
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"Furthermore, is the President's control of the military absolute, or can certain orders legally be disobeyed?"

You are seriously lacking in understanding of the meaning of the word "or."


Yes - Control is his
Yes - Illegal orders can be ignored

would you have preferred yes and yes ?
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That's not a real source, sorry.


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However, < 10% of Whites believe in defending themselves against non-Whites in the U.S.
Really? Where's your proof of this?

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Being the anti-White bigot that you are, you would never say that about a Black or Mestizo version of Stormfront.
Really? Clearly you don't know me. Nice of you to project, though.

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The preachers of "tolerance" and "peace" are the most intolerant, bloodthirsty hypocritical bastards on this planet.
So much ascribing, so little clue.
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Re: Does the President have dictatorial powers?

I'd need to smoke a big ol' bag o' weed to even begin to consider anything in the OP seriously...
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