Reagan -- Remember When Republicans Demanded He Be Impeached For Using Executive Authority ...

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1. Excellent!!!

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2. GOP Lie Goes Up in Flames:

EVERY President Since and Including Eisenhower Used Executive Power on Immigration







Josh Kilburn
November 19, 2014

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The Center for American Progress added addition context, and noted that every president since Dwight Eisenhower — from Ike to Obama — has used executive orders on the issue of immigration. Specifically, it’s happened on 39 different occasions over the last 60 years — that’s little over one every two years, beginning with the Immigration and Nationality Act in 1952:

“Since Congress first passed a comprehensive immigration law—the Immigration and Nationality Act—in 1952, each of the 11 subsequent presidents, from President Dwight D. Eisenhower through President Barack Obama, have used their broad executive authority to address unanticipated situations affecting foreign nationals at home and abroad. These executive actions have filled gaps in legislation by permitting certain individuals to temporarily enter or remain in the United States when it serves the nation’s interests. They have protected people from specific countries—such as Hungarians and Cubans fleeing communism, Iranians fleeing revolution, Chinese nationals after the Tiananmen Square massacre, as well as Salvadorans, Hondurans, Guatemalans, and Nicaraguans after a hurricane. These executive actions have also addressed individuals who share attributes or possess common equities such as spouses and children of immigrants who received legal status under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and, more recently, DREAMers through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program…

While the the Center notes that only congress can fix our broken immigration system by passing reform, President Obama will be continuing a 60-year-old bipartisan tradition if/when he uses president authority to help with the immigration system.

So, given this, if what Obama is doing is impeachment worthy, then why haven’t these dyed-in-the-wool patriots been rushing to impeach every single president since Ike?

If your answer was “because none of those other presidents were black,” congratulations, you win a cookie.

read more: http://aattp.org/gop-lie-goes-up-in-flames-every-president-since-and-including-eisenhower-used-executive-power-on-immigration/

[malaise]

3. The truth, the whole truth

and nothing but the truth

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5. you won't hear it on FOX "News"

nt

[freshwest]

15. There's a reason they hate Obama:

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20. ...

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4. BOOM: Two Republican Presidents Acted Without Congress to Grant Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants --

– ZERO Calls for Impeachment.

Bob Cull
November 19, 2014

Republicans in the House have refused to act on the immigration reform bill passed by the Senate in June of 2013, leading President Obama to announce that if they do not act soon he will use his authority to issue an executive order granting legal status to millions with family members who already have legal status. The outcry from the “family values” party has been deafening. Republican congressmen have called him “lawless” and accused him of “shredding the Constitution,” calling it an “unprecedented” usurpation of congressional authority. There have even been calls for impeachment if he acts unilaterally. But is it unprecedented? The answer is a resounding “no.” It was done by two of the previous three presidents with no one calling for impeachment.

In 1986, Congress passed and Ronald Reagan signed into law sweeping immigration reform which was immediately recognized as being flawed with provisions that would divide families, deporting some while members of the same family would be allowed to stay.

In 1987 when Congress failed to amend the law, Reagan acted through the INS to allow the minor children and spouses of those who were granted amnesty by the new law to stay in the country — and there was not one peep about impeachment or lawless behavior by the president.

In 1989 the Senate passed a measure that would have allowed those covered by the executive action to stay with an 81-17 vote and the House failed to act on it.

In February of 1990, President George H.W. Bush acting through the INS, granted “family fairness” which allowed up to 1.5 million family members of immigrants who benefited from the 1986 law to stay without fear of deportation and work in the U.S. Once again there was no uproar and in October of that year, Congress passed another immigration reform law making their status permanent.

read more: http://aattp.org/boom-two-republican-presidents-acted-without-congress-to-grant-amnesty-to-illegal-immigrants-zero-calls-for-impeachment/

[Cha]

6. Nope, and neither do you! Rofl napkinz.. Mahalo!

[napkinz]

7. hey Cha!

[Cha]

9. Excitment, napkinz! Immigration Reform by EO 'cause the gop won't get off their lazy a$$.

Thanks for the timely reminder of st Ronnie EO and the last 5 Presidents!(I did not know that).

oh btw, matt salmon's a freaking loon.

[Rex]

8. I'm sure it only has to do with politics and not skin color...ayup...

Gosh, what is different about all those other presidents...hmmm...just can't put my finger on it. Just can't figure it out...what could it be...

[Cha]

10. Just saw this..

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/11/20/this-is-america-we-welcome-people-from-all-around-the-world/

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13. thanks Cha!

great find!

[Iliyah]

11. Ya think GOP house and the ones in the senate are crazy now

expect total insanity comes January 2015. Again with the help of corporate media, nothing that anyone from the Democratic Party do which favors the working class and the poor will be covered but in fact be twisted and trashed just like the mid-term elections.

Right now the nutso GOPs are babbling with full support of corporate media. Impeach, lawsuits, shut down, Mexicans will violently take over America, Mexicans will take your jobs (majority are already working and getting paid from the very Corporations that support GOP with slave labor), et al.

The GOP party wants a one party system or I'll say a dictatorship by any means necessary.

[appalachiablue]

12. Hypocrisy! Too bad the GOP didn't impeach Reagan.

What a missed opportunity to lose him, the jelly beans and Mommy. Sigh...

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

14. +100000000000000000000000000

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16. +100000000000000000000000001

[Cha]

17. Tweet you're gonna love!

James Morrison ✔ @JamesPMorrison
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One good thing about Reagan being retroactively impeached by Republicans for his executive orders is we can call it National Airport again.
9:17 PM - 20 Nov 2014

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/11/20/hump-day-means-laughter/#comment-1194436

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18. let's change it to Barack Obama Washington National Airport

Just wait a few years when schools and aircraft carriers are named after President Obama.

Teapublican heads will EXPLODE!

[Cha]

19. Obama International Airport!

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21. but not too far in the future, they won't be calling the ACA "Obamacare"

... the success and eventual higher public approval of the ACA will drive them to call it something else ... oh, perhaps Romneycare

(assuming the Supreme Court doesn't kill it next June)

[Stuart G]

22. k and r...no text

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23. kick

nt