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Obama: Time to refocus on domestic matters

I dismiss the notion that it should be a prevalent topic in serious discussions regarding current policy.

I disagree. It informs much of our policy visions.
 
... Regarding his second statement, if you actually listened to the entire soundbite he was simply pointing out that the constitution places many restrictions on what the government can and can't do, but leaves the interpretation of what the government and state must do as an open ended argument.


OMG! Really? Look, it is laid out. The Constitution specifically lays out what the government can do. Period. It was specifically written like that to keep overbearing government in check. Clue, the Founders were fleeing exactly that type of government in England.

And that is the thing liberals often get dead wrong like Obama.

j-mac
 
Well, there is more than one thing...It could be how he dismisses the concept of American Exceptionalism, or, it could be how he tells an interviewer that the founding fathers got it wrong making the constitution a "charter of negative liberties...." etc.

American Exceptionalism is a myth, at least the way lots of people use it. Americans can be exceptional, we have been exceptional in the past, but we're not just naturally exceptional without trying. Over the past couple of decades, we've stopped trying. We've shipped our industry overseas, we've stopped being a global leader in innovation, we've just... existed. That's not exceptional. We can get it back again, we just have to stop being the whiny bitches of the planet.
 
Yep.... Time for the US to stop spending on one of the few LEGAL/CONSTITUTIONAL items in the budget and start throwing even more of the money at the UNCONSTITUTIONAL things.... Healthcare, Education, etc....
 
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