This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For

[vontar]

"This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For"

 

In my opinion, it is about time they answer something with out using a canned response.

 

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/isnt-petition-response-youre-looking

Edited January 12, 2013 by vontar

[Chucktshoes]

They get mad points for funny. I think the funniest line was the one about "working to reduce the deficit." I nearly split something internally. Edited January 12, 2013 by Chucktshoes

[Oh Shoot]

Wow, that's the only good thing to come of this administration since it began.

[npgunner]

Even NASA gets that it's better to let private firms do the work instead of the government

Also ... does anyone know if that robot has a Martian laser permit?

[JohnC]

You should read the response to the impeach Obama petition. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/short-answer-no-keep-reading

Official White House Response toWe request that Obama be impeached for the following reasons. .

The Short Answer is No, but Keep Reading

By The White House

Believe it are not, petitions like the one you signed are one of the reasons we think We the People is such a valuable tool. There are few resources that do more to help us engage directly with people about the issues that matter to them -- especially people who disagree with us.

So let us use this opportunity to set the record straight:

President Obama didn't declare a war in Libya -- and the limited military mission he did order was in keeping with decades of historic precedent.

The Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act -- and they upheld the law.

The President has deep respect and appreciation for the Constitution -- he studied it in law school, he taught students about its principles as a professor, and as a lawmaker and now as President, he's carried out its precepts.

And let's be clear, many of those who have been called "czars" have in fact been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as prescribed by federal law, and others hold policy jobs that have existed in Administrations stretching back decades.

So the short answer is that we won't be calling for the President's impeachment -- and given the fact that you made your appeal to the White House itself, we doubt you were holding your breath waiting for our support.

Here's the important thing, though. Even though this request isn't going to happen, we want you to walk away from this process with knowledge that we're doing our best to listen -- even to our harshest critics.

The key is that we can disagree without being disagreeable. That's the kind of public dialogue Americans deserve.

President Obama has said time and time again that neither party has a monopoly on good ideas. And he's repeatedly asked that all Americans -- those who agree with him, as well as those who don't -- do their part to get involved with their democracy.

That's why the White House has created a host of new tools and channels to help concerned citizens hear from us, and more importantly, to help President Obama hear directly from you. And the fact you signed this petition means you've already found at least one of them.

Tell us what you think about this response and We the People.

[Guest PapaB]

The President has deep respect and appreciation for the Constitution -- he studied it in law school, he taught students about its principles as a professor, and as a lawmaker and now as President, he's carried out its precepts.

 

Well of course he does, you can tell by his actions in office. Recess appointments when Congress isn't in recess, legislating by executive order when he can't get his laws passed, having the feds ignore any laws he disagrees with. He's a regular Constitutional stalwart.

 

Oh yeah, and he was never a professor, he was a "visiting lecturer" according to the school.

[vontar]

was in keeping with decades of historic precedent.

So, if an action is wrong, it is OK if it has been going on for decades?

[TMF]

[quote name="vontar" post="882494" timestamp="1357997075"]So, if an action is wrong, it is OK if it has been going on for decades?[/quote] Well hindsight and all. Our role was limited anyway, and it wouldn't have changed the out come. We spent more last year on red-cockaded woodpeckers than we did on support for Libyan rebels. I felt from the start that we were better off with Qaddafi, but Europe was gonna do what they do and we were right to stand with them no matter who is the President. At least everyone learned a valuable lesson and are staying out of the Syria thing, which is even easier now that the free world doesn't care enough to keep the ratings up on the war footage. I don't think that there are right and wrong answers in matters such as these, just varying degrees of soup sandwich that we should always avoid taking the biggest bite out of.

[QuietDan]

I dislike and hold in contempt this whole "Petition to the White House" crap.

 

It reminds me of Caesar, of the Roman Emperors, of French Kings, of the Emperor of China, all surrounded by plebes or peasants with their little petitions tied with ribbons. "Please glance at my pitiful plea, wretch though I be."

 

"All Hail the God-Emperor Barack Hussein Obama. All Hail."

 

Disgraceful.

 

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Most of these petitions for a "redress of grievances" would be better addressed to our State Governor or State Legislators, or our Congressional Representatives and Senators.

 

"God Bless The United States of America, and its foundation document the Constitution of the United States of America."

Edited January 12, 2013 by QuietDan