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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Obama Slam Of Scalia Proves That Obama Is A Mean Spirited, Ideologically Hateful, Small Little Man

OBAMA MADE HISTORY AGAIN IN THE MOST DISGUSTING WAY THIS WEEKEND

Justice Anton Scalia was laid to rest on Saturday, Feb 20th.

The former justice of the Supreme Court was mourned by thousands both at the funeral and outside of the funeral. Notably absent was President Obama, who became the first sitting President to miss the funeral of a Supreme Court Justice.

Obama’s made history many times in his career as President, this is another one of those times where his actions speak volumes about how much character he doesn’t have.

Glenn Beck writes:

Megyn Kelly stated Thursday evening on The Kelly File that she can find no instance in history where a sitting president of the United States has failed to attend the funeral of a sitting Supreme Court Justice. It’s an unprecedented move on the part of Obama, who once again fails to uphold his duty as president, represent the country and set an example for the American people.

In lieu of attending the funeral on Saturday, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will visit the Supreme Court Friday to pay their respects as Justice Antonin Scalia lies in repose. Of note, there is nothing on the president’s calendar that would prevent him from attending or conflict with the funeral.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Wednesday that Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will attend the funeral at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. According to Earnest, the vice president’s “security footprint is a little bit lighter,” and he has a longtime relationship with Scalia’s family.

But many have slammed Obama for not attending the funeral of the longtime conservative justice, interpreting it as a sign of disrespect. “If we want to reduce partisanship, we can start by honoring great public servants who we disagree with,” Obama’s former “car czar” Steven Rattner tweeted with a link to a headline about Obama skipping the funeral.

According to Politico, there’s not substantial historic precedent for presidents attending the funerals of sitting justices. President George W. Bush not only attended, but also eulogized Supreme Court Chief Justice and fellow conservative William Rehnquist in 2005.

Prior to that, the last justice to die in office was Robert H. Jackson in 1954. On Thursday, presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz dubbed Obama “a lawless and faithless president who’s eager to travel to Cuba but unwilling to attend the funeral of Justice Scalia.” Tim Miller, the communications director for Jeb Bush, simply tweeted “Same.” in response to a message from MSNBC host Chris Hayes, who said, “Some amazing advice my mom gave me once: ‘If you’re wondering whether you should go to the funeral, you should go to the funeral.” Featured

There’s nothing decent abut Obama’s actions towards the deceased justice and his family.

Some have said the justice’s death is more than suspicious, that he might have been murdered, and this is why Obama wouldn’t attend his funeral.

What do you think about Obama’s actions towards Scalia and his family?

Monday, February 22, 2016

Is It Good Obama Skipped Scalia's Funeral?

I'M GLAD OBAMA DIDN'T ATTEND SCALIA'S SERVICE

Exclusive: Joseph Farah declares, 'For once, president did the right thing'

Published: 20 hours ago

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I don’t know why everyone is so surprised Barack Obama skipped the funeral service of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

It’s what I would expect of the most divisive person ever to hold the office of president of the United States.

It’s par for the course. And, speaking of “par for the course,” that probably explains where Obama was during the Scalia funeral – out on the links.

I’m actually glad Obama didn’t cast a pall over Scalia’s farewell. His attendance would have politicized the service more than his absence did.

Lately, you may have heard, Obama has been invoking the Constitution in explaining why the U.S. Senate should, or even must, consider his imminent nomination of a replacement on the bench for Scalia.

Of course, Obama’s constitutional justification for his political position is wrong, but the irony of his argument is self-evident: Since when does Obama uphold the Constitution and the rule of law?

Obama’s seven years in office have been characterized by his contempt for the Constitution – from Obamacare to his efforts to “spread the wealth around” to international agreements that compromise national sovereignty as well as the individual sovereignty of every American citizen to his illegitimate executive orders and executive actions that even he himself acknowledged he had no authority to issue.

Justice Scalia, more than any other American of his time, personified the rule of law. Obama, more than any other president in America’s history, personified the rule of men. He has been the scofflaw president. He’s been a proponent of using the law to do whatever he and those of his ideologically “progressive” bent deem appropriate and convenient at the moment.

While the Constitution is supposed to guide the nation’s political system, subject only to changes through the amendment process it defines, Obama and his appointees on the court prefer a “living Constitution” – one they can bend and twist and shape-shift for their own political expediency.

And that’s the reason it’s appropriate that Obama didn’t insult Justice Scalia’s family, dear friends and admirers with his presence during his farewell services – whatever his own personal motivations may have been.

For once, Obama did the right thing by not showing up – even if it was for all the wrong reasons. What do they say about a broken clock being right twice a day?

After all, this is the personality of the man in the White House. Everything is political with him. Scalia, one of the greatest judicial minds ever to serve on the Supreme Court, represented his political polar opposite – a man deeply and reverently committed to the Constitution’s original intent, particularly when it comes to its strict limitations on federal power.

Scalia’s service was not an occasion for an Obama distraction. It was a time for those who loved him, revered him, honored him and appreciated him to say goodbye and pay their respects. Obama’s presence would have seriously changed that dynamic for the worse.

Scalia was also a man who was not averse to forming deep, warm and friendly relationships with those who held vastly different worldviews and ideologies – people like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan come to mind.

Try to imagine Obama having even one good friend with whom he had strong political disagreements. It’s hard to see, isn’t it? Obama’s not interested in free-wheeling debate. He’s not really intellectually curious. He doesn’t care about understanding why others have different points of view. He’s not even interested in understanding them. He’s ideologically rigid, genuinely intolerant, anti-intellectual and close-minded.

In other words, Obama and Scalia represent polar oppositions in many ways.

So it didn’t surprise me that Obama was a no-show at the funeral.

I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

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