Zen Democrat
19. No. He was required to sign it.
The law, passed by Congress on January 2, says that "on March 1, 2013, the president shall order a sequestration for fiscal year 2013." He waited until the end of the day to sign the order.
In August 2011, congress passed the Budget Control Act of 2011 requiring the sequester order to be signed on January 2, 2013, if congress had not passed a bill with individually-named cuts totaling $1.5 trillion dollars by December 31, 2012. In the “fiscal cliff†deal, the deadline was moved to February 28, 2013. Congress failed to pass individually-named cuts by either deadline.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/03/1191324/-Plain-English-primer-on-sequestration#
You hear that? *Required* to sign it. Had to. No choice.
Where do they invent this stuff from? The most powerful man in the world was required, he had no choice? You mean if he didn't that he would be arrested and thrown in jail?
Honestly, I think the whackos from DailyKook could possibly be even more stupid than the primitives. And this Craig Hardegree that wrote it is an attorney in Atlanta, which automatically tells me he doesn't understand the law. He's actually trying to argue Congress sent him a bill that was required to be signed by a certain date, as if Congress can create a document that says the POTUS has no choice but to sign it. What a crock.
99Forever
22. The evil Republicans forced him to do it.
He had no other choice. It's all their fault, the President was powerless to anything about it.
No sacarsm tag but this poster isn't exactly part of the 100% Dear Leader worshippers. At least I'm holding out hope he's kidding.
TroglodyteScholar
26. The idea was that such wide-reaching cuts would be reprehensible to Dems and Pugs alike.
A faulty assumption, to be sure. Today's right-wing is willing to let the military take a little hit as long as it still means the little guy gets ****ed hard.
He did it not think it would ever happen.
So more than likely we've got the only answers the idiots will ever attain.
1) The most powerful man in the world had no choice.
2) He signed it thinking it would never happen.
3) It wasn't something law permitted him to veto (a slight variation of #1).
Wow! That's really pitiful coming from the most intelligent people on the planet.
Hey primitives, none of these excuses, what you foolishly would call "reasons," are worth the screen they're typed on. These are some of the most stupid excuses to try and explain why he signed it into law. It raises the question of why be the most powerful person in the world if you have no choice but to do exactly what you're told to do, and how stupid do you have to be to sign something into law with the full intent of not expecting it to take place ?
Part of what makes Dear Leader look so stupid are dimwits like you defending him and the dumb excuses you make on his behalf.
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