Rand Paul really
gets it. He is offering a short
and sweet amendment to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee resolution on
Syria. And it brilliantly cuts right to the heart of the matter, in part by quoting . . . Obama.
The
amendment quotes from a response Obama gave the Boston Globe back
in 2007 as a Senator, in which Obama said that “the President does not have
the power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in
a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the
nation.”
Paul’s
amendment then provides constitutional backing for Obama’s statement—and
finally declares that “it is the sense of Congress that if this authorization
fails to pass Congress, the President would be in violation of the Constitution
if he were to use military force against the Government of Syria."
Puleeease let there be a vote on this! 1. It’s right. 2. Those who are o.k. with Obama as dictator
will have to come out and vote accordingly.
And, yes, 3. Congress throwing Obama’s words at Obama
would be delicious!
You can see the amendment for yourself here.
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