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Is Obama Really Hypocritical on Signing Statements? Yup.

Presidency News - Tuesday, 30 June 2009No Comment

Is Obama Really Hypocritical on Signing Statements? Yup.by Julian Ku Was I unfair in calling Barack Obama “hypocritical” in issuing his (otherwise sensible and constitutional) signing statements last week? Hypocrisy is a strong charge. On the other hand, Obama explicitly denounced the “theory of George Bush that he can make laws as he is going along” by using signing statements and then flatly promised not to use any such statements when in office. See for yourself. So maybe hypocrite is not so hyperbolic in this context. Is there

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