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Editorial See other Editorial Articles Title: Time for Obama to go 'gangsta' on GOP Editor's note: Roland S. Martin, a CNN political analyst, is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith," and the forthcoming book, "The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House." He is a commentator for TV One Cable Network and host of a one-hour Sunday morning news show. (CNN) -- Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer made famous the phrase, "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired." For me, I'm sick and tired of Democrats having power and being unwilling to use it. I've always respected Republicans when they had power because they were willing to use it and maybe apologize later. Today, President Obama walked into the White House briefing room and took some questions, and one of them revolved around recess appointments. He has watched Republicans block many of his appointments, and now he says he made it clear to them that he will "consider" making some when the U.S. Senate goes into recess. "One senator, as you all are aware, had put a hold on every single nominee that we had put forward due to a dispute over a couple of earmarks in his state," President Obama said. "In our meeting, I asked the congressional leadership to put a stop to these holds in which nominees for critical jobs are denied a vote for months. Surely we can set aside partisanship and do what's traditionally been done to confirm these nominations. If the Senate does not act -- and I made this very clear -- if the Senate does not act to confirm these nominees, I will consider making several recess appointments during the upcoming recess, because we can't afford to allow politics to stand in the way of a well-functioning government." This is where the president needs to show his toughness and just do it. Forget the threats. The actions of Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, and other Republican obstructionists will continue if President Obama allows them to run roughshod over him. When you're the top dog, you do what you have to do to govern. Allowing Republican senators to continue to deny your appointments is nonsense. If all of them choose to support a filibuster, then you take it to the American people and show the obstructionists for what they are. You get your grass-roots movement fired up to stand up and do something. The political right used its base to go after Democrats who blocked appointments to the federal bench and other positions. So why not be just as aggressive? If there are members of your own party who stand in the way, such as Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, then you also blast them and make them pay for acting so foolishly. This president got rolled by the Senate over health care. His team made some boneheaded mistakes, and now they are paying for them. Continuing to play footsie with opponents will only get him into more trouble. He should set a deadline to have his folks confirmed. If not, appoint them all during the recess and go on about your business. Obama's critics keep blasting him for Chicago-style politics. So, fine. Channel your inner Al Capone and go gangsta against your foes. Let 'em know that if they aren't with you, they are against you, and will pay the price. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Roland Martin.
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#1. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
Obama's appointments are worthless cretins like Cass Sunstein. The American people wil not like them if they can see them. Stephen Lendman, a Leftist, said that Obama is worsan Bush. OBAMA IS AN ECONOMIC MORON. WHAT HE IS DOING ECONOMICALLY DOES NOT EVEN MAKE SENSE. HE WILL COLLAPSE THE ECONOMY BY SUMMER. OBAMA WILL NOT EVEN BE A ONE TERM PRESIDENT AS HE WILL DESTROY THE COUNTRY LONG BEFORE JANUARY OF 2013. I cite as an example his budget which calls for tax increases durng a Depression but also calls for a 1.6 trillion dollar budget deficit. Last year he had a 1.417 trillion dollar budget deficit and another .470 trillion dollar off budget Ben Bernanke has bought 80% of all Treasuries. What he should have done was to seize the FED and issue a debt free money like Lincoln's Greenbacks. And he should have kept his campaign promise to pull our troops out of Iraq.
So is Obama. He wants to appoint people who are most like him.
He wants them even worse than he.
Doubt he will find many of those.
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