Got another email from the White House.  Seriously, it was easier to get off those NSFW email lists one of my buddies put me on when I first got on-line than it is to get off of this one.  My comments, as always, are in italics.

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The House of Representatives just took a vote — and it wasn’t to raise the minimum wage, put in place equal pay, create jobs, or reform our broken immigration system.  Was it for unicorns?  Or maybe a program to put men on the moon again?  Oh, wait, it was a program to put men on unicorns on the moon, wasn’t it?  

Instead, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives just voted to sue the President for using his executive authority. This lawsuit will waste valuable time and potentially millions of taxpayer dollars.  Oh, well, no unicorns.   So they’re suing the President, huh?  Yeah, probably a political stunt, because no court is going to touch that with a 10 foot gavel (Nancy Pelosi has one, ask her).  But if you’re going to hit them for wasting time and millions of dollars, let’s talk about President “What I did on my summer vacation”.

This is the least productive Congress in decades. And instead of doing their job, they are suing the President for doing his.  Sparky, let’s talk about that.  The President has the job of executing the laws as written, assuming that they are constitutional.  He is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.  He isn’t supposed to be rewriting the laws, selectively refusing to enforce parts of a law that he himself, the President, el Jefe Grande, signed into law and pushed long and hard for, or just making it up as he goes along.

The President is committed to making a difference for the millions of hardworking Americans trying to do right by their families and communities. While Republicans in Congress continue to waste taxpayer money, this President is going to keep doing his job.  Unless, of course, you don’t think that his job is to work on not pulling his putt, racking up those sweet Air Force One frequent-flyer miles, and having photo-ops as far away from the Mexican border as possible.

President Obama remains ready and willing to work with Republicans in Congress if they decide to get serious and do something for the American people. But he is also committed to acting even as Congress won’t. You’ve seen that time and time again this year — from raising the federal minimum wage on new federal government contracts, to expanding apprenticeship opportunities and making student loan payments more affordable.  Which is why when I am elected in 2016, the first thing I will do is rescind each and every one of these things.  Executive orders are supposed to be rare and extraordinary.  He’s put out more of these things in the past couple of years than I have pizza orders.  If Congress won’t act, then you go on TV and bad mouth Congress.  Get people to step on their neck a little, and watch how the legislation starts to flow.  Of course, if he could get Harry Reid to allow votes on things that aren’t right out of his grimoire, maybe a little compromise legislation might make its way to the President’s desk.  Heck, he might even get away with signing or vetoing legislation on the back of his golf cart.

The President is not going to back away from his efforts to use his authority to solve problems and help American families. In fact, tomorrow, President Obama will announce his next executive action to crack down on federal contractors who put workers’ safety and hard-earned pay at risk. It’s just the next in a series of steps this Administration will be taking this year to make sure that American workers are getting a fair deal, and he has pledged to take executive action to deal with our broken immigration system in the months ahead.  Let me try this again.  The Congress makes laws, the President implements laws, and the Courts interpret the laws.  That’s how it’s supposed to work.  If he wanted the job of making laws, he should have stayed in the Senate longer than it takes a good coat of paint to dry.  If he wanted to interpret laws, then he should have paid attention in law school and become a judge.  As for giving us a ‘fair deal’, the only deal I’m looking for is for my employer to give me the pay and benefits he promised me when I hired on.  If I had hired on at poverty wages with no job security because I didn’t think it was a good idea to pay attention in school and get some marketable skills, then that would be a shame on me, now wouldn’t it?  

That’s what this President is focused on. If you want to see it continue, and are sick and tired of stunts like the House Republicans’ lawsuit, then say so: <Insert Link to Propaganda Page Bought And Paid For With My Tax Dollars>.  Here’s what I want the House and the President to do.  I want them, along with the Senate, to meet as co-equal members of our government, hammer out real legislation, and then get on with life.  I prefer gridlock to the last 15 years or so of ideologically driven crap that’s come out of Washington, no matter who’s in the White House or controls the Congress.  

Thanks,

Dan

Dan Pfeiffer
Senior Advisor
The White House
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No, thank you, Dan.  Enjoy the next 30 months of hanging out with the world’s busiest scratch golfer.