Obama & Copenhagen

Is The Great Leader above the Constitution?

Can he void it at will?

Article 2, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution is crystal clear: “He [the President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.”

Apparently not.

Yet, the Great Leader, The Messiah, The Protector of the Poor,
President Obama is headed to Copenghagen, for the Climate Summit,
intending to sign a treaty.

There is no way that 2/3 of the Congress is willing to go along with this scheme to take US taxpayer funds and give them to the rest of the world.

And there is no way 2/3 of our Congress is willing to shut down our industry to acheive some mythical global warming goal.

President Clinton & Al Gore made such an attempt in 1997 (Kyoto), and there was so little support for it that they didn't want to be embarrassed by sending it to Congress, and they didn't.

Yet, today, The Great Leader is asserting that the constitutional principles governing Gore and Clinton in 1997 don’t apply to him in 2009.

Say that again?

Fortunately, I wasn't the only one who noticed - here is a cut & paste of a letter sent to President Obama about this subject;

Dear Mr. President:

I would like to express my concern regarding reports that the Administration may believe it has the unilateral power to commit the government of the United States to certain standards that may be agreed upon at the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The phrase “politically binding” has been used.

Although details have not been made available, recent statements by Special Envoy on Climate Change Todd Stern indicate that negotiators may be intending to commit the United States to a nationwide emission reduction program. As you well know from your time in the Senate, only specific legislation agreed upon in the Congress, or a treaty ratified by the Senate, could actually create such a commitment on behalf of our country.

I would very much appreciate having this matter clarified in advance of the Copenhagen meetings.

Sincerely,
Jim Webb
United States Senator


What do you think ?

Is President Obama ready to go it alone ?

Will the Congress go along with it ?