That title – which is completely accurate, I assure you – presumably means that President Obama is very happy with a judge\’s ruling today.

Well, he isn\’t.

Yesterday, a federal judge in Texas, Andrew Hanan, ruled in favor of the 26 states which filed lawsuits, that Mr. Obama\’s executive action on immigration – which would effectively legalize something like five million illegals without bothering to go through congress – must be put on hold until it is either legislated in the congress or adjudicated in the courts. 

In response, the (not surprisingly) agitated White House issued this statement:

Still wondering why the title of this blog is accurate – why Judge Hanan and President Obama are in agreement?

The answer is that, before he decided to play tinhorn dictator instead of President, Mr. Obama wholeheartedly supported exactly this means of addressing immigration reform.

Want proof? Speaker Of The House John Boehner\’s office has put together a list of 22 different times when President Obama said just that.  You can read them all by clicking here.  But, for the moment, here are three examples – all of which were stated by Mr. Obama while he was President:

• “[T]here are those in the immigrants\’ rights community who have argued passionately that we should simply provide those who are [here] illegally with legal status, or at least ignore the laws on the books and put an end to deportation until we have better laws. … I believe such an indiscriminate approach would be both unwise and unfair. It would suggest to those thinking about coming here illegally that there will be no repercussions for such a decision. And this could lead to a surge in more illegal immigration. And it would also ignore the millions of people around the world who are waiting in line to come here legally. Ultimately, our nation, like all nations, has the right and obligation to control its borders and set laws for residency and citizenship.  And no matter how decent they are, no matter their reasons, the 11 million who broke these laws should be held accountable.” (7/1/10)

• “I do have an obligation to make sure that I am following some of the rules. I can\’t simply ignore laws that are out there. I\’ve got to work to make sure that they are changed.” (10/14/10)

• “I am president, I am not king. I can\’t do these things just by myself. We have a system of government that requires the Congress to work with the Executive Branch to make it happen. I\’m committed to making it happen, but I\’ve got to have some partners to do it. … The main thing we have to do to stop deportations is to change the laws. … [T]he most important thing that we can do is to change the law because the way the system works – again, I just want to repeat, I\’m president, I\’m not king. If Congress has laws on the books that says that people who are here who are not documented have to be deported, then I can exercise some flexibility in terms of where we deploy our resources, to focus on people who are really causing problems as a opposed to families who are just trying to work and support themselves. But there\’s a limit to the discretion that I can show because I am obliged to execute the law. That\’s what the Executive Branch means. I can\’t just make the laws up by myself. So the most important thing that we can do is focus on changing the underlying laws.” (10/25/10)

That clear enough? 

At this point you may be asking yourself how the same President who said the above words, could also put out the statement referenced earlier.

My answer is in the form of a question; one I have asked again and again for years, as lie after lie has been exposed:  How can anyone believe a word this President says?

I don\’t know how to answer it better than that.