Obama: 'I Am Not a Dictator. I'm the President.'

SIC EMPER TYRANNIS!!!
Mark Matheny
March 2, 2013


Here is a video clip from C-SPAN from March 1, where Obama claims he is "not a dictator", but the President:
He continued, "So, ultimately, if Mitch McConnell or John Boehner say that we need to go to catch a plane, I can't have Secret Service block the door way, right?"
The comment was in response to a reporter's question.
 Not a dictator? Let's see:
1) www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/dictatorShare
Definition of dictator : A dictator is someone who has absolute power — or who at least behaves as if they do by bossing others around.
2) www.thefreedictionary.com/dictatorShare
dic·ta·tor 

1.
a. An absolute ruler.
b. A tyrant; a despot.
2. An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency.



www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictator
n.
1.
a. An absolute ruler.
b. A tyrant; a despot.
2. An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency.

a : a person granted absolute emergency power; especially :one appointed by the senate of ancient Rome
b : one holding complete autocratic control
c : one ruling absolutely and often oppressively

Now does Obama fit any of the characteristics of a dictator?  You know, a man who "has absolute power — or who at least behaves as if they do by bossing others around", or one " appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency"? ........ Nah, not at all, couldn't be - right?
Also notice that the definition states a dictator as a "Roman magistrate". ... Now tell me who really runs things in Washington? And if Obama is a dictator, then he is a Roman Magistrate, working for Rome, and not the U.S.  ....... something to think about.


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