The Obama as Master; full flavor edition

There is some discussion of whether the president actually ordered Speaker Boehner and the others onto his carpet. Here is the White House transcript excerpt:

So here’s what we’re going to do.  We have now run out of time.  I told Speaker Boehner, I’ve told Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, I’ve told Harry Reid, and I’ve told Mitch McConnell I want them here at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. 


We have run out of time. And they are going to have to explain to me how it is that we are going to avoid default. 


You judge it your way, I'll judge it mine, to wit:

A young hustler jumped on the public tit early in life and prospered "organizing" Chicago neighborhoods south of the Blackstone Hotel. He discovered a natural talent for slithering through the snake holes of the Cook County tyranny machine and  added enough luck to find himself hired to administer the executive branch of the government of the United States of America.

Despite his self-proclaimed status as a professor of constitutional law, his imperial summons of Friday, July 22, 2011, reveals ignorance of   --  or more likely a conscious decision to ignore -- the Constitution of the United States, particularly Articles 1, 2, and 3.

In other words, Mr. President, you chose last evening to announce that the legislative branch is subject to your orders and therefore no longer a separate and equal branch; that leaders are at your beck and call; that you have a right to summon them before you  at a time and place of your exclusive choosing, and, like an insecure headmaster at a squalid private school, to order them produce their homework.

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On January 20, 2010, you raised your hand and swore:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."


Just words, eh, Sir?