President Obama Uses an Autopen: Do You Feel Cheated?
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2011/06/28 11:00:00
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Do you have a letter from the president -- past or present -- that you treasure?
Well, we hate to burst your bubble, but that letter probably wasn't really signed by him.
According to The Associated Press, it's an "open secret" that presidents of both parties have used an autopen.
"You want to preserve the president's semblance of reaching out and being connected," Jack Shock, who handled President Bill Clinton's autopen as his director of presidential letters and messages, told the AP. "But the cold hard facts are that when you get 10,000 letters a day he can't possibly handle all that kind of correspondence himself."
We're guessing that most Americans understand that the president of the United States does not have time to sign 10,000 letters a day -- who does? But some say President Obama went too far when he recently used an autopen to sign an extension of certain provisions of the Patriot Act.
The legislation had been approved by Congress at the last minute, and there was no time to fly it to France for Obama's signature before the anti-terrorism powers expired, the AP reports.
Nevertheless, 21 GOP House members sent Obama a letter on June 17 asking him to re-sign the legislation with his actual signature.
Do you think it's OK for the president to use an autopen?
Well, we hate to burst your bubble, but that letter probably wasn't really signed by him.
According to The Associated Press, it's an "open secret" that presidents of both parties have used an autopen.
"You want to preserve the president's semblance of reaching out and being connected," Jack Shock, who handled President Bill Clinton's autopen as his director of presidential letters and messages, told the AP. "But the cold hard facts are that when you get 10,000 letters a day he can't possibly handle all that kind of correspondence himself."
We're guessing that most Americans understand that the president of the United States does not have time to sign 10,000 letters a day -- who does? But some say President Obama went too far when he recently used an autopen to sign an extension of certain provisions of the Patriot Act.
The legislation had been approved by Congress at the last minute, and there was no time to fly it to France for Obama's signature before the anti-terrorism powers expired, the AP reports.
Nevertheless, 21 GOP House members sent Obama a letter on June 17 asking him to re-sign the legislation with his actual signature.
Do you think it's OK for the president to use an autopen?
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Top Opinion
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rusty 2011/06/28 12:53:18
Every time he uses that Auto Pen to sign those Executive orders that he signs on Fridays.
I feel Cheated every time the goes on Vacation and we pay for his vacation... but wish the Scumbag and Wife would vacation in Iran.
I feel cheated every time he uses that Auto Pen to give more Taxpayer Money to his Muslim Friends.
Remember he must have used that Auto Pen to allow an additional Immigrants into the United States in 2011.
Did he use that Auto Pen when he provided funding for Hamas Membesr to immigrant into the United States.
Guy is a slick willy want-a-be POTUS that cares nothing for the laws of the land and the
Constitution of the United States.
PERHAPS we can allow him to use that Auto Pen from Leavenworth when he is sentence to life in Prison for being a TRAITOR and Domestic Enemy of the State.
IF the law is a facsimile of a law, a facsimile signature would be appropriate. For an actual law an actual signature would be called for and not too much to expect for nearly a half million dollars per annum paycheck.
Using the auto-pen for fan mail and memos is one thing. When you are signing an amendment to something as important as The Patriot Act your genuine signature is most definitely needed.
OTHER Than that .. already knew about the auto-sign ..
And as far as this adminstrator goes .. could care less (worthless)
Yeah I feel cheated...but not over a fricking Pen
No shame in it if you ask me. Write on as you please, Obama.