Originally Posted By: Barry the Pirate
Originally Posted By: Houstondon
Originally Posted By: Barry the Pirate
Originally Posted By: CxGxPx
The president doesn't really have the power to lift the embargo. It's a congressional matter. Funny how this occurs at the same time of harsh new sanctions against Venezuela


It really is because Cuba taught Chavez how to rule.

What's funnier is that JFK started the embargo by Executive Order.

He may not have the power Constitutionally, but does that matter anymore. Presidents have been slowly setting precedents increasing Executive power since FDR. It certainly didn't start with our Boy King.

I'm thinking the motivation for this whole thing is to break the lease regarding Guantanamo.


Presidents have been expanding their powers since the beginning, Lincoln taking the most liberties (and getting away with it) for what many now consider good purpose.


If you call a .50 cal ball in the back of the noggin getting away with it. I was thinking in the modern era, but you're right. Up until maybe the turn of the 20th Century, it could maybe be written off as growing pains or fine tuning the system. Not so much now.

Just because a lone assassin ended his life does not mean he did not get a pass by the other branches of government and the majority of the nation but your other points are well taken. Now, the executive branch makes marginal adjustments to wide sweeping policies and purposefully allows them to be interpreted however need be, that trend largely starting with FDR as you say.