Meaningless Order

Obama's executive order, ostensibly to prohibit public funding for abortions, is meaningless. Bart Stupek and company have been played for fools by Pelosi and her cohorts. Executive orders are directives issued by the president that deal primarily with the prerogatives of the executive branch of government, i.e., those working under the direct authority of the president. The extent to which these orders can interfere outside that branch is dubious. The bill signed by Obama allows individuals to obtain policies which can fund abortions. That is the LAW. The executive order cannot trump explicit stipulations in a law. The executive order is simply smoke and mirrors so that the soi-disant "pro-life Democrats" can reassure their constituents that they stood for principle. They did nothing of the sort.