we definitely agree that it isn't one.

Chris Matthews is an idiot. All you have to do is watch his promos for his show to know that.

"You can't go to China and become Chinese," then he points to the White House like Obama became an American when he wasn't one, and says something like, "American exceptionalism."

Yeah, a complete moron, just seems no one pays enough attention to catch most of his careless mistakes and stupidities.

parsing suggests desperation.

It is unbecoming.

The latest executive orders are found here:
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/2012.html

I'm not aware of any good reason why anyone should rely upon Chris Matthews for anything. Or other TV gas bags of any stripe. They have been wrong about a great many things, including calling certain people in positions of authority "liberals" or "progessives" when they are not. I can't see how it makes any difference as to whether he uses the phrase "executive order" consistent with the Federal Register's explanation or not.

Also when President Obama signs an EO the White House posts them here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/executive-orders

It wasn't an EO for the whole DREAM Act. It's just so the non-residents brought here at age 15 or younger can apply for two year terms to be allowed to stay, then they can re-apply, and re-apply, etc. As long as certain conditions are met, like no felonies, they will be allowed to stay legally, but not a right to citizenship. So it's different from the DREAM Act, but it's part of it.

Obama didn't use the words Executive Order, but all the reports, confirmed by Napolitano, are that's what it is.

Snopes.com was one source.

List of Obama's Executive Orders:

2009 - E.O. 13489 - E.O. 13527 (39 Executive orders issued) - http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/2009-obama.html
2010 - E.O. 13528 - E.O. 13562 (35 Executive orders issued) - http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/2010.html
2011 - E.O. 13563 - E.O. 13596 (34 Executive orders issued) - http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/2011.html
2012 - E.O. 13597 - E.O. 13615 (19 Executive orders issued) - http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/2012.html


p.s. Like I said up in the OP...

Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Is Different From Issuing An Executive Order: http://mediamatters.org/research/201206160002
President Obama did NOT issue an Executive Order.
The change in immigration policy was set forth in a memorandum written and signed by Napolitano.

I don't trust this b*stard at all ... even the times he's "seemed" to be on the "left" side ...

He made a presidential order. Who cares what it's called?

Don't watch msnbc. They are establishment teevee, Cenk Uynger confirmed that, look it up. Just think about how they focus on republican noise as news, there's something fishy about that. Also their morning spin machine is a repugnant moron with a loud mouth and he's on for three hours, then you get another scumbag Todd. Don't watch their crap, it's bones being tossed at Dems and anyone with two brain cells can see that.