Barack Obama: A Royal Pain

Both Time (September 10, 2012) and Newsweek (October 20, 2012) trumpeted it:  if reelected, Obama is determined to perform, in Newsweek’s words, a “kingly power play” to remake America in his own image and likeness.  By that they mean that Barack will find any and all ways to avoid Congressional oversight and, therefore, to seize unbridled control of the federal government.  The twin periodical sisters of radical liberalism rationalize that power play politics is necessary to overcome proverbial “Congressional gridlock’ in order for Obama to do the presidential “right thing;”  to them, the Constitution’s separation of powers provision is an inconvenient, anachronistic impediment that the President needs to circumvent in order to update and liberate our nation.

Sound alarmist?  Perhaps, but true no less.  Think about what Barack Obama, the regal unilateralist, has done so far.  You will recall that, among other things, he and his surrogates manipulated us through their following one-sided, non-legislative actions:

Created the following czars, answering only to the president (list quoted from Glenn Beck at http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/29391/:

Afghanistan Czar – Richard Holbrooke

AIDS Czar – Jeffrey Crowley

Auto Recovery Czar – Ed Montgomery

Border Czar – Alan Bersin

California Water Czar – David J. Hayes

Car Czar – Ron Bloom

Central Region Czar – Dennis Ross

Climate Czar – Todd Stern

Domestic Violence Czar – Lynn Rosenthal

Drug Czar * – Gil Kerlikowske

Economic Czar * – Paul Volcker

Energy and Environment Czar – Carol Browner

Faith-Based Czar * – Joshua DuBois

Government Performance Czar – Jeffrey Zients

Great Lakes Czar – Cameron Davis

Green Jobs Czar – Van Jones

Guantanamo Closure Czar – Daniel Fried

Health Czar * – Nancy-Ann DeParle

Information Czar – Vivek Kundra

Intelligence Czar * – Dennis Blair

Mideast Peace Czar – George Mitchell

Pay Czar – Kenneth R. Feinberg

Regulatory Czar – Cass R. Sunstein *

Science Czar – John Holdren

Stimulus Accountability Czar – Earl Devaney

Sudan Czar – J. Scott Gration

TARP Czar – Herb Allison

Technology Czar – Aneesh Chopra

Terrorism Czar – John Brennan

Urban Affairs Czar – Adolfo Carrion Jr.

Weapons Czar – Ashton Carter

Weapons of Mass Destruction  Policy Czar – Gary Samore

Failed to prosecute flagrant New Black Panther Party voter intimidation of whites in Philadelphia that occurred during the 2008 presidential election.

Petitioned the United Nations Council on Human Rights to investigate Arizona for trying to defend their border from foreign invasion.

Enacted presidential executive orders to allow illegal aliens to remain, study, and work in the USA.

Provided millions, if not billions, in funding for failed so-called green energy-related schemes that enriched Obama financial supporters.

Created cap and trade laws that stifled our energy industry while promoting off-shore oil exploration by foreign countries, such as Brazil.

Supported health regulations demanding that religious groups accept abortion and birth-control programs that violate their most fundamental, sacred beliefs.

Deliberately avoided scheduling presidential press conferences so not to address unpopular Obama policy questions, while repeatedly meeting with day- and night-time, liberally-biased talk show hosts to chat about rap music and sports.

Refused, for at least seven months, to provide protection for the U.S. Embassy personnel in Libya despite their repeated, desperate requests because the request jeopardized the administration’s “We are not George Bush” foreign policy narrative.   

The only minimal restraint on Barack Obama’s imperious conduct thus far has been his fear of being embarrassed by being the “one term president” that the Republicans promised he would be.  Those who have read my book, Dreams from My Father, or who have seen 2016: Obama’s America know that the “kingly power play” of a second term Barack Hussein would be ruthless efforts to dismantle the guts of traditional United States institutions and to replace them with quasi-socialistic bureaus of this and of that, bureaus led by czars who genuflect and kiss the ring of their sovereign.