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“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence
in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” –
Thomas Jefferson
If President Barack Obama is reelected, he will be in office
four more years without having to worry about another election, and hence even
less accountable to the American people than he has been thus far. The mainstream
media will cover for him, slant things his way, rarely criticize him, and
generally be his obedient servants. He won’t have to worry much about the truth
being published, and even when it is he won’t be much affected.
So what would be the prospects for America in an
Obama second term? We haven’t fared too well during his first term. Most of
the “change” we’ve seen has left us “hoping” for something to reverse many of
the changes. Perhaps the Supreme Court will strike down Obamacare, but there is
no guarantee. If they do, a second Obama term would likely see an effort to
introduce single-payer insurance, especially if Democrats are somehow able to
retain the Senate majority and regain the House majority. Only a GOP filibuster
would stand in their way.
In all probability, we would see several more Solyndra-type
debacles with billions of dollars wasted in grants, loan guarantees, and
subsidies to enterprises that are doomed to failure from the start for lack of
market. All to satisfy the enviro-fascists, who are willing to sacrifice
economic recovery for ill-fated “green” programs that won’t work. Oh, and Mr.
Obama might get another crack at cap and trade, though at the moment it seems
the global warming scare is being more widely seen as the fraud and hoax that
it is.
The Food Stamp president would further expand the poverty
rolls, create even more government-dependent families and do a great deal
toward allowing the illegal immigrants to receive social services, unionize,
and vote (Democratic, of course.)
The Buffet Rule states that no millionaire should be taxed at a rate less than 30 per cent. This would likely be heavily
propagandized as a great necessity, using typical Marxist/Alinsky techniques of
class warfare, claiming that failure to enact the Buffet Rule is the grossest
injustice ever, and economic inequality is the main problem (except for the “God-awful
recession we inherited,” as Vice President Joe Biden recently described it).
Apparently the Bush Administration was so bad, its ill effects can never really
be overcome. Not true, but it may take generations to undo Obama’s damage to
our liberty, let alone our economy.
Obama, unfettered by electoral concerns, and already on
record as having favored infanticide, may try to promote the killing of newborn
babies because of their cost and carbon footprint. HHS Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius recently testified that more contraception would be an economic
cost-saver.
Gay marriage figures to be even more of an in-your-face
demand than ever, with Obama probably “pivoting” to a full endorsement of it in
a second term. That would surprise basically no one.
Religious liberty would suffer further, with attempts to
make it a “hate crime” to preach or advocate against homosexuality or Islam, as
it already is in much of Europe. You can
contrast Europe and other Western countries with America
and see the still-great contrast between the U.S., which has the First Amendment
(still sort of intact) and the others, which have no First Amendment
guarantees, but still claim to be part of the “Free World.” And they are, in
the sense that totalitarianism has not yet resorted to death camps, and it’s
still possible to have a relatively pleasant life as long as you don’t say or
do anything that someone might find offensive. In America, the First Amendment is
under attack and needs special efforts at protecting it. A new Obama
Administration would make progress toward finishing it off.
These are a few of the doubtful prospects under an Obama
second term. Maybe he would do a lot of positive things, but I wish someone
could show me even one beneficial policy he has got enacted in his presidency
thus far. It is a sick joke for Democrats to accuse Romney of being “out of
touch” compared to Obama, who daily displays his disdain for the Constitution
and the American people. He is a special interest in himself, constantly
grasping for more power and more money.
I like Rick Santorum and hope he will be the GOP nominee. But
any of the four remaining GOP candidates, or whatever dark horse may emerge
from the convention, would be greatly preferable to another four years of Obama
as president.
Socialist dictatorship should not be our fate.
Stay tuned.
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