As I watch the president’s poll numbers plummet, and I see much of what I feared would occur now come to pass, gloating would almost be too easy. But much to the chagrin of my Liberal Progressive detractors, I feel only sadness and disappointment at the failure of the POTUS. To be clear, his policies were doomed on the merits, and even more so by his experience as chief executive of absolutely nothing before becoming president. But there are two things which stand out for me and that I believe are truly detrimental to our posterity.
First and foremost, this president (with a lot of help from a complicit and irresponsible main stream press), has exploited the “low information voter” like none before him, aligning him/her with the drop dead progressive sycophant who would follow him over a cliff regardless. In doing this, he’s created a new and dangerous demographic if you will, unconcerned with and unhindered by our founding principles, stated values and/or the heavy price paid for their right to be ignorant.
Second, he’s garnered unto the executive branch, illegal powers and privileges which were and are to be purposely held in check by the other co-equal branches of government. So dangerous could these precedents be as future POTUS’s come and go, that our very system of government might be rendered incapable of finding a way through to actually govern.
Regardless, and while his presidency is essentially over in year six, President Barack Obama’s ideological mission has cost our nation dearly, and repairing the damage he’s done will be a challenge over the long haul to be sure. The question is, do “We the People” have what it takes to be informed and capable of nursing our republic back from the brink for our children’s sake? Well do you?
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