Monday, June 18, 2012

Obama's Power Grab

President Obama has proven during his term that he is not above directly and blatantly disregarding the Constitution to get his way (see ObamaCare, choosing not to uphold duly passed statutes like DOMA, installing "czars" not subject to Senate "advice and consent", etc.), now with his re-election on the line, he imposes immigration rules similar to the "DREAM" act that was defeated in Congress by fiat.  With one stroke of the pen he just granted (by conservative estimates, there are likely more) around one million illegal immigrants "backdoor amnesty" with vague assurances of getting work permits if they entered the US before age 16 and are under age 30, attended school or served in the military.  Now military service and school attendance can be independently verified, but what about the others?  Of course, this gives the Democrats another million potential registered voters (if that Voter ID rule wasn't in effect, which Holder's DOJ is working on getting thrown out) and is blatantly unconstitutional, as the president does not have the power under Article II to choose not to enforce laws he didn't like.  While acknowledging President George W. Bush used "signing statements" to not enforce things he didn't want to do (and not making them less constitutional), the media frenzy was crazy, calling for his impeachment, etc., but do you hear anything from Obama's media about his actions...NO!  And if he wins re-election...since he cannot be elected for a third time, he will have no accountability and therefore will be free to do what he wants, further damaging the country, yet there are still 40+% of people who want him back in office...of course, most of them are probably seeing the fruits of his presidency (massively extended unemployment benefits, welfare, food stamps, etc.) and don't want the gravy train to end.  I am still confident the country will make the right decision in November, but with Obama proving he will do ANYTHING (legal, illegal or otherwise, as he has no morals) to win a second term he doesn't deserve, his opponent (Romney) had better be prepared for whatever the left throws at him.

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