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Obama, a One-Man Revolution
National Review ^ | 12/25/2014 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 12/25/2014 9:23:09 AM PST by Servant of the Cross

In his “fourth quarter,” he feels free to ignore popular opinion, the rule of law, and Congress.

Until now there were two types of peaceful American change. One was a president, like Franklin D. Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan, working with Congress to alter American life from the top down by passing a new agenda. The other was popular-reform pressure, as happened in the 1890s or 1960s, to change public opinion and force government to make new laws or change existing ones.

Barack Obama has introduced a quite different, third sort of revolution. He seeks to enact change that both the majority of Americans and their representatives oppose. And he tries to do it by bypassing Congress through executive orders and presidential memoranda of dubious legality.

Take so-called climate change. Even when Obama enjoyed a Democrat-controlled Congress, he could not ram through unpopular cap-and-trade legislation. Now he promises to reduce carbon emissions through executive orders. He just signed a climate-change “accord” with China, bypassing the U.S. Senate, which by law must approve treaties with foreign powers.

Polls show that a majority of Americans oppose amnesties and want immigration laws enforced. The 2014 midterm elections were a reminder of those realities.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: executiveamnesty; executiveorders; illegal; obama; obamadictator; revolution; vdh
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1 posted on 12/25/2014 9:23:09 AM PST by Servant of the Cross
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To: Servant of the Cross

Yet the feckless Boehner and McConnell do nothing to stop the unlawful ‘revolutionary’.


2 posted on 12/25/2014 9:25:23 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Sir Napsalot; Kaslin; neverdem; EXCH54FE; 2ndDivisionVet; Rummyfan; smoothsailing; Hojczyk; ...

VDH ping ...


3 posted on 12/25/2014 9:26:12 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Servant of the Cross

It’s good to be King.


4 posted on 12/25/2014 9:28:03 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (If you thought the Mulatto Marxist was bad, wait until the Menopausal Marxist is Elected.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

The traditional props for Cuba’s failed Cuban economy – Russia and Venezuela – now have failed economies of their own.

Don’t worry he will come up with a New Tax or Fee to save his communist buddies. Maybe he should appoint Sean Penn as Ambassador to Venezuela??


5 posted on 12/25/2014 9:32:46 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: Servant of the Cross
Yet the feckless cowardly Boehner and McConnell do nothing to stop the unlawful ‘revolutionary’.

There...fixed...

6 posted on 12/25/2014 9:33:38 AM PST by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Thank you.


7 posted on 12/25/2014 9:33:46 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Servant of the Cross

One man wrecking ball.


8 posted on 12/25/2014 9:35:07 AM PST by WyCoKsRepublican
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To: Servant of the Cross

The pushback against the socialist architecture, aka BIG GOVERNMENT, has barely begun.

FUBO
FUCONgre$$
FUU$$C
FUFED

Fundamental change? It cuts both ways. Adios mofos.


9 posted on 12/25/2014 9:35:12 AM PST by PGalt
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To: Servant of the Cross

—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.


10 posted on 12/25/2014 9:36:27 AM PST by PGalt
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To: Servant of the Cross

Remember Bammy ain’t like the other presidents on the dollar bills. I would buy toilet paper with his image on every sheet. Quilted Bammy.


11 posted on 12/25/2014 9:37:14 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny, dontchyaknow.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

BUMP


12 posted on 12/25/2014 9:40:54 AM PST by golux
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To: Servant of the Cross

Unlimited golf, 5-star vacations, and POTUS pardon bribes.
It’s gonna be a great two years!


13 posted on 12/25/2014 9:41:29 AM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, Convict, Deport)
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To: Servant of the Cross
"Yet the feckless Boehner and McConnell do nothing"

Because they are probably 70%-80% in total agreement with what Obama is doing.
14 posted on 12/25/2014 9:42:25 AM PST by indthkr
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To: Servant of the Cross

Gee. I was thinking more of a “One-man Train Wreck” myself.


15 posted on 12/25/2014 9:45:42 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Servant of the Cross


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16 posted on 12/25/2014 9:46:29 AM PST by Patton@Bastogne
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To: Servant of the Cross

Where is his birth certificate or any other documentation?

Is THAT why he is above all Law?


17 posted on 12/25/2014 9:46:45 AM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: nascarnation
hes already renting out the desk in the Oval Office..for short periods...


18 posted on 12/25/2014 9:47:05 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Servant of the Cross

I guess a ‘new kind of president’ requires a new way of dealing with him.


19 posted on 12/25/2014 9:49:38 AM PST by jimbug
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To: MeshugeMikey

Lord help us...(OMG that’s funny)


20 posted on 12/25/2014 9:50:50 AM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, Convict, Deport)
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