Obama Has Just Begun

NRO ^ | 24 Nov 2015 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Rummyfan]

How much damage can he do in his last year in office? Insidiously and inadvertently, Barack Obama is alienating the people and moving the country to the right. If he keeps it up, by 2017 it will be a reactionary nation. But, counterintuitive as it seems, that is fine with Obama: Après nous le déluge. By sheer force of his personality, Obama has managed to lose the Democratic Senate and House. State legislatures and governorships are now predominantly Republican. Obama’s own favorable ratings rarely top 45 percent. In his mind, great men, whether Socrates or Jesus, were never appreciated in their time. So it is not surprising that he is not, as he presses full speed ahead. Obama certainly has doubled down going into his last year, most recently insisting on letting in more refugees from the Middle East, at a time when the children of Middle Eastern immigrants and contemporary migrants are terrorizing Europe. What remaining unpopular executive acts might anger his opponents the most? Close down Guantanamo, let thousands more refugees into the United States, free thousands more felons, snub another ally, flatter another enemy, weigh in on another interracial melodrama, extend amnesty to another million illegal aliens, make global warming laws by fiat, expand Obamacare, unilaterally impose gun control? In lieu of achievement, is the Obama theory to become relevant or noteworthy by offending the public and goading political enemies.

[stanne]

Reactionary?

No

Constitutional

[Rummyfan]

An Obama press conference is now a summation of all his old damn-you clichés — the fantasy strawman arguments; the caricatures of the evil Republican bogeymen; the demagogic litany of the sick, the innocent, and the old at the mercy of his callous opponents; the affected accentuation (e.g., Talîban; Pakîstan, Îslám, Latînos, etc.) that so many autodidacts parade in lieu of learning foreign languages; the make-no-mistake-about-it and let-me-be-clear empty emphatics; the flashing temper tantrums; the mangled sports metaphors; the factual gaffes; and the monotonous I, me, my, and mine first-person-pronoun exhaustion. What Obama cannot do in fact, he believes he can still accomplish through invective and derision.

Which is why I can't abide listening to him.....

[I want the USA back]

He has over a year to do lasting serious damage to this country.

[Bob434]

demons are dancing in the street just waiting for his barrage of immorality and attacks on our constitutional rights-

[ColdOne]

I get a blank page from that link? Just me?

[equaviator]

Here I am again...a part of the American counterculture. First, it was between the ages of 15 and 30 and now again since the age of 50.

[sheana]

A new president with big ones can undo everything Obama has done since it was either by Executive Order, unconstitutional, or needs constant big funding.

[Amendment10]

"How much damage can he do in his last year in office?"

Corrupt Congress has always had the constitutional authority to impeach and remove lawless Obama from office but has stubbornly refused to do so. So if the country survives to the next election then patriots need to support Trump, or whatever conservative wins the election, with a new, state sovereignty-respecting Congress.

Remember in November 2016!

[butlerweave]

Valerie Jarrett said Obama was not a lame duck there are Big Things to come

[b4its2late]

I heard Victor on Mark Levin last night. Smart man. Good man. Probably as worried as the rest of us are at what Obama has yet to destroy.

[al baby]

So the damage he has caused so far is temporary ....Thank God for that !!!

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

...a part of the American counterculture...

Under Obama America does no longer has a culture!

Regards,
GtG

PS Perhaps a "counterculture torchlight parade" may be in order.

[kaehurowing]

Given Obama’s precedent, President Trump will have the power to issue executive orders to throw Obama, the Clintons, Barney Frank and other while their crimes against the people are investigated. If Congress doesn’t like that they can move to impeach President Trump. But they have already set the precedent they can’t. So President Trump can move on with executive orders giving all illegal 60 days to leave the U.S or face imprisonment.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Valerie Jarrett said Obama was not a lame duck there are Big Things to come

That toad needs to be seriously dealt with.

[Amendment10]

It makes sense to me. =)

[doug from upland]

Pushing us to the right? What he is really doing is changing the demographics forever. We will have a nation of even more unskilled, uneducated, dependent Democrat voters.

[Jacquerie]

Yes, they can. However, they cannot undo precedent. The next president will have Obama’s despot powers. Maybe he/she will be a benevolent despot. In any event, our very freedom isn't supposed to depend on electoral outcomes.

[Utilizer]

I actually wanted to read the entire article, but your link displays nothing but a blank page both in Opera and Firefox. Perhaps a better link is available?

[CivilWarBrewing]

Sadly, our SCOTUS, Congress and Military are ALL complicit.