Posted on 05/15/2015 3:01:30 AM PDT by cotton1706
On Monday, President Obama will preside over the grand reopening of his administration. It would be altogether fitting if he stepped to the microphone, looked down the mall, and let out a sigh: so many people expecting so much from a government that appears capable of so little. A second inaugural suggests new beginnings, but this one is being bookended by dead-end debates. Gridlock over the fiscal cliff preceded it and gridlock over the debt limit, sequester, and budget will follow. After the election, the same people are in power in all the branches of government and they don't get along. There's no indication that the president's clashes with House Republicans will end soon.
Inaugural speeches are supposed to be huge and stirring. Presidents haul our heroes onstage, from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. George W. Bush brought the Liberty Bell. They use history to make greatness and achievements seem like something you can just take down from the shelf. Americans are not stuck in the rut of the day.
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That part tells us all we need to know. It's not about governing under the "will of the people". It's about establishing a despotic ruler that will do what "they" think is best. This man is a tool for the left. He's another that thinks he knows best for all of the U.S. citizenry and by God he's going to get it implemented even if it means killing people to get it.
He identifies with Obama.
Probably reads the same books...
Probably drinks from the same spigot too.
“so many people expecting so much from a government that appears capable of so little.”
Expecting it all for free and expecting no responsibility for themselves.
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