Media Are Pleasantly Uncomfortable with Progressive Dictators

I have contended for years that progressives are content with strong armed “presidents” who are willing to go it alone to advance policies that are incongruent with life, liberty and property.  They seem to be pleasantly uncomfortable with blatant violations of the U.S. Constitution when it serves their ideology.  The editorial board at the Charlotte Observer openly professed this, as much, in a recent opinion piece.  Here is an excerpt:

Fourteen months ago, a fed up Barack Obama decided he no longer had the patience to wait on Congress to enact meaningful immigration reform. Instead, the president announced a series of executive actions that protected as many as 6 million undocumented immigrants from deportation.

The Observer editorial board was a bit uncomfortable with that decision. We weren’t sure of the wisdom – political or otherwise – of one man setting significant policy instead of Congress. But ultimately, Congress had neglected its responsibility on immigration, and we hoped the president’s action would change that.

Congress did serve its purpose.  The overwhelming majority voted against amnesty.  They followed the demands of the American people.  It may not have been what progressives, like the editorial board at the Charlotte Observer, wanted, but they did their constitutional responsibilities.  It’s Barack Obama who refuses to fulfill his responsibilities, as president, by enforcing our immigration laws.  Instead, he would rather act like a dictator by declaring edicts.

As we can expect, The Disturber is pleasantly uncomfortable about “executive action” on gun control. 

Most gun control measures aren’t about sweeping changes or magic solutions. In part, that’s because sweeping changes aren’t going to happen so long as Congress continues to do the bidding of the gun lobby. But also, gun control isn’t realistically about preventing all shootings big and small. It’s about doing common sense things – like expanding background checks – so that it’s harder for people who shouldn’t have guns to get them.

Americans have largely been split on stricter gun laws in general, but overwhelmingly in favor of some measures, including expanded background checks. While we’re still uncomfortable when the president acts without Congress, he is far from acting alone.

I have news for the Charlotte Observer.  The gun lobby, meaning the NRA and constitutionalist, represent millions of American citizens that progressives, like the ones on their editorial board, want to disenfranchise. 

Barack Obama may have the backing of a vocal minority who are pleasantly uncomfortable with a president who is willing to bypass Congress and act like a dictator.  The majority of us are not.

Source:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article52991870.html