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.
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