Inspection- The One Term Presidency

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/ken-carman/32948/inspection-the-one-term-presidency

I didn't find writing this edition of Inspection pleasant. But necessary? Yes, unfortunately. Maybe it was the recent admission that Barack is willing to compromise away his promise to allow a certain tax break to expire. Maybe it was not even considering single payer, then quickly trashing public option in favor of a big, wet, financial gift to the health care insurance industry. Maybe all of the above and so much more. But this columnist has come to a conclusion regarding Barack Obama...

I cannot escape the obvious observation that the President is doing everything in his power to assure that the title of this edition of Inspection comes to pass. In fact if Barack Obama has a holy mission... scratch that... a "jihad," the battle in this war... his "crusade," would be to make damn sure he is a one term president.

After eight years of missing WMD, two never ending wars and declaring a president has all the powers of a malevolent King...

...to torture anyone
...to declare anyone in the world; even a citizen, has no rights
...to declare they can be thrown into what amounts to a concentration camp for the rest of their life all on mere accusation, suspicion
...after eight years of national security is everything, national security supersedes all rights except...
...after eight years of national security means nothing if the administration in power has a personal grudge big enough to "excuse" betraying their own country

After all that it should break the hardest heart that Barack Obama is so determined to be a one term president. You know, he knows, we all know, if we go back it's going to be even worse next time.

This president is not a stupid man.

He has to be doing this intentionally.

How do you make damn sure you serve one term?


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[jaxx]

1. Unrec

Pretty sick when a blogger has to resort to this.

[closeupready]

3. "Resorting to" expressing his beliefs? Yeah, that's disgusting; he should be arrested.

:sarcasm:

[jaxx]

4. jihads and crusades.....buzz words. Cheap.

[somone]

2. Obama is a one-termer

unless he can get his base - the haves and have-mores - to go out and knock on doors for him

[Autumn]

5. K/R. It bothers me very little if he wants to serve one

term or not. What bothers me is the truth in this :

"After eight years of missing WMD, two never ending wars and declaring a president has all the powers of a malevolent King...

...to torture anyone
...to declare anyone in the world; even a citizen, has no rights
...to declare they can be thrown into what amounts to a concentration camp for the rest of their life all on mere accusation, suspicion
...after eight years of national security is everything, national security supersedes all rights except...
...after eight years of national security means nothing if the administration in power has a personal grudge big enough to "excuse" betraying their own country"

And he continues to go along to get along

Enough is enough