Even the Washington Post Sees Obama’s Tyranny (Sort of)
http://www.tpnn.com/2014/08/07/even-the-washington-post-sees-obamas-tyranny-sort-of/
August 7, 2014 By
President Obama has surely fallen from grace. In 2008, when Senator Obama addressed crowds, the people fawned uncontrollably. In the earliest days of his presidency, countless Americans proudly adorned “Hope” tee shirts emblazoned with the Dear Leader’s image- a practice I always felt was a bit creepy. Within the first month of his presidency, Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Why? Simply for being Barack Obama- the left’s political Messiah.
Now, even the staunchest supporters of Obama can only utter defenses of his actions. To the left, he is no longer the champion for good, for “hope,” for “change”; instead, those who defend the president have adjusted their tones. “He’s not so bad,” is the general message.
Even the notoriously liberal Washington Post has lost that loving feeling. They have called Obama out for his enormous “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan” lie. And now, they’re taking issue with his promises of executive action to address immigration.
The Washington Post’s editorial board recently addressed the issue of executive orders. It reads: (emphasis added) 
Obstinate, hopelessly partisan and incapable of problem-solving, Congress is a mess. But that doesn’t grant the president license to tear up the Constitution. As Mr. Obama himself said last fall: “If, in fact, I could solve all these problems without passing laws in Congress, then I would do so. But we’re also a nation of laws.” To act on his own, the president said, would violate those laws.Mr. Obama now seems to be jettisoning that stance in the name of rallying his political base. He is considering extending temporary protection from deportation to millions of illegal immigrants, including the parents of U.S.-born children and others who have lived in the United States for years. Conceivably, this would give Democrats a political boost in 2016. Just as conceivably, it would trigger a constitutional showdown with congressional Republicans, who could make a cogent argument that Mr. Obama had overstepped his authority.
Before we hail the Post for having finally come to their senses, it should be noted that the editorial board predicates their criticism of Obama with a hefty amount of criticism for those ne’er-do-wells in the GOP who simply won’t be good lapdogs and cave to Democrats in rewarding criminals with citizenship.
The WaPo reads:
STYMIED BY congressional paralysis, President Obama is reportedly considering unilateral action to address — though surely not fix — the nation’s immigration policy mess and the more recent surge of minors streaming across the southwestern border.The president’s frustration is understandable. Faced with a genuine humanitarian crisis, Congress’s failure to pass a workable fix is unconscionable. In the Republican-controlled House, the GOP bowed to its most extreme lawmakers in passing measures that have zero chance of becoming law — and would have paved the way for deportations of blameless young people raised in this country after being brought here by their undocumented parents. In the Senate, the intransigence of both parties yielded no bill at all.
We ought to be very clear: there is no obligation for any party to do the bidding of another. Congress is supposed to work together to find solutions; while the above criticism briefly lays blame on both parties, let’s get something straight: last week, Republicans in the House passed a border bill. Period. If Democrats in the Senate refuse to get to work in making a deal with Republicans to pass some meaningful legislation, that’s on them. Republicans did their job; Democrats need to put up or shut up.
Similarly, when people discuss the so-called “Republican-led government shutdown,” they must also accept that the House and the Senate wanted two different things. That they could not come to an agreement speaks to the radicalism of the Democrat Party- not to the dysfunction of Republicans who continually sought deals with the intransigent Democrat-controlled Senate.
It’s great that people are starting to recognize the awful shortcomings of our nation’s tyrant; however, when are we going to see some semblance of balanced discussion concerning blame?Our country is heading in the wrong direction. With one party at war with itself over the cowardice of the moderate faction, with another party dominated by radicals who have long-ago purged their ranks of pragmatists, with a president who hopes to remedy our nation’s failings with his trusty pen and phone and with a media firmly entrenched in left-wing zealotry, we are in serious trouble.
If we are to save this nation, we must strictly adhere to the Constitution by forbidding dictatorial rule and refuse to continue with the kind of failed, liberal policies that have devastated this country both financially and culturally.
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