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MICHAEL GOODWIN
The short bios in The Post and other places featuring immigrants who are in the United State illegally were fascinating. I was struck by their courage to leave their homelands, their pluck at navigating a new culture and their patience in waiting for Americaās official welcome mat.
Something else struck me, too. Not a single one expressed remorse for jumping the fence or overstaying visas. The law was simply a nuisance, an unfair barrier to their right to live in America, and they felt no qualms about violating it.
Some of these immigrants, including one woman who sneaked in from Mexico 18 years ago, even complained that presidential amnesty doesnāt include free health care.
āIt isnāt fair,ā Graciela Flores whined.
What luck ā she and the other 5 million who benefit have found their soul mate in Barack Obama. Heās not into obeying laws, either. And he is endlessly entitled to whatever he wants, whenever he wants it.
Oh, sure, he has twice taken an oath to āfaithfully executeā the nationās laws, and to āpreserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.ā
But heās not serious about oaths, either. As America has learned, his word is not his bond.
A president who cannot speak honestly and who finds the Constitutionās separation of powers an option he can ignore is the very definition of lawless.
āItās fair to say weāve never seen anything quite like this before,ā a Temple University professor told a reporter. He meant the sweeping amnesty decree, but his comment also summarizes the entire Obama presidency.
Thereās never been anything like it, thank God.
What started out in 2008 as a historic election that could have reimagined our national identity has deteriorated into a bitter schism. The overwhelming belief among voters of all colors that race relations have gotten worse under the first black president demonstrates one area where hope is giving way to hate.
If that were all, it would be bad enough. But on virtually every major topic, from the economy to foreign policy, the presidentās view is shared by only a sliver of the country. It would be leadership had his policies been proven right. But they are proven wrong every day.
So the nation grows gloomier as more people lose faith in their government and their own futures.
That seems to be fine with Obama. Democracy is a virtue only when his side wins.
Why he chooses again and again to divide rather than unite, to confront rather than cooperate, is a mystery whose answer is known only to Valerie Jarrett. My view is that heās so psychologically damaged that he cannot abide any image of himself that isnāt heroically iconic.
After all, any president can make deals and advance a unity agenda. It takes a Superman to force a transformative agenda down an unwilling nationās throat. Thus, the more America resists his policies, the more determined he is to impose them.
Impose is the right word. He doesnāt listen to his advisers, his Cabinet or congressional leaders of both parties. Nearly all the books written by former insiders describe a president who doesnāt trust the military commanders ā or anyone else.
Two years ago, former top aide Neera Tanden said this about him in a magazine interview:
āThe truth is, Obama doesnāt call anyone, and heās not close to almost anyone. Itās stunning that heās in politics, because he really doesnāt like people. My analogy is that itās like becoming Bill Gates without liking computers.ā
He is a misfit, sailing against the national mood. His one significant victory, ObamaCare, became law only through one-party rule, and even then depended on massive deception and outright lies, as the infamous Gruber tapes prove. It may yet break the health system, just as his amnesty breaks immigration law and poisons Washington.
Whether we can survive two more years is an open question. Mushrooming global disorder and the near certainty that Iran will get a nuke makes the world infinitely more dangerous.
Meanwhile, the divisions and distrust at home erode Americaās power and influence.
There is no way to sugarcoat the obvious. Barack Obama is making everything worse.
The short bios in The Post and other places featuring immigrants who are in the United State illegally were fascinating. I was struck by their courage to leave their homelands, their pluck at navigating a new culture and their patience in waiting for Americaās official welcome mat.
Something else struck me, too. Not a single one expressed remorse for jumping the fence or overstaying visas. The law was simply a nuisance, an unfair barrier to their right to live in America, and they felt no qualms about violating it.
Some of these immigrants, including one woman who sneaked in from Mexico 18 years ago, even complained that presidential amnesty doesnāt include free health care.
āIt isnāt fair,ā Graciela Flores whined.
What luck ā she and the other 5 million who benefit have found their soul mate in Barack Obama. Heās not into obeying laws, either. And he is endlessly entitled to whatever he wants, whenever he wants it.
Oh, sure, he has twice taken an oath to āfaithfully executeā the nationās laws, and to āpreserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.ā
But heās not serious about oaths, either. As America has learned, his word is not his bond.
A president who cannot speak honestly and who finds the Constitutionās separation of powers an option he can ignore is the very definition of lawless.
āItās fair to say weāve never seen anything quite like this before,ā a Temple University professor told a reporter. He meant the sweeping amnesty decree, but his comment also summarizes the entire Obama presidency.
Thereās never been anything like it, thank God.
What started out in 2008 as a historic election that could have reimagined our national identity has deteriorated into a bitter schism. The overwhelming belief among voters of all colors that race relations have gotten worse under the first black president demonstrates one area where hope is giving way to hate.
If that were all, it would be bad enough. But on virtually every major topic, from the economy to foreign policy, the presidentās view is shared by only a sliver of the country. It would be leadership had his policies been proven right. But they are proven wrong every day.
So the nation grows gloomier as more people lose faith in their government and their own futures.
That seems to be fine with Obama. Democracy is a virtue only when his side wins.
Why he chooses again and again to divide rather than unite, to confront rather than cooperate, is a mystery whose answer is known only to Valerie Jarrett. My view is that heās so psychologically damaged that he cannot abide any image of himself that isnāt heroically iconic.
After all, any president can make deals and advance a unity agenda. It takes a Superman to force a transformative agenda down an unwilling nationās throat. Thus, the more America resists his policies, the more determined he is to impose them.
Impose is the right word. He doesnāt listen to his advisers, his Cabinet or congressional leaders of both parties. Nearly all the books written by former insiders describe a president who doesnāt trust the military commanders ā or anyone else.
Two years ago, former top aide Neera Tanden said this about him in a magazine interview:
āThe truth is, Obama doesnāt call anyone, and heās not close to almost anyone. Itās stunning that heās in politics, because he really doesnāt like people. My analogy is that itās like becoming Bill Gates without liking computers.ā
He is a misfit, sailing against the national mood. His one significant victory, ObamaCare, became law only through one-party rule, and even then depended on massive deception and outright lies, as the infamous Gruber tapes prove. It may yet break the health system, just as his amnesty breaks immigration law and poisons Washington.
Whether we can survive two more years is an open question. Mushrooming global disorder and the near certainty that Iran will get a nuke makes the world infinitely more dangerous.
Meanwhile, the divisions and distrust at home erode Americaās power and influence.
There is no way to sugarcoat the obvious. Barack Obama is making everything worse.
