Obama socialist designs
President=92s policies are bent on shattering rule of law
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner
The Washington Times
Thursday, June 21, 2012
President Obama is gradually transforming America into a socialist
authoritarian state. This is the real meaning of his recent decision
to grant backdoor amnesty to young illegal immigrants. Mr. Obama is
behaving like a Latin American strongman, who asserts arbitrary power
and ignores the rule of law. He is assaulting the very pillars of our
constitutional republic.
Last week, the administration announced that it will stop deporting
young illegal aliens. The policy shift affects as many as 800,000
illegal immigrants. Mr. Obama=92s order lifts the fear of deportation.
It also grants them work permits. Mr. Obama has waved his magic wand
and converted the immigration status of countless aliens, flipping
them from illegal to legal residents.
The order applies to those who entered America before the age of 16
and are younger than 30, who have been living here for at least five
years, have no violent criminal background, possess a U.S. high school
diploma or have served in the military. The policy change is a blatant
attempt to bribe the Hispanic vote prior to the November election - a
key constituency Mr. Obama must win.
Yet, the order is more than crass partisan politics. It is an ominous
usurpation of centralized power - a naked attempt to entrench an
imperial presidency. Mr. Obama lacks the legal authority to grant
amnesty. He is not a monarch or tyrant with unlimited discretionary
authority. Rather, he is confined by our constitutional system of the
separation of powers and checks and balances. The Constitution is
crystal-clear: Congress has the sole power to craft immigration
policy. Mr. Obama=92s actions are flagrantly anti-democratic.
His goal is simple: to destroy the American nation. For decades, our
supposed betters have encouraged open borders and unlimited Third
World immigration. Corporatist Republicans seek to import cheap labor;
liberal Democrats want to import millions of potential voters. The
middle- and working-class, however, have been decimated. Their wages
have eroded, crime has skyrocketed, border states in the South are
overwhelmed, and hospitals, schools and welfare services have been
strained to the breaking point. Illegal immigration is slowly
bankrupting America.
Now Mr. Obama has established a magnet for millions more to come.
Aliens know they can wait out Uncle Sam - eventually, amnesty will be
granted. U.S. national sovereignty, the rule of law and our
constitutional republic are being sacrificed on the altar of
multiculturalism and the creation of a Democrat-ruled one-party state.
The administration has whetted the insatiable appetite of leftist
Hispanic activists. The logic is inexorable: If a path to legalization
can be paved for young illegal immigrants, then why not all 12 million
to 20 million aliens in America? Mr. Obama clearly hopes to galvanize
the Hispanic community and to build a permanent liberal ruling
coalition by massively expanding the Democratic base. Today, it is
piecemeal amnesty. Tomorrow, it will be wholesale legalization. The
American electorate will be transformed, thereby entrenching Obamaism
for decades to come. In short, Mr. Obama is slowly erecting a leftist
state.
This is what nationally syndicated radio talk show host Michael Savage
has been warning for years. The combative conservative=92s show, =93The
Savage Nation,=94 reaches 10 million listeners every week (full
disclosure: I have been a guest host on his program). Almost alone
among major conservative commentators, Mr. Savage has been sounding
the alarm about Mr. Obama=92s creeping dictatorship. His latest
blockbuster, =93Trickle Down Tyranny,=94 (Harper Collins, 2012) is a must-
read. Well-written and concise, the book provides a detailed,
comprehensive account of the administration=92s rampant corruption and
numerous abuses of power.
It has one overarching, central theme: Mr. Obama is a radical leftist
carrying out a Venezuela-style revolution. Mr. Savage calls the
president a =93fiscal Marxist=94 and a =93new Hugo Chavez=94 determined to
dismantle American capitalism and constitutional democracy. Mr. Savage
discusses almost every one of Mr. Obama=92s power grabs - Obamacare, the
Dodd-Frank financial reform, the de facto nationalization of General
Motors and Chrysler, the drive to create a =93green economy=94 through
administrative fiat, the numerous policy =93czars=94 who have Cabinet-
level powers but no accountability or congressional oversight, the
National Defense Authorization Act, which enables the president to
detain any U.S. citizen indefinitely under suspicion of being a
=93terrorist,=94 the push to censor the Internet, the illegal war in
Libya, the massive expansion of government through out-of-control
spending and record deficits, and the administration=92s criminal
involvement in gunrunning to Mexican drug cartels.
According to Mr. Savage, Mr. Obama=92s aim in the U.S. is similar to
Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin in Russia: to create the Union of
Socialist States of America - the U.S.S.A. The president is a Leninist
bent on forging a new world order based on economic collectivism,
world government and an internationalist ruling class. The key to
achieving his dream is to eradicate the American nation. This is why
for years Mr. Savage has been pounding the importance of =93language,
borders and culture.=94 The ultra-left=92s mission is not only an economic
revolution, but a cultural one: transforming America into a bilingual,
multicultural socialist empire. Mr. Savage understands that the
battering ram is massive, unlimited immigration, thereby smashing our
historic and demographic core.
Such profound social engineering requires state coercion and
centralized rule. We must be compelled to abandon self-government in
favor of soft tyranny. This is why Mr. Savage darkly warns that our
freedoms may vanish in a second Obama term: =93We will very likely not
survive as a free nation after four more years under Obama=92s rule,=94 he
writes.
Mr. Savage is right. Mr. Obama is a dangerous demagogue, who believes
he is above the law. Like many leftists, he is obsessed with amassing
power. His amnesty order marks a major step toward an arbitrary
statist regime that willfully tramples on the Constitution. The
U.S.S.A. is being born.
Jeffrey T. Kuhner is a columnist at The Washington Times and president
of the Edmund Burke Institute.
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