THE ARROGANCE OF POWER
We have had two Presidential debates between Mitt Romney
and Barack Obama and a Vice Presidential debate between Paul Ryan and Joe
Biden.There has been a lot of discussion about winners and losers and who had a
bad or a good night but, based on what I saw, that is not the only thing that
the American people should focus on.
What I saw from Obama and Biden was one of the worst
displays of the arrogance of power I have ever witnessed. Obama was not just
having a bad night in his first debate with Romney. By both words and actions he was conveying
his complete distain for the entire election process in this country. He
clearly felt that it was beneath him to participate in a debate where he would
be required to defend his actions and philosophy before the American people.
He is an 'elitist' and as such he believes that he and
Michelle are royalty and the Presidency is his by some divine right. He is only
supposed to have to give speeches to adoring hand picked audiences where he can
safely hide his ignorance and arrogance behind some safe teleprompters. He does
not believe that anyone has the right to disagree with him or even question
him.
He showed that clearly in the second debate. He was
aggressive with the arrogant attitude and smirks that indicated he again felt
that no one had a right to question him. He didn’t have a teleprompter, but he
had something almost as good. He had a
moderator who handpicked questions that by 2-1 margin were favorable to his
campaign. He also relied on Candy Crowley to bail him out by interrupting
Romney when he was making a good point and assisting the President with her own
comments when necessary.
I am totally convinced that at least in the case of the
final question Obama had been tipped off in advance about the content. Remember
that the moderator insisted that she get that question in and it was directed
at Romney and then allowed Obama to wrap up the debate with what sounded like
rehearsed remarks on the 47% comment Romney had made at a fund raiser. Romney
was given no chance to respond. Once
again, Obama showed that he does not believe he has to play by the rules.
Joe Biden was just as bad, if not worse. He treated his
opponent with rudeness and disrespect and thought that the American people
would love his being condescending. He
is also an 'elitist' and anyone who disagrees with him is subject to derision
and insults. On the other hand, Paul Ryan was a gentleman and showed his
respect for the office of Vice President.
Obama and Biden have nothing to run for re-election on
except for a wrecked economic and foreign policy failures and their headlong
rush to destroy our Constitution, our values, and our way of life. They, and
the other 'elitists' in Washington D. C., think they are smarter than the rest
of us and therefore are entitled to tell us what to do, what to say, and what
to think.
They do not believe that the rights guaranteed to us in
the Constitution are God given and inherent rights. Obama, Biden, Clinton,
Reid, and Pelosi believe that those rights were given to us by the government
and thus the government can take them away from us. They have forgotten that
under the Constitution we are the government, not them. They are nothing more
than our employees and very poor ones at that. Barack and Michelle are not our
King and Queen, and we will not tolerate royalty of any kind.
Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly blog <http://goo.gl/sNb9J>
Constitutional Law Alliance <http://goo.gl/D6qY9>
3 comments:
This is so slanted that it makes me gag and i am not even for Obama. I am an independent because the place for balance is in between two extremes.
Thanks for stating this.... one needs only to look at Romney and also at his history to see he is just as bad or worse~
GEESH!!!!
I am FOR no one who is running, but I am for people who WILL do what is right, tell the truth and take their public office as a position of public indebtedness, to help the people to have a better, more productive, happier life, and to be able to help the people to take pride in the country that they are from by trying to do better and achieve better results in whatever they do. Martin Luther King had one thing right when he said that a man should not be judged by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. The content of "certain people's" character is abominable, and certainly not anything that people should ever try to emulate. That is one of the major things that is wrong with this country. People aren't being taught right, and the content of people's character is certainly not pleasing to God, who made us in righteousness and holiness. We must do better and if we want to be led by someone, let's get someone who has a quality character, and the rest shall follow.
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