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| OBAMA: Seven down, one to go |
Sure
enough, it will be 365 days from Thursday that Obama will cease to be
president, and whichever of the mediocrities currently seeking their political
party’s presidential nomination who manages to win the November general
election will be taking the oath of office.
I
FOUND IT interesting to read an e-mail message sent to me Wednesday morning.
Bearing the signature “Barack Obama,” it urged me to consider voting for
candidates who would be sympathetic to the goals he tried to achieve during his
seven years in office.
Because
it is certain there are some candidates who are making their appeal to the
voters based on the idea that they will try to eradicate any evidence of Obama’s
existence from our laws and our history books.
If
anything, I can’t help but wonder what they would attack first. Most likely the
things that were imposed trough executive order – because all the new president
would have to do is rescind the old order and replace it with one of his own
doing the opposite.
This
is a typical move. George W. Bush killed off some Bill Clinton initiatives,
many of which were restored early on by Obama.
THE
POLITICAL PARTISAN nature of our government has turned us into a political
yo-yo. Up and down, back and forth, no stability – which is part of why our
society is such a mess.
Immigration
and the minor moves that Obama tried to impose on his own because Congress won’t
give permanence to any serious reform of our nation’s policies are a likely
first target.
In
fact, a Republican president could truly give reality to the biggest fears of
some non-citizens living in this country – that those who complied with the
Obama measure and registered themselves will have merely provided a hostile
federal government with a list of the first people to be deported.
Setting
themselves up for their own demise. Which will be the likely reason the Latino
vote will go for the Democrat – no matter what form of nonsense Donald Trump or
Ted Cruz tries to spew about how they will be competitive for those votes.
EVEN
THOUGH MANY Latinos are still laughing at Hillary Clinton comparing herself to
a Latina granny, or the fact that Bernie Sanders of Vermont has probably never
been exposed to Latinos of any significant number in his life!
Of
course, there’s the fact the Supreme Court of the United States is taking it
upon itself to hear arguments on this issue – which means the high court could
wind up striking down the measure before Obama leaves office.
That
is, if people like Antonin Scalia or Clarence Thomas get their way. Not that I
think the high court legitimizing the president’s actions would make a difference
to Republican partisans – whose opposition to issues is rarely based on reason
and logic.
There’s
also the fight over the Affordable Care Act, which got Congressional approval
and Supreme Court backing. But the ideologues still don’t want this president
to have an achievement for his legacy.
I
EXPECT THE fight to repeal this issue will be the dominant battle during the
upcoming year of the Obama presidency. Certainly more so than Obama actually
being capable of accomplishing anything else of substance.
A
fight to maintain the status-quo, which didn’t particularly accomplish much –
although I’d argue that Obama was mostly too weak to stand up to a political
opposition he should have seen coming from Day One. They were, after all,
hostile towards his very existence even before he began campaigning in late
2007.
One
more year before the transition – some 365 days from now because of this February has a 29th
and is a Leap Year, leading to Jan. 20, 2017 being Inauguration Day.
And
before anyone gets all worked up about Obama getting an extra day to his
presidency, keep in mind that every president’s four-year term includes a Leap
Day. So keep your traps shut and quit showing us just why you take people like
Trump and his possible cabinet member, Sarah Palin (who couldn't even be bothered to show up at his recent Iowa campaign event) at all seriously!
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