While on the campaign trail,
yesterday (Friday), Obama
demonstrated his ability to be remarkable out of touch with reality.
First, he called for
the passage of the so-called “Disclose Act,”
which would require donor disclosure of all concerns that donate more
than $10,000. Of course, this is not about “fairness” but about giving the Democrats the ability to
single out all donors opposing their (the Democrats) agenda with a view to reprisals and boycotts. In short, the Left has a strategy that includes the total destruction of all disagreeable businesses
and their owners.
I am for transparency but not when that information can and
will be used to boycott folks into oblivion.
Free speech is not protected speech when folks are free to destroy those
who disagrees.
Secondly, Obama
proposed (yesterday) an amendment to the US Constitution to prohibit the free political
speech endeavors of corporations, excluding unions, 501-c3 and similar organizations. Not going to happen.
Such an amendment would require a 2/3 vote of both houses of
congress and 2/3 vote of the 50 states. As an alternative, 2/3 of all states can ask congress for a
constitutional convention and deal with the issue in that venue. Neither
avenues require the approval of the president,
whoever that might be.
Whatever the process,
this issue is so caustic,
politically, that one wonders why
Obama even brought up the matter. In
short, his ideas do not have one chance in 700 hells of passage.
It just goes to show us all 1) how out of touch Obama and
the Dems with popular opinion and, 2)
how much Obama disagrees with the fundamental liberties upon which this nation
was founded.
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