Obama’s Target is Not Just Republicans, but the Constitution Itself

							Obama’s Target is Not Just Republicans, but
the Constitution Itself




President Barack Obama's second inaugural address has been described as one of the most
partisan ever given, heralding a sweeping left-wing agenda and demonizing his opponents. But
President Obama's target is not simply the Republican Party: it is the Constitution itself, and the
values of liberty that it enshrines.
In the address itself, President Obama made the case that liberty is not timeless; that it must adjust to
the times, and that "preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action"--not to
defend those freedoms from infringement, but to give them "meaning" through government regulation
and redistribution.
White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer put the point more bluntly in remarks published
earlier today: “There’s a moment of opportunity now that’s important,” Pfeiffer said. “What’s
frustrating is that we don’t have a political system or an opposition party worthy of the opportunity.”
Note the contempt in Pfeiffer's words--not just for the political opposition, but for the political
system itself--a system designed by the Framers to include checks and balances to hold
government power firmly in check.
Pfeiffer's contempt is widely shared by the clique of media barons and political entrepreneurs that put
him in office. As Joel Kotkin writes today, Barack Obama is both the creation and culmination of a new
"power class" that shares the impatience of early twentieth century progressives with the democratic
process, and prefers a technocratic model that Obama has emulated through his extra-political,
executive-order-style management.
A year ago, President Obama observed: "[I]t turns out our Founders designed a system that makes it
more difficult to bring about change that I would like sometimes." Back then, facing re-election, he
promised to be patient. Today, he is impatient--with the opposition, and the system itself. He will
destroy both, if necessary, to achieve his vision of America--one where "government alone" does not do
everything, but rather dictates to individuals what they should do, and choose, and want, to serve its
sweeping designs.
FLASHBACK: Obama’s Public Coronation
Will Cost Taxpayers Over $100 Million
Daniel Halper
Weekly Standard




Stephen Dinan reports that "Because next year's inauguration falls on a Sunday, President
Obama will hold only a small, private swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20, and will hold a big
public redo the next day. The Inaugural Committee announced Thursday that activities will last
three days: a day of service on Saturday, the small private ceremony on Sunday, and the public
swearing-in, parade and balls on Monday."
That means, the public "inauguration" is just a show, while the actual inauguration will again be behind
closed doors (just as it was last go around).
What's the show going to cost? If the cost of recent past inaugurations are any indication, well over
$100 million.
In 2005, for President Bush's second inauguration, "the federal government and the District of
Columbia spent a combined $115.5 million, most of it for security, the swearing-in ceremony, cleanup
and for a holiday for federal workers," according to the New York Times.
And for Obama's first inauguration in 2009, the cost for the government was over $125 million,
according to reports:
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