Prior to Barack Obama, presidents urged Congress to make laws. Obama doesn’t bother. He cuts out the middle man with an executive order. The orders always come on a Friday after the White House newsroom has largely been vacated for the weekend. Besides, nobody reads the Saturday paper in any event. The Constitution? Oh that was written years ago, it’s out of date.
In a move that might be called the campaigns first October surprise, the presumptive Democratic candidate has granted amnesty to youthful immigrants. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made the announcement Friday morning; the new policy will not grant citizenship to children who came to the United States as illegal immigrants, but will remove the threat of deportation and grant them the right to work in the United States.
If socialism is his goal,
He has the country on a roll.
Inch by inch, hair by hair,
He is quietly taking us there.