Posted by
Steve on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 9:58:20 AM
Our Imperial President and his wife seem to be uninterested in the economy of this country. If they want to go some place, they go. The cost is unimportant. The reason for the trip can be frivolous, like the recent trip Michelle took to South Africa. She wanted her daughters to connect with their ancestral roots. That is nice, but it is not something that the American taxpayers should be paying for.
One other thing has been bothering me about this Imperial Presidency. That is that Michelle Obama has 40 personal aides. Since the beginning of the United States until now, no first lady had ever had more than two personal servants. Since personal servants for the first lady did not really start until the administration of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, there have to be less than 80 people that have served as personal servants to first ladies. As a result, over half of the people who have ever served as a personal servant to a first lady are now serving in the Obama administration. That is a sad commentary.
To the Obama’s the American treasury is a bottomless pit. They can continually draw funds from the Treasury and never have to worry about their not being enough money. In some respects, they are correct. But in the overall scheme of things, they should think about the country. If they are living the life that European royalty would dream of while the people are suffering, that is exactly the situation that started the French Revolution. We all know how that worked out. Fortunately for the Obama’s, the opposition to them comes from Conservatives who do not believe in mob rule. They should be safe from the consequences of the French Revolution.
Please do not misunderstand what my point is. I believe that the President and the First Lady should have things first class. What I am trying to say is that during a period of austerity for the public should bring a period of austerity for the President and the First Lady. The period of austerity for the public should not be a time for the President and the First Lady to party as if they were the richest people on the planet. It should be a time where they cut back on their displays of opulence. When they host heads of state, they should give them the first class treatment they deserve. But, they should cut back on those trips to Spain and South Africa that serve no purpose other than sightseeing. They should keep the number of people going on the trips to a minimum, not the hundreds that go now. In other words, they should try and appear as if they are not trying to flaunt their wealth.
It would also be a bit different if the people doing the showing off with money actually acted if they knew something. When Barack Obama starts giving a toast during the British National Anthem that smacks of a rube. In their actions overseas, the Obama acts like the Beverly Hillbillies. If you remember the show, Jeb Clampett discovered oil and became rich. They moved to Beverly Hills and lived in a mansion, but maintained Hillbilly values. I get that same impression from the Obama’s sometimes. The Beverly Hillbillies were out of place in Beverly Hills. The Obama’s seem out of place in Washington and the World.
The press has derided the Imperial Presidency since at least Richard Nixon. They probably did before that, but I was too young to remember. But for some reason when they area actually faced with someone who is acting like an Imperial President, they are strangely silent. Of course, I know that the press is nothing more than the propaganda arm of the Democrat Party. That explains why they are unable to see that they are faced with an Imperial President.