Has the President so diminished the Presidency that he is now willing to trade the esteem of the office for political favor? Is, as the President Obama promised, this Administration the most transparent of all? Oh, to be sure, there have been Presidents whose conduct can easily be classified as wretched and still more who released diminished thought into actions, but none have sought to reveal the hidden truths or dare expose the Office of the President in any form even remotely approaching that of the current occupant.
The single greatest dynamic and identifiable distinction of the current President, to my observation, is best understood in this way: where previous Presidents clearly understood the importance and enduring need to preserve the estimable and overriding ideal of the Office, Mr. Obama has deemed the Office his personal and entitled privilege to do with as he pleases. His is of a nature that expects recognition not due to the estimable nature that has come to be a feature of the Office but that his mere presence is what provides privilege to the Office.
The truth of this observation is visible in his approach to domestic policy and dangerously conspicuous in the repulsion, by foreign leaders, to nearly every projection of U.S. Policy interests. Does he dare Congress to impeach him? Absolutely! Is the over-reaching of his executive authority grounds for Impeachment? It boils down to whether or not his failure to “faithfully execute” reaches the level of “…treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors”. Perhaps most importantly, if Congress can be purely political and ignore their own culpability for the mess they’ve individually and collectively made and that, unfortunately, is a privilege they’ve given themselves.
Curtis C. Greco, Founder
