The President Fails On American Values

What was most striking to me after watching Mitt Romney's beat down of President Obama in Denver last week was when moderator Jim Lehrer ask both candidates to explain the role of government. One would expect that our President, the widely acclaimed constitutional law scholar would surely shine in that moment. He would easily recall one of the countless lectures he gave to his students at the University of Chicago and outline the principles of the constitution which clearly define the limits of government power. If you were expecting that, like me you are still waiting. The president gave a not so shockingly socialist response: "the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity and to create frameworks where the American people can succeed.."  translation: government programs.The president then went on to talk about hiring more teachers and how the government has built infrastructure projects in the past.

If one spent over a decade studying the US constitution, it is a reasonable expectation that one should be able to extol the virtues of limited government power, it's central role of protecting the rights of its citizens and respecting the sovereignty of the States. There is only one reason Obama failed so miserably on this question: He doesn't believe in limited government power. The President sees the government as the great equalizer as his above response proves. You want Further proof? During a radio interview in 2005 President Obama stated: 'The constitution says what the government won't do to you but it doesn't say what the government will do for you". This is the proverbial smoking gun if there ever was one. President Obama believes the government's role is to be a central planner and render social justice to the poor. The President reminds me somewhat of former President Woodrow Wilson who like Obama was an academic who once served as president of Princeton. Wilson was the leader of the Progressive movement in the 1920's which sought to advance the causes of social justice and environmentalism. The movement's core belief was essentially in bigger government to solve society's social ills. Wilson was also a blatant racist who segregated the military, the post office and other government offices only after receiving black voter support in his 1912 campaign-including that of W.E.B Du bois the noted black thinker. Like Wilson was, Obama is a progressive and shares his belief in expanding the power of the Federal government. I have an uneasy feeling that the decades of welfare state conditioning may have finally taken it's toll and could unfortunately lead to Obama's re-election. Then we will have a new definition to the role of government.

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