Growing up with an interest in government and politics as I did, I often thought about having conversations with various leaders--especially U.S. presidents. I had visions of lengthy philosophical discussions and asking questions to gain a perspective on the ideas that drove those men. I never dreamed that one day we would have a president - as we do today - that only one question comes to mind ..."Mr. Obama, are you out of your damn mind?"
Barack Obama has spent the last seven years making good on his promise to "fundamentally transform" our nation. The problem is that the nation didn't need any fundamental transformation--the system of government given to us by our founders, or as Ben Franklin said in 1787, "a republic, if you can keep it", served us well.
The tough thing has been the "keeping it" part. Through the years, those seeking to exert more government control over our existence have been incrementally chipping away at it. Barack Obama is but the latest miscreant attempting to do so, but in his case--especially in his second term--he has dropped any pretense at "preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States."