by Jeannie DeAngelis, American Thinker:
Ever since he dazzled the world with speechifying on behalf of the common man at the 2004 Democrat convention, Barack Obama has been pushing his own brand of “democracy.” Here we are, in 2024, and Joe Biden is parroting the Obama “democracy” talk. The way we know this blather is issuing from the latter, not the former, is because on July 4th, 2024, Obama predictably took the opportunity to tweet this:
TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
The Fourth of July is about celebrating the big, bold, inclusive experiment that is our American democracy. And it has always been an experiment. Our democracy has never been guaranteed, which means we can’t take it for granted. We need to keep fighting for it, keep improving it, and keep making sure it reflects the better angels of our nature instead of the worst. That, more than anything, is what America is all about.
Judging from the sentiments expressed in that communiqué, the former president is either still unaware that America is a constitutional republic or is unequivocally invested in incrementally imposing majority rule upon a defenseless minority by issuing warnings that “democracy” is in peril.
The key difference between a democracy and a republic lies in the limits placed on government by the law, which has implications for minority rights. Both forms of government tend to use a representational system — i.e., citizens vote to elect politicians to represent their interests and form the government. In a republic, a constitution or charter of rights protects certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by the government, even if it has been elected by a majority of voters. In a “pure democracy,” the majority is not restrained in this way and can impose its will on the minority.
Big Government Barack has spent the last 20 years trying to promote America as a “true democracy” as well as to dictate to us our best and worst angels. The former president feels he’s the only one who knows “what America is all about” and acts as if we need him to set us straight. The problem is that this country’s freedom hinges on individual rights bestowed by God, not cake crumbs tossed off the Truman Balcony at the White House. America’s inalienable God-given rights include life, liberty, and the free pursuit of happiness. These are birthrights that belong to every American, regardless of race, creed, or color. And it’s that individual freedom that established a heritage that reflects our “better angels,” not democratic collectivism, communalism, or socialism shrouded in rhetoric promoting Obama’s version of “democracy.”
The reason America thus far has not “perished from the earth,” is because we have a “government of the people, by the people, and for the people[,]” not the other way around. It’s no secret that Barack Obama would like that to change and has made it clear over the years that he sees things quite differently than the Framers of the Constitution. Barack Obama has said that he believes:
The Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, [that] says what the states can’t do to you, [and] says what the federal government can’t do to you. But it doesn’t say what the state or federal government must do on your behalf.
The former president’s goal has always been to “combat the evils” of America and remediate perceived injustices through must do government fiat. It’s clear that Obama’s intention is to force collectivism on those entrenched in what he views as the self-centeredness of individualism.
In that infamous 2001 “negative liberties” radio interview, Barack Obama also stated that the U.S. Constitution is a “flawed” document from which America must “break free.” During that conversation, Obama stressed that instead of an originalist, fixed document, what America needs is a “living” Constitution that refocuses from “negative rights” to “positive economic rights.” In other words, in Barack’s world, our system needs to be revised to forcibly “share the wealth,” and “level the playing field.” Because Americans live in a constitutional republic, to accomplish that goal, Obama has made it his life’s purpose to convince voters to install leaders and legislators that will advance his Marxist worldview.
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