Obama's liberties with the Constitution is a throwback to Woodrow Wilson

Letter to the Editor,

To say my dissatisfaction with Barack Obama is a recurring theme in my letters to the editor is probably an understatement. One of the reasons for this focus is my disgust with the favorable treatment given Obama by the liberal press.

The bias for Obama is so obvious by “Meet the Press” and Brian Williams of NBC that I’ve stopped using these programs for my news. I don’t pretend to understand the infatuation the networks have for this president and his socialistic agenda, but there is no question they are putting a favorable spin on his actions.

Although Barack Obama is certainly taking liberties with powers prescribed by the Constitution for the executive branch of our government, he is merely following precedents established earlier by Bush, Clinton, Johnson and FDR.

The real game-changer in terms of the office of President of the United States, though, is Woodrow Wilson. Wilson, with his disdain for the Constitution, huge ego and grossly exaggerated estimate of his abilities and “vision” for the path of our nation, set us in the direction we are now headed.

We can thank this highly educated idiot for income tax, the Federal Reserve System, the direct election of senators and the idea of intervention in the affairs of foreign nations.

In my view, Wilson was the worst of all our presidents. He did more damage to our country than the combined efforts of all our foreign enemies.

The danger our nation faces today, however, is less about these flawed presidents and more about the electorate that entrusts such men to be their president.

The citizens of our nation have drifted away from the principles contained in our Constitution and in the free enterprise system. We’ve abandoned common sense and have fallen for the lure of socialism.

It is amazing to me that we would surrender the things that made our country the greatest in history and instead pursue age old socialism which has proven time and again to be short-lived as a social contract, leading inevitably to a dictatorship.

— Bill Payne

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