Every day seems to bring new details of yet another outbreak of incompetence by the federal government. Today, we learned that the feds let a great many people into this country as "refugees" who were actually members of al Qaeda who had fought against American troops in Iraq. To be clear, these are not people who had changed their views and come to America. These are jihadists and terrorists who came here; we really do not know if they are now plotting attacks on American soil. According to the news reports, the government is now in the middle of a frantic search to find these "refugees" so as to prevent any attacks from taking place.
How can the federal government be so out of control? I know that president Obama is not interested in border security; he made that clear for many years. Indeed, Obama's main plan for border security is to leave the door open to anyone who wants to walk into America and then to grant them citizenship. This is a rather cynical push to get Hispanic votes for the Democrats. The problem with viewing every problem as a political opportunity rather than something to be solved, however, is that those unsolved problems have a nasty way of causing major difficulties for millions of Americans.
In many ways, the botched Obamacare rollout is another indicator of the same mindset in action. Even though Obama and the White House knew that the website would not work properly, the roll out was not delayed because such an action might be viewed as a victory for the Republicans. In a choice between disaster for the American people on the one hand or no disaster for Americans and a small victory for Republicans on the other hand, Obama chose to go ahead with the disaster because he could not stand the idea that Republicans might be seen as victorious.
Americans ought to be able to expect the federal government to worry more about getting things right than about whether or not the president's party looks good in the process. We all expect that there will be a lot of politics thrown into the mix; we get that. Nevertheless, it is just plain unacceptable to have a government that considers nothing but politics all the time.
Obama and his crew have just got to go!
How can the federal government be so out of control? I know that president Obama is not interested in border security; he made that clear for many years. Indeed, Obama's main plan for border security is to leave the door open to anyone who wants to walk into America and then to grant them citizenship. This is a rather cynical push to get Hispanic votes for the Democrats. The problem with viewing every problem as a political opportunity rather than something to be solved, however, is that those unsolved problems have a nasty way of causing major difficulties for millions of Americans.
In many ways, the botched Obamacare rollout is another indicator of the same mindset in action. Even though Obama and the White House knew that the website would not work properly, the roll out was not delayed because such an action might be viewed as a victory for the Republicans. In a choice between disaster for the American people on the one hand or no disaster for Americans and a small victory for Republicans on the other hand, Obama chose to go ahead with the disaster because he could not stand the idea that Republicans might be seen as victorious.
Americans ought to be able to expect the federal government to worry more about getting things right than about whether or not the president's party looks good in the process. We all expect that there will be a lot of politics thrown into the mix; we get that. Nevertheless, it is just plain unacceptable to have a government that considers nothing but politics all the time.
Obama and his crew have just got to go!
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