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Obama Is Not King

tcomments Wrote: Jan 30, 2013 1:20 PM
What problems have any of Obama's policies FIEXED? We have High Unemployment, a slow economy, high debt, no signed budget for at least 3 years, high numbers of illegal immigrants, more people on food stamps, etc.
Watching President Obama's inaugural, I was confused. It looked like a new king was being crowned. Thousands cheered, like subjects worshipping nobility. At a time when America faces unsustainable debt and terrible economic troubles, why such pomp?

Maybe it's because so many people tell themselves presidents can solve any problem, like fairy-tale kings -- or gods.

Before America's first inauguration, John Adams suggested George Washington be called "His Most Benign Highness." Fortunately, Congress insisted on the more modest title, "President."

At his inaugural, President Obama himself said, "The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the...

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