Not The “Audacity Of Hope,” But The Arrogance Of Power

Attorney Jonathan Emord

5/3/2010

Americans have elected a President who by his own terms is “audacious,” to wit his book, The Audacity of Hope. The likely definition of the term audacious that he would have us accept is “intrepid boldness.” There is, however, a more appropriate definition consistent with his practice as president. That definition is insolence heedless of restraint.

There is no line created by the Founders of the American Constitution that President Obama seems unwilling to cross. In his world view, governments lead and people follow. The state is sovereign; the citizen is not.

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