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Obama’s Progressive Manifesto Leaves No Question About His Intentions

Jan. 22, 2013 3:53pm

Before joining the Blaze, Buck served as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency, assigned to the Counterterrorism Center and Office of Iraq Analysis. He […]

Before joining the Blaze, Buck served as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency, assigned to the Counterterrorism Center and Office of Iraq Analysis. He also served as an analyst for the NYPD Intelligence Division. He has field experience in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. Buck has a B.A. in Political Science from Amherst College. He is a native of New York City, where he currently resides.

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Obamas Progressive Manifesto Leaves No Question About His Intentions

US President Barack Obama waves after taking the oath of office during the 57th Presidential Inauguration ceremonial swearing-in at the US Capitol on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. The oath was administered by US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr. ( AFP/Getty Images)

We expect inaugural addresses to contain more promises than policy and make some allowances for the grandiose rhetorical flourish. But while Obama’s 2nd Inaugural Address tested the outer limits of eye-rolling, strawmen-incinerating bombast, it also served as a declaration of political war against the Constitution as a document limiting government power. And as for his legacy, we should now have no doubt:

Obama plans to lead to progressive left to total political victory.

This is obvious after President Obama’s first speech of his second term. He will assault the ideological and institutional foundations of limited government and individual liberty. He will push government deeper into every aspect of American life. And he will construct an all-encompassing Leviathan that will endure long after he leaves office.

The first section of Obama’s inaugural described an American historical trajectory pushed along by collective action. Immediately after some pablum about America’s founding, Obama declared America’s greatest victories have been collectivist enterprises. Yes, perhaps we once viewed our past as the result of individuals pursuing their dreams free of government interference, but Obama knows better. He explained to the American people that:

“Fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges, that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.”

In this classic Obamaism, he has stated something self-contradictory and false, with a self-assuredness worthy of Socrates. We don’t honor America’s founding principles by coming up with new ones to replace them. The founding fathers did everything they could to limit government power. But Obama can’t be bothered with this, and rejects it anyway. Distorting the founding principles as an invitation to endless government and tyranny by the majority serves his political ends.

Not content to redefine the relationship in this country between citizen and state, Obama took a moment to rub the noses of the opposition in a statement so profoundly disingenuous, it is difficult to know if even he believed it as he read the words:

“Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all societies ills can be cured through government alone.”

That may have been true—until Barack Obama became President. At no point in the last four years has Obama shown a moment of hesitation to use government power. His only gripes have revolved around clobbering Congress for standing in the way of his agenda. It’s not that he is skeptical of government power—Obama is skeptical of the other side using it.

As for curing all ills through Big Brother’s smothering embrace, that is Obama’s philosophical foundation. He said as much in the rest of the speech, detailing every progressive policy he intends to ram through, no matter how divisive or unpopular. If he has proven one skill useful for politics—other than demagoguery—it is tenacity. He will cling to the most flimsy justification, and hammer the most banal arguments, day after day. The most overrated orator of the past 30 years knows when all else fails, volume beats virtue.

Once he had run through every liberal platitude imaginable, Obama focused his speech on a call to action. Not content to merely articulate an expansive progressive agenda, Obama turned to the classic maneuver of the rabble-rouser: false urgency. With no financial crisis to provide cover for his hyperbole, Obama tried to ignite a feeling of near-panic in his followers over bad weather and forest fires.

This administration’s second inaugural has set the terms of battle, and we must take Obama at his word. There will be no bi-partisanship. There will be no negotiation. Any attempt to meet him halfway will be met with sneers about the need for “balance.” There will be no end to the destruction of political opponents, and all attempts to block the Obama agenda will be considered threats to the “collective” good.

Obama and his progressive allies have seized this as their moment in the arc of history to finish the job of remaking this country. Whether they succeed over the next four years is a question left to the American people.

Buck Sexton will discuss the president’s inauguration speech with the ‘Real News’ panel on TheBlaze TV at 6pm EST

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drenfroe
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:56am
The biggest racism of all; no one will impeach him because he’s black.
LarryL2 your he one who’s in denial, buddy. We don’t believe in socialism, if you want it in your country fine but leave American alone.

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scarydave
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:36am
With all due respect Buck, the header you posted for this piece “OBAMA’S PROGRESSIVE MANIFESTO LEAVES NO QUESTION ABOUT HIS INTENTIONS” is a massive “well duuhh” moment.

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rickroland
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:17am
Really? Any, even cursory glance, at this man’s political history *prior* to becoming President, shows that Obama is, and always has been, a hard-core progressive of the absolute worst kind.

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DebateMe
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:22pm
“He will push government deeper into every aspect of American life. And he will construct an all-encompassing Leviathan that will endure long after he leaves office.”

And the acquiescing electoral minority stands silent while the slim majority applauds and swoons. The true meaning of the tired and cliched ‘we get the government we deserve’ will hit us all equally in its brutality – something that the redistrubtionists will at least be able to appreciate despite the pain of it all.

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leonardo44
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:49pm
great dissection of the Obama’s speech Buck, depressing but the sad reality facing this country.

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toledofan
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:09pm
Hello, are some people are just finding this out now. The last four years is a great indication of what he’s going to do, and we, at least I thought, the next four uyears will be the same at an accelerated rate. Just wait until this guy comes out with his fix for the environment; it’s going to make the Obamacare taxes look miniscule. His plan has been obvious and those that support him, on the left, are going to find out exactly how expensive his agenda is going to be.

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GuruMeditation
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 11:49pm
Lots of folks knew this going back in 2008. I hate to say it, but many of us told you so.

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- Strasser
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:28am
  You are right about that–those of us with even a vestige of understanding of history and human nature saw this freedom-hating communist for exactly what he is. By the time “I told you so” will make any impression on the fools who voted for him, it may well be too late to ever fix our Big A** Mistake.
  
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- mikem1969
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 9:25am
  The problem is they don’t teach in public schools any more, they indoctrinate instead.
  
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woodcellar
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 11:05pm
Yes Obama want to be King of the world and everything he does is to get him there. He cared about nothing else.

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calebjim
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 10:14pm
I listened to his speech and found it rather boring. He only mentioned his social agenda and that was expected. His main goal should have been the job development and the economy along with the debt. However, these items are not important. Socialism has its king and he is going to push it hard.
He did mention some trivial issues that really should be hidden until the country has recovered. Four more years of the past.

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Nehemiah6.3
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 9:55pm
Because so many are choosing to follow Obama, there will be suffering by all. We all share a part in this tale, we have all left the safety of truth to one degree or another. From giving our kids a trophy for participation to attending our children’s job interviews. We are a helicopter parent nation and now we are going to be governed by a helicopter government. Except this government is armed with missiles.

Each person needs to take a long look inward and ask God to help them see what we each need to change. We have so many who don’t even believe in God any more. Maybe we don’t treat our neighbors kind enough to show them that God loves them. Maybe we have become such a “me” generation that we don’t even notice when someone does something kind for us.

We have become obsessed with what do we have and what do we get and not what we give. That’s why so our treasured holidays are now being threatened. We have become a nation of accusers. If i remember my scriptures correctly, Lucifer other wise know as Satan was the first and great accuser. He accused God of not being fair, and that God’s plan to bring salvation to God’s children would not work. Lucifer wanted to force all of God’s children to follow him. That he would save all men by force. God chose Jesus to be the Savior because he volunteered.

If we are to restore ourselves to a kind and benevolent country we first have to start with in ourselves, then our families, then communities and so forth.

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- mewnani
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 11:46pm
  Don’t forget Satan also has his own agenda. He doesn’t just accuse randomly; he wants to get you as far away from God as he possibly can, both for your suffering and for the fact he’ll have one more pawn to work with. Unfortunately for us, he’s doing a wonderful job at doing just that, and fewer and fewer people can see what he’s doing.
  
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NoUseForLogic
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 8:19pm
Hey… you guys are totally stupid and just now beginning your education.

And Obama won. Get over it. (pesky electronic boxes)

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- ghostlyspirit
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 9:07pm
  Tell that to the generation that has to pay for the ignorance and the lack of respect and love you display here by spitting on our great nation. you are nothing but a coward that is a footstool .with your selfish comment tell that to the ones who died for you to live under the constitution that gives you the freedom you are so willing to throw away because some man you give all power now can rule your life and own your freedoms given by birth that we don’t and will not give up. we serve no man our life belongs to us and if you want us to get over it well that won’t happen but you can choose to lay down as it is still your right to have choice in your life to still exercise, but dont tell me what to do or feel or think. it is people like u that will beg for help and lay in the belly of s**it as you gave up your life freely to someone that now you serve as your god. is that something you can get over ? is that what you want others to do? you will learn the hard way what being an American is and learn that when you sell out your life to serve man as your god you will die in his belly where the rotten smell of his evil will be the taste in your mouth forever. shame yourself for those who died for our freedom and constitution at the hands of the enemy that you surrender to as a coward does. you are what Americans deal with daily you are the decay of humanity.
  
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Disgusted_in_CT
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 7:58pm
LarryL2
I live in Canada with good health care and reasonable tax rates. There’s a social safety net. It’s not perfect but it works.

You know nothing about freedom your a sheep following your government.
You are moron now get the heck off our boards and STFU you mook,

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MilSpec
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 6:54pm
This guy has been giving the same speech for the last 6 years. Why is anyone surprised.

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zoro51
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 6:47pm
no question in MY mind neither.. he desires america to go the way of GREECE.. havinga SOCIALIZT govt DICTATE TO THE MASSES WHATS WHAT RAPE OUR FREEDOMS BURN THE CONSITTUION AND CONTINUE TO KILKL BABIES… SEND JOBS TO EUROPE not keep them in the usa.. TAX US ALL BEYOND DEATH.. RAPE our funds RAPE our freedomns RAPE n trash the constitution that FORMED THIS NATION why BECAUSE OBAMA IS NOT AMERICAN BORN hes LIED DECIEVED THE USA hes NOT A GOD… nor a DICTATOR as he DESIRES TO BE.. hes a IMPOSTER IMPEACH N THROW OUT OF THE USA NOW end americas RAPING by the left

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EmergingInThought
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 6:17pm
President Obama has done a good job considering the economy he inherited and the most hateful/spiteful group of Republicans in our nations history. It’s amazing how much most Republicans are against anything and everything the President stands for- whether it’s a good idea or not. It’s a shame too because 50 years from now we’ll be thankful for universal health care and equal pay for women, just to name two things. He’s far from perfect but who is?

http://www.whatthehellbook.com/the-book/

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- Shebaac
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 6:48pm
  OMG…… You are such a Kool Aid drinker. You are beyond help if you believe this Progressive in the White House is good for America. If you want his style of governing, move to Europe.
  
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- MilSpec
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 6:51pm
  The president has yet to come up with a good idea. As soon as he does I’ll praise him too.
  
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- psychokittis
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 6:55pm
  What was so hateful and spiteful about the previous administration? The only hateful things I saw and heard were from the Democrats. In fact, take an honest look around-the democrats are still spewing bile and hatred. Open your eyes.
  
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- Circuit Preacher
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 7:38pm
  Baloney.
  
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FloridaFarmGirl
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 6:05pm
Ths guy is not my president. Always voted against him. He does not represent me.

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- Shebaac
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 6:49pm
  Ditto.
  
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Lotus503
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 5:33pm
I hope the couple of million so-called ‘Republicans’ that stayed home instead of voting for Romney because he wasn’t quite ‘conservative’ enough choke on it. Romney wasn’t my first choice, either…but at least I can proudly state that DID vote, and I DID NOT vote for the man that is leading our country to moral, financial and most likely, physical destruction.

I’m to the point where I don’t believe we are going to get a second chance to recover our freedoms.

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- ghostlyspirit
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 6:09pm
  LOTUS503 Hi the country isnt waiting to give itself back and is not going to return to what it was. It was lost long ago the country is waiting for us to give our self back to it. We left it and foolishly and thought it was here to take care of us. We are the keepers and are to take care of her. We left our country and now we weep for it. I don’t fear the country every coming back I fear the people who are the foolish will not care to except they are to blame and fear they will not see it. Please don’t give up on yourself. Americans are the soul of this country. We can’t wait for God or anyone God is waiting for us. We are the ones that owe her the respect and love she has always given to us. I will not hand over the responsibility again. It is for us to stand and give her life with our own life to sacrifice what ever that may be. Soldiers give their life to fight for America every day. They have never left their country they have protected it and guarded it. Fight for her as you would want her to fight for you. Give yourself the America you believe in and love so much. she has slipped away by the foolishness of our own doing. visit my website http://www.godandspirit.com ty remember don’t let the choice be of others for what you so love.
  
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- OKC08GT500
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 6:16pm
  Romney did not lose because conservatives stayed home. He lost because the moochers, looters and inner city tribal city parasites outnumber the producers. And when 0bama grants citizenship to millions of criminal invaders, there will never again be a Republican POTUS.
  
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ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 5:20pm
Infantilization of America began long ago, Dear Leader is just playing into understanding the general public and in this way he plays into our need to have a bigger government and ultimately a father figure most have never had.

Our need to also be constantly cheered on falls back to the self esteem movement initiated in the 80s. Those kids are now in the early 30s. This has not stopped since. Its gotten only worse with each passing year. Now the self entitled are the ones ruining and running this country. Remember its now called the “American Promise” no longer called the American Dream by this president or anyone in his admin.

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ghostlyspirit
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 5:17pm
The country is dieing and I will mourn for her until Americans put the spirit of life back into her soul . The breath of life lay with the love God has given us. I will not wait for God to rise up I will rise up first to show him the respect and courage of my conviction. He gave us all free will and a mind to fight for what we believe. The test is upon us and God is waiting for us. If I die for freedom then all faith lies within me. I can’t wait for God as God is waiting for me. God’s fight is to save my soul. visit my website http://www.godandspirit.com ty

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tonypro
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 5:07pm
For those of us paying attention there has never been any question as to his intentions.

He means to destroy this country, and has a head start doing so.

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JQCitizen
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 5:05pm
Buck:

While I agree with your assessment of Barack Obama’s end goals, AND that he promotes them through tenaciously TALKING ABOUT THEM ENDLESSLY, these facts and characteristics would have NO EFFECTIVENESS without a Slavish Media, and a Stupid and Self-Indulgent, Parisitic Public. That is why I agree that the work that needs to be done to elicit change in our nation is mostly Local education and influencing, rather than Political. Good Character among our populace will result in them viewing both Obama, and his Slobbering followers in the Media with the same scorn we do, and to be ASHAMED to associate either their votes or their lifestyle with either.

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Uechi
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 4:33pm
Progressive, being oh so polite for a raging Marxist. I hope all the ah’s that voted for this commie enjoy watching their freebies go up and their freedom disappear.

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- RabidPatriot
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 4:54pm
  I think you fail to understand that people that enjoy being dependent don’t care about freedom. If you love welfare and freebies, freedom is just a word that you don’t know how to spell.
  
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- tonypro
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 5:06pm
  I was going to respond but BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET? did it well enough.
  
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LarryL2
Posted on January 22, 2013 at 4:24pm
hahahahahahha wow that was hysterical!! Ooooooo scary Obama taking over everything. Be afraid! Be very afraid!! He’s coming for your guns, your fetus’s, your religion, your money, your kids, your districts, your oil and your sanity!! Well done on the crazy response front.

Do you need automatic and sem-automatic weapons? Large magazines? For what? Hunting? Protecting your home? No and no. So relax. Here’s a great stat: Us and Canada – same tv shows, video games and movies. Canada has gun control. USA: 9 guns deaths per 100K citizens. Canada: less than 1 gun death per 100K citizens. So give us all a break there.

Jesus loved all, no exceptions So gay marriage is not a danger nor a change in the meaning of marriage. Again, society in Canada didn’t fall apart with gay marriage. No church is forced to perform gay marriages unless they want to. So relax.

Climate change is real. Proven. And even if it wasn’t, why would you not want a) cleaner air for your kids and b) America as technology leader for it? Think of the jobs.

And guess what? Obama can’t enact anything without Congress and Senate so why act like the world is ending. Work with your President instead of acting like he is evil. He is YOUR President too. Support him. Work with him. Find middle ground and stop spouting like a raving looney.

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- BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 4:47pm
  Wow, you are stupid. Ever hear of an executive order? Obama could throw you in jail today for not paying a breathing tax and you would actually feel shame for yourself.
  
  What don’t you get? Everything he does is illegal and yet you champion every move he makes and words he speaks. Your very support of this man is treasonous, punishable by death.
  
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- RabidPatriot
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 5:04pm
  As somebody that has spent his entire life saving people like you with semi and automatic weapons, I say you are wrong. I can’t always be there to save your helpless kind and it is time that you take some personal responsibility in your own protection. I have grown tired of stepping over the bodies of unarmed victims, here and abroad. Soon, you are going to be on your own.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 5:40pm
  Really LARRY? So homosexuals won’t sue anyone with religious convictions that doesn’t participate in their little fantasies?
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/10/22/lesbians-launch-discrimination-complaint-against-ny-farm-owners-for-refusing-to-host-their-gay-wedding/
  
  Instead of moving on to a location that will provide the services they require, these two militant homosexuals will choose to sue instead.
  
  Gay Inc in the U.S. is an overly-litigious, spiteful little group of people who will use “discrimination” to force anyone that doesn’t comply with their agenda either into submission or oblivion, including the church itself. Spare me your garbage champ.
  
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- pookieamos
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 5:41pm
  Where have you been for the past four years pal ? Asleep or in a coma ? Nearly everything Obama has done , he has done AGAINST the U.S. Constitution and AGAINST the will of Congress . In fact the very Executive Orders (most of them ) are UNCONSTITUTIONAL ! Obama has a king mentality and the kool-aid drinking drones continue to cheer him on !
  
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- LarryL2
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:11pm
  Listen, we’ve been living with gay marriage in Canada for years. Am I saying there won’t be a few who might sue? No. They won’t win. No court will force any church or group to marry anyone. Relax. The militants will back down in time as everyone gets used to the new world. There will always be a few noisy nes but they won’t change the rules.
  
  And to RabidPatriot. Who asked you to save me here? Obviously you in the armed forces and you should be thanked for your service. That doesn’t mean you need or should have those same weapons in your house. The paranoia is amazing. I reference the stats once again.
  USA/Canada – same movies, games and tv shows.
  USA 9 gun deaths per 100K citizens
  Canada less than 1 gun death per 100K citizens.
  Only difference? GUN LAWS
  I DON’T NEED YOU TO PROTECT ME WITH A MACHINE GUN THANKS!! We have law enforcement. for that. Gun laws work and America is the ONLY developed nation without them. And the only developed nation with massive gun death numbers. You can ignore me but you are lying to yourself. Look around at how the rest of us live. We aren’t so scared that we can’t leave our house without a weapon. And yet you are.
  
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