A President Loses His Power

He stood astride the republic. He had real power. The first time he had it taken away. The second time he gave it away. 

PRESIDENT OBAMA is not Saul Alinsky or Richard Nixon—aware of how one gets power and uses it, or self-aware when he loses it or faces the greater power of others. He is more Louis XVI, believing power is his birthright. It just happens. It isn’t supposed to be taken away. It never fades. He plays with it, then tosses it aside like a child fondling a pearl, ignorant of its value. When he drops or loses the pearl, he pouts and demands his toy back.

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