My Father In Law Was Right

Many years ago, perhaps dating all the way back to the

Presidency of Ronald Reagan, my father-in-law held the

floor at a large family gathering, where he was pontificating,

as only he could, on the subject of lawyers. Someone in

the family had told a story about another family member, who 

had taken a job with the local district attorney’s office, and

pronounced that this member of the family was committed

to "public service."

My father-in-law, who had ingested a couple of malt beverages,

said, "Public service, my achin’ ass, he wasn’t good enough 

to get a real job." Adding insult to injury, he then asked, "What

is he, a friggin’ constitutional lawyer?" This brought the conversation

in the room to a screeching halt, even though he had his supporters

in the room. He was saved by the entrance of two of his grandchildren,

who had been specially dressed for photos.

I remembered this classic family moment today, as I heard a 

mainstrean media reporter refer to the fact that our current President

is a "constitutional" lawyer. He also just happened to work in 

"public service," very loosely defined.

I bring this up, because the President has begun to show some of

his core beliefs in the last week, or so, and of course, the press is 

busy, telling us all about the shortcomings of the Republican candidates.

Before Obama ran for the Presidency, he often spoke on the Constitution.

If you do a bit of research, you can find recordings of the things he said,

on radio. If you do, one thing would become very clear, and it should scare  

the daylights out of you.

Obama does not believe in the Constitution. He believes that the 

Constitution is antiquated and should not apply in his fantasy version

of the world. He thinks the U.S. would be much better off, if the