Just how far will Barack Obama go to keep his far-left agenda in place? There are some interesting rumors floating around the blogosphere, including one that he will use a rapidly expanding Ebola crisis to clamp severe restrictions on us such as limiting our right to travel.
Last week, Ben Carson, the normally mild-spoken neurosurgeon who is being touted as a possible candidate for president in 2016, said that the various crises besetting this country could get so bad that they could be used as an excuse to delay or cancel the elections two years from now.
During an interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News, Carson said: “I hope that is not going to be the case. But certainly there is the potential.” When asked if he really believed that, Carson said he did. He explained,
[B]ecause you have to recognize we have a rapidly increasing national debt, a very unstable financial foundation, and you have all of these things going on, like the ISIS crisis, that could very rapidly change things that are going on in our nation. And unless we begin to deal with these things in a comprehensive way and a logical way, there’s no telling what could happen in just a matter of a couple of years.
While all of those crises are certainly very real, I don’t think there’s one chance in a zillion that Obama would dare to use them as an excuse to delay or cancel the elections. I think Dick Morris and Eileen McGann present a far more likely scenario in their new book, “Power Grab.” The subtitle states their fundamental premise: “Obama’s Dangerous Plan for a One Party Nation.”
The authors explain:
Obama is a left-wing President who is desperately determined to impose his radical agenda to transform our democratic government and free market economy into his socialist-style ideal before leaving office in 2016. He’s a President who is obsessively fixated on keeping the left in permanent power by turning our two-party system into a one-party monopoly.
The authors warn that the key elements to this plan include the following:
• “Immigration reform” that will tip the balance of power in key states in favor of the Democrats, thus ensuring that they always retain control of the White House;
• Making Obamacare the biggest power grab of all time, giving them control of one-sixth of the U.S. economy and creating a permanent dependency class;
• Expanding food stamps and other welfare measures, keeping millions of people on the federal dole and ensuring that they will always vote for the Democrats;
• Fostering more government red tape and regulations, especially in the name of combating climate change, to increase control over private business and intimidate business owners.
Morris said everything Obama is doing must be seen through the lens of turning American into a one-party state. That’s why he wants open borders and stronger labor unions. It’s why he opposes photo IDs for voting. It’s why he wanted the U.S. Senate to make sure filibusters couldn’t block his judicial nominations. And it’s even why he is working to prevent energy independence in this country.
In “Power Grab,” Morris and McGann warn that this country is now at a crossroads: We can either keep the constitutional system of limited government that was established by our Founding Fathers, or we can allow Obama and his left-wing allies to turn America into a nation run by one party with a far-left agenda.
We still have the power to stop them. But do we have the will? Like it or not, we’re going to find out.
Until next time, keep some powder dry.
Chip Wood was the first news editor of The Review of the News and also wrote for American Opinion, our two predecessor publications. He is now the geopolitical editor of Personal Liberty Digest. This article first appeared in PersonalLiberty.com and has been reprinted with permission.
