We’ll try to tackle the lies in Obama’s latest Blame Bush speech in a later post… but the one thing not getting enough coverage tonight is Obama’s admonishment of the Supreme Court during the State of the Union. I’m not sure if it qualifies as a trampling of the separation of powers, but it certainly was inappropriate and undignified.
The Supreme Court witnesses the State of the Union out of respect for the President. Regardless of their political beliefs, they sit on their hands and respectfully watch the President of the United States pander to the people, make empty promises, and (at least for this President) espouse the most incoherent and sometimes un-Constitutional policies. These are not political opponents once they sit on the bench, they are the jurists that make up the highest court in the land. The State of the Union is no place to try and intimidate them. It doesn’t take a wise Latina to see that.
Yet President Obama, showing no respect to the court that sat before him, chose to criticize them and their CORRECT INTERPRETATION of the law regarding their recent decision to protect the First Amendment and strike down part of McCain-Feingold. And he did so not for ideological reasons, but to score political points with union cronies and the Soros-funded left.
Justice Alito apparently mouthed “Not True” in response. He should have done more. The entire lot of them should have gotten up and walked out.
It doesn’t take a big man to pick a fight with someone who can’t fight back. But then this is the same guy who continues to blame his predecessor instead of taking responsibility for himself. Historically we elect leaders to be our President, in 2008 we got a petty little man instead.
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