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Democrats insisted on changing the law in Massachusetts to require an election to fill the office of Senator John Kerry, should he be elected president in 2004. They argued that the people, not the governor, should choose the Senator's replacement. Of course, the governor at the time was a Republican, Mitt Romney. Now that the governor is a Democrat, the people should not choose Ted Kennedy's successor, the governor should make the appointment. The duplicity here is despicable.

Democrats went berserk over what they called President Bush's "power grab," but are silent in the face of President Obama's massive consolidation of power. The duplicity here is despicable.

No president has ever abused the power of the presidency as has Barack Obama. In view of the many abuses in which several presidents of both parties have engaged, this is a damning indictment. While Obama claims to be a teacher of the Constitution, he obviously does not believe the powers of the federal government are limited to those enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. Obama, the Democrat Party, and far too many Republicans completely ignore these limitations.

What Obama has done to the American system of government in the few months he's been in office is absolutely staggering. He has done it with the blessings of a Congress controlled by Democrats, and a largely adoring media. Among his power-grabbing initiatives, Obama' government has:

Taken control over private industries without Constitutional authority to do so;

Created a network at least 32 of Czars, or "special advisors," whose powers and responsibilities are known only to the president, and who are accountable to no one but the president;

Allowed special interest groups such as the Apollo Alliance, which includes radical left-wing groups, to draft stimulus legislation, from which these same groups benefit directly;

Pushed through the House of Representatives a massive "Cap and Tax" bill with little debate and no Republican input, which, if enacted, will give government virtual control over energy use;

Tried to push through Congress a complete government take-over of health care;

Stripped the CIA of its powers, and shifted the power to interrogate detainees to a group appointed by the president, who is accountable only to the president;

Supports pending legislation that would give the president power to take control over the internet;

Launched a major expansion of AmeriCorps to create what he calls a new Civilian Security Force for purposes known only to Obama and his close advisors.

Tried to put the census under the control of the White House, and use ACORN members to assist in taking the census.

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