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Soon after hearing Obama’s radical State of the Union threats to bypass Congress and impose his unconstitutional agenda on America by decree, more than a few lawmakers in both chambers have expressed outrage and announced efforts to rein in the administration. Among other comments, Republican congressmen and senators said the “lawless” and “imperial presidency” of Obama must be restrained. Other legislators said the president was behaving like a “king” or even a “socialistic dictator” — and that the pledge to violate his oath of office and rule by decree needed to be urgently addressed. A CNN poll after the speech revealed that more than two thirds of viewers opposed Obama advancing his extreme plots on everything from “global warming” to gun control by executive fiat. Liberty-minded Republican lawmakers, meanwhile, vowed to rein in the lawless plans if possible. In the wake of non-stop mega-scandals, public support for impeachment has been surging, too. Democrats in Congress, however, consistently and bizarrely applauded the president’s dangerous vow to bypass the legislative branch of government in his zeal to “fundamentally transform” America, as Obama once put it. “America does not stand still — and neither will I,” Obama threatened during his January 28 State of the Union address. “So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that’s what I’m going to do.” Based on the rest of his speech, by “expand opportunity,” the president was clearly referring to expanding anti-constitutional government and his own usurped power. Americans were not amused, though, and neither were many of their elected representatives in Congress who would be made redundant under Obama’s “executive action” schemes. Despite sharp rhetoric by the growing cadre of liberty-minded lawmakers, however, conservative leaders are warning that serious action is required if the U.S. Constitution, liberty, the rule of law, and self-government are to survive the relentless and accelerating wave of assaults. “In the past, there were some analysts willing to complain that Congress had become a rubber stamp. “Today, the occupants of Capitol Hill have become a doormat. To conclude that there’s a great need for angry Americans willing to stop the juggernaut leading to total government is to accurately assess our nation’s plight.” With Tea Party groups, libertarians, Republicans, and a growing number of Americans across the political spectrum becoming increasingly alarmed at the Obama administration’s push for unilateral autocratic rule, it remains to be seen whether enough lawmakers to make a difference are ready to act. At this point, though, Congress and state governments have an obligation to restrain a federal government that two thirds of Americans say is “out of control” and threatens their basic liberties. Absent a drastic change in course, the fundamental transformation of America promised by Obama will accelerate — destroying what remains of the Constitution and the economy in its wake. That should not be an option. thenewamerican/usnews/constitution/item/17507-lawmakers-furious-after-socialistic-dictator-obamas-address