WASHINGTON D.C. – The nation’s most prominent Republicans have hit out at Barack Obama after he threatened to use his powers as President to run the country.
Following the annual State of the Union address, conservative figures voiced concerns that the President would now misuse his position to embark on a wanton campaign of “achieving goals”.
The call for a “year of action” was said to be the most frightening political declaration affecting Republicans since Sarah Palin announced she would run for Vice President.
Gone too far
President Obama’s speech was criticised for containing several “naked threats” to use his presidential powers to tackle issues such as income inequality and immigration reform, claiming he would enact legislation through executive orders if necessary.
Republicans decried the strategy as a cynical attempt to lead the country forward. Spearheading the outcry, Texas Senator Ted Cruz called any attempt on behalf of the President to make use of powers legally entitled to him another example of government overreach.
In a scathing assessment, Cruz said the threat to utilise an executive order “just shows how far Obama will go to use legal avenues to do his job.”
“This is an outrage,” cried a red-faced Cruz. “The guy gets voted president twice and suddenly he thinks he can start running the country the way he sees fit?! How is this not like Hitler?”
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell backed Cruz and said the President was exploiting the constitution so he could push through an agenda based around productivity.
“Oh boy…he’s done it now,” said McConnell who warned that the President’s approach would seriously impair Congress’ ability to do the opposite of whatever the president proposed.
“There is no doubt in my mind that Obama is intentionally misinterpreting a section of the constitution that says the president can run the country once he has been elected by democratic process.”
Bipartisanship
However, some House Republicans believed there was still time for the President to reconsider his strategy before he went so far down the road of serial accomplishment he could not return.
Representative Paul Ryan offered a conciliatory tone, suggesting it was not too late for President Obama to “embrace the permanent deadlock we in congress have built together.”
“We haven’t passed significant legislation since the Lakers were a good basketball team,” said Ryan. “And we welcome the President to join us to maintain the manufactured stalemate we’ve worked so hard to create.”
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