Collins Report

By Kevin “Coach” Collins

Barack Obama’s smirk is wearing a bit thin. It’s tiresome to watch this man smile like the Cheshire Cat while lying to our face and treating us like children.

Monday he signed a spending bill so crammed with earmarks even ABC News labeled it a $410 billion pork-laden spending bill.” As he signed this monstrosity Obama said “behind closed doors and away from the glare of the cameras.”

The secrecy attached to Obama’s massive spending bills is something we have to live with. But if Congressional Republicans standup and fight for America’s future we might begin to slow this steamroller down.

Obama likes to talk about transparency of government even as he violates his own rules about allowing public comment about his financial strategies. Unfortunately talk is all we get. Remember we were supposed to get five days to read and review Porkulus?

This leaves calling Obama’s bluff on the earmarks he says he wants to eliminate. It’s time for John Boehner and Mitch McConnell to offer him a chance to do something about earmarks. It’s time for the GOP to offer him the Line Item Veto (LIV).

Getting a LIV conversation going will be win- win for slowing Obama down.

One of four things would come from this move.

1) The discussion could drive a wedge between the so-called “Blue Dogs” and the Pelosi Marxists.

2) This would force Pelosi and Reid to defense giving us some control of their agenda.

3) Putting the issue of LIV on the nation’s mind and lips will give the bungling Democrats something else to look inept over.

4) It could start the necessary chipping away of Obama’s approval numbers.

The Marxists have hit us with rapid fire assaults. For the past several months the daily fires have kept us busy playing defense.

Pushing LIV into the national discussion can help America start the long road back.

Ask your Representatives to get the Line Item Veto discussion going. The Marxists have had things their way for the past six months; now it’s time for us to take the initiative and fight back.

Comments on this or any other Collins Report essay can be sent to kcoachc “at” gmail.com