Legacy: A Modest Proposal

President Obama insists that had he been permitted to run for a third term and run against Donald Trump, he would have won.

Considering the US’ recent departure from policy in abstaining from UNSC Resolution 2334, maybe it’s time for President Obama to ponder another Presidency, where he would not be bound by term limits and/or Constitutions and could rule by pen and phone.

I speak, of course, of the office of President of the Palestinian Authority.  Although the current occupant of that office is in the 11^th year of a four-year term, that might prove attractive to Obama: once in office, he wouldn’t have to work to win it again.

While the situation on the ground would limit Obama’s rule to the “West Bank” as the Gaza Strip is currently ruled by the duly elected Hamas [thanks, Condi], the other Palestinian terroritory could prove fertile ground for Obama’s penchant for social engineering, and he could again force his progressive agenda on a reluctant population, but this time without the pesky obstacles of constitutional checks and balances.

Let’s start with the President’s signature domestic achievement.  Here he might already have a mandate, because apparently in Gaza there have been open clinics for a long time, and he would find himself leading from behind.  Ohamascare would provide him a useful blueprint to transfer elements of the ACA eastward.

The new President could also attempt to impose his vision of a gun-free polity and attempt to confiscate private weapons.  While he might find the population reluctant to turn in their toys, he would have a police force at his disposal without one white cop.  He could also work closely with what’s left of the UN and use them to store the weapons, as they do for Hamas in Gaza.  This would be balanced by the fact that the PA has no army: instead of gutting a military like in the US, Obama wouldn’t even need to dispense with one in the first place.

Then there would be Planned Parenthood.  One guesses that there are no family planning clinics in the terroritory, and funding would be at a premium.  No worries: here comes George Soros to the rescue.  Plus, it would give him the excuse to start taxing the rich, and this would be the final piece of the puzzle: everyone in the upper echelons of the PA and PLO has hoarded cash, especially the family of the late Yasser Arafat [hello, estate tax], and the new President could either tax them into penury or otherwise seize his needed funds by executive order.

Finally, there would be the issue of illegal immigration.  Obama would come into office with a ready-made population of “illegals”: the Jewish “settlers”.  What an opportunity to blatantly ignore immigration laws for the benefit of a “minority” group.  And with the money he gets from Soros and from the new tax regime, he could support and protect their continued existence in defiance of the law, just like the sanctuary cities back home.

Yes, Mr. Obama.  Here is your progressive wonderland, where you can turn an entire population into community organizers.  Isn’t this what you always wanted?