How could an American president be so anti-American?

“We reform the immigration laws; it puts 12 million people on the path to citizenship and eventually voters.  If we have eight million new voters who care about, and will be voting, we will be creating a governing coalition for the long term.”

Despite what the media would have you believe, it was clear that a majority of the people supported the president in his initial efforts post-election.  However, the descent into failure as an American leader has been steep and steady.  And it isn’t just recent actions that are contributing to the drop in approval ratings.  Lost in the more current list of unpopular moves are some of the early attempts at implementing equally unpopular policies.  They include…

• An early term executive order that gave federal funding to family planning organizations that provide abortions, opposed by 58% of Americans.
• A subsequently embarrassing mark on the president’s record involving an executive order to close the prison in Guantanamo Bay.  The goal was to shut down the prison within one year, and was opposed by a 50-44% margin.  It remains open, but not due to a lack of effort on the president’s part.
• On that same note, the DOJ’s decision to investigate the treatment and possible torture of terrorists during the Bush administration was considered wrong by a 49-36% tally.
• The announcement that terrorists, including September 11^th mastermind, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, would be tried in New York City, was roundly rejected by the American public 51-29%. This move may be the hallmark of the anti-American presidency, granting rights afforded to our citizens, to a terrorist with single-minded designs on destroying those same citizens, speaks volumes.

Whether it was inexperienced decision making early on, or recent ignorance of what the constituency supports, isn’t it about time that our American president started implementing pro-American policies?  Isn’t it about time that he listens to the people that elected him?

Then again, that would require abandoning his radical liberal agenda and start accepting what America is – a predominantly conservative nation.

Rusty Weiss is a political writer for NewsBusters, and has appeared in the American Thinker, the Daily Caller, and FoxNews.com. He welcomes feedback at Weiss.Rusty@gmail.com.