RENO - Senator Barack Obama told a group of prospective voters in the Nevada primary today that if he is elected president, he will abolish Congress immediately and install himself as Supreme Leader. He also said he would “rule with an iron fist,” and that he would “punish without pity, or mercy, all who dared oppose him.” He vowed to “extract a terrible vengeance on anyone who tried to thwart his attempt to impose the will of the people.” Senator Obama made those remarks while answering a voters question about his willingness to be a candidate for change. “The American people are tired of the same old Washington,” he said. “After two hundred and thirty-some years of the same, boring government, things are bound to get stale.”
The Senator added that in meetings with ordinary citizens along the campaign trail, he has found that a majority of people are also tired of the Congress, the Supreme Court, numerous Federal regulatory agencies, and most of the Constitution. “That’s why I am pledging to abolish all of these institutions during my first one hundred minutes in office.”
Opponents of Senator Obama in the race for the Democratic nomination were quick to add that they didn’t think the Senator went far enough in outlining his plans for change. “I would not only imprison the members of the Supreme Court, but I would execute them as well,” said Senator Hilary Clinton. Senator John Edwards said he supported the Clinton plan, but added that he would go further. He said he would present his own views at a news conference tomorrow.
