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kentuck

(111,094 posts)
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 06:10 AM Jul 2019

The Founders never meant for a president to have such powers. [View all]

Washington, Madison, and Jefferson would be rolling in their graves.

To even think that the Congress, duly-elected Representatives of the People, would submit to such a rule, was not something they ever wanted to see. After all, it was King George that brought them to declare their independence.

That is why we fought the Revolutionary War.

So, the so-called "President" wants to have a big celebration for our country on July 4th. He doesn't really care about celebrating the country. He wants to celebrate himself. King Donald. That's the bottom line.

He will order the military to surround him on that day. He wants tanks in the streets and fighter jets in the air. He wants to be the number one cheerleader for our military. It is the act of a tyrant. The kind that leads to a Revolution.

When a government no longer serves the people, but submits to the rule of a Leader, it is time to replace that government. The part of our government that is most dysfunctional at this time is the Legislature, the US Senate, led by Mitch McConnell and the Republicans, to be more specific. They are the first that should go.

They should face the consequences for their failure to represent the people.

We hope the American people are wise enough to defend what the Founders gave them.

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Great post! True Blue American Jul 2019 #1
the founders were operating at a time whrn travel was slow and technology slower rampartc Jul 2019 #2
I think the fetishizing of our founding fathers HopeAgain Jul 2019 #3
The owning of slaves is a separate issue entity. While repugnant tymorial Jul 2019 #28
We are finding out HopeAgain Jul 2019 #31
Glad to see you posted this in your journal. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2019 #4
K&R. What was the point of declaring independence if we just replace a king with "elected" tyrants? ck4829 Jul 2019 #5
This was a serious melm00se Jul 2019 #24
K & R Well said, my friend! FakeNoose Jul 2019 #6
Your last sentence PJMcK Jul 2019 #7
I would say that preachers and hate-radio jocks (and secretive billionaires) destroyed the nation FiveGoodMen Jul 2019 #18
Fair enough PJMcK Jul 2019 #21
It doesn't even matter "who" destroyed out country... Just that they did world wide wally Jul 2019 #22
Seems like the "perfect storm" has hit us. demosincebirth Jul 2019 #25
They also voted for Nixon and Reagan,twice each, howling with glee BamaRefugee Jul 2019 #29
The checks and balances arms have been broken. ananda Jul 2019 #8
McConnell is the culprit by allowing much of this shit to happen. I will demosincebirth Jul 2019 #27
Our govt system didn't take into account that Congress would be loyalists to the President.... Honeycombe8 Jul 2019 #9
They have added Supreme Court Justices before... kentuck Jul 2019 #10
As long as the reasoning melm00se Jul 2019 #32
So, at parades and stuff... johnnyfins Jul 2019 #11
My question remains ...... bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #12
Great analysis. llmart Jul 2019 #17
Most of the People don't participate treestar Jul 2019 #13
There's a good analysis posted Turin_C3PO Jul 2019 #14
That makes me feel a bit better about it treestar Jul 2019 #15
The thing is, Turin_C3PO Jul 2019 #16
I keep hoping the military will be wiser than the 'president' and refuse to allow demigoddess Jul 2019 #19
Any country that is dependent on the military to save them ... kentuck Jul 2019 #20
Yeah, I'm hoping that too! FiveGoodMen Jul 2019 #23
We Can Look to the Republicans and their Unitary President Vision dlk Jul 2019 #26
Geez, me too. bdamomma Jul 2019 #30
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