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melm00se

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24. This was a serious

Reply to ck4829 (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 2, 2019, 04:15 PM

Jul 2019

question.

So many people know about Common Sense author Thomas Paine but what they do not know was that Paine had serious reservations about the structure of the government set by the Constitution. He, in my mind, accurately predicted that the Senate would become the aristocracy/House of Lords (essentially "keep the seat as long as you want it&quot of the new American Republic.

Additionally, the Anti-Federalists, despite "losing" the argument over the Constitution, feared that this would be the outcome of the way that the Constitution and government was structured.

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The Founders never meant for a president to have such powers. [View all] kentuck Jul 2019 OP

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