Originally posted by whodey Power corrupts, whether you are a king or a President. The more power they have the more corrupt they tend to become.
Imagine how corrupt your god must be.
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Originally posted by whodey
A President that has more and more power everyday.
Perhaps it seems that way to you because there is a Congress that is largly dead set on keeping the President in a straight jacket not being able to do anything. So when he avails himself of Constitutional alternatives to work around obstructionists, its looks like a power grab to you.
Power corrupts, whether you are a king or a President. The more power they have the more corrupt they tend to become.
And there can be currupting power with a Congress bought by billionaires and lobbyist who are dead set on making sure a sitting president accomplishes nothing.
Then they cry about "We need leadership! "
There's some corruption there too as the low approval rating of Congress suggests.
A President that has more and more power everyday.
Perhaps it seems that way to you because there is a Congress that is largly dead set on keeping the President in a straight jacket not being able to do anything. So when he avails himself of Constitutional alternatives to work around obstructionists, its looks like a power grab to you.
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There's some corruption there too as the low approval rating of Congress suggests.
You are apparently ignorant of the way the American government is supposed to work. The President is supposed to enforce the laws inacted by the Congress, not pick and choose. It is not the President's job to pass and inact laws. The President is supposed to be the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, but he is incompetent for that duty and harms the military instead of helping them. He does not know enough to delegate the authority and get out of the way. 😏
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Originally posted by RJHinds You are apparently ignorant of the way the American government is supposed to work. The President is supposed to enforce the laws inacted by the Congress, not pick and choose. It is not the President's job to pass and inact laws. The President is supposed to be the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, but he is incompetent for that duty and harms the m ...[text shortened]... d of helping them. He does not know enough to delegate the authority and get out of the way. 😏
You don't know how US politics works.
Dougles MacArthur was perhaps the last most famous military general who thought the civilian president should butt out of the way. And Truman made an example of him that the US civilian government was still constitutionally in charge of war making matters.
Obstructionists had no other purpose in life but to straight jacket a president so that he could do nothing. And when he sought lawful means to work around the obstructionists (right or wrong) they put out their talking points about executive overreach.
Originally posted by whodey A President that has more and more power everyday.
Why get caught up in the different terms rather than compare their respective powers?
Power corrupts, whether you are a king or a President. The more power they have the more corrupt they tend to become.
Is this true or not Suzy?
This is why we limit them to eight years in office.
We're finally over the embarrassment caused to the US by the previous President, I think. In time, this one will only be a memory as well. And the nation will stand, regardless. Let's hope the next one won't be too bad.
Don't be in such a hurry to change horses. Here in Arizona, we kind of went from the frying pan into the fire with our new governor. The other choice we had wasn't much better, though.
23 May '15 21:57
Give us a king!!!
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