“The problem isn’t these nominees. It’s Trump. And the people elected him.”
Which is precisely why the framers of our Constitution crafted a system based on checks and balances. Almost 250 years ago they foresaw the possibility of a president like Donald Trump. What they didn’t foresee is that the other two branches of government would be corrupted at the same time.
“The problem isn’t these nominees. It’s Trump. And the people elected him.”
Which is precisely why the framers of our Constitution crafted a system based on checks and balances. Almost 250 years ago they foresaw the possibility of a president like Donald Trump. What they didn’t foresee is that the other two branches of government would be corrupted at the same time.
On the field of honor, one had an opportunity to set things aright.
We could just work down the line of presidential succession. Count me in, anywhere in the line, pistols or foils or tennis rackets. The Bulwark can save the Republic.
They did foresee that possibility that money and special interests would eventually become more powerful than the people -- but really, that's who most of the founders were, except they realized who they were and still had hopes and ideals for a great nation.
The power of the vote was limited to the men who owned property. In a way they created a nice club of powerful people. They were the money and the "special interest." The rabble, the everyday people who didn't own land were cut out of any power in the government.
They didn’t have universal public education back then, either. I wonder how many people could actually read those pamphlets they always seemed to be handing out?
“The problem isn’t these nominees. It’s Trump. And the people elected him.”
Which is precisely why the framers of our Constitution crafted a system based on checks and balances. Almost 250 years ago they foresaw the possibility of a president like Donald Trump. What they didn’t foresee is that the other two branches of government would be corrupted at the same time.
On the field of honor, one had an opportunity to set things aright.
We could just work down the line of presidential succession. Count me in, anywhere in the line, pistols or foils or tennis rackets. The Bulwark can save the Republic.
They did foresee that possibility that money and special interests would eventually become more powerful than the people -- but really, that's who most of the founders were, except they realized who they were and still had hopes and ideals for a great nation.
The power of the vote was limited to the men who owned property. In a way they created a nice club of powerful people. They were the money and the "special interest." The rabble, the everyday people who didn't own land were cut out of any power in the government.
They didn’t have universal public education back then, either. I wonder how many people could actually read those pamphlets they always seemed to be handing out?
But please note: There weren’t a lot of mirrors back in the late 1700’s. So the founders never really had to look at themselves very closely…..
Well, there was that things about enslaving people, but they made up for it by having children with them.
Lots of em! But give them credit- they treated their own illegitimate offspring just as horribly as they did the rest of the ‘help’.
That’s what’s really discouraging - the lack of idealism.