tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post8388615217949306640..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Fox weasels.Francis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-38157304011847381422016-01-28T14:36:20.829-05:002016-01-28T14:36:20.829-05:00Agreed. A 'constitutionalist is constrained b...Agreed. A 'constitutionalist is constrained by the pretense and would be judged major hypocrite if he acted like O (for example). Someone like Trump has no such impediments. Personally, I want the progressives spanked in a major fashion and the cronies jailed. I think separation of powers, judicial review (and all that jazz) would interfere. The progressives and cronies cannot have have it both ways and the opposition is insane to let them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688647747392318324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-82069753809782233682016-01-28T13:45:11.275-05:002016-01-28T13:45:11.275-05:00The likely progression is as you describe. Von Mo...The likely progression is as you describe. Von Moltke is said to have observed that no plan survives contact with the enemy. In our case, the brilliant constitutional plan did not survive contact with human nature. It was utopian in retrospect. It counted on the political branches and the states to have unchanging contradictory interests that would grease the wheels of compromise and healthy, necessary conflict. The money pressed into eager hands by the wealthy and then by the federal government awash in revenue from the income tax proved to be a corrosive that ate away at the overall scheme. Now it's all theater that would make the Tokugawa shogunate proud. The "shogun" rules and the "emperor" has nice words about enumerated powers and an oath of office. <br /><br />A strong man on our side would be a corrective, I agree. Probably it would be a necessary condition of our return to constitutional government but not a sufficient one. Even Ted Cruz has shown that his yearning to be president has caused him to ignore the plain wording of the Constitution that distinguishes between "citizen" and "natural born citizen." There's much confusion on the definition of a NBC and most of it deliberate. The issue is, however, illustrative of how even a simple provision of the Constitution just melts into the ground under the sun of political interest.<br /><br />About all that the American body politic can muster by way of a counter punch is a hopefully large "we're fed up with it all" rallying behind a courageous individual. Given how even Reagan found the entrenched powers to be pretty much bulletproof it's likely that Trump, with far less interest in constitutional matters, will fare much better in four or eight years.Col. B. Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590364016079745156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-61178802574028857772016-01-27T21:06:31.450-05:002016-01-27T21:06:31.450-05:00What our federal government needs is a strong man ...What our federal government needs is a strong man (on our side). This is my hope for Trump. Historians will call the O regime the 'next phase' of the American Republic (one in which the executive has been completely cut loose from separation of powers and legislative law). This next phase is the modern equivalent of the transition from the Roman republic to the dictatorship. All that remains is for the 'Senate' to declare our strong man president for life. We are probably lucky that O's dictatorship was too soon and the pretense of the constitution (and consent of the governed) was still a factor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688647747392318324noreply@blogger.com