Re: [OT] What is happening in/to the US ?

On 7/25/2024 7:00 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Gary R. Schmidt <grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:

On 22/07/2024 23:01, Scott Dorsey wrote:

In article <v7bce3$3k676$1@news.xmission.com>, Richard <> wrote:

Just out of curiosity, how have you been responding to all the people
who repeatedly ratched up the hysterical incendiary rherotic by constantly
calling Trump "Hitler" and constantly claiming he is a threat to democracy
and so-on.

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You see, Americans traditionally have not approved of authoritarian
governments.  We did actually start the country in reaction to a British
king who was becoming increasingly oppressive.
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It always amuses me that the USA didn't just stick "Elected" in front of
"King" and toodleloo along.  ;-)

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Some folks wanted to do that.  Jefferson was totally against it.
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It's not like they don't have much the same power...

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They don't at all, as Mr. Trump discovered to his amazement.  It's true
that since the constitution was written, a lot of rights were delegated
to the president by Congress (such as the ability to make war) and across
the board that has been a bad thing.  It's not too late to undo some of
them.
--scott
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Ok, at the risk of upsetting some, I'm going to say that the President actually is above the law.  The President has to be at some times.  The President is the implementation of the will of the people.  Sometimes he has to "break the laws".   Or is Obama guilty for having Bin Laden killed?  Killing is illegal, isn't it.   The only judge and jury for a President is ultimately the voting public, and sometimes, congress, but we've seen how that doesn't seem to work, haven't we?
Now once again I'm hoping the voters find Trump guilty for "find me 12,800 votes", which I consider his worst crime.
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