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To: spokeshave
"America is a mess, and only Trump can clean it up."

False.
The Constitution is the answer. When things are going wrong one needs to return to the fundamentals. Our Constitution has been ignored and until we return to its first principles we will be a mess.

Donald doesn't talk about the Constitution. He talks about Donald. "I hire people." "I beat China all the time. "I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created." "I will build a great wall." "I am rich." "I will deport people."

Trump-style populism is at odds with constitutional conservatism. The Constitution is a device for frustrating popular enthusiasms, as are federalism, checks and balances, and the rule of law. In Trump's world it is for, "losers".

41 posted on 04/18/2016 4:43:40 AM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: outofsalt

You counter your own argument.

Politicians ignore The Constitution. How are they or new politicians going to be forced to adhere/return to it? It didn't work after the Republican party was handed the House. It didn't work after the Republican party was handed the Senate.

They ignore, not only The Constitution, but certain laws that are on the books.

Ethereal political theories are not going to cause things to change.
70 posted on 04/18/2016 6:49:04 AM PDT by TomGuy
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