Subj : Re: Trump Rallygoers Go B
To   : RANDALL SCHAD
From : Mike Powell
Date : Tue Oct 01 2024 10:15:00

>  MP> That is a problem to me, IMHO.  The President isn't supposed to be the
>  MP> cultural and moral leader of the country.  That is how Obama got elected.
>  MP> We need to elect candidates who will set a strong fiscal agenda for the
>  MP> country, not to be our surrogate parents/ministers and not to lead us
>  MP> down some path into whatever their "Brave New World" (or "1984") vision
>  MP> is, consequences be damned.

> This.

> It's more akin to a European prime minister role, perhaps? General fiscal
> policy, foreign relations, military command, and pushing legislative
> priorities.

That is how I was taught that it is.

> I abhor the amount of power that particular office has (and/or is perceived to
> have), and I'm frustrated that the general attitude continues to appear to wan
> to elevate it.

I believe the problem is how much power some people perceive the office of
President to have, and agree giving the office too much power is a very bad
idea.  It is most certainly not what the framers of our Constitution, who
had just freed themselves from such an arrangement, had in mind when they
set up the checks and balances for our new government.

Now, can they set bad fiscal, foreign, or legislative policies/priorites that
cause us problems?  Yes they can but, in most cases, they cannot do it
alone, and we don't want to cause a situation where they can.


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