I sure hope there are enough of them. On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 12:54 AM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are always plenty of senate and congressional seats in super safe > districts willing to obstruct. > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 9:36 PM Jason McKemie <j.mckemie@veloxinetbroadband. > com> wrote: > >> I think the real concern is not just him being president, but that many >> Republicans are afraid of going against him due to possibly alienating >> their constituents. Couple that with a Republican congress and probably a >> stacked supreme court - there will likely be no checks to executive power. >> >> >> On 10/16/2016 11:08 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: >> >> I think most people think the president is a dictator or something. >> As far as making real changes at home, you're right. My concerns >> specifically in relation to trump are more about his apparent volatility. >> We're putting this guy in charge of the nuclear codes and in charge of >> negotiations with (as an example) North Korea. I guess you could sum it up >> with "what is his excellent temperament going to get us into as a country?" >> >> On Oct 16, 2016 9:17 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Congress makes and changes law. Supreme Court makes a few important >> decisions. Regulators are who really run the country. >> >> Does it really matter who the president is? >> What did Obama do? Encouraged the ACA. Dropped the ball in Syria. But >> how did he affect me, my degree of wealth, my amount of spare time? >> >> Ditto Bush. They affect foreign policy. They have the ability to really >> mess up other people’s lives in other countries, but do they really have >> much effect on me? >> >> Granted, altering the make up of the Supreme Court changes things like >> can I choose to marry a dude or do I have to sell wedding cakes to gays. >> But that really does not touch me. My granddaughter having to cope with >> dudes in the bathroom at school hits a bit closer to home, but I trust >> congress will eventually settle on something a bit more common sense. >> >> I guess I am trying to convince myself that a president really doesn’t do >> much here at home. Congress does. The court does. Bureaucracies do. >> >> Now, if the president could get a whole truckload of cheese delivered to >> the Whitehouse and give it out to anyone that drops in for a visit, then we >> are talking about a real impact... >> >> http://history1800s.about.com/ od/19th-Century-Presidents/fl/ >> Andrew-Jacksons-Big-Block-of- Cheese.htm >> <http://history1800s.about.com/od/19th-Century-Presidents/fl/Andrew-Jacksons-Big-Block-of-Cheese.htm> >> >> >> >>
