DeSantis Sanctus

 

The title in the headline is a more appropriate moniker for the Governor of Florida. DeSantis, to my view, understands much better than Trump the Founding Fathers’ pledge to each other in the Declaration, to pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their Sacred Honor. Trump understands the fortune part, but not the Sacred Honor part. For me, Trump’s shot at DeSantis is a bridge too far. Trump dragged DeSantis over the finish line in Florida against Gillum, which was a blessing for the State and the Nation. And now he is obviously unnerved by the prospect of DeSantis as a competitor in the 2024 primaries. I know which way I’m going on that. With Ed Rollins.

Why? DeSantis is far more intelligent and competent both technically and politically than Trump. He doesn’t have the larger-than-life personality, but, in this case, I see that as a major plus. And I may be wrong, but I believe DeSantis is much more of an actual conservative than Trump.

Had DeSantis been the President when COVID hit, we would have had monoclonal antibodies available everywhere, very limited school lockdowns, if any, no economic lockdowns, no vaccine mandates, possibly no vaccines approved without adequate testing, and without the liability gift for Pharma.

Even Pfizer has acknowledged that their vaccine was not adequately vetted. And any vaccine that has a complication rate of almost 8% requiring medical attention after receiving the vaccine has no place in any medical armamentarium. The long-term risks of the mRNA vaccines remain unknown. There is evidence that the vaccines, shortly after administration, make people more likely to contract the virus, rather than the opposite (consider the case of Gibraltar).

With DeSantis, we would not have had Fauci, Walensky, and Redfield calling the shots. They would have been gone. The death rate would not have been any higher, possibly lower, and the economy and the populace would have been much better off. We would not have an educationally lost generation as we now have. (Oh, and Aaron Rodgers would not have been vilified.)

Jay Bhattacharya would have been directing the response under DeSantis, and the entire world would have been better off with an actual epidemiologist, economist, and physician heading the effort. Scott Atlas was great, but Trump didn’t empower him.

The warp-speed effort on the vaccines may have been and still may be popular, but, in my view, it has been a disaster, and did not compensate for the vast violation of individual liberties and Constitutional rights. That is on Trump, who didn’t know enough, or was too intimidated by the “Scientists” or the “Science” to do the right thing. No guts. He shouldn’t claim any glory for anything regarding the pandemic. Only that it would have been far worse with the Democrats running the entire show, including from the White House. So we were lucky to have Trump there, rather than Hillary, but that’s about the best I can say. DeSantis read, understood, and applied the actual medical and epidemiological literature better than the “Scientists” did, by far.

I don’t like tariffs. They may juice the economy short term, but in the long term, they hurt. Trump was right on China, but DeSantis would have been just as good, if not better. Protectionism is a Progressive policy. It hurts us in the long run.

Trump spent like a drunken sailor; granted, he didn’t spend like a Democrat, which is vastly worse than spending by drunken sailors. And the tax cuts are great. But he managed to shoot himself in the foot as often as he championed and implemented good policies.

He didn’t touch Social Security or Medicare, both of which are headed off a cliff. Obviously, we’re going to go off a cliff with both of those, if we are not already airborne. And of course Republicans, despite the media’s accusations, are remaining silent on those issues.

Putin would never have invaded Ukraine if Trump were in the White House, and I trust he would have handled the Afghanistan withdrawal better. But I believe De Santis would have been far better than Trump on that issue. And he would be on future issues of the same sort.

He would be as good on energy. He would be better on social policy. His treatment of Disney demonstrates that. I know, flaming libertarians like Charles C. W. Cooke don’t like what DeSantis did, and seem to favor providing public support for a company dedicated to using its vast corporate resources to promote child sexual grooming, but I go with DeSantis wholeheartedly on that one.

Special tax districts, though Florida is full of them, seem to me somehow inequitable. Those living in them may like them, and perhaps they get better services (I once lived in The Woodlands north of Houston, a private community, and understand why people like them; but they smack of the wealthy living in guarded enclaves; like Charles in Florida–I also lived in Florida and left when the private community I lived in tried to force me to join the golf club, to the tune of about $100,000 up front, and took legal action against we non-joiners when we declined — which they attempted in contravention of their own by-laws; the message was that the empowered home-owner associations in Florida possess dictatorial powers over their residents, which Charles C.W. Cooke doesn’t seem to have discovered yet) but it does seem a bit elitist.

Then there is the mother of all personnel errors: Trump’s selection of Christopher Wray as head of the FBI. If a worse choice could possibly have been made, I can’t think of it. Wray appears to be the epitome of the entitled elitist woke deep-state denizen who is happy to promote the agenda of the Biden administration and Biden’s perverse and deranged Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Trump should be held to account for all of this. He did a lot of good things. He did a lot of boneheaded things. For me, his penchant for attacking and demeaning his allies (and don’t think DeSantis isn’t grateful for Trump’s help in getting elected governor of Florida). The fact that DeSantis has not retaliated is both an indication of his political savvy and his class.

And, by the way, DeSantis’ efforts to respond to the hurricane are the best that I have ever seen, and I have been through many hurricanes in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. No one has ever responded as well to such a destructive storm as DeSantis. In my view, at least.

Excuse me while I try to reach Ed Rollins.

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  1. MiMac Thatcher
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    @MiMac

    DeSantis is the much better choice- we would likely get 8 years of a strong administration- Trump cannot serve more than 4 & starts as a lame duck. The 1st term is almost always the more consequential term & Trump has already had his. DeSantis is also more likely to win by a big margin  & thereby have more clout when assuming office. 

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  2. Gossamer Cat Coolidge
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    DON’T RUN MR TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!!  

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  3. kedavis Coolidge
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    @kedavis

    I can’t really argue with any of the OP, just point out that I doubt DeSantis could have won in 2016.  If DeSantis can get through the door now, it’s only because Trump wedged it open for him.

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  4. Bob Thompson Member
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    Isn’t it gratifying to see that those who know and care what America is supposed to stand for have two candidates already who can fill the bill. I’m sure we have other Republicans who can as well.

    But just look at the pitiful situation the Democrats prefer. Two years of it and it makes one wonder how we will get through two more. Even when the Democrats stood a dozen or more on the stage last campaign it was clear we had no winner so we got demented JoeBiden.

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  5. Nohaaj Coolidge
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    @Nohaaj

    Nanocelt TheContrarian: Had DeSantis been the President when COVID hit

    Your entire post is based upon this fantasy. 

    Everything after this comment is wild  conjecture and projection. 

    It is nice to think and fantasize about what DeSantis might have done if he were POTUS at the time… but it seems an exercise in futility,  and equally unprovable.

    The Deep State would have handcuffed, kneecapped, and stabbed in the back DeSantis as they did Trump. 

    Your comment that DeSantis would have handled the afghanistan evacuation better than Trump has no merit.  Simply noting that DeSantis has military experience,  does not equate to or better Trump’s international relations acumen.

    I appreciate your enthusiasm for Desantis, i have it too. 

    Let’s focus on Tuesday,  and consider 2024 later.

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  6. Nanocelt TheContrarian Member
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    I can’t really argue with any of the OP, just point out that I doubt DeSantis could have won in 2016. If DeSantis can get through the door now, it’s only because Trump wedged it open for him.

    DeSantis on his own would not have beat Gillum. Trump did that. So why would he undermine his best pick for a running mate in 2024? Another Trump term followed by 2 DeSantis terms? But then I’m already accused of being a fantasist!

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  7. Nanocelt TheContrarian Member
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    Nohaaj (View Comment):

    Nanocelt TheContrarian: Had DeSantis been the President when COVID hit

    Your entire post is based upon this fantasy.

    Everything after this comment is wild conjecture and projection.

    It is nice to think and fantasize about what DeSantis might have done if he were POTUS at the time… but it seems an exercise in futility, and equally unprovable.

    The Deep State would have handcuffed, kneecapped, and stabbed in the back DeSantis as they did Trump.

    Your comment that DeSantis would have handled the afghanistan evacuation better than Trump has no merit. Simply noting that DeSantis has military experience, does not equate to or better Trump’s international relations acumen.

    I appreciate your enthusiasm for Desantis, i have it too.

    Let’s focus on Tuesday, and consider 2024 later.

    If only Trump would let us…

    The idea that DeSsntis would have handled the pandemic better the Trump was convincingly demonstrated by his approach in Florida. Batacharya is the one he was listening to and whose advice he was following, and even Batacharya noted that DeSantis knew the medical literature on this as well as he did. Not a fantasy at all.

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  8. OccupantCDN Coolidge
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    So many in the republican establishment had disqualified themselves from working in the Trump administration with unsupportive, insulting and assaulting statements during the campaign. We really dont have a good grasp on the available candidate pool for any post within the administration. So to say that Christopher Wray was bad choice for FBI director – that maybe true – but maybe he was the best choice of a bad litter. The best worst choice?

    It didnt help as his administration rolled on, with how Trump treated exiting officials from his administration.

    I mean look at the election. You may not particularly like Dr Oz – but he’s a far better choice than the other candidate…

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  9. kedavis Coolidge
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    Nanocelt TheContrarian (View Comment):

    Nohaaj (View Comment):

    Nanocelt TheContrarian: Had DeSantis been the President when COVID hit

    Your entire post is based upon this fantasy.

    Everything after this comment is wild conjecture and projection.

    It is nice to think and fantasize about what DeSantis might have done if he were POTUS at the time… but it seems an exercise in futility, and equally unprovable.

    The Deep State would have handcuffed, kneecapped, and stabbed in the back DeSantis as they did Trump.

    Your comment that DeSantis would have handled the afghanistan evacuation better than Trump has no merit. Simply noting that DeSantis has military experience, does not equate to or better Trump’s international relations acumen.

    I appreciate your enthusiasm for Desantis, i have it too.

    Let’s focus on Tuesday, and consider 2024 later.

    If only Trump would let us…

    The idea that DeSsntis would have handled the pandemic better the Trump was convincingly demonstrated by his approach in Florida. Batacharya is the one he was listening to and whose advice he was following, and even Batacharya noted that DeSantis knew the medical literature on this as well as he did. Not a fantasy at all.

    But would DeSantis have done as well if he’d been president instead of governor first, with all the deep state people etc working against him, plus the media etc?

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  10. Front Seat Cat Member
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    @FrontSeatCat

    Trump is going down the wrong road if he starts in on DeSantis……

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  11. MiMac Thatcher
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    @MiMac

    kedavis (View Comment):

    I can’t really argue with any of the OP, just point out that I doubt DeSantis could have won in 2016. If DeSantis can get through the door now, it’s only because Trump wedged it open for him.

    It is almost certainly true that any of the other 2016 GOP candidates would have likely lost to HRC.  Only Trump could punch thru the media bubble around her (aided by the ridiculous amount of free air time the media gave him as a primary candidate- we should wish half as much free airtime to any other non-Democrat candidate). Trump saved us from many bad policies, not to mention Bill Clinton enriching himself & preying on innumerable interns.

    But we are past 2016 & Trump isn’t the best candidate for an election that seriously changes the course of the country. We need a big win- ala Reagan & two terms to change things. Trump helped to set the stage- sort of a successful reincarnation of Goldwater. I doubt anyone else could have done so.

    We need to remember all the free airtime given to Trump was b/c the media thought he couldn’t win the primary, but would damage the “GOP brand” so much that it would ensure the victory of HRC (plus he was good for ratings). But karma is a bitch and the media (especially MSNBC and Scarborough) were too clever by half. They never dreamed they were actually aiding the demise of the Clinton machine. I hope lightning strikes twice in this regard- the Dems spent >$53M aiding the “Trumpier” GOP candidates in the Republican primaries. They hoped they would win & then be easier to defeat in the general election- I certainly hope it comes back to bite them just like it did MSNBC.

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  12. MarciN Member
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    I’d bet a lot of the people going to Trump’s rallies right now feel as I do. They wouldn’t mind a DeSantis presidency, but they want to continue to support Trump, as do I, as a way of protesting the way he was treated and the way the J6 protesters were treated. Trump will not get any attention from the press in the next election. In their hearts, they believe they created him by giving him as much press coverage as they did. They found him more amusing than our other candidates. If Trump wins the next general election, it will be because people do not feel as though the Trump chapter is over.

    Everything will depend on what Biden, Xi, Putin, and the EU do over the next two years. At the gas pump yesterday, I noticed that the diesel was up to $6 a gallon.

    Biden has not been a quiet president. He has reversed a great many things that Trump did. Trump earned the confidence of our country in his daily decision making.

    People who follow politics all the time are simply desperate for a president they can relate to. Trump is not that guy. I feel sorry for people stuck in the world of the news and the pundits. He must drive them positively bonkers.

    But normalcy is highly overrated. Politics as usual has us at a $30 trillion debt. What we need is prosperity more than anything else. I have confidence that Trump can bring that about. DeSantis probably can too, but I know Trump can.

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  13. Flicker Coolidge
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    @Flicker

    Nohaaj (View Comment):

    Nanocelt TheContrarian: Had DeSantis been the President when COVID hit

    Your entire post is based upon this fantasy. 

    Everything after this comment is wild  conjecture and projection. 

    Exactly.

    And yes, Nanocelt forgot the biggest thing.  If he had been president 65 million years ago, that whole Yucatan meteor thing would never have happened and dinosaurs would still rule the earth.

    He truly is Saint DeSantis.  Trump referring to DeSanctimonious, once, was a bridge too far.  That ad of DeSantis’ was correct, that he is sent from God.  So it is our duty to praise him, and to vote for him.

    And for all we know DeSantis might prove to be, in the face of the CIA’s deep state, a greater figure than Paul Ryan, too.  Maybe not, but more than likely.

    Trump not only opened the door for DeSantis, he showed DeSantis the way, brutalizing the corrupt Press.  But this was also DeSantis’ contribution I’m sure.

    Less, sarcastically, Trump is not a sure thing in 2024, what with taking the political establishment’s power and preferences, but DeSantis is not even a sure thing as a politician let alone a presidential candidate, in the face of the current US subversion of politicians, politics, and elections.

    I hate to see conservatives widen their split over these two any more than is necessary, as it will be if DeSantis proves, as he looks very intent on doing, to chose to run for president against Trump.

    But it seems Ricochet’s Nameless one is right: Only Trump is worse than Trump.

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  14. kedavis Coolidge
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    Flicker (View Comment):

    Nohaaj (View Comment):

    Nanocelt TheContrarian: Had DeSantis been the President when COVID hit

    Your entire post is based upon this fantasy.

    Everything after this comment is wild conjecture and projection.

    Exactly.

    And yes, Nanocelt forgot the biggest thing. If he had been president 65 million years ago, that whole Yucatan meteor thing would never have happened and dinosaurs would still rule the earth.

    He truly is Saint DeSantis. Trump referring to DeSanctimonious, once, was a bridge too far. That ad of DeSantis’ was correct, that he is sent from God. So it is our duty to praise him, and to vote for him.

    And for all we know DeSantis might prove to be, in the face of the CIA’s deep state, a greater figure than Paul Ryan, too. Maybe not, but more than likely.

    Trump not only opened the door for DeSantis, he showed DeSantis the way, brutalizing the corrupt Press. But this was also DeSantis’ contribution I’m sure.

    Less, sarcastically, Trump is not a sure thing in 2024, what with taking the political establishment’s power and preferences, but DeSantis is not even a sure thing as a politician let alone a presidential candidate, in the face of the current US subversion of politicians, politics, and elections.

    I hate to see conservatives widen their split over these two any more than is necessary, as it will be if DeSantis proves, as he looks very intent on doing, to chose to run for president against Trump.

    But it seems Ricochet’s Nameless one is right: Only Trump is worse than Trump.

    Or maybe, only Trump can be BETTER THAN Trump!

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  15. Victor Tango Kilo Member
    Victor Tango Kilo
    @VtheK

    Trump endorses De Santis for re-election.

    See, the difference between Trump and Liz Cheney is… Trump helps Republicans get elected.

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  16. kedavis Coolidge
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    @kedavis

    Victor Tango Kilo (View Comment):

    Trump endorses De Santis for re-election.

     

    See, the difference between Trump and Liz Cheney is… Trump helps Republicans get elected.

    Plus Trump smiles a lot, and when Trump smiles, you don’t feel like hiding somewhere.

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  17. Richard O'Shea Coolidge
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    Victor Tango Kilo (View Comment):

    Trump endorses De Santis for re-election.

     

    See, the difference between Trump and Liz Cheney is… Trump helps Republicans get elected.

    He didn’t in Georgia.

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  18. Richard O'Shea Coolidge
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    @RichardOShea

    DeSantis is ready. Trump is too old.

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  19. OccupantCDN Coolidge
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    Victor Tango Kilo (View Comment):

    Trump endorses De Santis for re-election.

     

     

    See, the difference between Trump and Liz Cheney is… Trump helps Republicans get elected.

    Plus Trump smiles a lot, and when Trump smiles, you don’t feel like hiding somewhere.

    That’s the trouble with being a descendant of the Palpatine line…

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  20. Mark Camp Member
    Mark Camp
    @MarkCamp

    Nanocelt TheContrarian: Trump spent like a drunken sailor;

    Spending is determined by Congress, not the Executive.

    We voters have developed a childlike habit of

    1. electing legislators who order the Executive branch to spend like drunken sailors, and then
    2. blaming the person we elected to do the spending for doing what we told him to do.

    That way, we can pretend it isn’t our fault.  It is the President’s fault.

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  21. kedavis Coolidge
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    @kedavis

    Mark Camp (View Comment):

    Nanocelt TheContrarian: Trump spent like a drunken sailor;

    Spending is determined by Congress, not the Executive.

    We voters have developed a childlike habit of

    1. electing legislators who order the Executive branch to spend like drunken sailors, and then
    2. blaming the person we elected to do the spending for doing what we told him to do.

    That way, we can pretend it isn’t our fault. It is the President’s fault.

    Part of the problem of course, is that we think things like defense are important and worth funding, but there are too many in Congress (the opposite of Progress?) especially who won’t accept defense funding unless they also get money to submerge crucifixes in urine and so forth.

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  22. Mark Camp Member
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    @MarkCamp

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Mark Camp (View Comment):

    Nanocelt TheContrarian: Trump spent like a drunken sailor;

    Spending is determined by Congress, not the Executive.

    We voters have developed a childlike habit of

    1. electing legislators who order the Executive branch to spend like drunken sailors, and then
    2. blaming the person we elected to do the spending for doing what we told him to do.

    That way, we can pretend it isn’t our fault. It is the President’s fault.

    Part of the problem of course, is that we think things like defense are important and worth funding, but there are too many in Congress (the opposite of Progress?) especially who won’t accept defense funding unless they also get money to submerge crucifixes in urine and so forth.

    Are you agreeing with what I wrote?

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  23. kedavis Coolidge
    kedavis
    @kedavis

    Mark Camp (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Mark Camp (View Comment):

    Nanocelt TheContrarian: Trump spent like a drunken sailor;

    Spending is determined by Congress, not the Executive.

    We voters have developed a childlike habit of

    1. electing legislators who order the Executive branch to spend like drunken sailors, and then
    2. blaming the person we elected to do the spending for doing what we told him to do.

    That way, we can pretend it isn’t our fault. It is the President’s fault.

    Part of the problem of course, is that we think things like defense are important and worth funding, but there are too many in Congress (the opposite of Progress?) especially who won’t accept defense funding unless they also get money to submerge crucifixes in urine and so forth.

    Are you agreeing with what I wrote?

    Well, I suppose not really.  WE aren’t electing legislators who order the Executive branch to spend like drunken sailors.

    THEY might be, but WE aren’t.  (At least, I’m not.)

    (And not just because drunken sailors only spend their own money.)

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  24. Victor Tango Kilo Member
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    @VtheK

    I despise the term ‘spending like a drunken sailor.’ Drunken sailors spend their own money and live with the consequences. Our political class spends money like a crack whore who rolled a john and stole his credit cards.

    Yeah, Trump spent money excessively. Name a president in the last fifty years who didn’t.

    Whoever is elected in 2024 will spend massively as well.

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  25. Flicker Coolidge
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    @Flicker

    Victor Tango Kilo (View Comment):
    Our political class spends money like a crack whore who rolled a john and stole his credit cards.

    This post is about Ron DeSantis.  Let’s not make it about Hunter.

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  26. Steven Seward Member
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    Mark Camp (View Comment):

    Nanocelt TheContrarian: Trump spent like a drunken sailor;

    Spending is determined by Congress, not the Executive.

    We voters have developed a childlike habit of

    1. electing legislators who order the Executive branch to spend like drunken sailors, and then
    2. blaming the person we elected to do the spending for doing what we told him to do.

    That way, we can pretend it isn’t our fault. It is the President’s fault.

    But the President is just as culpable as Congress.  He is the one that ultimately approves of the spending after Congress approves it.  He can stop  it anytime he wants to.

     

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  27. Mark Camp Member
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    Mark Camp (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Mark Camp (View Comment):

    Nanocelt TheContrarian: Trump spent like a drunken sailor;

    Spending is determined by Congress, not the Executive.

    We voters have developed a childlike habit of

    1. electing legislators who order the Executive branch to spend like drunken sailors, and then
    2. blaming the person we elected to do the spending for doing what we told him to do.

    That way, we can pretend it isn’t our fault. It is the President’s fault.

    Part of the problem of course, is that we think things like defense are important and worth funding, but there are too many in Congress (the opposite of Progress?) especially who won’t accept defense funding unless they also get money to submerge crucifixes in urine and so forth.

    Are you agreeing with what I wrote?

    Well, I suppose not really. WE aren’t electing legislators who order the Executive branch to spend like drunken sailors.

    THEY might be, but WE aren’t. (At least, I’m not.)

    (And not just because drunken sailors only spend their own money.)

    Alas, I failed to communicate, and succeeded in miscommunicating, as usual!

    By “we” who perform action #1 above, I meant the majority of voters, including you and me, not specifically you or me.

    By “we” who perform action #2 above, I meant the majority of voters, not including me, and including you or not, depending on whether you perform action #2.  For example, blame Biden for spending like a drunken sailor, rather than blaming the voters who elected the legislators whom we all knew, or should have known, would order Biden to spend like a drunken sailor.

    If you are not one of those who does action #2, good for you!  Spread the word.  

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  28. Mark Camp Member
    Mark Camp
    @MarkCamp

    Victor Tango Kilo (View Comment):
    Yeah, Trump spent money excessively.

    The Constitution gives Congress the sole power to approve all spending of public money, and requires the President to spend the appropriated funds. 

    I think that we who believe in freedom and a government that obeys the limits of the Constitution should stop blaming  Trump, or any President, for spending what Congress voted for.  Trump swore an oath to do so, as did all of them.  I am not naive; I know that Trump, and Biden, and Obama, and many other Presidents have regarded Constitutional limits on their power as a joke and a trifle.

    But that doesn’t mean we should support them in continually eroding the power of the Constitution.

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  29. Steven Seward Member
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    Mark Camp (View Comment):

    Victor Tango Kilo (View Comment):
    Yeah, Trump spent money excessively.

    The Constitution gives Congress the sole power to approve all spending of public money, and requires the President to spend the appropriated funds.

    I think that we who believe in freedom and a government that obeys the limits of the Constitution should stop blaming Trump, or any President, for spending what Congress voted for. Trump swore an oath to do so, as did all of them. I am not naive; I know that Trump, and Biden, and Obama, and many other Presidents have regarded Constitutional limits on their power as a joke and a trifle.

    But that doesn’t mean we should support them in continually eroding the power of the Constitution.

    Why not blame presidents for approving of the wild spending?  They have the  power to stop it with the stroke of a pen.

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  30. Bob Thompson Member
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    Steven Seward (View Comment):

    Mark Camp (View Comment):

    Victor Tango Kilo (View Comment):
    Yeah, Trump spent money excessively.

    The Constitution gives Congress the sole power to approve all spending of public money, and requires the President to spend the appropriated funds.

    I think that we who believe in freedom and a government that obeys the limits of the Constitution should stop blaming Trump, or any President, for spending what Congress voted for. Trump swore an oath to do so, as did all of them. I am not naive; I know that Trump, and Biden, and Obama, and many other Presidents have regarded Constitutional limits on their power as a joke and a trifle.

    But that doesn’t mean we should support them in continually eroding the power of the Constitution.

    Why not blame presidents for approving of the wild spending? They have the power to stop it with the stroke of a pen.

    With the people as divided politically as they are today, I think we should be glad the President does not have a line-item veto power. So the federal government has to shut down to get anywhere with spending cuts. That’s not a bad idea.

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