Comments on Pro Libertate: My President Is Nobody

Al;Well played sir!

2008-01-29T13:52:00.000-07:00

Al;

Well played sir!

"Anybody seeking the [presidency] (unless he empha...

2008-01-29T12:52:00.000-07:00

"Anybody seeking the [presidency] (unless he emphatically and credibly seeks to reduce it to something like its constitutionally appropriate size) should be considered unworthy of holding any office of public trust."

This is the key point. With the constitutional balance of powers having broken down, the presidency has acquired the discretionary capriciousness of an imperial emperorship. Any candidate whose announced objectives do not include stripping the office of its accretions of unaccountable power is, by definition, a dangerous megalomaniac.

Every candidate but one is ambitious to exercise those hypertrophied powers. None of these, regardless of party or platform, should be considered qualified to serve. The powers of a dictator are patently incompatible with democracy.

negatore,I see only one flaw in your logic, and th...

2008-01-29T10:52:00.000-07:00

negatore,

I see only one flaw in your logic, and that is the flaw of assuming a President has a soul to sell.

Somebody put some ornery in your Cheerios this mor...

2008-01-29T07:17:00.000-07:00

Somebody put some ornery in your Cheerios this morning. Great article.

Hey Will! If Nobody is your President, I'd like to...

2008-01-28T21:44:00.000-07:00

Hey Will! If Nobody is your President, I'd like to be your Congressman:

http://NobodyForCongress.com

Shame on you Mr. Grigg!Where's your sense of decen...

2008-01-28T19:11:00.000-07:00

Shame on you Mr. Grigg!
Where's your sense of decency?
With all due respect to the Office of the Presidency, I'd like to offer my own evaluation in the subtle vernacular of the American bumper sticker ethos:

"Somewhere, someone's president is George W., aka President Simian, son of excrement, glorious leader of the uninformed idolatrous wicker people and Commander-in-Chief of the Empire of Sh*t!"
(Sound of escaping flatulence reverberating in the background, serving as an aromatic incense filling the hallowed air with an aura of awe; please pause for genuflection and meditation or whatever)

"And a presidential candidate is in the business o...

2008-01-28T15:52:00.000-07:00

"And a presidential candidate is in the business of buying the votes of some by promising to make war on the rights of others."

When the President buys the votes of some by promising to make war on the rights of others he is selling his soul.

The picture of the ghosts of Washington and Lincol...

2008-01-28T14:51:00.000-07:00

The picture of the ghosts of Washington and Lincoln laying hands on Bush was shown in a slideshow at my church as part of a "patriotic" tribute to our troops on Veterans' Day 2006. After a year of holding my tongue and being polite while listening to my pastor spout nonsense about Bush being "annointed by God", I got up out of that pew, headed straight for the door and never looked back.

My president is Christ.

2008-01-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

My president is Christ.