Mon Jun 4, 2018, 12:37 PM
bucolic_frolic (35,416 posts)
Frum, Frum, Frum, Frum .....
Quite a number of people are comparing President Trump's claim of a right to self-pardon to George III. In fact, Trump is asserting a much much greater power than George III ever imagined - a power for which Charles I lost his head and James II lost his throne ... more ...
Link to tweet The Stuart monarchs asserted a "dispensing power" that permitted them to absolve individual subjects of the duty to comply with laws. Link to tweet This "dispensing power" was grievance number 6 in the famous Nineteen Propositions adopted by Parliament in 1642, leading to outright civil war.
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bucolic_frolic | Jun 2018 | OP |
Eliot Rosewater | Jun 2018 | #1 | |
unblock | Jun 2018 | #2 | |
lame54 | Jun 2018 | #9 | |
Bernardo de La Paz | Jun 2018 | #15 | |
ProudMNDemocrat | Jun 2018 | #3 | |
C_U_L8R | Jun 2018 | #4 | |
Glorfindel | Jun 2018 | #5 | |
Qutzupalotl | Jun 2018 | #6 | |
kmla | Jun 2018 | #8 | |
lame54 | Jun 2018 | #10 | |
bigbrother05 | Jun 2018 | #13 | |
eppur_se_muova | Jun 2018 | #16 | |
jayschool2013 | Jun 2018 | #14 | |
sab390 | Jun 2018 | #18 | |
redstateblues | Jun 2018 | #7 | |
Me. | Jun 2018 | #11 | |
bucolic_frolic | Jun 2018 | #12 | |
debsy | Jun 2018 | #17 |
Response to bucolic_frolic (Original post)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 12:38 PM
Eliot Rosewater (30,055 posts)
1. Courts are being packed with sycophants who dont know what the constitution says or care
Response to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 12:41 PM
unblock (51,226 posts)
2. Oh they know. They really know.
And that's exactly why they're putting sycophants in place.
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Response to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:24 PM
lame54 (33,317 posts)
9. I'm starting to think The Constitution...
Is an extremely flawed document
It is not going to get us out of this |
Response to lame54 (Reply #9)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 02:17 PM
Bernardo de La Paz (44,189 posts)
15. All documents flawed. The Constitution will get us out, imperfectly, but in the main it will work.nt
Response to bucolic_frolic (Original post)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 12:41 PM
ProudMNDemocrat (13,196 posts)
3. David Frum .....How could you??????
Be so wise and informed as you are. Come join the Party of Laws and Common Sense. Please. |
Response to bucolic_frolic (Original post)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 12:45 PM
C_U_L8R (43,330 posts)
4. It's even better if...
you say Frum, Frum, Frum, Frum to the tune of Dragnet
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Response to C_U_L8R (Reply #4)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 12:51 PM
Glorfindel (9,028 posts)
5. Yes! I was trying to fit it in to Darth Vader's march theme from "Star Wars"
but there aren't enough Frums. Dragnet works perfectly.
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Response to C_U_L8R (Reply #4)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:00 PM
Qutzupalotl (13,183 posts)
6. Or Beethoven's Fifth Symphony...
Response to C_U_L8R (Reply #4)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:21 PM
kmla (4,047 posts)
8. It works well with the theme song to "Jaws" as well.
Response to C_U_L8R (Reply #4)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:26 PM
lame54 (33,317 posts)
10. Or the Tums commercial
Response to C_U_L8R (Reply #4)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 02:10 PM
bigbrother05 (5,995 posts)
13. Monty Python's "Spam, spam, spam, spam"
Response to bigbrother05 (Reply #13)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 02:28 PM
eppur_se_muova (35,189 posts)
16. Warped minds think alike. nt
Response to C_U_L8R (Reply #4)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 02:48 PM
sab390 (136 posts)
18. Get Smart
It, the open and theme, would be right for him. He seems to have gotten smart. Maybe?
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Response to bucolic_frolic (Original post)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:04 PM
redstateblues (10,554 posts)
7. Right now Frum is one of my top 5 favorite Republicans
That is subject to change once Trump is gone, but now he is spot on.
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Response to bucolic_frolic (Original post)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:53 PM
Me. (35,007 posts)
11. This Deserves A +1
Response to bucolic_frolic (Original post)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 02:00 PM
bucolic_frolic (35,416 posts)
12. For you history buffs
this was the time of the Cavaliers vs. the Roundheads
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Propositions |
Response to bucolic_frolic (Original post)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 02:45 PM
debsy (523 posts)
17. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!!
...figuratively speaking, of course!
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