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meanit

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27. We didn't get where we are overnight.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2013, 08:24 AM

Oct 2013

There are many checks and balances in the Constitution to prevent lunatics like we have now from getting power, but many of these remedies have been ignored along the way due to greed, bullying, spinelessness, etc.

The founding fathers probably figured that we as a country would have had enough sense to use these remedies long before things got to this point.

Now we have to figure out what to do about these loonies for ourselves.

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You thinkin' maybe the Founding Fathers weren't as smart as we'd like to think? [View all] jmowreader Oct 2013 OP

They could not have imagined a world full of idiots listening to idiots all day on the radio and TV. redstatebluegirl Oct 2013 #1

indeed... ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2013 #3

Who could have forseen Turbineguy Oct 2013 #2

They thought morons would get voted out of office by their constituents. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #9

Actually they did foresee a buncha stupes getting elected, Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #4

Stupes isn't why there are two houses jmowreader Oct 2013 #16

That explains their election by the state legislature in the original, Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #22

Any set of rules can be fucked with Phlem Oct 2013 #5

Dumb post ... Auggie Oct 2013 #6

Maybe they're only three-fifths as smart as we thought... ( n/t ) Make7 Oct 2013 #7

I'm not sure I quite understand... FurSure Oct 2013 #25

LOL! Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2013 #31

LOL! FurSure Oct 2013 #35

Their world was alot smaller Marrah_G Oct 2013 #8

It's a political game Lifelong Dem Oct 2013 #10

That cartoon was published 10/2. baldguy Oct 2013 #20

I'm sure they did the best they felt they could. n/t eShirl Oct 2013 #11

The founding fathers were concerned about kings and setting up an executive branch Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #12

I believe that is the job of the electorate. BlueToTheBone Oct 2013 #13

What you are really demanding: GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #14

Not at all jmowreader Oct 2013 #18

Sounds reasonable. One question. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #32

I want the Tea Party members removed because they're destroying the country! jmowreader Oct 2013 #36

You are wanting anybody that disagrees with you politically to be removed. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #37

They expected the country to be sensible enough Revanchist Oct 2013 #15

No. They had not way to know what would happen treestar Oct 2013 #17

Yeah, why weren't they omniscient? bhikkhu Oct 2013 #19

They had pitchforks, tar and feathers, etc., back then. gulliver Oct 2013 #21

But they did dare to Gerrymander back then. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #34

Actually they were prescient enough to warn against Factions nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #23

No, after such a struggle to establish this nation bluedeathray Oct 2013 #24

Their mistake was in not legislating the powers of parties riqster Oct 2013 #26

We didn't get where we are overnight. meanit Oct 2013 #27

Of course they didn't plan for everything, they went with the best they could come up with NuclearDem Oct 2013 #28

Yep. The Constitution is a failure, and we need to replace it with a parliamentary system geek tragedy Oct 2013 #29

The Houses were to make their own rules zipplewrath Oct 2013 #30

They were, but they never expected petulant children to be elected to Congress. Myrina Oct 2013 #33

I think the FF designed a system for the elite. Not for the people. No third party? Blame them. DevonRex Oct 2013 #38