So, *you* want a king. Well, *I* don't.

[Laelth]

39. The President did not handle himself well in that interview.

With that I agree wholeheartedly, but I invite you to consider the founding fathers and the England from which they rebelled. Prior to our revolution, the English monarchy switched back and forth several times between Anglican and Catholic monarchs. When an Anglican monarch came to power, he or she would lop off tons of the heads of his or her Catholic enemies. When a Catholic monarch came to power, he or she would lop off the heads of his or her Anglican enemies. Our founders didn't want to replicate these atrocities, and they agreed (early on) to always honor the peaceful transition of power (meaning that no former President can be prosecuted for acts he or she committed while in office). This principle is not written down anywhere that carries any legal weight, but it is practiced in the United States, and there's a good reason for that.

Justice may be thwarted, but that's better than a dictatorship or a civil war.

-Laelth