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DFW

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2. By the time they wrote the Constitution

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Dec 4, 2017, 03:06 PM

Dec 2017

It was 136 years later, and none of them were Puritans, even if some of their ancestors may have been.

Besides no one wants to cut off Trump's head (with the possible exception of Melania). There's not enough left in there to make it worth the effort.

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Remember what happened to the FIRST guy who said kings were above the law: [View all] dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 OP

He is not the first guy, he was the last :lol marylandblue Dec 2017 #1

Louis XVI of France fared no better. DFW Dec 2017 #3

That's true, just the last in the Anglo-American tradition marylandblue Dec 2017 #4

That'd be James II, actually Spider Jerusalem Dec 2017 #11

By the time they wrote the Constitution DFW Dec 2017 #2

Please, we are more civilized today. marylandblue Dec 2017 #5

Wasn't he taken from a Tower malaise Dec 2017 #6

Ha!!! I do believe you are correct! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #9

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Dec 2017 #10

I keep repeating... nocoincidences Dec 2017 #7

So there's hope. Trump's supposed to go to Great Britain in February. Vinca Dec 2017 #8

The FIRST guy was in 1216, if we wanna get technical.. sir pball Dec 2017 #12