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[Stew Cook]

Can you point out anyone on here who believes this is correct? Anyone at all?

And yet so many are oddly silent on the possible ramifications of the the President believing this. Maybe it's due to the lack of pre-cooked whatabouts. Maybe someone will cook one up by the time I reach the end of the thread.

Otherwise, I'm sure all of those who condemn this notion would agree that a president who believes he has "absolute power" is not fit to serve in that office.

 

[utvolpj]

And not a single person agreed with him. Uh oh.

How many Republicans have come out to condemn his statements? Just curious

 

[Weezer]

He doesn’t understand the 10th amendment or states rights. Not a big deal to those on the right.

No one has made a big deal of it because everyone agreed he was wrong. Has anyone actually defended it, saying he was right? If everyone is in agreement he was wrong, why would there be an argument about it?

 

[hog88]

And not a single person agreed with him. Uh oh.

We haven't disagreed with him strongly enough.

 

[evillawyer]

So the argument appears to be "Everyman for himself. But if I give you anything, you're my b**ch." Isn't that somewhere in the Constitution?

 

[DinkinFlicka]

If he wasn't such a politician, maybe, but I've come to expect that behavior from everyone in DC, regardless of party.

Ehhh, give me an example of a POTUS doing anything like that. This response is kind of lazy and getting old.

 

[volbeast33]

What frightens me the most about Trump is his intolerance when it comes to dealing with reality. I don't care whether you support him or not. This is undeniable, and it is a recipe
For disaster.

What intolerance are you referring too?

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I have not been happy with his handling of this. Bill Lee certainly has

Didn't you say you were sitting out the next election though?

 

[DinkinFlicka]

What intolerance are you referring too?

Reporters holding him accountable for his actual quotes and him calling them fake when they are 100% irrefutably not.

 

[hog88]

So the argument appears to be "Everyman for himself. But if I give you anything, you're my b**ch." Isn't that somewhere in the Constitution?

He needs to stop.

Oh wait... That son-of-a-biatch needs to stop! Doesn't that dumbazz fully comprehend the limits to his powers that the constitution spells out? I'm ****ing disgusted with this POS and his overreach.

 

[utvolpj]

No one has made a big deal of it because everyone agreed he was wrong. Has anyone actually defended it, saying he was right? If everyone is in agreement he was wrong, why would there be an argument about it?

Has any gop politician come out to condemn his statements?

 

[volbeast33]

Reporters holding him accountable for his actual quotes and him calling them fake when they are 100% irrefutably not.

I was thinking he meant actual actions..... I don’t pay any attention to the trash talk back and forth.

 

[BeecherVol]

Yep, it's comical. The very same posters who have been blasting him for NOT exercising his mythic authority to shut down the entire country are complaining because he wrongly thinks he has the authority to open it back up.

It's a head scratcher.

Exactly. And those cries were not just coming from message board posters or the general public. You can trace that idea all the way to congress.

 

[0nelilreb]

And yet so many are oddly silent on the possible ramifications of the the President believing this. Maybe it's due to the lack of pre-cooked whatabouts. Maybe someone will cook one up by the time I reach the end of the thread.

Otherwise, I'm sure all of those who condemn this notion would agree that a president who believes he has "absolute power" is not fit to serve in that office.

Prey tell .. how would he go about taking control of this absolute power to oppress us all with his authoritarian absolutism ?

 

[Weezer]

not at all

Obama claims a pen and phone and the right loses their minds. Trump claims absolute power and it's just words. Funny

Obama actually used his pen and his phone. And no one has agreed with Trump's statement.

I feel like people are not grasping that no one has agreed that Trump has absolute power.

 

[volfanjustin]

Didn't you say you were sitting out the next election though?

I said I was considering it. He needs to tell the people to get their asses back to work, stop listening to idiot governors and flawed projections

 

[volbeast33]

Aren't they using radio devices that only broadcast about one block? They are doing it to worship together safely with such limited technology.

My church has done it once but they also stream it online

 

[RikidyBones]

parents....

lmao. I have a 4 and a 1 year old. I wouldnt take a damn nap with them awake.

 

[utvolpj]

Obama actually used his pen and his phone. And no one has agreed with Trump's statement.

I feel like people are not grasping that no one has agreed that Trump has absolute power.

According to VNPF rules if they haven't condemned it then they endorse it. I'm just wondering if gop leaders have the ability to speak up

 

[RockyTop85]

Prey tell .. how would he go about taking control of this absolute power to oppress us all with his authoritarian absolutism ?

I predict he’s going to start withholding federal funds from states that don’t do what he wants.

 

[hog88]

Has any gop politician come out to condemn his statements?

yes

 

[0nelilreb]

not at all

Obama claims a pen and phone and the right loses their minds. Trump claims absolute power and it's just words. Funny

“Claimed “ .. the dreamers act EO says hold my beer .

 

[Stew Cook]

Prey tell .. how would he go about taking control of this absolute power to oppress us all with his authoritarian absolutism ?

The question you should ask is how do we prevent it.

But, you would start complaining that Trump is being unfairly picked on, if I told you the obvious answer. The second involves someone who just reaffirmed the President's assertion. The third is just ignoring the problem and hoping the authoritarian leaders don't interfere with the people's remedy.

 

[RikidyBones]

You have to admit, the video he showed and the tantrum he threw after was can't-miss tv.

Sometimes it's great theater. Sometimes I get annoyed by both the press and him.

 

[0nelilreb]

I predict he’s going to start withholding federal funds from states that don’t do what he wants.

What will the courts then do ?