"He would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward, for the most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit than that of ...being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure. . . ." The fou…
"He would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward, for the most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit than that of ...being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure. . . ." The founding father's never thought someone like Trump, who feels no shame, would ever be president. Remember, they also wrote that the Electoral College would override the popular vote if such a person were to sway the voters "thorough little artifices" (lies, in 18th century language).
Trump's enablers claim they're trying to restore America to what the Founders intended - by handing virtually despotic power to someone the Founders would have considered wildly unsuited to the presidency; someone who openly praises iron-fisted dictators.
On the other hand, some Trumpers think the Founders were too infected by "Enlightenment liberalism," and they would rather have a "Christian" monarch - scare quotes because Trumpers obviously think Christian virtues are less important than Christian identitarianism.
"He would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward, for the most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit than that of ...being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure. . . ." The founding father's never thought someone like Trump, who feels no shame, would ever be president. Remember, they also wrote that the Electoral College would override the popular vote if such a person were to sway the voters "thorough little artifices" (lies, in 18th century language).
Trump's enablers claim they're trying to restore America to what the Founders intended - by handing virtually despotic power to someone the Founders would have considered wildly unsuited to the presidency; someone who openly praises iron-fisted dictators.
On the other hand, some Trumpers think the Founders were too infected by "Enlightenment liberalism," and they would rather have a "Christian" monarch - scare quotes because Trumpers obviously think Christian virtues are less important than Christian identitarianism.