[Terry L Smith]

Great!
Lovely!
Thanks!

And finally, from this average American endearing freedom schmo ...

They’re just another darn bunch of feudal officers, that have yet to be deposed.

How can you be a lover of Freedom, and exalt a monarchy?

[Vanders9]

I dont have any problem, principally because the alternative is a system whereby the head of state is also a political figure.

IOW How do you manage to have respect for the office of the President, when the president is Barack Obama?

[agere_contra]

How can you be a lover of Freedom, and exalt a monarchy?

Is Hilary Clinton in jail yet?

In Britain even the Head of State is not above the law.

But in America, the (previous) Head of the State department is untouchable and her husband is an unconvicted rapist.

And they're just the slimiest leaves in a corrupt forest.

Please, regale the thread some more with your notions of equality.

[Romulus]

*How can you be a lover of Freedom, and exalt a monarchy?*

Apart from the fact that monarchy’s at least as good a guarantor of the liberties of ordinary people, there’s the fact that I am a Christian.