Agreed, but they can do so much more damage in those 4-8 years.
"HOWEVER, a president has term limitations, and career congressmen do not. This is a very significant difference."
Agreed, but they can do so much more damage in those 4-8
years.
*Yes, a president CAN as well proven (by too many cites for here) by the Clintons' 8-year dual presidency. Certainly, a president's appointees can be problematic as well. Sec. of State Madeline Albright sowed more antiAmerican sentiment than good will in 8 years, and she seems to continue to do so as a private citizen.
We do have a theoretical constituted balance of powers. But, this nation is severely plagued by a two-party system with each vieing for power leverage on the gameboard at a great cost to America's resources and revenue, and a detriment to the well-being of the American productive majority citizenry. I am of an age which gives me a contemporaneous historical perspective that younger generations do not have. Their perceptions are based on a limited timeline and a very limiting education. Their scope of knowledge is hardly broader than political partylines and media mantras.
The first American president, George Washington, warned about the emergence of party partisanship zealots who would emulate Britains' Whigs vs the Tories infighting.
If there is a silent moral majority then it should form a viable party dedicated to adhering to American governance precepts and traditional social ideals which by definition are truly progressive. Thus, leaving the anemic Republicans and the socialist Democrats in the stale dust of their own making.
I am sick of all this wasteful wanton political crap.