[Fiji Hill]

The presidency of Calvin Coolidge, who, in my opinion, was the last U.S. president to make an honest attempt at treating the Constitution as a document that LIMITED the powers of the government instead of as one which must be exploited to EXPAND government power.

Harding and Coolidge were the were the last presidents who saw themselves as first magistrates with limited powers. All of the following presidents have essentially been elected kings.

[mek1959]

Exactly, and the dirty little secret in republican circles is that they are just as supportive of BIG government as the democrats...just their type of BIG government.

Medicare Part D, No Child Left Behind, Undeclared Wars! The list can go on and on.

We need to move away from politics and back to principles. Founding and Framing principles. Article 1 Section 8, federalism, etc. Read George Mason and other Anti-Federalists. Study Patrick Henry; read his efforts during the Virginia Ratification debates.

This will take the republican/democrat blinders off and refocus attention on the real problems.