I am certainly not the person to do it,
but “somebody” ought to post a thread
discussing the actual, authorized, constitutional powers of the president.
The media and the sheeple would have us all believe that we have a king.
The powers granted to the president are actually few and limited.
Most of the crap about “if I am elected president I will...” is little more than hogwash.
The president can not:
...build a border wall...
...institute a flat tax...
...institute a 9-9-9 tax plan...
...reform medicare/medicaid...
...reform social security...
...etc., etc., etc.
The president can veto bills, nominate supreme court justices, name ambassadors, and is the commander in chief of the armed forces.
Ninety nine percent of all the credit/blame placed on “the president” is misplaced
and should rightfully be credited/blamed on our representatives and senators.
There were no “bush tax cuts” ... congress did it...
There is no “obamacare” ... congress did it...
...etc., etc., etc...
And that's why I can't stand, nor do I fault them much, when they make lofty statements about what they will or won't do. I do however disrespect them if they use the words “I promise,” because they can't promise diddly-squat.
And that's why 9-9-9 or 20% flat tax, or whatever is being proposed is just a “campaign slogan” — it's not reality. It's marketing.
Hope and Change was marketing. A lot of people bought it. It was hot air.
We should focus on values, loyalties, principles, and leadership.
I have come to see that the tea party is not united. And that it has become too confusing to know who to trust. Conservatives attack each other. So it is a mess.
I like opinions of various commentators and conservative politicians and candidates. But then people try hard to knock them down and I find things that I can’t agree with that they said or did or support. So then I am confused a little.
Right now I am with Cain and Bachmann. If not these two, I’ll have to go for someone else with a negative upside.
But I play the game too. I am dead set against Perry and said some of what people are saying against Cain about Perry.