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President Trump (or Cruz) Will Have a Pen and a Phone, Too [reap the windbag-or a Texas tornado]
The National Review ^ | December 13, 2015 | Kevin D. WIlliamson

Posted on 12/13/2015 2:19:50 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: Cincinatus' Wife
To make “a phone and a pen” work, you have to have a guaranteed lock on 34 senators against conviction of impeachment. And you need journalism behind you to get that.

None of the above is available to either Trump or Cruz.

Bottom line. The most that might be done is to force the Democrats to back a regime of limitations on future abuses of executive power - in effect, a weakening of the executive branch. Under threat of indicting Obama for his abuses. Even then, the president would not actually jail a former president if he had any choice in the matter. It just is not done, for it would set a precedent that no president can safely leave office to a successor.

In order to effect real change the MSM - read, wire service journalism - must be brought to book. They are supposedly our informants, but in fact they are ignorant arrogance factories. It is obvious that the AP newswire constitutes a continual virtual meeting of all major journalism, and this constitutes a conspiracy in restraint of trade Borg where the framers of the Constitution expected vigorous ideological competition.

A simple antitrust action against the AP - for triple damages, if brought as a civil suit - could suffice.


21 posted on 12/13/2015 3:20:00 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Trump’s phone will be gold plated and his pen will write in gold ink.


22 posted on 12/13/2015 3:24:01 PM PST by sgtyork (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
That idiot George Pencil-Neck Geek Will was waxing wroth today about Trump daring to use his phone and pen to invoke the death penalty for cop killers. He seemed to think this had no precedent. Stupid, stupid man.
23 posted on 12/13/2015 3:30:38 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

Good post!


24 posted on 12/13/2015 3:31:31 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
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To: dforest

Walker was an epic fail. He was unable to find the right people to make up his mind for him. Even worse than Perry in 2012. Even worse than Jeb today.


25 posted on 12/13/2015 3:33:27 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

It never ends with you.

No graphics, no targeted response to decimate your inane commentary, I just encourage you to get some professional help for your pathological Trump-hatred.


26 posted on 12/13/2015 3:38:49 PM PST by mkjessup (JimRob: "It's Trump or Cruz, all the others are amnesty pimps" And the man is RIGHT!)
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To: dforest
Maybe they can open the crypt and drag Walker back out.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING WALKER...

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27 posted on 12/13/2015 3:43:01 PM PST by mkjessup (JimRob: "It's Trump or Cruz, all the others are amnesty pimps" And the man is RIGHT!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Don’t feel bad. There will always be the side tent for others.


28 posted on 12/13/2015 4:03:44 PM PST by Psalm 144 (The mill grinds exceedingly fine.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

They will have something else we haven’t seen in almost eight years, a media that is hostile and questions the Presidents every word.


29 posted on 12/13/2015 4:13:31 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Mastador1

Trump will tell them to get stacked. He will do this on national television.


30 posted on 12/13/2015 4:36:20 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I hope he uses the phone to call the FBI to initiate investigating OhBobblehead for treason, and then used his pen to cross out all the executive orders over the past two terms.


31 posted on 12/13/2015 4:45:37 PM PST by inchworm
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

The author is a windbag and shill.

Witless Ape Rides Escalator [Trump]
06/16/2015 1:50:28 PM PDT · by Cincinatus’ Wife · 96 replies
National Review | June 16, 2015 | Kevin D. Williamson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3300938/posts

Plenty more crap of his here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/kevindwilliamson/index


32 posted on 12/13/2015 5:03:58 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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