I did not say it, but I certainly agree with it.
I'd also like you to show me where the Constitution forbids it.
I'm assuming by this statement you are referring to the shadow government. I cannot show you where the Constituiton forbids it. Nowhere will you find it forbidden in the Constitution. The Constituiton simply enumerates or lists those powers that are granted to the government by the people. Now, the last time I read through it, I saw no clause that allowed the creation of a "backup government" for when the manure strikes the prop, or for any other situation for that matter. There is one government in this country, and that one government derives the whole of its power from what is enumerated in the Constitution. Simply put, if it aint enumerated, they aint got the power to do it. You and I both know that that went out the window with Lincoln. Does that make it right? Is it okay that we've managed to putt along so far in violation of the Constitution? It seems to be the norm, but is that right? Should it not matter what the law of the land is or says, because we've been breaking so many of them for so long that it's become standard operational procedure?
Those are somewhat rhetorical question. I don't really need an answer. I know what my answer is, and I take comfort in it. If your answer is different than mine, but it works for you, who am I to say you're wrong? I might argue the facts with you, but the bottom line is, God forbid, should it happen, the nuclear scenario you mentioned, you nor anybody else other than those in my immediate circle of family, will matter one whit. And I will not matter to you and yours. If it happens, chaos will reign, regardless of the best laid plans of mice and men. Can one really have a foolproof plan for doomsday? Think about it.
I do!
Clause 1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
(If the cabinet, and various government agencies (remember the Pentagon!) were wiped out, if the President did not have a backup, skeleton government, he would lack "principal Officers" to who he could turn for their respective Opinions.)