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McCaskill [D-MO]: Founding Fathers ‘Maniacal’ for Wanting Separation of Powers
Free Beacon ^ | July 14, 2016 | David Rutz

Posted on 07/14/2016 11:08:55 AM PDT by C19fan

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) called the Founding Fathers of the United States “a little maniacal” in their focus on having a separation of powers during an appearance Thursday on Morning Joe.

McCaskill, a Hillary Clinton supporter, said while criticizing Donald Trump that the country should not be divided and pointed to the rancor in Congress as proof of the problem.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: constitution; dictatorship; foundingfathers; mccaskill; separationofpowers; uniparty
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To: Rummyfan

If not for Todd Akin she would not be on TV


41 posted on 07/14/2016 11:56:29 AM PDT by scooby321 (o even lower)
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To: C19fan

“She came from Planet Claire. I knew she came from there”

“She drove a Plymouth Satellite. Faster than the speed of light”


42 posted on 07/14/2016 12:08:31 PM PDT by spiderpig (does whatever a SpiderPig does)
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To: C19fan
Yeah, I kind of like the idea of a single seat of power such as an absolute monarchy or emperor, as long as it's a guaranteed conservative Christian leader who believes in controlling criminals, not guns.

But I'm sure McCaskill has someone more like himself in mind.

43 posted on 07/14/2016 12:15:35 PM PDT by LouAvul (Freedom without responsibility is anarchy.)
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To: savagesusie

I cringe every time I see parents gleefully smiling and waving as they watch their offspring bound aboard the big yellow Government Indoctrination Center Transport Vehicle.

Do they have any idea the value of what they are handing to the state?

It should be priceless, but to them, it’s free education. They don’t realize that a child can get an awesome education at home for under $1000 a year and 2-3 hours a day.

Yet every morning, off they go again.


44 posted on 07/14/2016 12:48:07 PM PDT by cyclotic
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To: C19fan

The stupid is strong in this one.


45 posted on 07/14/2016 1:17:31 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: loveliberty2

The senator seems to long for a parliamentary system where the executive leadership comes out of the legislative body. Based on that longing, President Obama would have been out of office in 2010 since the party controlling the lower, more popularly-elected house forms the government.

Oh, what’s that? The senator likes this system only when Democrats get to form the government.

The Founding Fathers were very familiar with the parliamentary system of Great Britain and if they would have wanted to adopt it, they could have and would have. Separation of powers was a deliberate choice made by mature and experienced American politicians for all the reasons stated in your posting.

The fact that, over two centuries later, we have a senator pining for the combination of the separated executive and legislative powers merely shows how the lust for power is endemic within certain groups of human beings. Long experience with democratic government cannot extinguish it. It is a part of our nature.

“Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty.”


46 posted on 07/14/2016 1:23:28 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: C19fan

McCaskill blames partisanship and gridlock in Washington on separation of power? With even a sliver of intellectual honesty, she would admit the founders foresaw power struggles WITHIN each branch and inserted balance BETWEEN branches to lessen the problem. They never foresaw the power struggles between parties, as parties did not exist. Nor did they foresee career politicians in one branch siding with their party’s brethren in another branch to circumvent the system. As long as the press pushes the bias that gridlock is caused by conservatives not happily bowing to liberal demands, our low-information public will continue to believe the constitution is flawed and out-of-date....and folks like McCaskill will remain in office, even after making idiotic statements like this.


47 posted on 07/14/2016 1:23:35 PM PDT by blues-train (blues train)
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To: C19fan

She is, no doubt happy for the 17th amendment though - knowing full well that with her colossal stupidity, she would stand no chance of appointment, as the founders intended.


48 posted on 07/14/2016 1:26:01 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: mjp

We were just at Liberty Hall in Philedelphia. Those guys sure got it right - they (and we) were blessed. Had the Supreme Court in one building (the old City Hall iirc), and the Congress was in another building. The house on the first floor, the Senate on the second floor. (”Lower” and “Upper” chambers).

But - as Ben Franklin said - “A Republic if you can keep it.”

And yes - some of the first Presidents DID want and probably got more power than was anticipated. Of course FDR was perhaps the worst.

Now I imagine it is the Supreme Court that has way more power than what the Founding Fathers imagined.

The park service woman made a point of how women were left out of the process. (Voting, etc.) She made about three or four comments regarding it, and implied that the Declaration and Constitution were “flawed”. I didn’t tell her, but in my mind the Constitution worked the way it was supposed to. As new things come up, the people of this nation can change the way things are done - legally and through the rule of law and government.

The Constitution works!


49 posted on 07/14/2016 1:29:43 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: C19fan

Treason against the people of the United States.


50 posted on 07/14/2016 1:39:39 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: C19fan

The number one reason to reject both the 16th and 17th amendments. Take away the power to borrow for the government, and return Senators to State control. Wouldn’t it be an awesome sight watching as Sen McConnell was fired one day, and replaced the next? THAT can happen if the Senators sit at the pleasure of the individual State legislatures.


51 posted on 07/15/2016 7:58:26 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts ( Screech and the Squawks, or Hillary and her band of fairy misfits)
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