[EternalVigilance]

There is no virtue at all in being a stubborn ass.

Yes there is. Stubborn asses made this country great.

[buwaya]

So did opportunists, fanatics, schmoozers, wanderers, weirdos, saints, and a bunch of very shrewd politicians that made among themselves a series of very unstubborn compromises.

The system of checks and balances was not built by stubborn asses.

Louis XVI's France was full of stubborn asses.

[rodeo-mamma]

I know you mean well, but you are mistaken.

The Founding Fathers weren't stubborn asses, rather they were enlightened brave men. They understood the true nature of what they were fighting. And as such they were both inspired AND inspiring.

It behooves me to see how McClintock, measures up to that description. He might have all the right words, but I see a little deficit of spirit.

McClintock might be a nice man, but I see something missing. You've gotta have more then the words, you've got to have the spirit, and Arnold has both.