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Originally Posted by JohnR
Term Limits.
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The office of President is term limited, but that has not stopped Presidents from gaining unwarranted power. The only thing that can stop politicians from acting as mini-dictators has been, to a great degree, term limited--the Constitution. It ruled by the hand of more faithful Supreme Court Judges, for the most part, over government for about 100 years. Then things began to change when "wiser" judges and politicians began to see that it was necessary to rule over us more strictly, centrally, and efficiently to become what they saw as a more perfect nation. Great heroes such as Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson gave us a new perspective on the beneficence of government, and the giant Franklin D. Roosevelt discovered how to unshackle government from Constitutional chains. The big government train has roared apace down the tracks of this central control ever since, picking up piece by piece remnants of local power along the way. We the People still honor the munificence of the New Deal, and the current President is giving us an even newer version. Apparently, we like the deal. "Backward looking extremists" want to make things difficult by squabling, using tactics and maneuvers, complaining about unconstitutional acts, etc. The racist Tea Baggers and "conservative" hicks just don't seem to realize that no-one of importance or modern awareness recognizes the Constitution as anything other than a historical document that is no longer "useful." They have, by discarding it, created a more perfectly wonderful union