darth_ender said:
Trump is exactly the kind of disaster the Democrats need to win big in future years. Conservatism will go very out of fashion in the next four years. This is why I would have rather had Hillary win, no matter her broken moral compass or my disagreement with her political views. I see a midterm election transition in both houses back to the Democrats, a loss of the presidency to the Democrats in four years, and a huge slide to the Left in the nation’s policies over the next several years. How can rank and file Republicans stand for this man, who clearly is not a conservative, whose bigotry stands exactly in contrast to freedom, both in the policies he is initiating and in the trends he is setting.
Executive orders were never written into the Constitution but were instead inferred by the president’s executive function and the necessity of clarifying that which is not specified by Congressional legislation. I feel it should be used sparingly and is generally overstepping those limits defined by the Constitution. I was a critic of Obama using executive orders in the manner he did, which is clearly a very dictatorial act. But Trump has put Obama to shame in such a short time. His authoritarian leadership is completely out of bounds, and I cannot sanction it, even when I agree with the policy change.
Let me put it this way: virtually everyone who knows me on this site knows that I am very opposed to elective abortions in most cases. I abhor them. They represent a severe dysfunction of our society’s morals, in my opinion. It breaks my heart to know that so many children are sent to premature deaths simply for being unwanted. And if Trump were to write an executive order that aligned abortion laws exactly with my perspective, I would condemn him for it. Beyond the good of those lives that would be spared would be the wellbeing of all Americans. Redefining a president’s authority in this way is extremely dangerous to the most powerful democracy in the world, and endangers everyone’s liberties and lives. I don’t think I’m being hyperbolic when I say that even if Trump does no serious harm in the long-term now, the precedents he is setting, if not checked, will allow for further violations by future administrations that could completely destabilize our precious nation. I pray that the judicial branch will show they have some gonads and trump Trump, and/or the Republicans will show some spine and help impeach the loser.
Donald Trump, regardless of your affiliation or your agreement with those things he aspires to accomplish, is a disaster for our nation and for the Conservative cause, and I will never support the man. At best, he will destroy the perception of Conservatism and marginalize the causes I believe in. At worst, he will have grown the power of the executive branch to dangerous levels and alter the nature of the U.S. presidency for years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw8etotz3TI
Great post. I agree with Frink.