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crickets

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13. I learn so much here!

Reply to packman (Reply #9)

Sat Nov 21, 2020, 11:57 AM

Nov 2020

Thanks for the quick history lesson, packman. After reading about Cincinnatus, it's a bit of a thump to come back down to earth and realize we're stuck with trump for the moment, but that was a fun trip down history lane. Cool!

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The Founders didn't prepare for a president who refuses to step down, historians say [View all] LiberalArkie Nov 2020 OP

We won't have that situation because he won't be prez anymore- just a trespasser Blues Heron Nov 2020 #1

The secret service would be forced to escort the new first family into the White House Chainfire Nov 2020 #7

When we think "traitor" we think "Benedict Arnold" Goodheart Nov 2020 #2

There was "honor" in those days treestar Nov 2020 #3

Bill Maher's been saying it for quite some time. nt BootinUp Nov 2020 #4

I don't know about "this fall." Laelth Nov 2020 #5

When a Leader Just Won't Go frazzled Nov 2020 #6

The Founders had spent over a decade dealing with a head of state who refused to relinquish power Klaralven Nov 2020 #8

Our Founding fathers vision of leadership - particularly the presidency packman Nov 2020 #9

I learn so much here! crickets Nov 2020 #13

I believe that the Founding Fathers not only assumed honor Vogon_Glory Nov 2020 #10

The Founders assumed that if it ever reached this point, the country would be over Azathoth Nov 2020 #11

This is kinda silly. The constitution tells us exactly when power shifts to the new president unblock Nov 2020 #12

Yeah, it doesn't quite work that way in practice Azathoth Nov 2020 #14

But it's silly to say the constitution doesn't contemplate the constitution being ignored unblock Nov 2020 #15

"Within the constitution, this is not a problem." True Azathoth Nov 2020 #16

right. the founders' remedy was to just ignore the tyrant. unblock Nov 2020 #18

The Founders never envisioned this problem because they thought the Electoral College would Poiuyt Nov 2020 #17

The system was not set up to deal with trump and we need to be viligent Gothmog Nov 2020 #19

They never contemplated the possibility that criminals would seize three branches of our government. dalton99a Nov 2020 #20

They did though. AnyFunctioningAdult Nov 2020 #21

I saw this article on the Washington Post website also Gothmog Nov 2020 #22