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To: epicure who wrote (317291)	11/9/2016 11:14:09 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 540927

Firstly, the president has minimal power (save to embarrass, of course). Wish that were true. I think we are likely to be surprised at just how much power a president has with the loss of the checks and balances of the congress and, eventually, the supreme court. His appointments at Justice, for instance, will be loyalists; ditto for his appointments at state and defense. To repeat, I think we are going to be surprised just how much power the office has when the occupant has no respect for the culture which limits some of the exercise of that power.

To: epicure who wrote (317291)	11/9/2016 12:11:57 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540927

I think this is appropriate: "For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it." I know what you're talking about with regard to government. There is actually have a word for it, it is called "constructive conservatism." It is what slowed Nixon down. But as you know, I worry about the poor and the disadvantaged. Now that the Republicans control Congress the presidency and will control the Supreme Court for 30 years, they are going to start slashing every social program we have that helps make the society better and stronger. I am worried about the people in my society.