"No way. Install a king and before you know it he’ll be issuing royal edicts changing the lawwilly nilly to suit his daily whims.
What would be left of America then?....
A figurehead presidency like Israel’s would be the perfect job for Obama. That’s essentially the job he ran for in 2008: The point of Hopenchange was that O, through the sheer force of his sunny post-racial personal awesomeness, would usher in a new dawn for America. His legislative agenda was so far beside the point that his big domestic initiative ended up being cooked up as a throwaway applause line for an early stump speech. (“We needed something to say,” one advisor told Politico. “I can’t tell you how little thought was given to that thought other than it sounded good.”)...." ~Continue reading here.
That's about right. Sadly. But it's certainly not awesome, it's been destructive.
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