Trump supports President For Life idea

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Trump supports President For Life idea

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https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/ar ... 725968.php

Okay, yeah, I know, we all knew he was thinking it, and he doesn't have the political power to make it real, but...dear frelling gremplork, it's scary as green hell to have a sitting president even TALK about this stuff. .___.
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Re: Trump supports President For Life idea

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A Elective Monarchy or having made the Washington family into American stadtholder would/'ve helped stabilize America's increasingly erratic foreign policy.

As it stands America is a terrible ally, since God knows what will happen in 4-8 years.
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...I'm sorry did you just defend the President-for-life idea?
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Beastro wrote:A Elective Monarchy or having made the Washington family into American stadtholder would/'ve helped stabilize America's increasingly erratic foreign policy.

As it stands America is a terrible ally, since God knows what will happen in 4-8 years.

Yeah because there are no errratic monarchs in history.
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Beastro wrote:A Elective Monarchy or having made the Washington family into American stadtholder would/'ve helped stabilize America's increasingly erratic foreign policy.

As it stands America is a terrible ally, since God knows what will happen in 4-8 years.
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Beastro wrote:A Elective Monarchy or having made the Washington family into American stadtholder would/'ve helped stabilize America's increasingly erratic foreign policy.

As it stands America is a terrible ally, since God knows what will happen in 4-8 years.
OK on a scale of 1 to 10 do you have any idea how bad that idea sounds?
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Eh, that was the common approach in the European republics of the era. The Doge of Venice, for instance. They were usually elected to lifetime terms. Granted, the mechanism for electing Doges makes the Electoral College seem straightforward...
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This includes the audio from that announcement. Everyone can judge for themselves whether he was joking or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ZCJnf-qMw
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Steve wrote:Eh, that was the common approach in the European republics of the era. The Doge of Venice, for instance. They were usually elected to lifetime terms. Granted, the mechanism for electing Doges makes the Electoral College seem straightforward...
Fuck that era, i like my Internet, soldiers not seeing rape as a part of war and not needing 10 armed guards to travel between 2 cities.
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Agent Vinod wrote:
Steve wrote:Eh, that was the common approach in the European republics of the era. The Doge of Venice, for instance. They were usually elected to lifetime terms. Granted, the mechanism for electing Doges makes the Electoral College seem straightforward...
Fuck that era, i like my Internet, soldiers not seeing rape as a part of war and not needing 10 armed guards to trave between 2 cities.
Honestly, I'm with Vinod on this. Keep the Glorious Past dead and buried, and if starts twitching hit it with a shovel.
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