Are you considering gearing up for the primary in 2020 with one of the boys from Kentucky? America needs you!
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@justinamash and his friends to declare for@LPNational Libertarianism will languish until and unless people like Justin Amash dump the 2 party system.
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Fans of giving more power to BHO or DJT should remember that the constitution set all sorts of limits on what govt could do when the founders knew the president was going to be *George Washington*.
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I think their mind was on British tyranny. Most of them admired and sometimes revered George Washington.
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That's what John is saying - even with someone as respected as George Washington as a leader, they recognized a crucial need for strict limitations of what the government can and cannot do.
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John's reply could be interpreted in more than one way. My point is that the founders were contemplating all the Injustices done to them by the British Crown and they framed the Constitution accordingly.
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I think we're all arguing the same point here - the Founders didn't want another abusive government that was not accountable to the people.
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Ok, just making sure the argument was not that the Founders saw George Washington was a risk. They were future-proofing more than anything. 18th century Britain were not great humanitarians, but that's beside the point. We agree that due process and checks and balances are good.
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Of course he was a risk. I'm a risk, you're a risk. Most of the founders were Christians, who say God created us with free will knowing we'd use it to crucify Him. Anyone with a cursory familiarity with human history knows no one can be trusted.
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But see, I never was arguing that GW was not a risk, just that most of the founders did not see him as one. If GW had not chosen to establish the precedent of a two term POTUS, many were willing make him POTUS for life. Every human being is fallible, but some less than others.
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Your always saying these type statements what are you actually trying to say with this tweet and how much money have you taken from the NRA just curious.
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His tweet is pretty clear. Example: right to free speech matters only as far as it requires you to protect the right of someone saying something with which you disagree. If you're only going to defend speech with which you agree, then you really don't support free speech.
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And it looks like the NRA has given Amash $1,000 (2010 election cycle). FYI, that's not very much.
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Why do you receive so little from the NRA, congressman? Hmm?
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Probably b/c he opposed national reciprocity, which would give the federal government a great deal of power to regulate gun rights
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Due process doesn't protect the guilty, it protects the innocent from governmental intrusion. All are considered innocent aren't they?
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"So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law!" "Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?" "I'd cut down every law in England to do that!" "Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, Roper...
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...the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast, man's laws, not God's, and if you cut them down, d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake."
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Free speech matters the most for content you personally dislike. 1st Amendment for every American.
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I believe what
@justinamash is suggesting is laws passed by Congress are not magic. For example you may favor reducing drug use but history shows and the founding fathers knew attempts to regulate morality don't work and produce worse, not improved, outcomes.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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