March 4, 1789–227 Years Without A Tyrant–Not About To Allow It To Happen Now With Donald Trump!

The American Constitution went into effect officially on March 4, 1789, even though the first President, George Washington, was inaugurated belatedly on April 30, 1789.

We so revere the Constitution without realizing that through domestic and foreign crises over the years, we have only come fairly close to danger just once–the lawlessness of Richard Nixon.

But even with Nixon, we were far from Fascism or dictatorship, and the Constitution did work well  in the 1970s.

Despite acts of illegality, and plans for more, Richard Nixon was stopped dead in his tracks, including Alexander Haig telling the Pentagon to ignore Richard Nixon if he ordered martial law!

So when we hear that Donald Trump would order the military to break international law and American law, and return to the George W. Bush-Dick Cheney system of torture through waterboarding that has been banned by Barack Obama; and when we hear that Trump would wish to kill the entire families of suspected terrorists, and have no limit on military engagement as the military would obey him–then we know we have a tyrant in the making.

And when we hear that Trump wishes his crazy followers to beat up anti Trump protesters at rallies, and would plan to curb freedom of speech, press and assembly, including against media critics including the New York Times and Washington Post when he gains power, then we know we have Fascism in our midst, much greater than Huey P. Long, Joseph McCarthy, George C. Wallace, Pat Buchanan, or other lesser demagogues!

We have not had a tyrant for 227 years of our Republic, and we are not about to allow it to happen now with Donald Trump and his ilk!

17 comments on “March 4, 1789–227 Years Without A Tyrant–Not About To Allow It To Happen Now With Donald Trump!

  1. Paul Doyle March 6, 2016 10:07 am

    Talk about life imitating faux art. If The Donald gets elected, we will have to suffer through real life episodes of “The Apprentice” and America does not get to say “You’re Fired” for four years!

  2. Ronald March 6, 2016 10:09 am

    Paul, we could say “you’re fired” through impeachment and mass demonstrations for him to resign, but of course, that would lead to pro Trump marches, and I fear, no joke, civil war breaking out, as the worse case scenario, which makes me shudder!

  3. Paul Doyle March 6, 2016 2:46 pm

    Professor,
    Uncivil war..we’re talking about Trump here ; )

  4. Ronald March 6, 2016 2:55 pm

    Yes,. Princess Leia and Paul, very troubling!

  5. Former Republican March 6, 2016 5:45 pm

    It wouldn’t surprise me if he had them sign it in blood.

  6. Pragmatic Progressive March 6, 2016 7:02 pm

    I’ve heard reports on CNN, MSNBC, etc. that conservative Democrats are voting in some of these primaries for Trump. “Reagan Democrats” is what they are referring to them as.

  7. Former Republican March 7, 2016 12:18 pm

    Best case scenario for Hillary is Cruz or whoever as GOP nominee and Trump as 3rd party candidate.

  8. Rational Lefty March 7, 2016 12:19 pm

    According to the Winning Progressive blog (which is now only on Facebook), the actual delegate count so far, minus super delegates: Sanders: 454 Clinton: 651. Less than 200 delegates separate them with 32 states left and 4,051 delegates left to win.

    https://www.facebook.com/WinningProgressive/posts/1234239089919928

  9. Princess Leia March 7, 2016 2:49 pm

    Whichever Democrat wins the nomination, I plan to vote for him or her in the fall.

  10. Pragmatic Progressive March 7, 2016 2:50 pm

    Me too.

  11. Rational Lefty March 8, 2016 6:55 am

    Lawrence O’Donnell had a good opener on his show last night. He said the media and our entertainment culture are part of what’s fueling the Trump phenomenon.

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