Debate comments…

Think for yourself. Do some real fact checking instead of polluting your mind with conspiracy theories.

 

"Every man a king?"

 

No.

The most powerful and influential level of government should be local government; the next one and weaker than local government should be state government, the next one and weaker than state government should be federal government. The federal government should handle relations with other countries' governments and help resolve disputes between state governments, and very little else.

 

I guess you had a great time in Middle School (aka, Jr. High School) if you think that local officials should hold the most power. Potential petty tyrants abound. They are only held in check by more powerful forces above them.

If state government has no regulatory power over local tyrants, what does it do other than support the local dictatorships?

On what basis? How can a federal government handle relations with foreign governments when it has no standing with the local tyrants and state governments?

If the federal government is weaker than state governments, how can they resolve disputes if a state won't be bound by the authority of the federal government or by rules of mediation?

And what if New Mexico and Arizona has a dispute with Texas that they don't want to resolve and decides to make a deal with Mexico to help invade and return Texas to Mexico? In your system, many other states wouldn't want to deal with the trouble of defending Texas, so the federal government would have difficulty raising an army to fight off an invasion.

The system you describe sounds like a nightmare.

 

A federal government that now reaches into every nook and cranny of every American's life and also much of the world IS a nightmare.

 

Your whole post is a load of nonsense.

Sounds like you are saying that unless the federal government has dictatorial power over state government, then the federal government has no power at all.

Sounds like you are saying that unless state government has dictatorial power over local government, then state government has no power at all.

Sounds like you are saying that local government, the one closest to the people, whose rulers are much more accessible to the people than on any other level of government, must have dictatorial power or it has no power at all and that the people have no recourse.

 

Here are several by both:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/poli...n-presidential-debate-trump-biden-dale-digvid

 

I don't trust Fox News, CNN, MSNBC or any other media outlets to tell the facts straight on political matters. All of them offer opinions when it comes to politics. So I do pretty much trust media outlets to offer political opinions from those who contribute content on air or online or in newspapers or magazines.

 

I think Biden was fed that debunked "good people on both sides" thing - really odd that Snopes, out of the blue, debunked it late last week while Biden was holed up prepping for that debate.

The left thinks Trump is a liar because he didn't think that last election was on the up and up. I hope Biden stays in, but that's doubtful no matter what they're claiming now. He would have to run on his record, even against orange man and he'd surely lose.

Trump's lies would be worse because he is somewhat sane, thereby accountable. But, you know, if Trump had acted like Biden did in that debate, there's no way I'd ever vote for him. Who's the cultist here?

 

I didn’t watch very long but was disturbed at President Biden’s boast that he did not have any troops dying anywhere during his presidency.

Rob

 

I am no fan of the MAGA movement, but where was this hunger for “Enforcement of the rule of law” when sitting President Clinton committed perjury while giving testimony in court, under oath, to avoid consequences of his past sexual harassment.

 

I would substitute "able", in the sense of being nowhere near Biden's feebleness, for "good", as I'm not ready to endorse what has occurred in the current administration. A car purring down the highway at 70 is preferable to one trying to run on 2 cylinders, but it needs to be driving in the right direction. Among other issues, immigration policy was a disaster and the withdrawal from Afghanistan was as inept as anything I've seen. It's true that Biden had little or no direct involvement with the latter, but "The Buck Stops Here!"

As others have stated, it's very sad when the major political parties can't do better in choosing their flagbearers.

 

Nope not dictatorial power. We currently have a representative constitutional government led by the rule of law. But remember, every government enforces the law (or at least the will of the monarch) by force (Romans 13:4).

Still no. See response above.

Again, no. See responses above.