Conservatives are inherently skeptical. We don’t believe
that any human being is perfect…or perfect-able. Therefore we don’t believe
that any person, entity or government body can be fully trusted with absolute
power or even ‘just’ the extremely substantial power over the public that our
elected officials- and, sadly, some unelected ones- now possess. George
Washington could have been king. He rejected the concept out of hand. Many of
the citizens of the newly minted nation fled the tyranny of royals and other
governments to come to the New World. Why would he insult them so? Some wanted
to call him “Your Majesty” or “His Excellency.” He said “Mr. President” would
suffice, thank you. The United States was founded on the principles of limited
government and checks and balances.
It was
a shortage of skepticism that led to
the Obama presidency and the peril we’re in now.
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