I long ago accepted that candidates will promise just about anything, provided the promises poll well with potential voters, all in an effort to win an election. However, there is a huge disconnect between what this current crop of candidates is promising, and the functions of the Executive branch as defined in the U.S. Constitution.
You know, that document that these candidates claim to love so much, but that none of these candidates seem to have read, ever?
It’s not like I’m expecting them to be Constitutional scholars; anyone who can sing a few bars of “I’m Just a Bill” can tell you that only CONGRESS (i.e. the Legislative branch) can repeal legislation. Really, folks, you’re telling me that none of the current candidates had kids that watched Saturday morning cartoons in the 70s? Now that’s really unbelievable.
Maybe it’s just me, but I flip out every time I hear a candidate earnestly vow “I will repeal … (fill in opposition name of legislation here)”, and everyone in the audience cheers. OMG!
Seriously, how is it that no one points out that repealing legislation is not one of the powers that the Constitution endows to the Executive branch?
I think this tactic worked .... once, but then it failed as more people saw through what was going on. The Republican's, however, cling to it. People of average (and above) intelligence know enough to at least attempt to investigate some of the Republicans outrageous claims, but those that don't, who I call the "gullables" buy into their bait hook, line, and sinker - Investigate nothing, verify nothing, follow blindly as others tell you what to think. As a result, the Republican Party has become divided into two classes: The Greedies, that generate propaganda and misinformation to benefit only themselves, and the Gullables that listen to their propaganda networks of talking heads and blindly believe them without checking anything out. This plan ultimately backfires, because now the Gullibles are speaking out and beginning to rise through party ranks. As Karl Rove, of all people, recently put it, "The inmates are running the asylum." This is a political party that is dying ... it has reaped what it sewed.