Beto O’Rouke – flirting with the idea of running for president with all the grace of an elementary school choir singing a medley from Les Miserables – discusses his take on the Constitution.
Caveat: I did not make this up. Emphasis added by me.
“I’m hesitant to answer it because I really feel like it deserves its due, and I don’t want to give you a — actually, just selfishly, I don’t want a sound bite of it reported, but, yeah, I think that’s the question of the moment: Does this still work?” O’Rourke said. “Can an empire like ours with military presence in over 170 countries around the globe, with trading relationships . . . and security agreements in every continent, can it still be managed by the same principles that were set down 230-plus years ago?”
More and more, I’m starting to believe those who do believe we can, and must, govern ourselves by those principles should seek an amicable divorce from those who can’t.
Odd coincidence this coming on the heels of the post about how the Democrats can get away with anything.
If Beto was smart, he would know that “empire” is the wrong word to use. We do not control the internal politics of other nations. Which nations does Beto believe are colonies or provinces of our “empire”? What we are is a superpower, everyone wants to trade with us, everyone wants the protection of our military, or is wary of our military.
Wait…I thought that according to the Democrats, we were part of the Russian empire.