re: #88 Dr Lizardo

At heart, conservatives are monarchists. What the really want is a King.

I used to think that affinity for a monarchy was the one thing that separated our conesrvatives from the European conservatives who either venerated a monarchy out of misplaced tradition or not trusting the democratic process. I no longer think that way. I think ultimately fascism is very similar to monarchism in that it is a cult around one leader. Now this has happened under communist dictatorships too i.e. Stalin, the Kims, and others but it’s more obvious to me than ever that American right wingers want a powerful executive that is not questioned. Likewise, they will deem any left of center executive as illegitimate or undeserving of his or her power. I’ll concede that Obama did grow executive power but I would argue that Republican obstruction helped pave the way for that.