"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object." Thomas Jefferson
To all those candidates out there who are claiming their intent to "take back the White House" I urge them to re-read the preamble to the Constitution. Surely they're familiar with it although they seem to have forgotten it's meaning. "We the people of the United States" - not we the Democrats - is the cornerstone set down by our founding fathers. The Presidency belongs to no group by divine right. We discarded that notion when we left England and fought a revolution. If 'We the people' choose to allow you to hold the office of President for a limited amount of time, don't let it go to your collective heads. If you fail in your responsibility to the people you will be tossed out on your collective butts come the next election.
As Napoleon said, "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
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