Janine Turner
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236 appearances
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard Dec 2024
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He was a very reasonable, very moderate guy. And he pushed through a budget that was a little bit status quo-y and everyone went, that's not, we wanted something different now. Do you have an opinion about that, Janine? Go ahead. I would argue that.
Yes, I do. I do. We did an entire study on American exceptionalism. And I have a talk show about American exceptionalism at constitutingamerica.org. And one of the reasons we are exceptional is because of our Constitution. And you see all these other countries floundering and not succeeding. But we have a rule book.
And our, you know, the President, Trump, they all have to swear to protect this rule book, which is our Constitution. And that's the difference. Yeah. between us and countries like France.
I totally agree with you. I agree. And this is their fifth republic. It's the cinquième république, you know, to go and put the fifth republic in.
I might also talk about the way that we have a Bill of Rights and things of that nature that actually, it was because of the anti-federalists and the federalists. We had John Jay, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton that wanted the Constitution. But we had the anti-Federalists that came in and said, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, we want to build rights.
And that's a great example of dialogue, of listening to other sides, of compromise, of this kind of Hegel dialectic. It's really great. Two sides can come together because it's the genius of the people and we have different ideas. But can we find the middle and really come together? And I think that's what our Constitution has done so incredibly brilliantly recently.
We would not have the Bill of Rights if we did not have the Anti-Federalists fighting against the United States Constitution and John Jay and Alexander Hamilton.
I think Elijah and I would both agree with you wholeheartedly. And the fact that the majority of those documents you're talking about were designed to protect us from the government, protect us from government excess, from the government, because the founding fathers had seen the insanity of what can happen.
Go ahead, Janine. That's why they believe in the states. They really want, and we have forgotten about that in our country.
Which is another genius. It's another genius. No, it's another part of the genius. It's why we have these, it's although, you know, I'm stuck in one right now. California is such a disaster. How'd you get out of there, Janine? I guess you went back home to Texas. But California is catastrophic.
Okay. God, it was terrible, California. Well, New York is better. I'll tell you why. Because you actually do get something for your tax dollar. The government's a little out of control and stuff, but you actually get something. California, you get literally nothing, except hassle, trouble.
I never liked California. I was really glad that Northern Exposure was filmed in Seattle, and we were sort of removed from all that. It wasn't in Alaska? No, it was in Seattle.
Are you too young for Northern Exposure? Yeah, I am a little too young for that.
Susan, we were big fans, yes? Elijah, you can watch it on Amazon now. Amazon.com, you can watch it.
I'll check it out, honestly. It's a great show. It's a great, you would love it.
It's much better use of your time, trust me. But you were going to say something.
Right. Why would you want him making decisions about abortion or about whether we have guns?
That's right. Janine?
But Dr. Drew, Alexis de Tocqueville talked about the administrative state, and we just had an essay on this at constitutingamerica.org, and it's out on the social media where I talk about it. He talked about the administrative state, which I don't believe in. I like elected officials making our decisions. But he did talk about the administrative state. Give us some enlightened information.
So once again, I think it's all about giving the power back to the genius of the people and to the people, the consent of the governed, but also it's okay to listen to what experts have to say. So it's a fine line, right?
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