What would the founding fathers think of Bush and his administration?

[ShadowBoxing]

apples and oranges.

Bush is far more like the tyrannical King of England that the colonies rebelled against than Clinton or FDR.

Not really, the Founding Father feared any sort of popular executive, they called it Demogoguery. And greatly disapproved of ANY President going over the heads of Congress to sway popular opinion (which you could accuse nearly every President in the last 100 years of doing). They themselves refused to give speeches, they instead sent written addresses, to Congress as the viewed this as akin King addressing his subjects. They also hated the notion of a strong executive and many favored abolishing standing armies as they gave the Government to much might against the people themselves.

They also didn't like popular opinion weighing too much in on the affairs of the President, thought he should be disconnected from the people in such a way that he could act in their best interest without violating their rights.

 

[blind_fury]

So you think the founding fathers would disapprove of the modern definition of executive power or how Clinton and FDR used that power. Because the former is another matter completely.

Why would they disapprove of how Clinton and FDR used their executive power?

 

[blind_fury]

Patton Oswalt pwnage.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Why would they disapprove of how Clinton and FDR used their executive power?

They would say they were demogogues and misused the power of the executive, yes.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

America is not what it once was.

 

[Sandman138]

You know what they would do to me and you for being atheists? They'd hang us.

Seeing as how a decent amount of them were deists who had the utmost contempt for organized religion, I'm gonna say you failed history.

 

[Sandman138]

ShadowBoxing is right. If the FF's would be pissed about anything it would be how much power the executive branch has amassed since FDR.