I recently won a Blogspot contest that granted me a meeting with our first President. After some initial pleasantries, here is what transpired:
GW: Why do you write in dis...'blog? (Ed. Note: why do I want to make heem zound French?)
Me: Purely for love of the adverb.
GW: Dr. Johnson suggests using adverbs sparingly.
Me: Sparingly indeed. So, what is your general (pun intended, gotta keep it hoppin' here Mr. President) opinion of the direction our nation is going?
GW: Not good. Most of us up here are frankly appalled at the power of the judicial branch. There was no intention at the founding for the Judicial branch to decide moral issues any more than we wanted King George to do so. The court has substituted a jury of nine kings for what was a jury of one. In our time the Supreme Court would've found slavery unconstitutional which might've caused a civil war and in our weakened state allowed Great Britain to resume her rule over us. Mr. Jefferson was asked to remove his clause about freedom applying to the slaves too for precisely that concern. Regardless, the Judicial branch has no more right to determine moral virtues than the eldest of Jesse's sons had right to claim Samuel's annointing.
Me: Right on, Mr. President. Thank you for your time.
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