Why I Never Say "My President"
Why I never say "My president".
I never say "My Speaker of the House" or "My Supreme Court justice", either.
The Speaker is the Speaker, not of Lucas J. Mather. He's the (it's a SHE!) He's the Speaker of the U.S. *House of Representatives*, not of me.
Let's slow down a tad.
There's the United States government. The United States has a House of Representatives, one branch of the federal Congress. Called a "house." Congress has a House of Representatives. And that House of Representatives is what has a Speaker.
That's why he's called the "Speaker of the House" of Representatives.
Similarly, the Supreme Court is not *of me*. It's *of the United States of America.*
It's not mine. It's the government's. It's the United States' Supreme Court.
It's very important to remember this basic distinction in American Politics and Public Law.
There's your stuff, and there's the Government's stuff.
The Government would love for you to forget that distinction. Very much so. (Where it benefits them).
The President is not of me, Lucas J. Mather. I don't have a president.
Trump isn't the President *of Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.* I'm just a human being, a person. An American citizen, sure.
Trump is the President *of the United States of America.* That's what has a president, not me. The United States does.
Sake mense ?
Go and do likewise.
And how about that creepy tag. I didn't even say anything. What'd I say ? The name of the president. [New experiment time]
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Originally published to Facebook Tuesday 8 Dec 2020 at 9:27 pm