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Are Liberals Coming Out of the Closet on the Constitution?
Powerline ^ | 01/05/2011 | John

Posted on 01/05/2011 9:16:05 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan

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To: seowulf

Agreed. The NYT editorialists are tools of the far left.


21 posted on 01/05/2011 11:10:12 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan; moodyskeptic

You know, I had not even read moodyskeptics reply and yet I described them as evil too.

I guess their nature is just apparently obvious to many of us.


22 posted on 01/05/2011 11:17:30 PM PST by seowulf ("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

I’d say all of the effete pussies and homos on the NYT editorial staff should be hanged, but only the electric chair would be appropriate punishment for disseminating marxist propaganda, misinformation, and military secrets.


23 posted on 01/05/2011 11:19:41 PM PST by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
It is truly amazing (but of course unsurprising) what a snit this whole Constitution thing has the lefties in. The boiling rage behind the NYT editorial is palpable. I mean they are angry.

Rush nailed it today when he said that reading the Constitution on the floor of the House chamber amounted to performing an exorcism. Their heads are already spinning. This NYT editorial is like pea soup dribbling down their chins.

24 posted on 01/05/2011 11:33:56 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: BuckeyeTexan
suggesting that they alone understand the true meaning of a text that the founders wisely left open to generations of reinterpretation.

On the one hand this sounds all loosey-goosey and liberating and stuff, but OTOH liberals still fight tooth and nail to get their people on the courts so that they can force their understanding of the text down the rest of our throats.

25 posted on 01/05/2011 11:44:18 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick

An exorcism? That’s perfect and priceless. It’s unhealthy to agree with someone 100% of the time, but I find it mighty difficult to find a difference of opinion with Rush. So I’ve stopped trying. ;p


26 posted on 01/05/2011 11:45:18 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
But it is far from clear what message is being sent by, for instance, reading aloud the nation's foundational document.

Amazing! Totally clueless.

27 posted on 01/05/2011 11:48:44 PM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: devane617

“To be honest, I am stunned that even Dims are getting offended at reading the constitution on the House floor. It’s worse than even I thought....”

I’m stunned that anyone is stunned at their actions re: the Constitution.

Just watch a war protest or, better yet, Jon Stuart’s attempt to take on Glenn Beck with a rally on the mall.

That’s where they really came out of the closet, and that’s when I was stunned...at how open they were with their contempt for this country and what makes it so great.


28 posted on 01/05/2011 11:51:16 PM PST by dixiechick2000 ("First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi)
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To: Yardstick
It's not their understanding of the Constitution for which they fight; it's their interpretation of it. The former requires a willingness to accept the Constitution for what it is and says. The latter requires intentional misdirection.
29 posted on 01/05/2011 11:55:24 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: dixiechick2000; devane617
"When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans ... And so a lot of people say there's too much personal freedom. When personal freedom's being abused, you have to move to limit it. That's what we did in the announcement I made last weekend on the public housing projects, about how we're going to have weapon sweeps and more things like that to try to make people safer in their communities."

When I heard a President saying things like this I knew they had only one thing in mind for this country. Complete overthrow.

30 posted on 01/06/2011 12:27:21 AM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: TigersEye

I knew what a radical Obama was, and I knew what radicals those protesters and rally goers were, but I was surprised at how open they were compared to other protests and rallys they’d attended.

“Complete overthrow.”

Hope and Change, baby!


31 posted on 01/06/2011 12:30:25 AM PST by dixiechick2000 ("First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi)
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To: devane617

They are afraid it might educate some watching Cspan.


32 posted on 01/06/2011 12:34:03 AM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: dixiechick2000
"If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees."

That was really something coming from a President too.

33 posted on 01/06/2011 12:35:02 AM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: TigersEye

Yeah... he’s a freakin’ Commie-America-Hatin’-POS.


34 posted on 01/06/2011 12:38:38 AM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: TigersEye; dixiechick2000
"If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees."

That was really something coming from a President too.

This sounds like it was coming from a "President" who has a fundamental misunderstanding of our country and its history.

35 posted on 01/06/2011 12:39:35 AM PST by thecodont
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To: TigersEye

Welp...Dingle let the cat out of the bag when speaking of Obamacare, and controlling the people, so this...coming from the President...doesn’t surprise me.


36 posted on 01/06/2011 12:43:18 AM PST by dixiechick2000 ("First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi)
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To: thecodont

“This sounds like it was coming from a “President” who has a fundamental misunderstanding of our country and its history”

I don’t think it’s a misunderstanding.

I think it’s wishful thinking.


37 posted on 01/06/2011 12:45:04 AM PST by dixiechick2000 ("First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi)
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To: antceecee

Yes, he is and so is 0bama. Both of those quotes are Bill Clinton during his Presidency.


38 posted on 01/06/2011 12:47:40 AM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: TigersEye

Just amazing they say what they truly believe and the dazzled followers don’t hear anything but what they are going to get.


39 posted on 01/06/2011 1:01:11 AM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
It's not their understanding of the Constitution for which they fight; it's their interpretation of it.

True, and you might even say it's just the projection of their will onto it, despite its language.

40 posted on 01/06/2011 1:32:24 AM PST by Yardstick
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