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To: peyton randolph

My God! What on Earth does it take to get the notion through to folks that NOBODY who matters is proposing a Constitutional Convention!

People keep repeating this lie and there’s no excuse for it.


13 posted on 02/04/2014 7:16:12 AM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: John Valentine
NOBODY who matters is proposing a Constitutional Convention

It's actually supported by plenty of FReepers.

I'm not a fan of the idea but don't they matter?

This is particularly true when you consider how many conservative "leaders" lurk or post here without revealing their identities.

Regardless, the idea itself is being debated among conservatives as a solution. Dismissing it by claiming the proponents are irrelevant doesn't make the idea go away.

19 posted on 02/04/2014 7:35:16 AM PST by peyton randolph (Show me the man and I will find the crime. - Lavrenti Beria)
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To: John Valentine
My God! What on Earth does it take to get the notion through to folks that NOBODY who matters is proposing a Constitutional Convention!

Is that because you believe that anyone who proposes a Constitutional Convention doesn't matter?
25 posted on 02/04/2014 8:01:06 AM PST by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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To: John Valentine

Because in every public forum, there are knee jerk, know it alls who have NO DESIRE to educate themselves into the workings of the Constitution... An “Article V convention for the proposal of amendments” is NOT NOT NOT a “con-con”...

Even some Freepers (or those who claim to be) sound like uneducated, emotional DU’ers... Disappointing...

EDUCATE YOURSELVES to the sacred document you defend. It’s Article V...

http://www.conventionofstates.com/


41 posted on 02/04/2014 12:24:17 PM PST by bfh333 ("Hope"... "Change"... You better HOPE you have some CHANGE after the next 4 years!)
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To: John Valentine

Most folks I talk to believe it is a constitutional convention. If you can get them to listen you can get past that hurdle. Then you run up against the runaway convention / hijacked convention argument. And on and on. And these are conservatives. In the end as arguments are stripped away the final come back is it will never happen. And if it does nothing will ever be ratified. Man...


46 posted on 02/04/2014 5:49:06 PM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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