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To: Slyfox
<>The reason why our Founders were successful at writing the Constitution was that they were all on the same page philosophically.<>

Not true. Out of several hundred votes cast by delegates to the state conventions, the constitution won by hardly a couple dozen votes.

<>During the writing of the Constitution, George Washington ordered that there be no communication with others outside the hall.<>

That was a parliamentary rule of the convention, agree to by the members. GW didn't impose it.

The Left owns or dominates every major institution, except the states, which opposed Obamacare and unlimited immigration in court, gave the GOP the House in 2010, and the Senate in 2014.

The fact is, any amendment agreed to by 3/4 of the states SHOULD be in the constitution. It is called free government.

19 posted on 04/22/2015 11:51:52 AM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V. If not now, when?)
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To: Jacquerie
The reason why our Founders were successful at writing the Constitution was that they were all on the same page philosophically.

No, this is a fact. They were all trained in the very same moral philosophy. If they had not been trained that way our Constitution would not have been written so quickly. And when Benjamin Franklin reminded them to pray, they did just that and remembered their earlier training and finished the job. That is why it was considered "a miracle."

Politically they certainly did not all agree - Federalists and AntiFederalists - but as they were putting the principles of the Constitution together, especially when they wrote the Bill of Rights they were all on the very same page philosophically.

23 posted on 04/22/2015 12:04:04 PM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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