His stated his alternative is using the existing system to correct itself. And used examples concerning the right to life votes in texas i believe and else where. he was advocating the social issues as the battleground which is interesting because that is where Ferris (sp) does most of his fighting. A great debate by two great men. I think the Article V assumes that the states, which are just as corrupt as washington, will do the right thing. They won’t and can’t be trusted. they are all washington wannabees.
From experience, the Framers realized virtue alone in a democratic republic was inadequate to secure the blessings of liberty across a continent. It is why in the constitution of 1787 they divided power among the people, and the states in a federal republic. There is no substitute for this division of power.
No other constitution better harnessed the use of power. It was this division of authority which eliminated that perennial curse of government, arbitrary power.
Open tyranny is at our doorstep. Obama exercises arbitrary power. Every executive branch agency stands ready to serve the democrat party. The tyrant will hopefully be gone in 2017, but his horrible precedents, the tyranny will remain. Given all this and certainly much more, we are supposed to fear a meeting of state delegates in accordance with the Constitution?
There is nothing to lose and everything to gain from an Article V convention to propose amendments.
Article V is the last hope for a dying republic.