“Getting rid of him on this “technicality” won’t solve the underlying problem. We’ll just have another socialist to deal with after the next election if we don’t educate our fellow voters to prevent candidates like this from winning in future elections.”
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I’m in total agreement...how do you propose to go about educating the voters? I certainly don’t have a clue how to do it, I can’t even begin to comprehend how they got to be so stupid in the first place.
The voters are more ignorant than stupid. Ignorance can be cured by information and teaching.
RipSawyer wrote:
I’m in total agreement...how do you propose to go about educating the voters? I certainly don’t have a clue how to do it, I can’t even begin to comprehend how they got to be so stupid in the first place.
I can't give you a known good answer, but I can tell you the plan we have down here in my corner of Florida. Our local 9-12 Project and our local TEA Party are working on this. We have one advantage. In Florida, every voter actually signs an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States. I know that some other states have this on their voter registration applications. And some don't have an explicit oath for voters. Every state has that as part of the oath of office for state offices (State representative, state senator, governor and other elected offices), and also for local offices (mayors, city council and county commission positions, sheriffs, police chiefs, fire chiefs, etc.).
Our plan is to first, to make the voters aware of their own oath, and of the oath of office for everyone from city Council and County Commissioners up to the Governor, and Congress, Senate and POTUS. Also, we are handing out copies of the Constitution and founding documents. I personally have enough "pocket constitutions" that I plan to give one to every voter in my precinct. I introduce myself to my neighbors, point out that they've sworn an oath to uphold and protect our founding documents, values and principles, and ask them if they've read the Constitution lately. Then, it's, "Here, let me give you a copy." I also have a sheet inserted pointing out the importance of the 10th Amendment, and the limitations of Article 1 Section 8, which contains a list of the only "powers" we the people have delegated to the Federal government and the United States Congress.
We also have "Newsletters" (both email and in print) showing how our local officials have been "defending the constitution" in their own local duties (or acting against the oath they took, if they are ignoring Constitutional limits) and whether they are, for example, requesting "federal grant money" that is outside the powers of the Congress as defined in Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
Our 9-12ers and TEA Partiers also attend all city, county commission, county school board meetings and observe and ask questions. If, for example, the Sheriff is planning on some project, and he proposes to ask for a federal grant to help pay for the project, we ask, "Sheriff, you've sworn an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America. Perhaps you can explain, where in Article 1, Section 8 of that document we gave the United States Congress the power to tax the people of Wisconsin, Idaho and Arizona to pay for this project for a Sheriff's department here in Florida?"
Our "Constitutional Patriots" will then let the voters in our precincts know how our local, state and federal officials and representatives are doing from a Constitutional perspective. By primary election time, we will also provide lists of candidates who have either proven records of complete respect for the constitution, or challenging candidates who have pledged to do better than the incumbents from the constitutional perspective.