[rabscuttle385]

Not only are they moving towards Socialism but now they have trashed the Constitution.

The Government has been trashing the Constitution for years, and nobody did anything about it.

Only now, they do it openly and without fear.

With the Constitution, you can either take all of it at face value, even the parts you may disagree with, or you can accept none of it.

Liberals cheered when "penumbras" were found emanating from the Constitution and conservatives cheered when pre-emptive wars were started to "save" the country from third-world powers. And, all the while, both sides spent and spent like there was no tomorrow, while ridiculing and deriding as a "kook" and a "fringe loon" anyone who dared to challenge the status quo by standing up for the Constitution.

Congratulations, my fellow Freepers...come November 4, we will all get the rulers (not the government) that we deserve.

[Eyes Unclouded]

Ron Paul got some play this year. Had this crisis not been hidden in boardrooms during the primary season he would be our nominee.

[djsherin]

Exactly right. Why anyone is acting surprised is beyond me. It’s not as if many conservatives have cared much when Bush walks all over the thing. After all, it was he called it “just a goddamn piece of paper”. As long as we’ve got an R, f*** the Constitution!

[fr_freak]

Liberals cheered when "penumbras" were found emanating from the Constitution and conservatives cheered when pre-emptive wars were started to "save" the country from third-world powers.

I don't disagree with your larger point - the Constitution has been ignored for years. However, I do not see an equivalence between the "penumbras", which were a blatant re-write of the Constitution, and the Iraq War, which, given that Congress voted for it, was perfectly Constitutional. In theory, it is perfectly Constitutional for us to invade any damn country we please, so long as Congress declares war (my standards for constitutional scrutiny are so low these days, I will accept Congressional approval in lieu of a formal declaration of war). I don't see the Iraq War as being unrelated to our national security, but even if it were, it was conducted constitutionally.