Posted on 01/07/2023 2:11:16 PM PST by RandFan
@JosephFordCotto
Some conservatives claim that a convention of states will "restore the Constitution to its former glory" and "defeat leftist tyranny." In reality, if there were any such convention, leftists would commandeer it, obliterating free speech and whatever remains of free assembly.
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<>I like the document put together by people named Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, etc.<>
Our wonderful Framers weren’t so conceited as to regard their work as perfection. It is why they included Article V.
Their fabulous document has been amended twenty-seven times.
Okay, and let’s say three of them are good, but one is really bead. Are they voted on as a package or are they voted on independently?
<>You have noticed the lack of character, intelligence, common sense, ethics and morality in our society<>
The people you describe are not fit for self-government
That is why.
Sheesh.
Their fabulous document has been amended twenty-seven times.
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Great.
Propose an Amendment.
“I’m all ears.”
<>Our forefathers stated clearly that the structure of our government was not sufficient to keep evil in check.<>
Wow. I didn’t know that. In which Federalist Paper did you notice this revelation?
I said they are voted on separately.
I only have two issues with the COS:
1. How do you keep the press from turning it into a media circus?
2. How do you keep the left from turning BLM & ANTIFA loose on it to stop it or put pressure on it to get what they want?
“<>You have noticed the lack of character, intelligence, common sense, ethics and morality in our society<>
The people you describe are not fit for self-government
That is why.
Sheesh.”
That could be the reason this country is in such a mess, don’t ya think?
Pretty obvious.
Wow nice find, a lefttard masking as a moderate
Nope can’t happen today. It would be a blood bath for the constitution. The citizens of this country have declined to a sickly state due to intentional brainwashing. They have not morals or wisdom any longer.
What would be neat is to take evidence of what the country is today and all the abuses against the constitution. Then take a time machine back more to the beginning of this country. I bet the founders would make a ton of useful changes. They would lock things down.
My apologies. I guess I failed to read the last line. Have discussions here & on TS, and I ‘m not too good at multi-tasking in my senior onset. 🙂
Np
<>Propose an Amendment<>
Yeah! Thanks for asking.
“The 17th Amendment is hereby repealed.”
John Adams to the Massachusetts Militia, October 11, 1798, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
James Madison wrote in Federalist 55 that our Constitution requires “sufficient virtue among men for self-government,” otherwise, “nothing less than the chains of despotism can restrain them from destroying and devouring one another.”
Human nature hasn’t changed since 1776.
My statement stands.
Propose an Amendment. “I’m all ears.”
Ummm... That is exactly what an Article 5 convention is.
“The people” don’t attend a COS.
Pretty obvious.
Rampant societal effeminacy dictates that the delegates would all or nearly all collapse and dissolve into virtue signaling ninnies at first contact with impunitious anarchists and soulless woke shock troops.
>“The people” don’t attend a COS.
Pretty obvious.<
No?
Bullshit.
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