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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well George Washington never had any elected government experience and he did fine. I think the problem with Washington DC right now is that people have substituted their “experience” for the constitution and for the law. I’m not saying that Carson is the man I’m just open to him but I think he could figure it out and surround himself with people to help him. That will be the test for him. If he can build a solid political campaign organization he’ll be fit for a run for the Presidency. Right now we have a capital full of the most experienced best educated failures on the planet. Its beyond time to be open to something different.
Someone who doesn’t think like a Washington insider because he isn’t. It certainly can’t get much worse and if we can’t do better we might as well speed up the trip to the end.


16 posted on 09/27/2014 1:24:21 PM PDT by Maelstorm (America wasn't founded with the battle cry of "Give me Liberty or cut me a government check!".)
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To: Maelstorm

Huh?

As a respected military hero and large landowner, he held local office and was elected to the Virginia provincial legislature, the House of Burgesses, beginning in 1758.

Washington opposed the 1765 Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the colonies, and began taking a leading role in the growing colonial resistance when protests against the Townshend Acts (enacted in 1767) became widespread. In May 1769, Washington introduced a proposal, drafted by his friend George Mason, calling for Virginia to boycott English goods until the Acts were repealed. Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts in 1770. However, Washington regarded the passage of the Intolerable Acts in 1774 as “an Invasion of our Rights and Privileges”.

In July 1774, he chaired the meeting at which the “Fairfax Resolves” were adopted, which called for the convening of a Continental Congress, among other things. In August, Washington attended the First Virginia Convention, where he was selected as a delegate to the First Continental Congress.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington


25 posted on 09/27/2014 1:57:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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