I’ve heard people express concerns about the COS, usually on the idea that liberals could use the opportunity to hijack things even further... but at present, I disagree. First of all, liberals are ALREADY hijacking the Constitution through activist liberal judges (we’ve legalized the murder of children, the practice of sodomy, and the destruction of marriage, all within 50 years). Second, the states have a majority of GOP governors and state legislatures. Finally, there’s a lot of outrage against “his majesty, King George Obama” which might fade if someone slightly less loathsome were to take office. The time is ripe.
One of my own private reasons for supporting the idea is the deterioration of the American mind. Education (or, more accurately, social programming with a bit of low-quality babysitting thrown in) is in shambles, the upcoming generations are so addicted to mobile internet and social media that their attention spans are that of an average gnat (with roughly the same command of the English language that a gnat has), and they’ve been raised to feel entitled to anything and everything. We can’t take 3-5 more decades of this, without turning into a full-fledged statist experiment like China.
(I have to say: evidence for the above is starting to be seen on FR, as of late, too... where debate [even heated debate] is often replaced by nothing but snarks and snarls [and not very creative ones, at that], profanity is in place of actual substance, and debate has degenerated to mutual howls which are the equivalent of “Yeah, well, you’re an idiot/traitor/[insert negative descriptor, here], and by the way, your mama...!” It’s like watching kids throw mud-pies at each other; no one “wins”, and there’s a mess everywhere. I can’t be the only one to have noticed.)
Liberals WILL hijack the process, but they won't do it alone...
Second, the states have a majority of GOP governors and state legislatures.
The left WILL hijack the process, with the express assistance of their uniparty counterparts, make no mistake. The backroom deals will fly and, in order for the right to get some of their amendments passed, will agree to support some of the left's proposals.
You know, all in the name of "bipartisanship".
Yes, Article V was a tool provided to us by the Founders....during a time when there wasn't necessarily a "uniparty" as we have today. Mark my words: we will NOT get what we are expecting from an Article V convention.
Some wag wrote that at least Iran has ayatollahs to make religious decisions. In the US, religious decisions are ultimately up to a majority of nine lawyers.
Even if Bernie and The Beast are kept out of La Casa Blanca, our demise is only delayed.
Article V.