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The Constitution is Not a “Living, Breathing Document” (Fred fires back at Huck)
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| 18 Jan 2008
| Fred Thompson
Posted on 01/18/2008 12:43:08 PM PST by commish
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To: Josh Painter
He’s in the race, but, alas, because he speaks the truth and is a true conservative, he’s being blackballed by the liberal media.
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posted on
01/18/2008 3:27:25 PM PST
by
nicmarlo
(I hereby declare my support for Duncan Hunter. 1/10/08; late to the party, but I have arrived!)
To: the anti-liberal
I also see a disconnect. I am almost seeing vengeance behavior with those who watched George Bush take the nomination from their favorite candidate John McCain. They are pushing for him to correct a error they see from those “Neocons” who have “ruined” the party with all this “Reagan nonsense.” The way I see it, they are fools then and they are fool now. When you fool someone twice, shame on them.
To: Theodore R.
"One cannot contribute to a nominee after the convention all the money then is public-funded." I wanted to set it in bold so that it would tell those, who are ignorant of this fact, the sad state of affairs we have in the process. How can it be? With all of the Republicans in the field, depleting their campaign war chests fighting each other, they will have little left over after the convention to fight the real enemy. Many like me want to contribute to the nominee for the home stretch. Now, we leave the candidates running on vapors with no way to get the message out when the media has done a work on them.
To: commish
"...imagine my surprise when I learned that this statement actually came from my opponent, Governor Huckabee..." It shouldn't surprise any of us.
Huckabee is a pro life liberal, and he has NO business running as a Republican.
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posted on
01/18/2008 3:56:48 PM PST
by
jan in Colorado
("It's easier to believe a lie one hears 1,000 times than to believe a fact that one has never heard)
To: Uriah_lost
"Walking Tall"!
Thanks for posting the link...that was awesome!
125
posted on
01/18/2008 4:00:22 PM PST
by
jan in Colorado
("It's easier to believe a lie one hears 1,000 times than to believe a fact that one has never heard)
To: jan in Colorado; jellybean; 2ndDivisionVet; Politicalmom
126
posted on
01/18/2008 4:05:39 PM PST
by
Uriah_lost
("I don't apologize for the United States of America," -Fred D Thompson)
To: SuziQ
That would require actual understanding something that seems lacking in Hope Arkansas and the poster you replied to....
127
posted on
01/18/2008 4:07:28 PM PST
by
Uriah_lost
("I don't apologize for the United States of America," -Fred D Thompson)
To: commish
He does not appear to understand that reliance on the notion that the Constitution is a living, breathing document is precisely the kind of wrong-headed thinking about the Constitution that gave us Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion across our nation, and Lawrence v. Texas, which decriminalized sodomy.He does understand. His record show that he does not mind judges, and Justices, distorting the Constitution in this way.
128
posted on
01/18/2008 4:18:58 PM PST
by
Repeal 16-17
(Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
To: elpadre; All
The Constitution is like a plumb line to a carpenter which keeps the house square and sturdy. By always applying the plumb line the structure will not become askew and wobbly. The same can be said about the Gospel of Jesus Christ - it is the plumb line for life.
To take your analogy even further the problem doesn't lay with the original source, it's those who would attempt to redefine and misrepresent it to suit their own ends.
129
posted on
01/18/2008 5:41:39 PM PST
by
britt reed
(It's better to eat crumbs as free man than to eat cake as slave.)
To: SuziQ
NO doubt the “less pure solution” is politically more palatable to many conservatives...and more pragmatic given that Dems control too many special interest groups. Nevertheless it sickens me and I appreciate Huckabee’s forceful position against this evil.
Nominating justices who may lean pro life is the best solution to a horrible status quo. While Huckabee has proposed the amendment solution, I believe he would also nominate justices to the SC who hold the same values as Thompson’s.
Look...I have supported the Thompson campaign financially...even though he comes across a bit elitist...he needs to stop bashing his opponent and start talking to the average guy. Unless voters get fired up over him...next best is Huckabee...or maybe Romney.
130
posted on
01/18/2008 5:56:18 PM PST
by
eleni121
(+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)
To: Uriah_lost
"Pull the teeth of activist judges"
I love it!
131
posted on
01/18/2008 5:56:48 PM PST
by
jan in Colorado
("It's easier to believe a lie one hears 1,000 times than to believe a fact that one has never heard)
To: Owen
You can assume what you want to assume...I can disagree and do.
To: commish
A “living, breathing Document”.....Now Huck is sounding like Al Gore.
133
posted on
01/18/2008 5:58:38 PM PST
by
no dems
(FRED THOMPSON: The only Conservative running who can beat Hillary or Obama.)
To: commish
Algore: jud--ges who un-der--stan-d tha-t ou-r Cons-ti--tut-ion is a liv-ing, -- bre--at--hing doc-u-ment, that -- it w-as in-ten--ded by ou-r foun--ders to be in--ter--pret-ed in th-e lig-ht of th-e con-stan--tly ev-ol-v-ing ex--per--i--en--ce o-f the Ame-ri--can pe-o--ple. Algore isn't fit to sell used cars, or even worthless Carbon CreditsTM.
To: SuziQ
Amending the Constitution for much of anything is unrealistic, as the nation is so divided. It takes 2/3 of both houses and 3/4 of the states to ratify amendments. Not likely in the Age of Bush and Clinton. So, I don’t see any amendments forthcoming. I also never expected No. 27 in 1992, but that is meaningless because the courts have ruled that COLA’s are not “pay raises”.
135
posted on
01/18/2008 7:51:56 PM PST
by
Theodore R.
( Cowardice is still forever!)
To: Mr_Moonlight
Thanks to TN, or he could be finishing up his second term this year.
136
posted on
01/18/2008 7:52:37 PM PST
by
Theodore R.
( Cowardice is still forever!)
To: no dems
no dems said:
A living, breathing Document.....Now Huck is sounding like Al Gore. If so, I think our Constitution has a fever.
137
posted on
01/18/2008 9:02:09 PM PST
by
William Tell
(RKBA for California (rkba.members.sonic.net) - Volunteer by contacting Dave at rkba@sonic.net)
To: eleni121
I don’t consider Fred elitist at all. He’s telling the American people what he plans to do about the problems the country has. Some are listening, many aren’t. But then half the country doesn’t even bother coming out to vote. He’s speaking to the half that does.
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posted on
01/18/2008 9:24:46 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Owen
Huckabee is likely to be more powerful in the South than McCain. Fred is taking the shine off of him for those voters now, and then he can deliver the coup de grace to McCain later if that’s necessary.
139
posted on
01/18/2008 9:52:04 PM PST
by
Mr. Silverback
(Fred, fry Huck and McCain like a squirrel in a popcorn popper!)
To: Soliton
So he was talking about the anti-abortion ammendment and the sactity of marriage amendment and Fred understands what he meant, but didn't like the words. 1. Code words are code words.
2. People wouldn't be jumping on this if the guy didn't have so many problems with the Constitution already. He was behind a national smoking ban, for Pete's sake. The whole reason he was even on the subject in this interview was because he had said earlier in the week that we should bring the Constitution in line with God's laws.
140
posted on
01/18/2008 9:54:25 PM PST
by
Mr. Silverback
(Fred, fry Huck and McCain like a squirrel in a popcorn popper!)
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