No it’s not the essence of the problem.
The problem is you attach importance to convention delegates and their behavior.
What they do doesn’t matter unless what they do has the backing of 38 states. That’s the point.
So if you fear a free-for-all, then you must think 38 states are going to support the free-for-all amendments PROPOSED by the convention.
And therein lies your problem. You have fear that 38 states are going to rewrite the Constitution in a manner as to what? to shred it?
Do you think ACORN, SEIU and Chicago hooligans are going to infiltrate and strong arm 3,141 counties and county equivalents of 38 states where conservatives hold overwhelming numbers?
You must be very easy to intimidate.
Do you ever take a risk? Do you believe the government has no business in making the trains run on time? If you lived in 1776 would you be willing to fight the British Crown?
All you answers will be No with hesitance and indecision but ‘No’ when pressed.
You obviously will trust a body of 535 members in Congress before you trust a body of 535 delegates chosen from the grassroots. Sad that.
Have fun being a sit-down spectator while others do the work of which you will undeservedly benefit.
No it’s not the essence of the problem.
Well, that's what being discussed as the issue ... :-) and it sure seems like the essence of the problem to me... (and to those others who oppose this very thing).
It's kinda funny, hearing an "argument" from the side wanting to go forward with this, saying that this is not the "essence of the problem" -- when the ones who oppose it have brought up this very thing as the very objection itself... LOL ...
Yep, that's a sly tactic to shift the focus away from the very core issue of the problem with a Constitutional Convention -- especially when the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Warren Burger, even says that this is the "very problem" itself.
It's also funny to hear how Congress has set it up so that it's not a problem -- when the very argument itself is that Congress would be ignored (and limitations such as this were ignored before).
Suuuure... that sounds like a real convincing argument.
Have fun being a sit-down spectator while others do the work of which you will undeservedly benefit.
Oh... don't worry, I'll be actively opposing this... :-)