Cokie Roberts: Abandon the Constitution to Save it?

texas.tenthamendmentcenter.com ^ | 4-12-10 | Brian Roberts

[Sloth]

It's far better to leave the health care debate in the arena of electoral politics — and for the losers to accept defeat. That's the essence of democracy.

I'm sure they have the same feelings about abortion...

[grumpygresh]

“Excuse me. Cokie is my friend’s cousin, not my friend. And even if that were so, who are you to tell me who I can associate with? Let the leftists have political purity tests. I won’t stand for it. In other words, butt out of my personal life. Who are you? A politician?”

I’m truly sorry to have offended you and I would never think of telling you who your friends should be. Of course, anyone is free to associate with anyone else and I am glad that you seem to be proud to have some sort of acquaintance or personal knowledge of a famous person like Cokie Roberts.

However, my point only is that that when engaging in political activities in times such as these, it is wise to choose your friends carefully. And no, I am not a decidedly not a politician. If I were, I would probably be trying to make friends with everyone on both sides of the aisle and the msm.

[beandog]

If you don’t want your personal life discussed, don’t bring it out on a public forum.

You sound like Tom Coburn saying that Nancy Pelosi is a “nice” person. I don’t care how “nice” they are, I care what they are trying to do to the country.

[Still Thinking]

The already severely frayed fabric of government would certainly be further torn apart. It’s far better to leave the health care debate in the arena of electoral politics — and for the losers to accept defeat. That’s the essence of democracy.

Yes, that always seems to be the plan when THEY win. When the people who can read the Constitution win, well, Diebold cheated, or the President was "selected, not elected" or whatever. THEY never just go away after an electoral loss, and THAT's when the Constitution isn't even being shredded.

[MrB]

Here, Kookie,

I have a solution to your fears of civil war -

if a state and its people decide to “opt out” of a program that the people of that state do not want to participate in,

just “let” them.

[MrB]

You can’t “win” an original intent argument with a lib.
Their worldview is based on the idea that those alive today
take precedent over anything written or decided in the past.

[MrB]

Only when they can use the Constitution to advance Marxism do they pretend to honor it.

[Still Thinking]

Well, my brain is alive and working today, whereas hers is obviously dead or sleeping, so according to their rules, mine takes precedence.

[rlmorel]

Exactly. And for liberals, history ends five minutes ago.

If even then.

[Arrowhead1952]

Hey Cokie, if brains were hog excrement, you wouldn’t even emit a smell.

[D1X1E]

I have a solution to your fears of civil war - if a state and its people decide to “opt out” of a program that the people of that state do not want to participate in, just “let” them

Makes too much sense.
Doesnt allow for the libs need to control others.
Hence Kooky Cokie will never go for it.

[MrB]

Doesnt allow for the libs need to control others.

I'm getting more incite from Sowell's "Intellectuals and Society". I used to think it was about control with elitist libs. I'm starting to move away from even THAT viewpoint. "Control" is an external concept, control over others.

What elitist libs are after is how they feel about THEMSELVES. It's all narcissism to them. Allowing others to make their own decisions provides no means by which elitist libs can feel good about themselves. That's the key.

[D1X1E]

I used to think it was about control with elitist libs. I'm starting to move away from even THAT viewpoint. "Control" is an external concept, control over others. What elitist libs are after is how they feel about THEMSELVES. It's all narcissism to them. Allowing others to make their own decisions provides no means by which elitist libs can feel good about themselves.

hmmm makes some sense. I never did understand the big appeal of control. Have enough to do attending to my own business let alone anyone elses. But yes, the feeling better about themselves could enter into it. Doing something good for others could generate that same feeling and benefit someone else as well but the inherent selfishness of narcissism resists that idea I guess.

[facedown]

Cokie, you’re cheering for the wrong team.

But that's because it's her team.

[MNJohnnie]

Glad to see people dismantling this ignorant drivel from Roberts. When I read her original piece I was stunned by how completely divorced from all fact and reason her argument was.

[spintreebob]

Watch for a concerted campaign to re-define “judicial activism”.

A judge who uses the Constitution to reverse any action of the legislative brance, or the executive branch, or the regulatory branch, or the Fed Reserve branch ... that judge will be labeled a “judicial activist”.

And how many of you knew we now have so many branches?

[GAB-1955]

Then vote the people out. You have the power.