Posted on 12/11/2013 3:19:23 AM PST by Jacquerie
Democrats just love democracy. Who could possibly oppose it? Didn’t progressive icon Woodrow Wilson tell the nation that its purpose was to make the world safe for democracy? What reasonable person could be against all power to the people?
I am, and I am in good company. Our Framing generation had a short, yet sufficient experience with overly democratic state governments to figure out that majoritarian abuse of minorities was just as harmful and dangerous to freedom as the executive tyranny of George III. Benjamin Rush famously said that while the constitutions of 1776-1777 barred the front door to executive tyranny, they left the back door wide open to popular tyranny.
The Constitution of 1787 secured our unalienable rights through its limitation of the democratic element via vertical division of power between the new government and states. Equal participation of the people and states in congress translated into that which the world had not seen in millennia, a generally stable republic that respected property.
Modern Liberal tyranny rests on the foundation of a popularly elected congress. Simply put, and easily understood is the fact that once the states were booted from the senate, ALL national power was certain to eventually concentrate, as it has, in Washington, DC. With so much power so close at hand, it was only a matter of time before a demagogue with despotic ambition and enormous will arrived.
The 17th Amendment guaranteed the rise of a popular despot, an Obama. If what remains of our republic is to be saved, the 17th must go.
The Left underground is gearing up to smear and annihilate our nascent Article V Amendment Convention movement. So far, I am not aware of a rat with national standing, nor of any of their media psychos who have gone public with a screed over the danger a convention presents to their power. Rest assured it is coming, because all sense of rejuvenated federalism must be destroyed.
The 17th Amendment is a hill the Left barbarians will defend to the last man.
Any effort to restore federalism, the stability and freedom enhancing vertical division of power between the states and the federal government they created must be aborted, murdered before birth. Libs are of course, adept with this procedure, and will pull out all the stops to kill any effort to restore the proven, republican liberty vision of our Framers.
So, let’s think ahead and be prepared to counterattack the inevitable assault.
Their predictable first reaction will be to smear the reputations and character of Article V/Anti-17th Amendment supporters. Their foul-mouthed gutter attacks will make their jihads against Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, Ken Starr, and Ted Cruz appear rational. A sister effort will equate state sovereignty with slavery, Jim Crow and segregated public schools.
Second, once they decide to pull the trigger, congressional rat leaders, and internet/TV media allies will explode simultaneously with bumper-sticker slogans in support of their precious democracy. Recall how the Occupy “movement” both ignited and flamed out overnight. OWS illustrated the incredible control Obama and his droids have to frontal assault our nation with their poison.
Third, and perhaps most insidious and difficult to counter will be backdoor bribes, threats to individual state legislators. Freepers are well aware of the criminal capabilities of rat thugs both in and out of government.
Folks, there is no substitute for individual initiative. Rants like this at FR are perhaps necessary, but certainly insufficient. State legislators will not stick their political necks out in support of Article V if all they hear is opposition. It is imperative they know they have an army of grassroots, and not astroturf, behind them.
Representatives who attended are listed here. There are also several late entries such as Cary Condratta and Drew McEwen from Washington State.
Everyone should be calling and writing them to show support even if they are not in the same district.
If your representative did not take part they should be encouraged to do so. If they give the argument that they oppose the movement it is a great tool to use against their next campaign.
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Dawg, the Senate is supposed to represent the STATES, not the PEOPLE. The House is popularly elected to serve as the voice of the people, so our voice is (theoretically) heard already.
Another benefit to repealing the 17th would be a severe reduction in the amount of money, especially and most egregiously "out-of-state" money, spent to influence the election and corrupt the candidates. Anybody doubt that most Senators (Dirty Harry Reid comes screamingly to mind here) are bought and well paid for?
I want my Senators to vote strictly for the best interests of my state. Dump the 17th.
The first is from the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative pro-business group. This document has been sent to every state legislator in the country.
Proposing Constitutional Amendments by a Convention of the States: A Handbook for State Lawmakers
The second is a 1973 report from the American Bar Association attempting to identify gray areas in the amendatory process to include an Amendments Convention. It represents the view of the ruling class of 40 years ago. While I don't like some of their conclusions, they have laid out the precedents that may justify those conclusions. What I respect is the comprehensive job they did in locating all the gray areas. They went so far as to identify a gray area that didn't pop up until the Equal Rights Amendment crashed and burned a decade later. Even if you find yourself in disagreement with their vision, it's worth reading to see how the ruling class will try to dominate an Amendments Convention.
Report of the ABA Special Constitutional Convention Study Committee
Please take a closer look at my post.
No, just a committee.
Most impressive.
Excellent!
bttt
If we didn’t have a 17th Amendment we wouldn’t need Ted Cruz
And that's just the establishment Republicans (shudder)!
And therein lies the problem. To avoid a Senate full of progressive establishment hacks of both parties, should the 17th be repealed, the parties need to be cleaned out. You need to get the establishment scum out of the GOP and the communists out of the Dems.
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