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Sheila Jackson Lee Thinks the Constitution is 400 Years Old
Washington Free Beacon ^ | 3-12-2014 | Staff report

Posted on 03/12/2014 2:16:32 PM PDT by smoothsailing

Sheila Jackson Lee Thinks the Constitution is 400 Years Old

It isn't

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff

March 12, 2014 4:08 pm

VIDEO

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas) declared the U.S. Constitution to be 400 years old Wednesday on the House floor, which would mean it was signed in 1614.

“Maybe I should offer a good thanks to the distinguished members of the majority, the Republicans, my chairman and others, for giving us an opportunity to have a deliberative constitutional discussion that reinforces the sanctity of this nation and how well it is that we have lasted some 400 years, operating under a constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional and what is not,” she said.

That would be seven years after Jamestown, Virginia became America’s first permanent English settlement.

Lee is off by only 173 years. It was adopted on Sep. 17, 1787.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 400years; constitution; einstein; mensa; oops; sheilajacksonlee
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To: smoothsailing

Sheila must have been thinking of the original 57 colonies.


21 posted on 03/12/2014 2:29:04 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Would it be constitutional to give her an injection and put her down? Probably not but it would certainly be more merciful than letting her make such a sad spectacle of herself.


22 posted on 03/12/2014 2:29:19 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: smoothsailing

How in hell does this nincompoop keep getting reelected over and over again? Are there no conservatives in her Texas district?.........................


23 posted on 03/12/2014 2:29:34 PM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: Red Badger
How in hell does this nincompoop keep getting reelected over and over again?

Let's just say... she represents her district well.

24 posted on 03/12/2014 2:30:33 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: rainee

Yea they called to say that they do not want this moron back because she will ruin their neighborhood.


25 posted on 03/12/2014 2:31:16 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: smoothsailing
operating under a constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional and what is not,

Sure, she knows all about that. FUSJL.
26 posted on 03/12/2014 2:31:25 PM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: smoothsailing

27 posted on 03/12/2014 2:31:49 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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To: Steely Tom

If she’s representative of her district then they must be a district full of absolute morons....................


28 posted on 03/12/2014 2:32:11 PM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: smoothsailing

It has served our 57 states well, especially those who speak Romanian.


29 posted on 03/12/2014 2:32:12 PM PDT by laweeks
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To: smoothsailing

SJL took over as the most ignorant female in the House when Johnson beat Cynthia.

Hank’s the most ignorant male now, what a threesome!


30 posted on 03/12/2014 2:33:02 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: stormhill

Since Democrats seem to think abortion is a constitutional right, I don’t see why not.


31 posted on 03/12/2014 2:33:46 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Red Badger
If she’s representative of her district then they must be a district full of absolute morons....................

Res ipsa loquitur.

32 posted on 03/12/2014 2:34:40 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: smoothsailing

No one ever said there was an IQ test to be a member of Congress . . . . .


33 posted on 03/12/2014 2:35:18 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: smoothsailing

She thinks the Nasa Astronauts landed on Mars too, so...


34 posted on 03/12/2014 2:36:51 PM PDT by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: smoothsailing

Thanks Sheila. No one would have known just how stupid you are if you hand’nt made such an assinine remark. She seems to have gotten worse since removing that dusty old braided helmet.


35 posted on 03/12/2014 2:38:44 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Red Badger
No, the constipates are possibly dumber than she is, that's how she keeps getting reelected
36 posted on 03/12/2014 2:38:55 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Red Badger
No, the constipates are possibly dumber than she is, that's how she keeps getting reelected
37 posted on 03/12/2014 2:38:57 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: smoothsailing

“stupid is as stupid does.”

Forrest Gump


38 posted on 03/12/2014 2:39:01 PM PDT by sassy steel magnolia
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To: Telepathic Intruder
I'm racking my brain trying to remember if, in the history of the Republic, there has ever existed this depth of undiluted stupidity.
I really can't decide whether to mourn for my generation or just enjoy the show.
39 posted on 03/12/2014 2:39:02 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: smoothsailing

If conservatives and conservatism can’t find fool-proof ways of, actually, winning within the majority of U.S. cities, then it won’t be long before the majority of politicians are, just, like Sheila Jackson Lee. The next round of amnesty for illegal immigrants, if it happens, will make such a thing happen, even, quicker.


40 posted on 03/12/2014 2:39:04 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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