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To: Jacquerie

FWIW, I don’t believe we have enough people who are cognizant of the meaning of Liberty to have a Constitutional Convention that would not result in something much worse than what we have now.

Once you start the Convention, nobody can guarantee what will come out of it. There are too many people who are idiots when it comes to political philosophy and history who would be present at this Convention.

Bottom line? I think it is a dumb idea.


5 posted on 07/18/2014 1:03:03 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: P-Marlowe
Once you start the Convention, nobody can guarantee what will come out of it.

That's why it would be an Article V convention; that is one for proposing amendments… and those amendments would still have to be approved by 3/4 of the States's legislatures.

8 posted on 07/18/2014 1:05:42 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Well, doing nothing certainly isn’t working. Besides the states must still vote to accept the proposed amendments.


12 posted on 07/18/2014 1:09:18 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Is it a dumb idea by itself, or because you believe there are far too many people in this country who really don’t understand what liberty, and their responsibilities to protect and keep it means?

I don’t think it’s a dumb idea. It’s an idea to be debated on its merits.

the feasibility of a successful outcome is a separate debate IMO.


17 posted on 07/18/2014 1:23:16 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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