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To: cotton1706

This is a really really bad idea. First if a convention is called it will not be a conservative only affair. About half the country is firmly monnbat. Secondly it is Congress that will set the rules for the convention, not the several states. In theory you could have the entire Constitution open to revision.

Sorry, but what these folks are selling, I’m not buying.


7 posted on 04/12/2015 7:36:04 AM PDT by NRx (An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
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To: NRx

Fully agree.
Con con will be the very Pandora’s box we most regret we asked for.
Our problem is not with our constitution, and the solution is not a quick easy fix re-write.
Our problem is much more difficult, namely wide-spread immorality, sense of entitlement, citizen indifference.
We are Rome, and it’s end of the line 378 AD


11 posted on 04/12/2015 7:48:44 AM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: NRx

Huh? Congress has nothing to do with the parliamentary rules of the convention.


28 posted on 04/12/2015 11:33:51 AM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V. If not now, when?)
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To: NRx

I respectfully disagree with you about the risk of a runaway convention. The amendment ratification process prevents moon battery of any stripe from destroying the constitution. Though I would argue that presently we are in the early stages of post constitutional tyranny so the constitution is already destroyed. It seems to me we have four choices before us. Shut up, keep your head down, and do what you’re told. Support a CoS to attempt to re-establish a balance between federal governmental power and state power. Nonviolent civil disobedience. Violent civil disobedience.


61 posted on 04/12/2015 8:17:38 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: NRx

This is a really really bad idea. First if a convention is called it will not be a conservative only affair. About half the country is firmly monnbat. Secondly it is Congress that will set the rules for the convention, not the several states. In theory you could have the entire Constitution open to revision.

Sorry, but what these folks are selling, I’m not buyin


Welcome to FR.

Ok, first, I would ask you to look at my other posts as well as some subsequent posts on this thread for information to learn what a Convention of States is; i.e. watch the Hannity video, click on some of the links, etc.

Second, it is not congress that sets the rules. It is in Article 5 of the CONSTITUTION.

With all due respect, you might want to get up to speed on exactly what you are not buyin’.


67 posted on 04/12/2015 8:54:35 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Make 'em squeal!)
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