Posted on 04/13/2019 12:14:20 PM PDT by Jacquerie
The next generation of conservative leaders have been watching and waiting for a cause where they can make a tangible difference and be a part of history in the making. For years, they felt hopeless.
But today, the scene looks very different.
Ben Shapiro has teamed up with Convention of States to funnel his millions of young listeners into the fight to call a Convention of States.
In a matter of weeks, tens of thousands of young activists have flooded into the movement, taking on leadership positions, and being trained to take back their power from Washington, D.C.
These are their stories.
Shelby M., San Antonio, Texas, State Content Writer
“When Ben Shapiro mentioned the Convention of States on his podcast, that was all I needed to dive in and investigate. I had spent years feeling powerless and frustrated with the growing size and corruption of the federal government, but with COS, I suddenly saw the opportunity to DO something! Instead of just complaining, I could be a part of a team that was working toward a solution. It was so empowering!”
(Excerpt) Read more at conventionofstates.com ...
If this happens, it will likely backfire & cost us even more of our already disappearing rights.
Nothing that NeoCons do is in our national interests. This smells like a Trojan horse project, considering the current political climate in this nation (we are in the minority).
And the naive virtue signaling by some advocates makes it smell even worse.
You don’t have to figure out which way the wind is blowing. Just have your hand ready to receive an envelope when the Koch Brothers walk by.
The elite need lots of different angles to defeat Trump. Ben Shapiro is the puppet who pretends to be a full-blown “conservative”.
It all sounds good until the day he gives a speech on amnesty. These are tough times for the GOPe. Ryan, Romney, Lee, and Shapiro need to lay low at times and then attack at opportune moments.
I agree, ConservaTeen’s friend is gay, but in 2016 they were helping Trump and other Republicans. Just because someone is gay, they still know that liberalism will kill America.
Well someone is trying to do something. The situation must change. That is obvious to all but fools.
Glad to hear this FRiend, and thank you for your tireless work on this effort!
Before we even think about changing the constitution we need to figure out how we can force the government to follow the current one. The overwhelming majority of our problems come from failure to abide by the current constitution, not because of flaws in the constitution. I have often said that the drive to change the constitution is like a diabetic who insists that he needs a new medicine because his metformin is not doing the job but fails to mention that he is not taking it but is eating candy bars instead. Our government hardly bothers to even pretend to follow the constitution now.
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I appreciate. Best.
You’re simply a fool.
COS would have you believe there is absolutely nothing to worry about. That attitude alone tells me all I need to know. Thanks for standing on the side of the Constitution and the Republic, if we can keep it.
Ain’t gonna happen Jacq and you know it. I’ll tell you what will happen but hope remains that COS fails to reach 34 and that is the best hoped for outcome.
The media will take over once the Call is made, and the media circus will turn what you and probably anyone who loves the Constitution would like to happen but know with today’s media and their hangers on in the Democrat party will prove impossible, and that is a Constitutional Convention that will live by every noble desire of a true Conservative.
The only trouble with noble ideas, is the total lack of nobleness in what will be the chosen delegates to such a Convention. God protect us from the naivete of the COS movement.
If still in doubt, ask yourself the question, is the Constitution really the problem here? Or is it the evil hearts of some that seek in this day to destroy the last vestige of our freedom, by eliminating our republican form of Government and the documents that enumerate that form.
Buddy, that statement alone proves you know nothing of State Legislatures.
Not to mention that the results have to be ratified by 34 states. If the libs can hijack that whole process we might as well get it over with
I would say the idea itself is akin to the COS movement itself, and it takes 38 States to ratify, right now, however no one knows what if any rule changes the COS might make that could change the way things are now done.
Amen, Rip
No, the left cannot take this over. The COS resolution is limited and there is history of at least 37 conventions between the states in which NONE of them were taken over by anyone.
Instead, the hard Soros funded left is against Convention of States and Article V and have so stated on their websites such as Common Cause, Democracy 21, and many more.
IN FACT, the left makes the same argument you do about the convention being taken over, just by different forces than you. Your argument is theirs.
PDF 200+ Soros funded groups - Constitutional Rights and Public Interest Groups Oppose Calls for an Article V Constitutional Convention>https://www.commoncause.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/issues/more-democracy-reforms/constitutional-convention/constitutional-rights-and.pdf
https://www.commoncause.org/our-work/constitution-courts-and-democracy-issues/article-v-convention/
You needn’t worry. There are lots of rules and procedures.
Try this, pick the thing you think would go against the Constitution as provided for us, and state that.
Then list for us all, 38 states that would ratify (approve) of that crazy idea.
List them all here for us.
I don’t think you can do it. No one ever has when I asked this question. No one.
And check out this detailed book.
The Law of Article V: State Initiation of Constitutional Amendments https://www.amazon.com/Law-State-Initiation-Constitutional-Amendments/dp/1728867886
Agreed. He is NOT a neocon fool. That was the desperate wild claim of a guy using an ad hominem attack.
Ad Hominem (Abusive)
> https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/1/Ad-Hominem-Abusive
There are plenty of videos by Shapiro on youtube that show this claim to be totally false.
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