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To: JCEccles

Federalism is not a fig leaf. Federalism is a concept born of the great minds that built our nation. Disregard for the concept of federalism is at the root of most evil in this country. An evil that many “conservatives” are willing to rush into just because they are 100% sure that their pet cause is more important than Hillary’s pet causes, or Obama’s pet causes, or the pet cause of the leftist lunatic homeless guy on the corner.

Everyone has pet causes. The Framers knew that. Hence: federalism.

Federalism pre-dated the pro-life movement and if our country survives it will be because federalism, in one form or another, manages to survive the onslaught of the various forms of Collectivism and Centralism that plague modern America.


50 posted on 11/08/2007 3:09:18 AM PST by samtheman (Fred Thompson '08)
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To: samtheman

I am 100% sure that my ‘pet cause’ is more important than Hillary’s. I’m not a moral relativist.


56 posted on 11/08/2007 3:17:29 AM PST by FreePoster (Duncan Hunter in 2008)
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To: samtheman

federalism is an important concept but we’re not just talking about a pet cause here and I think it is moral equivalence to try to compare to one of Hillary’s nutty ideas.

we’re talking about lots of babies getting killed.

Now if every state wanted to do something about abortion then I would absolutely agree: there is no need for a federal law. But since this is not the case, we have to treat abortion the same way we treated slavery


57 posted on 11/08/2007 3:19:48 AM PST by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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