No one is talking about a Constitutional Convention here... no one but you. There has only been ONE such convention, and that was in 1787. There has never been a need for another one, there has never been a CALL for another one, and so help me God, if I have anything to do with it, there never will be.
But the facts don’t seem to slow you guys down one bit... you keep running from webblog to forum like chicken little, crying and moaning that the sky is about to fall... that we must trust government and fear the people... that only Congress and the Establishment clones that we keep sending there know what’s best for the nation, and that we, the people, are simpletons, dupes and fools... we, the ones who you say must just keep voting.
Well, how’s that worked out so far, MinuteGal?
Like the other fear-mongers using scare tactics here on FreeRepublic and just about every other place where freedom-loving conservatives hang out, your outright lies and misrepresentations are old and transparent.
What you fail to grasp, or what you intentionally ignore, is the simple fact that nowhere in our Constitution does it allow for the calling of another Constitutional Convention. Now, do you subscribe to our Constitution or do you not? You cannot have it both ways. Either you believe in the document as written, or you don’t. The only purpose of a Constitutional Convention is to create a constitution, so why in the world would it do so? We already HAVE a constitution!
It does, however, in Article V, allow for the states, as well as Congress, to call for a convention of states for proposing amendments.
That’s all.
Proposing amendments.
That’s what it actually says.
You think I’m kidding? You and Phyllis take a moment or two and go read it, please. It’s only 143 words. I know you’re under the weather, so much so that you cannot even support your own arguments, but you are apparently able to regurgitate what they’ve told you - the irrational, thoughtless gibberish of the chickenheart. So, humor me... gin up your energy and Yahoo the Truth, and if you can find ONE WORD in that entire document that gives anyone - man, state or nation - the authority or the right to call for a Constitutional Convention, I’ll eat my hat.
You can quote all the politicians, all the philosophers, all the activists, all the editorial writers, and all the fear-mongers and “conservative” talking heads that you want, and all of their words taken all together in their force and veracity will never outweigh or even approach the calm certainty of the words of the Father of the Constitution himself, James Madison, in Federalist 43, where in arguing in favor of ratification against the fear-mongers of his day, he assured the people that the federal government would have to rely on the states to pass amendments, and that the states themselves would be able to propose and pass amendments at their choosing.
“This Constitution... equally enables the General (Federal) and the State governments to originate the amendment of errors, as they may be pointed out by the experience on one side, or on the other.”
Nowhere did he nor any other patriot ever contemplate the need for another Constitutional Convention... but then they were men of vision and courage and faith... not merchants of fear.
And those names were only in your FIRST post. And those names don't include your nasty, snarky attacks on other posters on this thread who just want to debate, as I plus all freepers want to do.
So those of us who oppose YOUR way of thinking are all of the above....just ignorant nobodies....including, I presume Phylis Schlafly, one of our most venerable, respected national conservative leaders....and who, by the way was a special guest at the Freeper DC banquet where we honored the House members who successfully managed the Clinton impeachment.
You posted your opinion.....I and others posted ours.....and as a states' constitutional convention movement plays out, our Freepers will be able to separate the wheat from the chaff and make their own minds up.
I encourage everyone to do so...and supplied one starting point for research in my original post located at # 64.
BTW, the conservative Eagle Forum is opposing any proposed "constitutional convention", or "Con-Con" as it's commonly being called.
Forewarned is forearmed when it comes to "adding" to the Founders' Constitution in these days of leftist infiltration and control of virtually everything....and especially when it comes to power grabs by the federal government when golden opportunities are opened to them....like a "Con-Con".
Leni/MinuteGal