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To: GOPcapitalist
To the contrary. It is an inherent consequence of the very foundation upon which the constitution and the nation itself is built. As Alexis de Tocqueville so eloquently put it:

Not very compelling when compared to this:

"In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily to our view, that which appears to the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existance. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected; and thus the Constitution we present is the result of a spirit of amity, and that mutual deference and concession which the peculularity of our political situation rendered indispensible....

George Washington, President [of the Constitutional Convention] By Unanimous Order of the Convention", September 17, 1787

Washington is saying (by unanimous consent, now) that every delegate at the constitutional convention is for the consolidation of the Union.

All you provide is disinformation.

Walt

95 posted on 06/26/2002 3:31:18 AM PDT by WhiskeyPapa
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To: WhiskeyPapa
Not very compelling when compared to this:

Typical yet foolish. You ignore Tocqueville's quote and don't even bother with his argument. Instead, you cut n' paste one of your little washington quotes and hopes that nobody will notice your rusty old smoke spewing dodge. Well guess what Walt. Somebody noticed.

I again ask you to address the inescapable consequences of the very nature of the nation's foundation as discussed by Tocqueville.

All you provide is disinformation.

I again ask, as I have asked you many times before, to substantiate that allegation. I do not expect you to be able to do so as you never are and likely never will be. That means that it is you providing the disinformation by the very fact that you fraudulently accuse others of it whenever you find yourself losing an argument. It's sad but again very typical of you, Walt.

133 posted on 06/26/2002 9:20:07 PM PDT by GOPcapitalist
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