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There are dozens of the 'states rights' crowd here that will admit, when pressed, -- that they believe states can violate the RKBA's. -- Or for that matter any of our BOR's, - as supposedly they only apply to the federal government. Curious view for 'conservatives'.
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I suppose they are anti-Lincoln and the XIVth. There is a certain consistency to such views.
But there is a difference between undoing the New Deal and/or the Great Society and undoing the Civil War. The former are modern perversions of our Constitution.
Lincoln reshaped the nation for better or worse at a unique time and he's got the amendment to make it stick.
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I see the consistency as being driven, or forced, by their single issue views.
If one insists that majority rules, that the state has the power to prohibit drugs, for instance, you must also, - to be consistent in that same 'logic', - insist that this same power can be used to prohibit most any substance, object, or act.

That this is directly contrary to the original intent of constitutionally limited powers for all levels of our republican governments, fed/state/local, - seems to be beyond all comprehension or reason.

"Lincoln reshaped the nation for better or worse at a unique time..."

Curious: there are certain neighborhoods in Munich where an old German, if he trusts you, will say the same about Hitler...

That's why I'm a registered Republican, not a Libertarian or an independent. I may think a lot like some small-'l' libertarians, but I want to see as much progress in the right direction as soon as possible, and if that means my pet issues don't get stroked immediately, well, that's fine as long as our leadership shows progress in other areas.

That's also why I like George W. Bush. Hs is about winning. He strikes me as someone who like to win as much and as often as possible. And he doesn't have ego issues about what he wins. Very unlike Clinton, who probably is the most intelligent president we have had since WWII, and also the least effective since Carter, Dubya is not about Dubya. That makes him effective. I like that.

Single-issue conservatives and dogmatic Libertarians are what makes the conservative meovement weak, like a tennis player that can always be fooled by a drop shot.