Constitutional Convention?

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#155
"Well-regulated militia" essentially means "well-armed citizenry" in the context of that time period.

Read what some of the Founding Fathers wrote on the subject of citizens owning firearms. There is little to no ambiguity.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Why did you even try to bring race into this?

Surely you don't want to get into how Congressional Districts are aligned.
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On the race issue, the simple fact is that the heart of the GOP are southern whites, and there is a long history of resentment between them, as a group, and racial minorities, black and brown.

In the primary, to court that base, the GOP candidates are forced to champion policy positions that take advantage of that resentment. We see it every time when it comes to social spending. And now also immigration enforcement.

It helps win the nomination in the short term, but it does nothing to help the GOP expand its base in the long term. It just feeds those the resentments. Makes them more acute.

So the long term problem the GOP has to deal with -- and has not thus far -- is that to win the nomination you have to further alienate the part of the population that is growing.

It's not racism of the candidate that is the problem. It is that the candidate is forced to try to appeal to racial animosity within the base to even get the chance to run for office to begin with.
 
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UTCVol said:
"Well-regulated militia" essentially means "well-armed citizenry" in the context of that time period.

Read what some of the Founding Fathers wrote on the subject of citizens owning firearms. There is little to no ambiguity.
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Utter crap.
 
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lawgator1 said:
On the race issue, the simple fact is that the heart of the GOP are southern whites, and there is a long history of resentment between them, as a group, and racial minorities, black and brown.

In the primary, to court that base, the GOP candidates are forced to champion policy positions that take advantage of that resentment. We see it every time when it comes to social spending. And now also immigration enforcement.

It helps win the nomination in the short term, but it does nothing to help the GOP expand its base in the long term. It just feeds those the resentments. Makes them more acute.

So the long term problem the GOP has to deal with -- and has not thus far -- is that to win the nomination you have to further alienate the part of the population that is growing.

It's not racism of the candidate that is the problem. It is that the candidate is forced to try to appeal to racial animosity within the base to even get the chance to run for office to begin with.
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Sure...
 
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lawgator1 said:
3 and 5-10 are exceedingly dangerous.

But even if it was announced that those were the ten reasons for the convention you can't limit it once it's open and the Tea Party nuts and the Koch brother bought and paid for representatives can offer up any mischief they want.
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You need a new tin foil hat. You have worn out the one you have.
 
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lawgator1 said:
This is another symptom of the demographic marginalization of the GOP. At the national level, they cannot compete, simply because of the numbers and the fact that white people are slowly losing their majority status and power. Currently, the GOP relies on Gerrymandering to control state legislatures and Congressional districts. The proposal to let states override federal law is a ploy to end around their dwindling power at the federal level.
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Do you mean regain the states rights originally specified in the constitution?
 
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