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In reply to the discussion: I'm terrified about what could happen if the US elects an R President in 2016 [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)The Article V convention the GOP along with the Koch brothers will bring us back to not only the days before the New Deal, but before TR, Lincoln, the Civil War and the American Revolution itself.
These guys intend to eviscerate eveything after the Bill of Rights, some even want a return all the way back to the Articles of the Confederation. The Constitution was an improvement on that, but it's what they want and are being funded to do and they are not going to stop.
Meanwhile, voters will stay home?
Then they can kiss their desires for ending income inequality and their other utopian schemes bye. It took centuries to get at the point we are now, an amalgamation of culture and influences, to create what we have worked on since the New Deal.
We have a framework to keep on fighting for the people. No one seems to care. When the dire wolf arrives at the door, it'll be too late.