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1monster

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13. Obama thinks the Constitution is "deeply flawed"????!!!!!
Sun Dec 18, 2011, 12:01 PM
Dec 2011

Then why did he take an oath to defend and protect it?

That document, which stood quite well for 213 years (1787 to 2000) is the underpinnings and the basis of this country and provides a method for changing it for the better. That method has been used eighteen times with only 25 permanent changes in 224 years. (The 18th Amendment, Volstead Act, was canceled out by the 21st Amendment.)

If Obama wants to change the Constitution, he should use the method provided by the original framers. Using that method, ANYTHING in the Constitution can be changed. One can only presume that Obama believes that the "flaws" he sees are not seen as flaws by the majority of U.S. citizens and that the changes he wants could not be made usinig Constitional methods.

I find that I am more deeply disturbed by those statements from Obama than by anything else I've ever heard him say.

As a disclaimer, I've never been a big fan of Obama, but I've never been a big detractor either. I've never thought he was the best or the greatest, but I've never considered him anywhere near the worst. At worst, I was ambivilent.

Now, I'm worried.

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