Reply #25: Coulter is a comic book, but is still important to read.

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If anything to get a sense of the language they are using.

Burke is next. Promise. (I'm finishing The Leviathan by Hobbes.)

The Constitution is a Liberal document. VERY Liberal document... ain't nothing conservative there, especially when taken in the context of the time it was written. All of the founding fathers are what we would consider Liberals.
Do you really think a modern conservative would sign the constitution and Bill of Rights as-is?

As for the Federalist papers... also a Liberal document.

Look at the history of these documents. Look at who opposed the constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Federalist papers. You'll note that it was the social & political conservatives of the time who fought tooth-and-nail against each one of these movements.

Just because TODAYS Republicans claim to like the constitution, does not mean that their philosophical ancestors thought it was a good idea.