Posted on 10/19/2010 8:17:52 AM PDT by IMissPresidentReagan
If the Supremes rule that mandatory health insurance is unconstitutional the whole bill will be repealed by the judiciary.
I forget the name of the provision they could have put in the bill to prevent that but it’s not in there apparently.
Exactly! One great result of the tea parties around the country is the number of ordinary people running for office. We’ll have an ever increasing farm team from this point forward.
Chris Coons can’t name the five freedoms in the First Amendment
By Michelle Malkin • October 19, 2010 12:57 PM
That’s right. Delaware Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons can’t name the five freedoms in the First Amendment.
But all you’ll hear from the MSM today is that Christine O’Donnell — correctly — questioned Coons’ claim that the phrase “the separation of church and state” appears in the First Amendment.
Coons’ ignorance doesn’t fit the O’Donnell bashers’ narrative. So they’ll pretend this didn’t happen:
Read:
Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell questioned on Tuesday whether the Constitution provides for the separation of church and state.
The comment came during a debate on WDEL radio with Democratic opponent Chris Coons, who argued that local schools should teach science rather than religion, at which point O’Donnell jumped in. “Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?” she asked.
The audience at Widener Law School was taken aback, with shouts of “whoa” and laughter coming from the crowd.
Coons then pointed to the First Amendment, which states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
“You’re telling me the First Amendment does?” O’Donnell interrupted to ask.
Following the next question, Coons revisited the remark — likely thinking he had caught O’Donnell in a flub — saying, “I think you’ve just heard from my opponent in her asking ‘where is the separation of church and state’ show that she has a fundamental misunderstanding.”
“That’s in the First Amendment?” O’Donnell again asked.
“Yes,” Coons responded.
O’Donnell was later able to score some points of her own off the remark, revisiting the issue to ask Coons if he could identify the “five freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment.”
Coons named the separation of church and state, but could not identify the others — the freedoms of speech, press, to assemble and petition — and asked that O’Donnell allow the moderators ask the questions.
“I guess he can’t,” O’Donnell said.
Yep, when he got caught with his own intellectual pants down, Coons runs to the moderators for cover.
Listen to the whole radio debate at WDEL here.
It’s obvious from O’Donnell’s very specific challenge to Coons during the debate that she knows perfectly well about the establishment and free exercise of religion clauses in the First Amendment.
It’s obvious that Coons is not only unfamiliar with the rest of the First Amendment, but also that he is wholly unfamiliar with where the phrase “separation of church and state” originated.
And it’s obvious from the warped, gleeful spin on this exchange just how in the tank for Democrats the “objective” press — protected by our precious, poorly understood, and frquently squandered First Amendment — really is.
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Ramesh Ponnuru at NRO also agrees: “Some bloggers and tv commentators have seized on remarks by Christine O’Donnell to suggest that she is unaware that the First Amendment prohibits the establishment of religion. I don’t think that’s right. What she denies is that the First Amendment requires ‘the separation of church and state.’”
What it says it that “CONGRESS” cannot establish a religion.
At the time, some of the states did have state sponsored religions. Maryland would be the biggest example
Very well said. When you try to build a nation, you are going to break some eggs.
Good post! thank you
thanks,for the ping(s :)
Was it pink tie day?
“It's pretty clear the American people expect us to use the existing gridlock to create compromise and advance their agenda,” said Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.). “They want us to come together [with the administration] after we agree to disagree.”
YOUR FIRED!
AFTER we get rid of the real enemies.......
You start trying to aim at too many targets, you don't hit any of 'em.
7 of the Original 13 states had Established Religions. Mass didn’t abolish theirs until 1835. Coons is probably incredibly unaware of that.
She was hot when he said she didn’t go to the deployment ceremonies for National Guard and therefore, was somehow anti-military. She went off on him.
In my Law and Religion class, we had STUDENTS telling the Professor he was completely wrong when he pointed out that the Establishment clause was meant to apply only to the Federal gov’t and that the Founding Fathers expected states to establish their religions if they chose. The students screamed Separation of Church and State. Their laughter demonstrates typical brainwashed morons.
It is frightening.
As a mere high school graduate, I feel superior to so many college graduates. Over the years, I’ve learned that there is little relationship between education and intelligence.
She’s assuming everyone is as smart as she is. lol.
You’re fired
Contraction of you are
Your is a personal pronoun
Bristol isn’t going anywhere this week. ABC has election week slated as her time of departure. So at this point, one must ask who is the sacrifical scapegoat this week. Me personally, I dunno, maybe flo? And Crystal Kurt was nails last night. He moves on for sure!!
As for all things Kucinich. His race is now within the MOE. To put that into perspective, Jim Trakas, Kucinich’s opponent 4 years ago, got no closer than 18 points down and lost by 20 in the vote. This is a 4 point spread now, GAME ON!!
sorry, personal peeve of mine.
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