Candidate Says "The Constitution is just a piece of paper."

YouTube ^ | March 26, 2010

[mukraker]

Roger Roth, Wisconsin Assemblyman and Candidate for Congress, Wisconsin’s 8th District, had this observation about the U.S. Constitution:

“The Constitution is a wonderful document. It’s a great piece of paper that’s got a lot of words on it. But you know, at the end of the day, it’s just a piece of paper that’s got a lot of words on it. And we need to elect representatives that believe in that.”

“It’s not so much ... I asked a class of, of, uh, you know, I go around to my local schools and talk to fourth, fifth, sixth graders, and I ask them, “what makes America great?” And they said, “Oh, we have a Constitution. It’s a flexible document” And I said, “Okay, yeah, that’s true.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M1OI8Wxn2A

[Puppage]

“Oh, we have a Constitution. It’s a flexible document”

THE HELL IT IS!

[GeronL]

Not that crap again.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So aren't all laws just pieces of paper with a bunch of words on them?

So we can ignore all laws?

[misterrob]

It is just a piece of paper with words on it.

What gives it power is the willingness of the people to support it and demand that their elected officials follow it.

[Lurker]

In a rational world a guy like this would be dragged into the street and beaten to within an inch of his worthless life.

[Tarpon]

Tyranny walks in the shoes of idiots with brains of morons.

[WOBBLY BOB]

David Lee Roth probably knows more about the Constitution.

[OCCASparky]

Please tell me this guy isn’t a Republican.

[pandoraou812]

watch this.

[bamahead]

And this guy is running as a REPUBLICAN



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[lysie]

Comments????

[Eagle Eye]

Sounds like an enemy of the Constitution.

Certainly is not a supporter.

[bamahead]

Sorry to break it to you. Yes.

[Secret Agent Man]

The PAPER it’s printed on might be flexible.

The ideas, rights and principles enshrined in the Constitution itself, are not. They are timeless. They are as applicable today as they were 230+ years ago.

The same ‘changing, flexible’ argument is used against the bible, by pretty much the same people. In both cases they don’t like what the bible/Constitution says, so they invent things they say it really says, to soothe their itchy ears.

[beethovenfan]

Idiots like this have no place in our government. Unfortunately the government is full of them at present.

[Secret Agent Man]

Ted Nugent sure the heck does, if we’re mentioning this class of entertainer.

[meadsjn]

In a rational world a guy like this would be dragged into the street and beaten to within an inch of his worthless life.

Fashions come and go, and come around again.

Soon, that rational world will again be the fashion.

[mnehring]

My tax form is just a piece of paper with words on it too.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

It is just a piece of paper with words on it.

I wonder how he feels about these words (though not from the Constitution, admittedly);

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

[OCCASparky]

Now, I would grant you that the Constitution is only as strong as the law and the will of the people who back it up. But “just words on paper”? AYFKM?

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

JOHN ADAMS...Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

Roger Roth, Wisconsin Assemblyman and Candidate for Congress, Wisconsin’s 8th District

[353FMG]

“...at the end of the day, it’s just a piece of paper...”

.
Seems to be the general sentiment of government.

[F15Eagle]

Wow, this guy is as dumb as Obama.

[mukraker]

He’s a Republican, currently in the Wisconsin Assembly, and is one of the Old Gard’s favorites. His uncle is a former Congressman.

[hinckley buzzard]

It’s a great piece of paper that’s got a lot of words on it

Obviously was not attending to candidate obama-- "The Constitution-- Just Words?"

[Minus_The_Bear]

Support Terri McCormick for WI-08 against progressive Roger Roth

[Publius6961]

I go around to my local schools and talk to fourth, fifth, sixth graders, and I ask them, “what makes America great?” And they said, “Oh, we have a Constitution. It’s a flexible document” And I said, “Okay, yeah, that’s true.”

BULLSHIT!!*

*BULLSHIT

How stupid do these progressives think we are?
Most grownups and all "progressives" have no clue what "living document" means...

[hinckley buzzard]

Does this asshole have a primary opponent? If not why not? I know it's Wisconsin but sheesh. The age of LaFollette is over.

[Minus_The_Bear]

Terri McCormick is running in the primary.

[Kartographer]

[OneWingedShark]

>>“Oh, we have a Constitution. It’s a flexible document”
>
>THE HELL IT IS!

That it recognizes and includes an amending-procedure actually DOES make it a ‘flexible document,’ definitionally speaking.

...however, he probably was using the term ‘flexible’ to refer how our political-caste ‘interprets’ the document.

[Joe Brower]

"So we can ignore all laws? "

Yes, that is basically what this puffed-up moron said, without even realizing it, most likely.

[Puppage]

...however, he probably was using the term ‘flexible’ to...

I think we all know how he meant it.

That it recognizes and includes an amending-procedure actually DOES make it a ‘flexible document,’ definitionally speaking.

Agreed.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I had never heard of this guy before now. I checked his campaign site and he has all the terminology down to make him sound like a conservative. What’s the deal with that?

[stainlessbanner]

Way to get out the word WI-GOP...nice job /sarc

[GeronL]

Yep, thats how I feel

[surfer]

It's not a document. It was an idea that created the greatest country in the history of the world.

The idea that free people could flourish on their own accomplishments which in turn would create a great and strong nation - ONE THAT DIDN'T NEEDED TOTAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL.

The vision the forefathers held was nothing short of amazing - they achieved that vision based on real experience, real blood and real committment not from some theory they read in a second hand college text book.

[majormaturity]

It is long past the time for the Tea Party to register as a political party in every state. The Republicans, Democrats, and Independents who see this kind of nonsense are desperately looking for alternatives. If every R, D, and I started giving their donations to the Tea party, it would foster a viable third party while at the same time de-funding the R and D parties.

[Publius6961]

So we can ignore all laws?

Well, no.
Some animals are more equal than others. Used to be pigs, but now they are cockroaches and rattlesnakes.

You got to be a member of Congress.

[Kartographer]

Do you ever get the feeling that to some of these ‘DemonRATS’the Consitution and Charmin are interchangable? Both are just peices of paper.

[mukraker]

Terri McCormick for Congress, WI-08

[The Toll]

One of these days guys like this are going to be climbing out of some ditch trying to surrender, but to me it’s just going to be a piece of cloth with some white on it.

[353FMG]

>Soon, that rational world will again be the fashion.<

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I wish that were true, but I am afraid that the population of this nation has been watered down with too many who came here with no intention to assimilate and who have no idea, or even care, that there is such a unique document as a Constitution.

[Minus_The_Bear]

Get this to Breitbart

[Man50D]

He should use that as a campaign slogan and see how far it gets him.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Politicians do it all the time.

[greatplains]

[stefanbatory]

this district actually borders Stupidpak’s district...just sayin...

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Rino Alert!.....Run the A-hole out of Dodge!