"Lying is routine for evil governments. Once a regime starts down the path of dishonesty, it never turns back."
Many on the conservative side believe we will reverse the dishonesty of our government by winning elections. We won't. We have many laboratory examples of this right here in the US. Look at state, local and city governments. Take Chicago, a corrupt cesspool, why have the wheels of elections not reformed this corrupt city? Unfortunately I know of no example where dishonest government has been reversed through elections. Maybe there are some but I personally know of no example where this has taken place.
This IMO is the reason to forget about national elections and concentrate on an article V convention of the states. Article V convention was the founders answer to corrupt central government. It's time to use it while we still can.
I agree that the problem won’t be fixed by electing different people but I am amazed that anyone believes a convention will accomplish what they themselves say cannot be accomplished by an election.