Regarding Mrs. Schlafly, I'll save you the time: Phyllis Schlafly vs. Article V.
“I’ve never tagged or accused any Freeper of being a rat. Why did you bring up this accusation in the context of my posts except to smear me?”
Well I’ll have to agree with you there and apologize for what appears to be a reference to you when it was the last thing on my mind. The reference was to a paid employee of COS who shall remain nameless but loves to paint all opponents with that phrase “you must be a democrat”.
Our back and forth I hope will always be at the level of ideas and principles we believe individually but not to the point of smearing one another. I would never do that intentionally and appreciate how you might feel that way based on my comment.
...and in your quote above you asked why, rather than lashing out. Another point in your favor. My issue has always been with COS and their ideas on the Article V issue. I have met a few of the COS staff, and in general we agree 99.9 percent on Constitutional issues, just not on their position on Article V at this point in history.
PS, Thanks for the link just haven’t had time to read yet.