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.