[Palter]

[P-Marlowe]

IBTZ

[Walts Ice Pick]

I think we should repeal all of the amendments since the 12th Amendment.

[cripplecreek]

Goals number 29 and 30 of the communist goals presented on the floor of the US house in 1963.

29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.

30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the “common man.”

[chrisser]

Wow. This anonymous author truly doesn’t “get it”.

He or she is wrong about so many things and on so many levels, its hard to even pick where to start.

At least the article serves as a reminder to me why I stopped reading the Economist years ago.

[RightInEastLansing]

This guy totally misses the point. “Should gays marry?” He is correct that the Constitution doesn’t address gay marriage, and that is why it falls back to the State authorities.

[NavySEAL F-16]

The most revealing part of the article are the comments.

I will never understand the thought process of a liberal/socialist.

[highlander_UW]

Wouldn't it be splendid if the solutions to America’s problems could be written down in a slim book no bigger than a passport that you could slip into your breast pocket? That, more or less, is the big idea of the tea-party movement, the grassroots mutiny against big government that has mounted an internal takeover of the Republican Party and changed the face of American politics.

Couldn't get past the first paragraph without finding idiocy. No, the list is problems is MUCH longer than the Constitution...but the solution is the constitution. Faulty premise, false claims...faulty conclusions are almost always guaranteed.

[Dead Dog]

“Wouldn’t it be splendid if the solutions to America’s problems could be written down in a slim book no bigger than a passport that you could slip into your breast pocket? “

BS! The fundamental principle of the TEA Parties is that Government aint the solution. Only a leftwing schnitzensocket would assume otherwise.

Same with that cartoon. Mocking the reverence of freedom. F’ing pathetic.

[mamelukesabre]

Very clever. The founding fathers are deified by tea partiers, therefore the ACLU now has authority to remove the founders and the constitution from government.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

The underlying philosophy of the Constitution is timeless, it is as nearly sacred as a secular document can be.

Some questions may be beyond answers, the "progressive" solution to these seems to be application of government coercion, no wonder they hate the Constitution.

[dsc]

ESAD, ya limey poofter.

[BenLurkin]

"America took a wrong turn when Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt fell under the spell of progressive ideas and expanded the scope of government beyond both the founders’ imaginings and the competence of any state. Under the cover of war and recession (never let a crisis go to waste, said Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel), Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and now Mr Obama continued the bad work. Thus has mankind’s greatest experiment in self-government been crushed by a monstrous Leviathan."

ALL TRUE.

[seowulf]

Constitution worship...that would be rule of law and natural rights, wouldn’t it?

It seems those things ought to be respected and, yes, that respect would fix most of our problems.

[NativeNewYorker]

Thanks for posting this. I was spitting mad when I read it.

[dsc]

“The Washington Post reports that Colonial Williamsburg has been crowded with tea-partiers, asking the actors who play George Washington and his fellow founders for advice on how to cast off a tyrannical government.”

The Washington Post invented the lie, this jerk passed it on, and morons everywhere will believe it.

Who is more contemptible, I wonder. Or does it matter?

[Slyfox]

The Constitution was designed as the prime mission statement for the people of the United States. It was also designed to be supported by every American.

Our founders wrestled with the issue of the presidency more than any other part. That is why they saved that fight for last.

It is the president who has the most responsibility in the defense of the Constitution. As Americans we vote for the president to protect, support and defend our mission statement.

The British author of this piece does not understand how important the Constitution really is. It is the personification and the encapsulation of the idea of liberty.

To him the TEA Partiers are just a bunch of dolts and yahoos. But we understand why those words are so important and why they should be honored and protected.

Our problem is that a president was elected who sees no difference between the Constitution and a roll of toilet paper.

Maybe this Brit should really be asking about Obama's ideas of liberty.

But, then again there would be nothing to write about.

[glorgau]

magnificent exception of Britain’s constitutional monarchy

Britain most certainly DOES NOT have a Constitution.

[GLDNGUN]

Why would you even post this pile of dung? It is not “thought-provoking” or “worthy of discussion”. It’s just, plain CRAP.

[texmexis best]

I am reminded yet again of why I no longer read “The Economist”.

The yobs and the elites of Merry Olde England have become indistinguishable.

This is high school level gibberish.

[Cacique]

btt