The Final Repudiation

Read Justice Curtis dissent in Dred Scott and note his explanation that blacks were part of the ratifying convention of the Constitution in at least five of the states. The Constitution does not restrict voting for either blacks or women. The amendments that assure their right to vote are to correct the actions of state constitutions.

George stop being a spoiled sport. Barack won, McCain lost. I'm not happy about it either. Instead of analyzing Barack's campain victory in light of the Framers' intent for presidential elections, why don't you focus on how neoconservatives disfigured the traditional, old guard, political values of the Republican Party. You and Ceasar are correct to say that the Framers were worried about demogoguery. However, times were different then. Voters today can get infomed; they can learn about the issues and about the policy ideas of candidates. Voters are wooed by personal appearances and oratory skills of candidates, to be sure. However, to imply that Barack's victory is owed more to his oratory skills than to his policy positions is to suggest that voters are nothing but fools, capable of being decieved, or duped, by an eloquent, political bafooon.

Question: As a conservative, Mr. Will, are you suggesting that women and blacks should not have access to the Presidential selection process; as voting rights were restricted by those founding fathers?

Question: As a conservative, Mr. Will, are you saying women and blacks should not be a part of the Presidential selection process?

It seems that Mr. Will would rather have the elite few select our leaders rather than the rabble rousing crowd that can be fooled so easily by a fiery speech. It was Will who also bemoaned in this magazine about the low "quality" of the electorate earlier this election season. The will of the people has usurped the Founding Fathers intent for almost 200 years now and the latest permutation of the electoral process is the system now employed to discern that will.
Conservatives are always pointing to the Founding Fathers as an example of how to govern in today's society but they offered only solutions for governance of the 18th century but wisely setup the Constitution to adapt for future generations to govern. Without this adaptation we would still have slavery and women would not be allowed to vote.

Are you kidding me? If Obama's policies (far more developed than mere oratory-- a practice employed just as much in our founding fathers days as now I might add. Would we have had a revolution without "give me liberty or give me death!"?) were in line with your own, this article would be about the way he redeemed the founding father's original intent for our country. You are so full of crap. I'm glad our founding father's original attempt at limiting representation to WASP male landowners has been updated to fit America's greatest strength-- diversity of opinion and race. Pathetic article.

I get the feeling that if the Founders had known that almost 200 years after they died, we would still be squabbling over their "intent" as if we were monks obsessing over the Dead Sea Scrolls, trying to divine wisdom about the future of our nation based on the opinions of a handful of (mostly great) men who actually never lived long enough to see a lightbulb let alone the Internet, they would have scrapped the whole idea and gone crawling back to King George.

I get the feeling that if the Founders had known that almost 200 years after they died, we would still be squabbling over their "intent" as if we were monks obsessing over the Dead Sea Scrolls, trying to divine wisdom about the future of our nation based on the opinions of a handful of (mostly great) men who actually never lived long enough to see a lightbulb let alone the Internet, they would have scrapped the whole idea and gone crawling back to King George.

Does it matter what the founding fathers had in mind for ANYTHING, George? This is AMERICA, for crying out loud. Things like the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution--they're so old-fashioned, you know? Just ask Barack Obama. Constitution, pfffft....who needs it?

Welcome to the downfall of the greatest nation to have graced the planet. The same people who call the Constitution a "living document" are the ones who are responsible for the eventual and inevitable destruction of this country by Barack Obama and those like him. The founding documents were not, and have never been (nor were they ever intended as) "living documents". Like the foundation of a building, they are STATIC BY DESIGN. These documents codified ideals that would withstand the force of political pressures, popular excesses and the "crisis of the day"; more importantly they were designed to withstand and negate the one thing that never changes--basic human nature. That and that alone is the brilliance of the founders' vision. Left alone, the Constitution and other documents of our founding would preserve America and her people for eternity.

The moronic selection of Constitution-hating Barack Obama and his minions in Congress assures that the keystone of our nation is now undefended. Once the keystone has been pecked away to nothing, its powers of retention and preservation pissed away for the sake of political gain and expediency, the nation that it has held together for more than 200 years will crumble under the weight of shortsightedness and ignorance. God help us all.

Does it matter what the founding fathers had in mind for ANYTHING, George? This is AMERICA, for crying out loud. Things like the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution--they're so old-fashioned, you know? Just ask Barack Obama. Constitution, pfffft....who needs it?

Welcome to the downfall of the greatest nation to have graced the planet. The same people who call the Constitution a "living document" are the ones who are responsible for the eventual and inevitable destruction of this country by Barack Obama and those like him. The founding documents were not, and have never been (nor were they ever intended as) "living documents". Like the foundation of a building, they are STATIC BY DESIGN. These documents codified ideals that would withstand the force of political pressures, popular excesses and the "crisis of the day"; more importantly they were designed to withstand and negate the one thing that never changes--basic human nature. That and that alone is the brilliance of the founders' vision. Left alone, the Constitution and other documents of our founding would preserve America and her people for eternity.

The moronic selection of Constitution-hating Barack Obama and his minions in Congress assures that the keystone of our nation is now undefended. Once the keystone has been pecked away to nothing, its powers of retention and preservation pissed away for the sake of political gain and expediency, the nation that it has held together for more than 200 years will crumble under the weight of shortsightedness and ignorance. God help us all.

Once again,

george will is a sore loser. he may have a mind but he has no heart or conscience. He would vote for the republican with the years of experience of corrupt incompetence and buckling the country at it's knees over the hope of a more moral, competent, fair, less divisive leader. It seems to me that he should have been more concerned in 2000 with the process of selection of a m.o.r.o.n as President.

If the Media and WeThePeople bothered to assess the election process this year, it would become clear that Americans most emphatically DID NOT elect this ignoramus to office! Election fraud all around the country and especially in swing states has been virtually ignored. When the Sec of State is a DEM, (ie. Ohio, Minn) it has been covered up, and excused. The deceit of this Obama candidacy is egregious and those who DID participate in his successful election are doomed to suffer the consequences. But, please, do not put this president-elect on the backs of American democracy. The process bore no resemblance to such.

Obamas ascent has brought to the fore the inadequacies of democracy.He has no strong views on anything . He has no track record of achievements outside affirmative benefits. Yet he is the ONE.. DEMOCRACY is really crazy.

Americans are funny people and they are giving democracy a bad name . They have just elected someone who has no values. He gave a speech that he was not ready to repudiate his Pastor much as he would not deny his grandmother, but when push becomes shove , he denied Wright. Same on public financing of his campaign. Same on bipartisinship. Americans are just underlying the weakness of popular democracy that can foist people like outgoing and incoming on U.S.A Presidents on otherwise intelligent people.