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This HAS to stop Cosmocat Mar 2018 #1
The RePutins are in a smash-and-grab frenzy; it's a race against time. lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #24
NOVEMBER 6: End of their big run. Beginning of our era. Hortensis Mar 2018 #42
Plus 1,000,000 winstars Mar 2018 #45
what is disturbing is that the D party seems to be oblivious to this Cosmocat Mar 2018 #46
Cosmocat, voter ignorance and apathy are the problem. Hortensis Mar 2018 #48
every office critical Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2018 #2
"and religion" - Sharia law, just of a different faith keithbvadu2 Mar 2018 #5
Exactly DownriverDem Mar 2018 #20
+ 1000 n/t MBS Mar 2018 #32
If you don't want division, then don't divide by blaming a side ("left leaners") DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #33
THANK YOU.. pangaia Mar 2018 #40
No...5 more states and they trigger the 2nd Civil War... Moostache Mar 2018 #21
that's what i think barbtries Mar 2018 #30
5 more states and they can "propose" those changes. sl8 Mar 2018 #36
The practice of ALEC or others outside our govt. writing law has to stop. Frustratedlady Mar 2018 #3
ALEC Koch brothers... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 2018 #38
That article makes the error of equating a "constitutional convention" with an "article V" aka... PoliticAverse Mar 2018 #4
Thank you for bringing clarity to a fear mongering article. 7962 Mar 2018 #13
They assume that if a state signs onto the convention, they will pass it through their state Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #16
Yes. People complain about how requiring 60 votes in the senate... PoliticAverse Mar 2018 #22
So true. Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #23
They better watch out because they may get a convention that backfires. bullimiami Mar 2018 #6
If anyone thinks it was tough writing a Constitution back in the 1700s, this would be much worse. keithbvadu2 Mar 2018 #7
With "conservatives" Turbineguy Mar 2018 #9
The GOP would outsource the writing to lobbyists FakeNoose Mar 2018 #27
fuck ALEC eShirl Mar 2018 #8
It sure has fucked America. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #12
This is the Koch goal -- to set up a constitution similar to that of Chile's under Pinochet. ancianita Mar 2018 #10
I'm sure Putin approves of this too. Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #19
Fascism by any other name. Usually mafia style. We'd become a petro-colony, a Russian laundromat. ancianita Mar 2018 #31
IMHO, likely to lead to civil war. tomp Mar 2018 #11
Except DownriverDem Mar 2018 #17
Rep. Stephen Stanley (D) Cold War Spook Mar 2018 #14
For real? SammyWinstonJack Mar 2018 #28
Hopefully DownriverDem Mar 2018 #15
If a Constitutional Convention is convened, we're done Cyrano Mar 2018 #18
California Oregon and Washington would secede. Vermont would join Canada. Chipper Chat Mar 2018 #26
It would never get ratified by 3/4 of the states FakeNoose Mar 2018 #29
That 3/4 is in our current Constitution Cyrano Mar 2018 #34
It won't be ratified so it doesn't matter what they write FakeNoose Mar 2018 #35
The days of the Handmaid's Tale isright here ladies and gentlemen vercetti2021 Mar 2018 #25
This will lead to civil war radliberal Mar 2018 #37
A civil war with no geographic boundries? Cyrano Mar 2018 #41
Nah. It would be jesusland vs urbania Voltaire2 Mar 2018 #49
"These proposals are nakedly political, said Arn Pearson, pangaia Mar 2018 #39
Can we stop the BS about being freaked out over this? titaniumsalute Mar 2018 #43
Once again, CC's CANNOT AMEND THE CONSTITUTION!!! Fiendish Thingy Mar 2018 #44
I don't completely trust the Democrats on this score Jim Lane Mar 2018 #47
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