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12/11/2017 6:15 am  #1


Moore Getting rid of amendments after 10th would 'eliminate Problems"

Roy Moore in 2011: Getting rid of amendments after 10th would 'eliminate many problems'

(CNN)Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore appeared on a conspiracy-driven radio show twice in 2011, where he told the hosts in an interview that getting rid of constitutional amendments after the Tenth Amendment would 'eliminate many problems' in the way the US government is structured.

Alabama's special election for Senate, in which Moore is facing Democrat Doug Jones, will be held Tuesday. Moore's controversial views on a variety of subjects -- including homosexuality, Islam, and evolution -- have come into sharper focus in the final days of the campaign, even as Moore has had to deal with multiple accusations from women who say that he sexually assaulted or pursued relationships with them as teenagers when he was in his 30s. Moore has denied all allegations.

Moore also faced criticism for comments he made in September at a campaign rally. According to the Los Angeles Times,  when asked by a black member of the audience when he thought the last time America was great, Moore answered, "I think it was great at the time when families were united — even though we had slavery — they cared for one another. Our families were strong, our country had a direction."

Moore made his comments about constitutional amendments in a June 2011 appearance on the "Aroostook Watchmen" show, which is hosted by Maine residents Jack McCarthy and Steve Martin. The hosts have argued that the US government is illegitimate and who have said that the September 11, 2001, attacks, the mass shooting at Sandy Hook, the Boston bombing, and other mass shootings and terrorist attacks are false flag attacks committed by the government. (False flag attacks refer to acts that are designed by perpetrators to be made to look like they were carried out by other individuals or groups.)

13th Amendment abolished slavery
14th, Due Process, Equal Protection.
17th, Direct election of senators by popular vote.
19th Gives women the vote.
22nd, term limits for President.
24th eliminates poll tax.

Does Roy Moore even like America?


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
 

12/11/2017 7:30 am  #2


Re: Moore Getting rid of amendments after 10th would 'eliminate Problems"

And the voters of Alabama want to put this slug into Congress ? 


"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
 
 

12/11/2017 8:39 am  #3


Re: Moore Getting rid of amendments after 10th would 'eliminate Problems"

tennyson wrote:

And the voters of Alabama want to put this slug into Congress ? 

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

Last edited by Goose (12/11/2017 1:25 pm)


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12/11/2017 2:57 pm  #4


Re: Moore Getting rid of amendments after 10th would 'eliminate Problems"

Democracy was never meant to be a 'team sport', but evidently that's where we are now.  Unfortunately, the team running the show is a plutocratic oligarchy masquerading as a political party.  Too many elected officials are simply hand puppets for their corporate and Wall Street donors with deep pockets.

 

12/11/2017 3:09 pm  #5


Re: Moore Getting rid of amendments after 10th would 'eliminate Problems"

Just Fred wrote:

Democracy was never meant to be a 'team sport', but evidently that's where we are now.  Unfortunately, the team running the show is a plutocratic oligarchy masquerading as a political party.  Too many elected officials are simply hand puppets for their corporate and Wall Street donors with deep pockets.

I agree.
And, when loyalty to the team compels you to vote for a scoundrel like Roy Moore, loyalty is demanding too much.
 You are going to send That man to what was once the greatest deliberative body in the world? For the sake of one more vote for a bill, or a judgeship?
How does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his soul?


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