Comments on: The Audacity of Hope book review - Part One http://blog.leapingfromthebox.com/2008/04/14/the-audacity-of-hope-book-review-part-one/ Leap into relaxed, interest-led learning. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:25:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Charley http://blog.leapingfromthebox.com/2008/04/14/the-audacity-of-hope-book-review-part-one/#comment-298 Charley Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:57:44 +0000 http://blog.leapingfromthebox.com/?p=231#comment-298 Oops..."explicitly" I KNEW that didn't look right! Charley Oops…”explicitly”

I KNEW that didn’t look right!

Charley

]]> By: Charley http://blog.leapingfromthebox.com/2008/04/14/the-audacity-of-hope-book-review-part-one/#comment-297 Charley Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:01:56 +0000 http://blog.leapingfromthebox.com/?p=231#comment-297 Oh...where do I start?! How about with the fact that we are NOT a democracy? We are a Representative Republic. There is a huge difference, and the founders explicately rejected democracy as a dangerous form of government! How about with the idea that it IS NOT the job of the government to help those who are stuggling in society. That is the job of individuals and of churches...and it has been co-opted by the government under administrations from both sides of the aisle. How about the idea that the Constitution IS NOT a living document, nor was it envisioned as such by the founders. To say it is a "living document" means it is malleable and has no jurisdiction over anything because it can be made to say whatever those in power wish it to say. That is a very dangerous thing since it is the Constitution and the Declaration that protect us from the over-reaching power of government. In short, Obama is at best a socialist, and at worst a Marxist...and has no business leading a country founded in liberty, regardless of his flowery and soaring rhetoric. And for the record...I don't like McCain, either!!! Charley Oh…where do I start?!

How about with the fact that we are NOT a democracy? We are a Representative Republic. There is a huge difference, and the founders explicately rejected democracy as a dangerous form of government!

How about with the idea that it IS NOT the job of the government to help those who are stuggling in society. That is the job of individuals and of churches…and it has been co-opted by the government under administrations from both sides of the aisle.

How about the idea that the Constitution IS NOT a living document, nor was it envisioned as such by the founders. To say it is a “living document” means it is malleable and has no jurisdiction over anything because it can be made to say whatever those in power wish it to say. That is a very dangerous thing since it is the Constitution and the Declaration that protect us from the over-reaching power of government.

In short, Obama is at best a socialist, and at worst a Marxist…and has no business leading a country founded in liberty, regardless of his flowery and soaring rhetoric. And for the record…I don’t like McCain, either!!!

Charley

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