[MD] Tea Bagging

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On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Steven Peterson
<peterson.steve at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Platt,
>
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Platt Holden <plattholden at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Here is the text of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
> >
> > "Congress shall make no law respecting and establishment of religion, or
> > prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
> speech,
> > or of the press, or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
> to
> > petition the Government for redress of grievances."
> >
> > Note that "separation of church and state" is not in the First Amendment.
> > O'Donnell was correct. Further, when she asked her opponent for the
> senate
> > to name the other rights listed in the First Amendment, he could not. By
> > DMB's criterion, that should disqualify him as a senator.
>
>
> "The government shall make no establishment of religion," Coons said,
> summarizing the gist of the specific words in the First Amendment's
> establishment clause.
>
> "That's in the First Amendment?" O'Donnell asked again, eliciting
> further laughter from the room.
>

[Mark]
This was in the context of separation of church and state, not in the
reading.  However, your interpretation is revealing of some character
assassination.  What a novel concept, maybe it should be used in politics.

>
> While there is room for legitimate debate on the meaning of the
> establishment clause, it is clear that O'Donnell doesn't understand
> the issue. She clearly thought that the audience was laughing with her
> as though she had just scored a big hit with a clever question. She
> was clearly under the false impression that the Constitution does not
> institute a separation of church and state as any fifth grader ought
> to know.
>

I would not claim that O'Donnell is fully understanding of the constitution,
I believe she was coached to present her argument.  She did not do a good
job, obviously.  She expected too much from the audience of law students.
 So, what are you, in fourth grade?

>
>
> >
> > The fact that O'Donnell's correct statement elicited mocking laughter
> from
> > the audience of law students illustrates their group ignorance. Not
> > surprising since the academy these days is under the direction of the
> > political left whose bigoted views of religion are amply revealed in
> DMB's
> > post.
>
>
>
> If O'Donnell had pointed out the specific "wall of separation" phrase
> is not part of the Constitution, she would have been correct.  It
> seemed like she picked up on some part of the issue but misunderstood
> completely. You really have to watch the video to get the picture of
> her ignorance. It is no wonder why the Republicans didn't want her and
> are embarrassed by her candidacy.
>

[Mark]
Yea, we need those highly intellectual scholars like Biden.  Where are they
hiding?  The Republican establishment is misguided, in my opinion.
 Hopefully the elections will change that.  We can only hope.


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