Michigan's Call for Convention has Stirred up Fears of a Con-Con

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Long before the arguments against an Article V. Convention were emerging, I was calling for convention, as an important tool for turning around our republic, and setting it back on the path toward restoration.

Because of Michigan's recent call for convention, the folks that have been spreading hysterical fear about a "Con-Con" have come out in full force.  I want to set the record straight, and tell everyone that not only do you not have to fear, but that the convention opportunity is our best way to get this nation turned around, and do it before it is too late!

Below is yet another email exchange between I, and someone scared to death of convention:

CHOOSE FREEDOM – STOP THE 

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION !

  

http://www.jbs.org/issues-pages/no-con-con                

Don't give our INTERNET TO THE MUSLIMS! END OF FREE SPEECH!

The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with

a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. 

-- J. Edgar Hoover

SUPPOR CITIZENS AGAINST AGENDA 21

www.citizensagainstagenda21.com

www.infowars.com

SAVE YOUR PROPERTIES, YOUR FREEDOMS AND LIVES - STOP AGENDA 21 AND

COMMON CORE, THE INDOCTRINATION OF OUR YOUTH TO SOCIALISM.

DUMBOCRAT SICKO LIER

DEATH PANELS ARE NEEDED TO PAY FOR THE UNISURED !

THE IDENTIFY THEFT ACT! OBUMMERCARE IS

HIS TOOL TO DESTROY AMERICA! REFUSE IT!

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My Response:

I respectfully disagree.

First of all, Michigan is not calling for a Con-Con, but an Article V. Convention, which is very different. Second, as Federalist 85 states in defense of this mechanism given to us by the Founding Fathers, the fail-safe against a "runaway convention" is the 3/4 ratification requirement. Finally, to be afraid to use a tool and do nothing at all is worse than trying to get this turned around, even if the tool may be frightening, and require us to keep an eye on the enemy more closely. If we are so afraid to use the tools the founders gave us through the Constitution that we don't use them, we are doomed to fall into the tyranny they warned us about.

Please read:

http://politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-war-of-con-con.html

http://politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2009/09/understanding-constitutional-convention.html

http://politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2011/05/myth-5-con-con-article-v-convention.html

http://politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2011/07/limbaughs-are-wrong-about.html

http://politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2011/01/friends-of-article-v-convention-co.html

http://politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2014/02/liberal-left-article-v-convention.html

Thank you (and please read each and every one, they each present important arguments, and explanations, to better educate you to make a reasonable decision.

Blessings,

Douglas V. Gibbs
Constitution Radio, KCAA AM1050
Author, 25 Myths of the United States Constitution
www.politicalpistachio.com
www.douglasvgibbs.com
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