WilliamC
01-12-2008, 02:33 PM
Greetings All,
Recently I've been calling into local talk radio shows. Today I was speaking to Andrew Clarksenior, an African-American "conservative" commentator on WREC600 radio out of Memphis, TN. We've gone back and forth several times and he's said some pretty despicable things like "Ron Paul hates America" and "Ron Paul calls America evil". Obviously I take exception to these statements.
Today I called in intending to make a point about how I though the Republicans would likely be facing a Clinton/Obama ticket and how they would lose the election if they ran on a pro-war platform. But he straight off asked me a question about Ron Paul and we started talking. I wish I could remember the details of the call but I never can. But he made a comment about me loving Ron Paul and I came back with no, if it weren't for his voting record I wouldn't support him. Andrew then said something about being a strict Constitutionalist and I said yes Ron Paul always votes according to the Constitution.
Then the most amazing thing happened! Mr. Clarksenior actually came out and said that in today's complex world we can't always follow the Constitution! Again, I don't recall the exact words but it was very clear to me that he was stating that times have changed and that America can no longer follow the Constitution because the world is too dangerous. I immediately thanked him for being willing to admit that he thinks the Constitution is outdated and of course he started back-pedeling and saying if we strictly followed the constitution slavery would be legal. I was able to point out that the Constitution was not a perfect document but that's why we can ammend it like we did when we abolished slavery
Again, I never remember the details of these calls very well but it seemed to me that I got this so-called "conservative" to come right out and admit on the air that America shouldn't follow the Constitution anymore. I really believe that many of the so-called "conservatives" are really just big-government apoligists that pay lip service to the Constitution out of habit, and now I've heard for myself on a small scale that this is true.
I really hope others listening heard this and will wonder about Andrew Clarksenior, who calls himself a conservative and argues for Republicans, but who admits that America no longer needs to follow the Constitution. Sadly, too many American's probably agree with him.
Recently I've been calling into local talk radio shows. Today I was speaking to Andrew Clarksenior, an African-American "conservative" commentator on WREC600 radio out of Memphis, TN. We've gone back and forth several times and he's said some pretty despicable things like "Ron Paul hates America" and "Ron Paul calls America evil". Obviously I take exception to these statements.
Today I called in intending to make a point about how I though the Republicans would likely be facing a Clinton/Obama ticket and how they would lose the election if they ran on a pro-war platform. But he straight off asked me a question about Ron Paul and we started talking. I wish I could remember the details of the call but I never can. But he made a comment about me loving Ron Paul and I came back with no, if it weren't for his voting record I wouldn't support him. Andrew then said something about being a strict Constitutionalist and I said yes Ron Paul always votes according to the Constitution.
Then the most amazing thing happened! Mr. Clarksenior actually came out and said that in today's complex world we can't always follow the Constitution! Again, I don't recall the exact words but it was very clear to me that he was stating that times have changed and that America can no longer follow the Constitution because the world is too dangerous. I immediately thanked him for being willing to admit that he thinks the Constitution is outdated and of course he started back-pedeling and saying if we strictly followed the constitution slavery would be legal. I was able to point out that the Constitution was not a perfect document but that's why we can ammend it like we did when we abolished slavery
Again, I never remember the details of these calls very well but it seemed to me that I got this so-called "conservative" to come right out and admit on the air that America shouldn't follow the Constitution anymore. I really believe that many of the so-called "conservatives" are really just big-government apoligists that pay lip service to the Constitution out of habit, and now I've heard for myself on a small scale that this is true.
I really hope others listening heard this and will wonder about Andrew Clarksenior, who calls himself a conservative and argues for Republicans, but who admits that America no longer needs to follow the Constitution. Sadly, too many American's probably agree with him.