Reply #60: sometimes I just don't bother

[iverglas]

Fortunately, someone else sometimes does.

At the top of the page initially linked to, we find:

Declaration of Constitutional Principles

Whereas, during the course of history usurpers have attempted to misconstrue certain principles of constitutional republican government for their own ends, and that the original language of the Constitution for the United States did not anticipate all the ways it might be misinterpreted, we hereby set forth some of those principles with greater clarity, using more modern language:

Well duh, eh?

(Who let this outfit make off with the name constitution.org??)


Oh, quelle surprise.

The prime mover behind the site appears to be Jon Roland (his email address is the contact).

http://www.jonroland.org/

"As a U.S. Senator or Representative from Texas I would vigorously pursue my Constitutionalist Platform, which would involve the repeal of much existing legislation."

Does the word Loonytarian spring to mind? Well it might ...

Voters can expect that I would play a role in the U.S. Senate similar to that of Dr. Ron Paul in the U.S. House of Representatives, with perhaps more of a focus on review of the constitutionality of legislation proposed by other members.

... Previously the Texas Libertarian nominee for Texas Attorney General in 2002 and 2006. Here is the page from that contest.

Delegate to the Libertarian Party national conventions in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008. Served on Platform Committee for the 2006 and 2008 conventions. Member of the Libertarian Reform Caucus that produced and got adopted the shorter Platform in the 2008 convention.

And once again, a Guns forum poster has hit the slime jackpot.