Comments on: Check Your Premise http://bear.politicalbear.com/2008/04/10/check-your-premise/ Politics, Propaganda, and Talking Points Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:57:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CrankyCon http://bear.politicalbear.com/2008/04/10/check-your-premise/#comment-132 CrankyCon Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:45:09 +0000 http://bear.politicalbear.com/2008/04/10/check-your-premise/#comment-132 And to be fair to Ron Paul, he is not necessarily using the constitutional argument employed by the commenter at Hot Air. I probably would have let the story go but I had to comment on that aspect of the story. I have mixed emotions about these sorts of things. On the one hand, they are kind of meaningless. On the other hand, better Congress voting on this than on a universal health care bill, right? :) Ultimately though, I just don't see what the big deal is from a constitutional perspective. We should always be sure to separate things which are stupid from things which are unconstitutional - they're not always the same. And to be fair to Ron Paul, he is not necessarily using the constitutional argument employed by the commenter at Hot Air. I probably would have let the story go but I had to comment on that aspect of the story.

I have mixed emotions about these sorts of things. On the one hand, they are kind of meaningless. On the other hand, better Congress voting on this than on a universal health care bill, right? :)

Ultimately though, I just don’t see what the big deal is from a constitutional perspective. We should always be sure to separate things which are stupid from things which are unconstitutional – they’re not always the same.

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