His critique of the Constitution, essentially, is that the Founders did not include socialist concepts like "social justice" in it. They didn't include those kinds of concepts because they didn't believe in them. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is what Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence. He specifically changed what John Locke had written about man's right to life, liberty, and property because he didn't believe men had an inalienable right to property.
Obama finds it tragic, in other words, that the Founders were not socialists. They were men who believed in the value of hard work and accomplishment. That has been the American tradition every since, and it is one of the core beliefs that has set us apart from Europe. Will people decide this time around that they want to try socialism? Maybe, and if so, that's what we'll get. On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Judah wrote: > > Actually, that's what he thinks about the Supreme Court's > investigation of a certain area of law. Regardless, what is wrong with > the statement? Is there some part of it you disagree with? Did the > court get into the issue of redistribution of wealth and the basic > issues of political and economic justice in society? > > As far as I'm aware, he's correct, the Warren court never got into > that. Is he mistaken? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277141 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
