A Jim Gilmore Hypocrisy

Talking to former Governor of Virginia, James Gilmore about the Constitution and our freedoms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbfXybR4xM0

American leaders will overlook the details of freedom & the Constitution when it comes to following the will of the majority or their own political party.


Freedom vs. Unlimited Majority Rule
by Peter Schwartz (May 2, 2006)

America's foreign policy has led to a bizarre contradiction. President Bush claims to be pursuing freedom in the world, so that Americans will be safer. Yet this campaign's results--a more zealous proponent of terrorism in the Palestinian Authority, and the prospect of theocracy in Iraq--are posing even greater threats to us.

The cause of this failure is Mr. Bush's hopeless view that tyranny is reversed by the holding of elections--a view stemming from the widespread confusion between freedom and democracy.

Ask a typical American if there should be limits on what government may do, and he would answer: yes. He understands that each of us has rights which no law--regardless of how much public support it happens to attract--is entitled to breach. An advocate of democracy, however, would answer: no.

The essence of democracy is unlimited majority rule. It is the notion that the government should not be constrained, as long as its behavior is sanctioned by majority vote. It is the notion that the function of government is to implement the "will of the people." It is the notion we are espousing when we tell the Iraqis, the Palestinians and the Afghanis that the legitimacy of their new governments rests essentially on their being democratically approved.

And it is the notion that was repudiated by the founding of the United States.

""Freedom exists when there are limitations on government, limitations imposed by the principle of individual rights.""

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[davisfleetwood]

way to go JOE. i hope that they bring you to south carolina for the debates. your responses are always smart, respectful, and on the money. your pressence- on screen or in person- would make for a better debate.

[j0eg0d]

Do they allow bearded hippies on CNN ? Invites to South Carolina; I think they would invite you before me bedcause you're so entertaining. Realistically my money would be on the good-looking kids like Jamie (razela). But it would be cool if the bunch of us get invited, so we can say hello.

[cujothekitten]

Good video and I completely agree. I'd like to add that the government has no right to regulate marriage. Marriage is a private, and personal, choice... the government needs to back off. It's unbelievable that we allow people to tell us who we can choose as a life partner.

[j0eg0d]

I've always found a lot of what people demand of our government to be nuts. We also demand Congress to make laws on abortion which is just asking them to dictate pregnancies. These people who are so convinced in allowing Congress to govern personal lives just cannot understand that it will eventually effect them too.

[seraphlaim]

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[generatrix999]

Men (masculine) have hair on their face, women (Feminine) don't.

If your a man and shave your face, you become one with negative polarity. Hair grows on a mans face for a reason.

Jesus-Beard, positive, respected the creator.

Bush-Negative, says he can do better than the creator and tries to show it, but only rapes the design.

[mrtcn69]

tipini siktimin şerefsizi

[dainogas]

yeah why do american people hate beards all of a sudden ...coz "terrorists" and "hippies" have them....thats like saying hate people who have noses for fuck sake

[Shatonmedeek]

are you a fucking terrorist?!?!?!?!? if you're not, get rid of that beard, Osama. keep on wanting balls in your mouth, faggot.

[Hetzer250]

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Check out there own website; look at how they want to give away our sovereignty. Learn the truth about the Federal Reserve:

"America: Freedom to Fascism - Director's Authorized Version" now playing at Google video.

Oppose the National ID of May 2008.

Check out my page for the link.

Vote for Ron Paul in the primaries.

[j0eg0d]

You don't get it. It's about keeping lawmaking decisions out of Congress and leaving it up to local authority.

It's why I used gun control as an example of that.

The federal government has no right to impinge on freedom, NO MATTER WHAT THAT MAY BE.

If you demand our government to refuse rights to some people, then eventually the same will happen to you.

[queefer19]

America isn't run by minorities! It isn't their right to make up new definitions for marrage! You can only be married under the Eyes of God or it isn't a real marrage!

[nickredmond]

Amen! You spoke on exactly what I was thinking when I watched Gilmore's video. Well said!

[poopynumnum]

how poetic