OBTUSE
Suck it up, and keep working. People spend their whole lives
trying to effect political change. What are you? Lazy or
just impatient?
PERPLEXED
Oh, it's you. We never had our little tete-a-tete about why
a convention is or is not a good idea.
OBTUSE
Why don't you spend some time listening to what other people
have to say, and build some credibility?
The Revolutionary Period lasted from 1763 to 1783, the War
itself started in 1775. It took two years just to ratify the
Constitution. The idea of a constitutional convention is
wacky and got hooted out of here that day, and for good
reason. Your problem is that you have no credibility, and
you don't build it by saying "Hey, I have a silver bullet and
you're all stupid if you don't understand!" That's the way
toddlers negotiate with their mommies.
PERPLEXED
First of all, I never claimed to be perfect. The day in
question, the day that argument went down, I happened to have
over-done it on espresso.
OBTUSE
Well you certainly compromised your position.
PERPLEXED
You're not stupid, you can make the critical distinction.
The convention clause is part of the constitution for a
reason. And based on all the stuff we've had heaped on us-
and just in the past six months. It would seem natural that
folks like yourself would start piping up for a convention
due to the fact that government is failing us, and the
congress is failing to act. I've constantly tried to
separate the idea from the messenger. I don't have the
silver bullet, the Constitution has the silver bullet. It's
like you're using my lack of credibility as an excuse to
ignore the right thing to do--which is, to voice the need for
a convention as a way to break the status quo. The one that
these two here are upset about.
OBTUSE
We haven't even begun to make the kind of effort the Founders
made, or even the leaders of the Civil Rights movement. An
Article V Convention would be hijacked by the most radical,
extreme elements.
FORLORN
Yeah, what about the Dominionists--the Christian right?!
HAPPY
They'd bad, but what if the Neocons took it over?
OBTUSE
Is that what you want? A rubber stamp of everything that's
gone wrong?
PERPLEXED
Wait a minute--
OBTUSE
Instead of seeking alliances to advance your proposals--which
I don't even know if you have any--you advocate
Constitutional suicide in the name of "change" because
anything has to be better than what we got now, right?
HAPPY
Things could be much worse.
FORLORN
Yeah, as hard as that is to believe.
OBTUSE
What's insane is your expecting a different result.
I'm not closed to change, but I disagree with your proposal.
That's all.
PERPLEXED
Hang on a minute. Can we please hang on a minute? Let's
think logically about this: let's say Congress issued the
call for a convention tomorrow, OK? That means special
elections for delegates would take place in each state.
Which means the candidates would campaign for the ideas
they'd be focused on. That dynamic alone would reshape the
political discourse because we'd have people like yourself,
people who are not part of the political system, and could
care less about corporate funding, voicing common sense
solutions.
Suck it up, and keep working. People spend their whole lives
trying to effect political change. What are you? Lazy or
just impatient?
PERPLEXED
Oh, it's you. We never had our little tete-a-tete about why
a convention is or is not a good idea.
OBTUSE
Why don't you spend some time listening to what other people
have to say, and build some credibility?
The Revolutionary Period lasted from 1763 to 1783, the War
itself started in 1775. It took two years just to ratify the
Constitution. The idea of a constitutional convention is
wacky and got hooted out of here that day, and for good
reason. Your problem is that you have no credibility, and
you don't build it by saying "Hey, I have a silver bullet and
you're all stupid if you don't understand!" That's the way
toddlers negotiate with their mommies.
PERPLEXED
First of all, I never claimed to be perfect. The day in
question, the day that argument went down, I happened to have
over-done it on espresso.
Well you certainly compromised your position.
PERPLEXED
You're not stupid, you can make the critical distinction.
The convention clause is part of the constitution for a
reason. And based on all the stuff we've had heaped on us-
and just in the past six months. It would seem natural that
folks like yourself would start piping up for a convention
due to the fact that government is failing us, and the
congress is failing to act. I've constantly tried to
separate the idea from the messenger. I don't have the
silver bullet, the Constitution has the silver bullet. It's
like you're using my lack of credibility as an excuse to
ignore the right thing to do--which is, to voice the need for
a convention as a way to break the status quo. The one that
these two here are upset about.
OBTUSE
We haven't even begun to make the kind of effort the Founders
made, or even the leaders of the Civil Rights movement. An
Article V Convention would be hijacked by the most radical,
extreme elements.
FORLORN
Yeah, what about the Dominionists--the Christian right?!
HAPPY
They'd bad, but what if the Neocons took it over?
OBTUSE
Is that what you want? A rubber stamp of everything that's
gone wrong?
PERPLEXED
Wait a minute--
OBTUSE
Instead of seeking alliances to advance your proposals--which
I don't even know if you have any--you advocate
Constitutional suicide in the name of "change" because
anything has to be better than what we got now, right?
HAPPY
Things could be much worse.
FORLORN
Yeah, as hard as that is to believe.
OBTUSE
What's insane is your expecting a different result.
I'm not closed to change, but I disagree with your proposal.
That's all.
PERPLEXED
Hang on a minute. Can we please hang on a minute? Let's
think logically about this: let's say Congress issued the
call for a convention tomorrow, OK? That means special
elections for delegates would take place in each state.
Which means the candidates would campaign for the ideas
they'd be focused on. That dynamic alone would reshape the
political discourse because we'd have people like yourself,
people who are not part of the political system, and could
care less about corporate funding, voicing common sense
solutions.
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