So You Want To Amend The Constitution. That'll Be The Day.

Well, how do ya like the way the Republican primary campaign is going so far? Do ya like the way the ads are coming out from SuperPACs against nearly every candidate? They're not all that friendly. In fact I think you could say they are quite unfriendly. All the candidates say the ads against them are unfair and untrue but those favoring them are accurate and fair, as they attack the other candidates. I think it was hard enough before the Supreme Court decided the Citizen United case, to figure out which candidate would be the best to lead us. At least it was for those who honestly wanted to know that information. You know, those who weren't going to vote the party man whoever it was. So unless you were strictly a herd voter who votes the party, if you actually think about the process, it was hard to wade through the silliness and get down to the truth, no matter which you might choose. But now, with all those extra billions of dollars, or even trillions of dollars, it's even harder. But what can you do? That's the way things go, right? Aah, actually, NO. There's some action starting up by activist groups who are looking to make a constitutional change. An  Amendment to the Constitution. That's a really big step. They're even considering including a statement in the Amendment that corporations are not people, for the purpose of elections. Wouldn't that be something. But amendments are very hard and time consuming efforts. So what it really boils down to is, do you think a corporation should be able to purchase the presidency or not? Is freedom all about having enough money to change the outcome of an election, or is it about one vote for each person? Which should count more, your vote or a billionaire's deep pockets? If you think your vote is more important, you're kidding yourself. That is unless you favor a change to the constitution, But before we could even get to a Constitutional Convention, a 2/3 super majority of both houses of congress has to vote for it or 38 states have to approve of it with 2/3 majority of their legislatures.  In order for that to happen, we need to make sure that a lot of extra stuff doesn't get slipped into it to cause it to be defeated. We need a clean bill and a clean amendment. Whatta ya think of its chances? Maybe yes and maybe no. But we can hope. Just remember, hope works best when we work for it.