Recent letters characterized our Founders as stubbornly opposed to compromise. Citing the Revolutionary War as evidence, they note that the Founders refused to bargain further with the English monarchy.
Yet, after that war ended in 1783, individual Founders were faced with the daunting task of coming together to create the framework of a sovereign government to provide for and protect their newly won independence.History reflects that they had to compromise among themselves on a grand scale, with the result being the Constitution of the United States of America, as signed on September 7, 1787.Writers are fond of wrapping themselves in the flag and waving that Constitution in one hand and a gun in the other while indicting supposed "assaults on our individual freedoms." These self-styled "patriots" equate compromise with "weakness."However, following the basic tenets of the very Constitution they claim to revere just resulted in the democratic re-election of President Barack Obama by a solid majority vote of our citizens. So, in their view, the Constitution is only worthy of allegiance when one agrees with its outcomes?The "majority" no longer "rules," and they wail "Secede!"?Any of them ever been married?-- Robert Moore, Fort WorthHave more to add? News tip? Tell us
