IT'S TIME...CONVENTION OF STATES

Allen West Calls for Specific Massive Move

Against Obama… 

Allen West is one of America’s most outspoken

conservatives.

The much-loved Republican is now throwing his

weight behind a massive initiative that could

end Obama’s constitutional overreach.

In a post on his website, the former

representative from Florida discussed his

support for a plan that could return America to

the vision the Founding Fathers had for it.

The post is titled, “It’s time for a Convention

of States, particularly since Congress doesn’t

think so.”

For the uninitiated, the “Convention of States”

initiative is a campaign to invoke Article V of

the Constitution, whereby two-thirds of the

individual states can request a constitutional

convention, at which new amendments can be

proposed.

While the requisite three-fourths of the

individual states are still needed for the

amendment(s) to become fixed in the

Constitution, Article V allows the nation to

bypass Congress entirely in proposing

amendments.

Such a convention has been proposed by many as a

way to curb the excesses of the federal

government – especially those of President

Obama, who seems to have set a personal goal to

violate at least one constitutional article or

amendment for each day of the week.

“You’ve probably heard this story before,” West

began.

“Following the Constitutional Convention in

September 1787, Elizabeth Powel, the premiere

‘Saloniste of Philadelphia’ approached Benjamin

Franklin on his way out of the Pennsylvania

State House and asked what form of government

the delegates of the Congress had agreed upon.

He replied, ‘A republic, madam, if you can keep

it.'”

Needless to say, West feels we haven’t been all

that adept at keeping it as of late.

He proposes Article V as the antidote, in spite

of – or rather, because of – congressional

disapproval of the plan.

“Now of course the crowd inside the beltway will

portray these patriotic and concerned Americans

as ‘right-wing extremists,'” West writes, “but

if seeking to implement procedures the Founding

Fathers bequeathed is extreme, then what is the

future of our Constitutional Republic?”

West’s move comes as the Article V movement has

been picking up steam.

The concept had first only received serious

consideration on the AM radio dial.

However, more mainstream politicians have signed

on to it as of late, including Gov. Bobby Jindal

of Louisiana, Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and

former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Three states have officially voted to endorse

such a convention – Alaska, Florida and Georgia.

In addition, West notes, the Assembly of State

Legislatures (ASL) is meeting at the Naval

Heritage Center in Washington to discuss

possible rules for an Article V convention.