For a party (whether of the Tea or Grand Old variety) that sees the Constitution as something so perfect as to have been divinely inspired, the idea that it needs to be altered fundamentally is beyond crediting, something like putting the Fifth Commandment up to a popular referendum. But the Tea Party vision of the Constitution has never been one of fidelity to the document itself, or even to the Framers. Instead, it's a devotion to those scraps and snippets of the Constitution they accept, an embrace of only the Framers they admire, and an eagerness to jettison anything that conflicts with or complicates that vision, including the rest of the Constitution.

As if you didn't need another reason to hate the Tea Party (and, their subservient figure-head, the Republican Party)...

And as if you didn't need another reason to loathe the spineless liberals and democrats (and, their subversive figure-head, the prez)...

-janelane

The conservative mission to destroy the Constitution in order to save it. - By Dahlia Lithwick and Jeff Shesol - Slate Magazine