Lonzie Cox – 4/16/06

This page was last updated on April 16, 2006.

If words meant what they say; Lonzie Cox, Jr.; Beaver County Times; April 16, 2006. I am not related to Mr. Cox.

Wow! Mr. Cox is building on a personal record. This is the third letter in a row in which race wasn’t an underlying theme. <g>

Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.

“Recent news reports have quoted George W. Bush as calling the U.S. Constitution ‘just another piece of paper.’

“Why not?”

[RWC] The whole foundation of this letter is based on an apparent lie. I Googled the above quote and got no hits from any news outlet. Not the New York Times, not the Washington Post, not CNN, not ABC, not CBS, not FNC, not NBC, et cetera. The only places I found this quote were on wacko websites to the left of even MoveOn.org. In other words, we have another example of making up a quote and then bashing President Bush for it.

“As president, he knows the Constitution is often ignored. The Constitution is sometimes used for rhetoric just as religion is used by phony right-wing preachers as a tool to promote all kinds of policies that destroy the middle and working classes of Americans without criticism.”

[RWC] You’ll note Mr. Cox didn’t tell us what the rhetoric and policies are. I think we know why.

On a side note, does Mr. Cox believe the “middle and working classes” are two different classes? Why is it that liberals are always trying to assign people to groups? Does Mr. Cox really believe that no matter what perceived “class” you’re in you don’t have to work?

“Presumably, the Constitution does its job well for the most part. I think it does. I also personally respect the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and other U.S institutions.

“There are times, however, when the Constitution has fallen short of protecting all the people of the United States.”

[RWC] I disagree. We as a country have occasionally fallen short in enforcing the Constitution, but the Constitution itself has not fallen short.

“The 1787 Constitutional Convention’s original acceptance of slavery as a national policy is the best example, while the Dred Scott decision, Jim Crow laws, lynching terrorism and employment discrimination have all occurred while the vaunted Constitution was the law of the land.”

[RWC] Via so-called “affirmative action,” government sanctioned “employment discrimination” is alive and well. Does anyone who has read Mr. Cox’s letters believe Mr. Cox opposes affirmative action?

“I once visited the National Archives to read the original documents for myself. It was very interesting, but I couldn’t help thinking, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if these great words really meant what they say.’”

[RWC] Yeah, right. I could be wrong, but I’d be willing to bet Mr. Cox is one of those people who supports judges who rule based on what they want the Constitution to say, not what it says.

“Those words of the Constitution need to be enforced by the American people and the U.S. government.

“If Bush doesn’t respect the rules established by the Constitution, no one else will either.”

[RWC] As I noted at the beginning, this letter is based on a lie.