Former Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin, who was endorsed in the general election by the paleoconservative cash cow Ron Paul, is losing sleep over the prospect of a Constitutional Convention which would revise and modernize the Holy of Holies from an 18th century compact among rich and powerful white males to maintain their dominance over everyone else, to a 21st century document reflecting the progressive ideals and aspirations of an enlightened and educated citizenry.
The modern effort to revise the Constitution began back in the 1970s. Since then, 32 states have issued the call. The total number of states that are required to call a Convention is 34. Baldwin fears with the election of Barack Obama supporters will be emboldened to try and prevail in two more states to achieve their goal. "Given the fact that Washington, D.C., is comprised mostly of Big-Government liberals and neocons," Baldwin asserts, "it is almost certain that the founders' Constitution — which was founded on the principles of Natural Law that protects individual liberty — would be replaced with some sort of "collective rights" document protecting an ambiguous "common good." Baldwin goes on to suggest:
It might be a very good idea to immediately begin identifying those states that would unequivocally reject any new union, and would be willing to declare their independence from whatever government would evolve from a modern Constitutional Convention. Yes, I am saying it: we may need to resurrect the original Thirteen Colonies, except they would probably not number thirteen, and, in all likelihood, they would not be located on the East Coast.
My guess is more likely Chuck Baldwin and his followers will have to build a space station and orbit the Earth in a paleoconservative fantasyland with God, guns and gaybashing.