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and the IQ test

Yep. Dr. Carson and Kim Davis disqualify themselves from public office and public service.

And how about those people who pledge to and worship Grover Norquist? Disqualified, according to Dr. Carson.

Wow. That would knock out a lot of GOP office holders.

Christian Law, or U.S. Law? The founders were clear on this... even though you can't find it anywhere in the Constitution, bastardized quotes taken out of context by some of the signers who you have never heard of provide irrefutable proof that the Constitution is based upon the Ten Commandments given to Moses on some stone tablets found beneath a Burning Bush (is that why the Bush family is so popular?). Some say there were fifteen Commandments, but Moses was unable to carry three heavy stone tablets and dropped one, shattering it into uselessness (God should have invented paper sooner, though it likely would have fared poorly under a burning bush, now that I think of it - there's that infinite wisdom again...).

Anyway, only a moron would not recognize that U.S. Law is derived directly and sanctimoniously, from the Bible.

Does anyone remember which page the "no Gods before me" clause is on? The sticky note seems to have fallen out of my Constitution...

Who's paid for your candidate? Super PACs, attack ads and million-dollar donors

LA Times .

Very enlightening...

It amazes me that the people who want to wrap themselves in the Constitution to justify their abhorrent behavior and claims know the least about it.

They cherry pick it just like they do the Bible.

They've pretty much never learned reading comprehension.
I guess kindergarten was too subversive for them.

A worthy read: Sanders and Trump Offer Two Roads Out of Establishment Politics—Which Will We Follow?

The "working class" in America includes both the "working poor" and the "middle class". In other words, 90% of the American populace. Workers in the US have been screwed forever, but particularly since 1980. It has been a focused disadvantage since Ronald Reagan, but both parties have participated in deregulation and trade policies that favored big business, and tax policies that favor the "investment class" - those with significant enough assets to earn substantial portions of their income from investments. (Full disclosure, I am one of them.)

The "playing field" tilted decidedly with "trickle down" economics and the deliberate devaluation of labor, including open hostility toward unions and social safety-net programs. Voters have been sold a false bill of goods, and, sadly, bought into it big time. Derisive terminology and divisive politics have become the rule.

But here's the reality: we have lots in common. Black lives do matter, and most people recognize injustice when they see it. Immigrants want what we all want, and are willing to start from the bottom to get there (as long as they can start). We all want as much freedom as we can get within safe borders and with security if we stumble. (It's easier to strive if there is a net to catch you - even Donald Trump has relied on the safety net to make it.) Everyone wants to get ahead and wants a fair shot at getting there.

That is where the focus should be this election year (and every election year). That is what made America great, and what will allow us to lead in the future. What we need is leaders who recognize that.