Sunday, October 08, 2006

McGee gets the Boot at the U of U


Can you remember the last time someone asked you a very simple question, and your brain just freezed up.

I can only assume that is what happened to Utah Representative Roz McGee up at the University of Utah this past spring. Roz elected to participate in a political bee where each participant was asked a political question. The first questions were very simple so as not to eliminate everyone right off the bat.

So the crowd was stunned when Roz was asked what the 2nd ammendmant protects. She honestly did not know, and guessed several possible answers which were mostly 1st ammendment protections. I think this goes to the heart of the question. When it comes to free speech and the other protections the 1st ammendment provides for, most Democrat's know the answer. However when it comes to protection of one-self or family, most democrats charge that the 2nd ammendment really does'nt protect individual freedom, but instead allows for a military to protect the population.

Roz got the boot on the first question, and this is an Utah elected official yikes?

Mark Towner, The Spyglass