Confession: I Planned on Throwing a Constitution at My Congressman Last Year

Via memeorandum I picked up on the recent story that a book was thrown at President Obama during a recent Philadelphia rally:

President Obama nearly got "booked" during a rally in Philadelphia on Sunday, after someone in the crowd threw a paperback his way. Photographers captured the tome in midair as it flew past the President while he smiled at the audience. He didn't appear to see the book, which sailed behind him. It is unclear what the book was, who threw it, or how close it actually got to the commander in chief.

Go to the link to see the video of the book sailing past.

Some people might find this to be beyond belief, but I believe it, because when I went to Congressman Gary Peters (liberal Democrat) only townhall last summer (see the post), I went there with the intent of throwing a book at him. Seriously- I brought with me a miniature copy of the United States Constitution, some tape, and a rock. I intended on taping the rock to the book so that it would have some weight when I threw it.

My goal was to literally hit my Congressman over the head with the US Constitution, to prove a point that no where in that document is the federal government given the power to order individual citizens to buy certain products. In my mind, the blow to his head by the US Constitution would wake him up mentally and spiritually and he would renounce his liberal views and pick up the Constitution and begin to follow it and vote for limited government, protection of property, liberty, and life. He would of course thank me later for opening his mind to the Constitution, which he of course had never read or ever bothered to look at previously.

When I arrived at the townhall though, I discovered that Democrat Congressman Peters had bused in hundreds of SEIU members from out of the district early that morning, and even though I arrived 2 hours early for the event, these people had been there hours longer since they had been given the day off paid to engage in political campaigning. There was no way I was getting in to see the Congressman.

Not to worry, I thought- I'll get a chance to get close to him and talk to him before he goes in to the townhall to meet with his constituents or after the townhall. I didn't anticipate that Peters would avoid his constituents by sneaking in and out of the townhall event through the back door, avoiding the hundreds of constituents who took time out of their days to show up and talk with him. He snuck in, stood on a stage away from his constituents, had questions filtered through his handlers, gave some answers that have proven to be lies, and then snuck out. There was no chance for me to throw a Constitution with him and strike some sense into him. Probably for the best, in retrospect, but at the time I was really caught up in trying to fight for life, liberty, and private property, which Obamacare threatens.

So, I understand perhaps why President Obama had a book thrown at him- from the video, you really can't tell what sort of a book it was- maybe someone, like I was going to do, tried to hit Obama over the head with the United States Constitution. Sadly, they missed.

Suggested book to read related to this post: Pocket Constitution (Text from the U.S. Bicentennial Commission Edition)