Mike,

I really hated that line, too. Sadly, these folks at AP probably have no idea the historical issues our Founding Fathers had to deal with in order to reach agreement on our Constitution. To suggest this document "enshrined" slavery is a slur on those involved its crafting as well as those who died for its advancement.

What a shame, really.  ns

Thank you Mike...that line infuriated me also...of course it was all done intentionally. 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Since the days around the civil war.  Those guys knew how to do it right.

I was thinking about that line the AP used, and I couldn't think of a single line which "enshrined" slavery in the constution.

The easy way to dis-arm Obama's race baiters is... tell them you won't vote for Obama because you disagree with the policies of his white half. 

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where does it say anything about slaves in the constitution? most mentions simply limit governments ability to abolish it, and other limit  "other persons" from voting equally or at all... including women, who were also their husband's property...

can someone point out where it says "hey we dig slavery it's kool..."

For Mr Shy:

We are all Americans, and at the same time we are from the cultures of our ancestors.

We can be proud of our ancestors and proud of America at the same time.

 I am too proud of this country to allow ti slip into the hands of Obama without a fight.

 For Michael Bates who replied:

 "Just following The One's urging his supporters to get into people's faces."

 Well, that is why I point out that Hitler was a community organizer too!

We have to get right back in their faces my friend! 

Totalitarians like to use fear to control their enemies, but we live in the United States. I am not going to be silenced by the fear that someone will think I am not voting for Obama because he's Black. 

There are a number of Black candidates (Powel and Rice come to mind off the top of my head) that I would not hesitate to vote into the White House were they to run. Oh, but they don't count because they aren't liberal blacks. They're "Uncle Toms".

..and I guess that makes me a "Tio Juan Valdez".

 Yeah if you want real racism and real sexism look no further than the democratic leadership of 2008. Just ask Governor Palin.

The left can name call and threaten but we still live in a society wherein free speech is protected. I will not be intimidated by guilt as to slavery in America's past. 

This election is about conditions now. Wealthy Black people abound and that is a great thing. They should prosper. A Black man was nominated by his party because the American People look past race. That is a great thing as well.

Obama is tied with McCain and perhaps will lose because people are looking past race and instead at the qualifications of the candidate. That is a great thing, but not so great for Barry-O! 

He can use race to console himself should he lose the election but it will be his poor performance at debates and thin record that finishes him off, not the color of his skin.

I'm glad that you love this country, but Hitler isn't the only thing Germany ever produced.

Ever heard of Goethe, Hegel, Beethoven?

Nothing to be ashamed of there.

As for Cortez etc... I've been hearing about how horrible the Spanish were for years. Ever consider how it was so easy for Cortez with 500 men to overtake the Aztec empire? There was an entire country of people who were sick and tired of being Aztec Sacrifice fodder. They helped Cortez.

He didn't do it with Small Pox infested blankets alone.  

There is plenty of barbaric behavior in the history of nearly every culture on Earth. The point is what are we doing about it now?

America, even with its faults, is trying to do something about it.

I guess AP is worried that Oh baa baa ma is losing some of the 90% plus black vote.

No O, NO!!!

Michael Bates says:

 "I've heard of Beethoven.  That was really some cute doggie."

That's a pretty old joke dude. 

I think it was the last thing Beethoven heard before he went deaf.

I had an uncle Beto. (short for Humberto) Whenever I would say Beethoven in the course of coversation my dad  would reply "you mean 'Beto Ven'?" (which means "come here Beto") Evidently this was what they did for laughs in rural Mexico during the depression. 

Anyway your fine for using such a hairy old joke in a serious public forum should be that you have give one Beethoven symphony a fair listen within the next 72 hours.

You'll love it.

Please don't come back with the "what's brown and sits on a piano bench" one. There are ladies reading this stuff!  

  The insanity that these people spew when it comes to the history of slavery and this country has to end now.

  Slavery was a divisive issue before the founding of this country, at the founding of this country, and to paraphrase some guy I wish I knew his name, for four score and seven years.

  It nearly tore this country apart at its founding, several times thereafter, and finally did tear it apart, and again I quote, after four score and seven years.

  Yes, there has been uneven progress after the civil war, but there was been great progress by people living and dead. And yes, there is more work to do, but that is no reason to distort and lie about what has been and what is.

  I am a product of the post civil rights movement. It has been pounded into my brain and the brain of all Americans not to be a racist or a bigot or to discriminate. And it has been successful. I am not a racist. No one I know is a racist.

  So stop with the insidious lies. Every culture on the planet has faced the issue of slavery. Some a little later than others. Some still face the issue today. Yes, slavery is still alive today on parts of planet earth.

  This country has nothing to apologize for when it comes to the issue of slavery.

The only documents I have ever read that "enshrined" slavery into their charter are found in the Declaration of Succession by the southern states. Which were all Democrats. Dare we mention the Qur'an or the slave trade thriving in Africa today?

 I believe it is correct that - If those in the American Constitutional Convention who tried to abolish slavery had not compromised, the South would never have joined, the South would have likely joined with France,  an enemy of England, and formed their own New France.  A few years later, 1812, England by itself  invaded and attacked the United States, killing Americans and burning our public buildings.  Add the South to that, and there would be no "American Experiment" in Liberty and Justice for All.  The Constitution was written in such a way that liberty could be, and has been, expanded to include women, black Americans, and Native Americans.  The process continues to this day.

Maybe these AP guys just read Steve Martini's novel Shadow of Power. This was a fiction book with references to how slavery was supposedly written into the Constitution.