July 08, 2010

Ron Johnson Caption Contest: What Does Ron Johnson Think the Constitution Means?

Johnson Calls Constitution “Hard to Study,”
Wants “Freedom” to be Confused

When the Onion recently ran the article "Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be" in the print edition, we couldn't help but think of Wisconsin Tea Party Activist and millionaire Senate Candidate Ron Johnson. Caption Contest: Ron Johnson in  the Onion

After all, here is what Ron Johnson thinks of the Constitution:

"You know what, I will say, you know, prior to doing this I’ve sat down and read the Constitution, probably, clearly, probably 3, probably about 5-6 times. It is not an easy document to read. It is not, unless you study it in detail. It is hard to study, (It's) so broad…" [Rock River Patriots 6/11/10.]

"There are some very basic things, you know the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, that are very easy to understand but still are disputed, which to me kind of amazes me. There are also things that aren’t quite so easy. ” [Brookfield Chamber of Commerce Debate, 6/21/10]

Given Ron Johnson’s admitted confusion over the Constitution, what do you think Ron Johnson imagines the Constitution stands for?

Help us caption the photo in The Onion article. Scroll down and post your comment below. We’ll post the winning caption on our blog and Facebook next week.


Comments

Posted by Andy at 01:00PM on September 18 2010:

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Posted by vinman at 02:03AM on September 17 2010:

Being a millionaire senate it doesn’t mean that he knows everything about the constitution. One who is in a millionaire lifestyle would have less interest in knowing it rather than winning the race.
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Posted by finance software at 03:15PM on August 10 2010:

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Posted by finance personal software at 11:30AM on August 10 2010:

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Posted by free registry cleaner at 05:21PM on August 04 2010:

I hope you will keep updating your content constantly as you have one dedicated reader here.

Posted by mbt shoes at 02:15AM on August 03 2010:

I really enjoyed this post, especially the “examples in this post” portion which made it really easy for me to SEE what you were talking about without even having to leave the article. Thanks

Posted by Philip Hooker at 12:43PM on July 22 2010:

Ron Johnson likes likes parts of the constitution he understood, and figures he would probably like the rest, too.

Posted by JFK at 12:04PM on July 12 2010:

The Poor, the Afflicted, the Middle Class, the Environment, the Unarmed…

They had their chance!

Posted by mjb at 10:26AM on July 12 2010:

heh heh………234 years old! all those people are dead. I wish I could ask ’em a few questions. heh heh …………..

Posted by Jeff Hotson at 08:45PM on July 11 2010:

“It means what I know, what I think it means; that is, it means to say to us about what it means to say, that is, its meaning is to permit us to say what it says about its meaning. And that meaning is pretty clear to me. I hate it when people can’t understand the meaning of a document which is fundamentaly meaningful to us all.”

Posted by Carol Zoran at 05:11PM on July 11 2010:

Where can I get the Readers Digest condensed version?

Posted by John Smart at 04:21PM on July 11 2010:

Millionaire Johnson says that his understanding of the Constitution comes from classes he’s audited at Glenn Beck University.

Posted by John Zywicke at 11:01PM on July 10 2010:

Constitution!?!…What’s That!

Why read it, I’ll wait for the movie.

It’s too old, I’ll wait for the revised edition.
Written by Bush/Cheney, about how the rich get everything and the poor get shafted.

Constitution…It doesn’t apply anymore; IT"S TOO OLD!

Posted by Jay Ferus at 09:10PM on July 10 2010:

Freedom isn’t free. It’s for those who can afford it.

Posted by Ed Sahagian-Allsopp at 07:29PM on July 10 2010:

Politician confused by so many big words in US constitution.

Posted by Les Nakamoto at 04:59PM on July 10 2010:

Ron Johnson thinks the Constitution means:

“Corporations can do anything they want any time they want. Screw everyone else.”

Posted by Doris Mikolajczak at 04:10PM on July 10 2010:

It means whatever you want it to mean at any given time. As long as it suits your current agenda, you can change the meaning at will.

Posted by Carol Metzger at 04:00PM on July 10 2010:

I represent the corporate America from whence I come.

Posted by Luke at 02:18PM on July 10 2010:

B.P., best pal=Ron Johnson.It means BP can do whatever it wants he gets paid the same, $315,000.

Posted by Larry at 01:23PM on July 10 2010:

More money for me. More money for me. More money for me.

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