I often wonder what additional provisions/articles would have been included in the original constitution had the framers been able to foresee the emergence of the two political parties and the stranglehold their indifferences have placed on American politics.
Think about it, imagine running the risk of being hung for treason, to write a document as significant and as daring as the U.S Constitution, only for snakes like McConnell, and shit-eating grin wearing c*nts like Ted Cruz to come along 250 years later and hijack it for their own self-interest
I imagine most of the framers would puke if they came back for a day and witnessed what American politics has become
Well let's remember that in the time of the founders there wasn't two political parties. The Republican Party, despite it's GOP nickname, is the younger of the two parties, and wasn't founded until 1854. When the founders created their new nation, they envisaged a coming together to prevent a King-like leader ever assuming dominance and absolute power again. That's the whole reason they structured their government so.
But yes, I agree with your sentiments entirely. They would have their heads in their hands if they saw what had happened. I've always viewed the US constitution as some kind of quasi-religious document, such is the reverence it appears to be held. But, like any religious text, it can be twisted to mean pretty much whatever the twister wants it to me. All it takes is opportunism, some smarts, and moral bankruptcy.
