en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/339198 Comments by EPZ http://tv.breitbart.com/bully-chris-matthews-calls-michelle-bachmann-balloon-head-relentlessly-attacks-guest/#IDComment124756318 Its unfortunate that guy asked to defend what Michelle Bachmann was getting at. Here's you answer Chris: The Three-Fifths compromise in the Constitution was a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the population of slaves would be counted for enumeration purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the apportionment of the members of the United States House of Representatives. The issue at the time was that delegates opposed to slavery generally wished to count only the free inhabitants of each state. Delegates supportive of slavery, on the other hand, generally wanted to count slaves in their actual numbers, but since slaves could not vote, slaveholders would thus have the benefit of increased representation in the House and the Electoral College even though they only considered their slaves property. Thus, If the South wanted these crucial additions to their population that slaves would provide, the slaves would have to be free. The 3/5 compromise was the best they could do at the time the Constitution was written, but the intention of our founding fathers, as Michelle correctly cited, was to eventually count all people by freeing the slaves Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:25:55 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/bully-chris-matthews-calls-michelle-bachmann-balloon-head-relentlessly-attacks-guest/#IDComment124756318 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.6131aaf8d9919c9d53178907a186d6e2.241&show_article=1#IDComment53859178 How can BO constantly blame the policies of the last eight years for getting us into this mess, of which Bernanke was a part of, and then continue to support him now? He can't have it both ways!! Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:30:14 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.6131aaf8d9919c9d53178907a186d6e2.241&show_article=1#IDComment53859178 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9C85BE02#IDComment44990655 OK, the MSM has gone out of their way to point out the unprecedented amount of death threats to Obama, but as soon as a major security breach occurs, they all rally towards the view of, "Oh, these people were harmless, they were part of a reality show, its actually kind of funny how they duped this administration's security detail, it only goes to show how accepting they are of all citizens" This was a serious security breach and should serve as a serious wake up call. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:33:27 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9C85BE02#IDComment44990655 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.3b8dc4c1f80d80e03191bfdc49e27560.6d1#IDComment16082977 Looks like being a tax cheat is a pre-requisite for working for the Obama administration. Way to hold that bar high Mr. President! A "main street" American would never get out from under the massive interest and other penalties charged. How can this Administration levy all these massive taxes on us and not expect their own appointees to pay their taxes? There really are two Americas! Mon, 2 Mar 2009 23:17:15 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.3b8dc4c1f80d80e03191bfdc49e27560.6d1#IDComment16082977