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People, people... what's going on here? Has no one bothered to watch the clip? There are no mistakes, no prompter error, no Obama error, nothing.

"And they are charged with the vital task of applying principles put to paper more than twenty centuries ago."

He is obviously talking about the principle of democracy, or democratic political representation, which thrived in ancient Greece over 2000 years ago, a political philosophy that he would like to see upheld by the Supreme Court and the new membership he was presenting.

He barely mentions the constitution...

[edit on 16-6-2009 by The_Modulus]

Originally posted by googolplex
They did not have paper 20 centuries ago, maybe he ment put to sheep skin. Just face it he don't even know what he said, give him 173 days and he will avoid question again.

Yes they did. It may not have been paper made the way it is made today, but the Greeks of 2,000 years ago and even much earlier often were highly literate and had ample writing implements and materials to write on. They wrote and circulated books and plays, had libraries, etc. Think Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides. . . .and on and on. The ancient Greek civilization has often been called the cradle of democracy.

Hes making a reference to the bible. He says that the constitution is a racist and bigoted document I think. I think minus all the parts that are exclusive, the constitution was well written for back then.