Reinstitution of Slavery? Whoopi!

After John McCain said, during a recent appearance on "The View", that he was in favor of appointing justices who interpret The Constitution the way the Founding Fathers intended, Whoopi Goldberg asked him, then, if she should be worried about the reinstitution of slavery. She went on to say that "certain things happened in the Constitution that you had to change". I assert that this is a silly question. But what is worse is the fact that John McCain simply acknowledged it as "an excellent point", and didn't defend the Founder's position on the issue of slavery in any way. The fact that he even appeared on the show with these "ladies" boggles my mind. A couple of points. One, slavery was not a product of, nor was it introduced by the Founders at all. It was intoduced to America nearly two centuries before the Founders time ("Original Intent", David Barton, pg. 289). Many of the Founders who had owned slaves as British citizens, released them in the following years after separating from Great Britain (ibid, pg. 291). The source I'm quoting is heavily documented with references of its own. I encourage you to read it, and to chase those references for yourself. I also want to note that not all of the slaves in our history have been black. In the early settlements, many colonies even held white slaves ("The Making of America", Dr. W. Cleon Skousen, pg. 720). John McCain missed an important opportunity to defend his position on original intent.