WASHINGTON – Republican congressional candidate Stephen Broden stunned his party Thursday, saying he would not rule out violent overthrow of the government if elections did not produce a change in leadership.

In a rambling exchange during a TV interview, Broden, a South Dallas pastor, said a violent uprising "is not the first option," but it is "on the table." That drew a quick denunciation from the head of the Dallas County GOP, who called the remarks "inappropriate."

Broden, a first-time candidate, is challenging veteran incumbent Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson in Dallas' heavily Democratic 30th Congressional District. Johnson's campaign declined to comment on Broden.

In the interview, Brad Watson, political reporter for WFAA-TV (Channel 8), asked Broden about a tea party event last year in Fort Worth in which he described the nation's government as tyrannical.

"We have a constitutional remedy," Broden said then. "And the Framers say if that don't work, revolution."

Watson asked if his definition of revolution included violent overthrow of the government. In a prolonged back-and-forth, Broden at first declined to explicitly address insurrection, saying the first way to deal with a repressive government is to "alter it or abolish it."

"If the government is not producing the results or has become destructive to the ends of our liberties, we have a right to get rid of that government and to get rid of it by any means necessary," Broden said, adding the nation was founded on a violent revolt against Britain's King George III.

Watson asked if violence would be in option in 2010, under the current government.

"The option is on the table. I don't think that we should remove anything from the table as it relates to our liberties and our freedoms," Broden said, without elaborating. "However, it is not the first option."

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-broden_22tex.ART0.State.Edition1.33278a9.html

========================

Two critical comments:

1.) The critical text here is not the Constiution as much as the Oath of Office, as I leaf through my Heritage Foundation copy of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemnes, both foriegn and DOMESTIC;"

Apparently everyone except the President makes that oath?

CONgress have committed TREASONOUS ACTS against the United States.

2.) "Modify or abolish" our FORM OF GOVT is the LAST thing we want for two reasons:

a.) the form we were given was given to us by the Founders BY Almighty God. It is the RADICAL LEFT who want to modify and abolish because they are ATHEISTS.

b.) to modify or abolish requires having a well thought out plan to replace the current system with something better. Americans do not have the capacity for rational thought, hammered out through adversity as did the Founders to come up with anything better.

  It is beyond clear we have mass Treason going on in DC, the bums need a-throwing out. Replace them with what, more IDIOTS who have no idea whats in the Constitution. Those screaming about term limits have never read The C.

THAT THESE RADICAL LEFTISTS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS PROVES THAT ALL CANDIDATES TO FOLLOW WILL BE NO DIFFERENT. Where do Candidates come from? THE VOTERS.

"My people are destroyed by a lack of knowledge"

Not only are CONgress in mass violations of their sworn duty to the C, but the Separation of Powers has failed also - we have Courts loaded with Socialists, Communists and Marxists. Think they are going to care about redress of grievances unlss its one of their Leftist shills demanding it?

Did anyone notice how quickly and QUIETLY the one who threatened the man from South Park (made derogatory remarks against Islam) came so quickly to PRISON TIME? THe radical Left takes care of its own.

Its not "JUSTICE" - its "JUST US"

  The only viable option is to KEEP our God given system, suffer through enough election cycles to weed out the traitors, give that process 10-20 years to clean out the Courts..

 Which will change naught, because THE PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM. Dont Elected Representatives come from the PEOPLE? (not in Obamas case, hes from Kenya)

So, next stop, Civil War.