Conservative Dame of the Week

A strong case could be made for naming a certain Delawarian as CDOW this week for complete news-cycle domination and fundraising ability.

However, today is Constitution Day and one Conservative Dame has done more to promote the Constitution than anyone else in public life lately.

Actress Janine Turner founded Constituting America [ ConstitutingAmerica.org ], and organization with a
mission “to reach, educate and inform America’s youth and her citizens about the importance of the U.S. Constitution and the foundation it sets forth regarding our freedoms and rights.”

In a recent Op-Ed at FoxNews.com Turner writes:

In order to be a more perfect union in today’s environment we need to be more aware. Without awareness there can be no subsequent resulting action as citizens. Trying to evaluate legislation and governmental action without a knowledge of the Constitution is a lot like sitting in the passenger seat as the driver moves ahead in the dark – without headlights. An enlightened people were the hope and the engine of our new Republic in the 18th century. It is no different today.
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In these documents are all the answers America needs but to solve the riddle of how we move forward we must read them! We must join together in a unifying mission to become aware of what is in these great documents and to understand them. We should no longer let Washington, D.C., our representatives, the bureaucracy, or Obama administration officials do our thinking for us. Ignorance enables them to get away with all of the things we do not understand.

From her Wikipedia Bio:

Turner lives on a longhorn cattle ranch outside of Dallas, Texas, with her daughter, Juliette Turner-Jones [Constituting America's Youth Director].

As a conservative Republican, in the 2008 election, she campaigned for VP candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and expressed her concern for what she perceives as a decidedly liberal bias in the media. Turner is a frequent contributor to Republican Party candidates and organizations, donating at least $7,000 over the past decade.

Turner and her daughter Juliette began an organization called “Constituting America” aimed at educating Americans about the U.S. Constitution.

On May 17, 2010 Turner was a paid speaker at an event sponsored by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation honoring Tea Party “citizen leaders,” where she declared of the Obama administration: “They don’t want our children to know about their rights. They don’t want our children to know about a God!”