Campfield: Slavery was a better immigration system?

Submitted by R. Neal on Mon, 2008/06/23 - 3:49pm.

Campfield: Anchor babies and state laws

The amendment to the constitution that is so confusing was put in place for descendants of slaves so they could become US citizens. Not to say the slave trade was good, but the slaves were brought in the country under legal (at the time) means. They were under our jurisdiction so they and their descendants could become citizens. Not so for illegals, they are similar to an invading military and are not, and in my opinion should not, be given the same rights and privileges as citizens or visitors. In many cases their rights are already restricted.

Interesting. Does this stuff actually sell in the 18th TN House district?

Speaking of the fightin' 18th, did you see Georgiana Vines' recent column re. the contest? Sounds like the grownup Republicans are throwing Campfield under the bus. It's a lot like what's going on over here in Blount Co. with Sen. Raymond Finney v. challenger Rep. Doug Overbey. Apparently the local GOP establishments are looking to push some loose cannons overboard.



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Mercy. If illegal aliens are

Mercy.

If illegal aliens are like an invading military, but not in uniform, does that make them unlawful combatants?

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

"Legal at the time?" OK. I

"Legal at the time?" OK. I will violate Godwin's Law. The whole mechanism that was used to erase the Jews in Germany was perfectly legal as well. Good grief. Just putting "It was legal" in front of it does not make a single goddamn thing moral.

True happiness is knowing you are a hypocrite. -- Ivor Cutler

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What he seems to be missing

What he seems to be missing is that "illegals" are the new form of "wink wink nudge nudge look the other way" economic slavery.

Yeah, and if someone were to

Yeah, and if someone were to say to him, "Well, abortion is legal" he'd go apeshit.

True happiness is knowing you are a hypocrite. -- Ivor Cutler

Stacey needs to get himself

Stacey needs to get himself elected to Congress so he can change the Federal citizenship law. Or appointed to the Supreme Court so somebody might actually care about his views on the 14th amendment.

Fightin' 18

Speaking of the fight in the 18th. Is the contest just between Campfield and Leadbetter, or does the third guy have a chance also?

R. Neal's picture
Don't know. He's posting

Don't know. He's posting here. Check him out.

Yum

"Sounds like the grownup Republicans are throwing Campfield under the bus".

Tell them to hold him in the basement 'til the weekend and I'll bring some beer and a video camera.

There is so much stupid in

There is so much stupid in that one post that it's hard to see where to start scrubbing it. Campfield has apparently read or at least heard of the Fourteenth Amendment:

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

But I use the term 'read' loosely. He plainly hasn't comprehended the clear meaning of its words. My guess is that his lips were moving and his brain passed right on by that part about no state denying equal protection.

Liberty and justice for all.

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