Posted on 12/01/2008 12:52:16 PM PST by jeffo
“This statement scares the dickens out of me.”
Welcome to Cuba/Venezuela-style mob rule. That’s why these people like to organize marches and vote by acclamation and “show of hands.”
Just like global warming is a “proven fact” and there were “no WMD in Iraq.”
The list will get longer.
You are being ruled, jeffo. Not governed. Get used to it.
Constitution Defers To Voters
"It don't make no mind what the Constitution says, the voters say he's eligible," says Senator.
We had some Republicans call the house today and I asked the guy about the certificate affair. He said that he sympathized with the problem, but that if Obama was improperly elected and it could be proven, he’d be impeached, that it was required. I told the guy that it appeared to me that none of the Republicans even had the cojones to ask the question. My tone was such that if they didn’t have the cojones to ask the question, they had better not have the nerve to ask me for money.
Mel Martinez may be a RINO, but it appears that the lot of them are gutless wonders.
Please, name him/her. It will be useful in tracking the origin of the form letter. Regardless of the merits of the birth certificate issue as it regards to Obama, the idea that public opinion decides a constitutional issue is outrageous.
pffft, yeah, three minute civil wars during American Idol commercial breaks.
And to think that this loser was chairman of the RNC...no wonder the GOP lost across the board!
Martinez wasn’t born here either, he couldn’t care less.
His letter, his response, and the shocking lack of understanding of the Constitution sound pretty impeachable to me.
You Florida guys should jump on this .
The only reason I voted for Martinez is.......uh, is, uh.......just gimme a minute or two.......
Lamar Alexander/Tennessee
and also a friend just south of the Georgia line got the same (I think nearly word for word) from Johnny Isaakson.
The commies are gettin uppity again, ain’t they.
Huh???? I realize I didn't go to law school and was never taught the fine art of convoluted logic but didn't he answer his own question? The qualification is enforced by not allowing someone who doesn't meet the qualifications of office to hold that office. Now in the past this was determined before the primaries but since our media and BOTH political parties were so hell bent on giving this guy a pass on everything and making sure he was elected that basic question was never answered. When someone did bring it up then the questioner was considered a [racist, right wing nut , afraid of electing a black man (fill in the blank)]. Now we're in the situation where we aren't 100% sure this guy could constitutionally hold office. Oh well its a living breathing document subject to change so who cares.
One man one vote democracy. Mob rule!
Has been so for last 40 years.
HOLY CR*P! I realized this azzwipe is a REPUBLICAN! AYFKM?? This guy is supposed to represent the interests of his party yet twists himself into a knot and takes a ridiculous position to help the RATS. He should be forced to resign YESTERDAY.
During the amnesty fiasco, I wrote my Senator Mel Martinez stating that his support for amnesty was a travesty and begged him to reconsider.
He simply sent me a request for a donation the the R.N.C.
This assclown Mel Martinez is a huge baboso and deserves an ass whoopin by a little old granny.
Crap like Martinez are why I’m hoping for a new CONSERVATIVE party instead of F-ing Dem lite.
I am working against any future run for Florida office this
jerk ever undertakes.
I had to go back and read Martinez’s response a second time. Basically, in writing, the guy tells a constituent that he has no intention of doing his duty as a US Senator and enforce and defend the US Constitution.
These people (politicians of all labels) have truly gotten to the point where they feel insulated from the citizens and can do and say whatever they want.
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