But he's a christian. He speaks to us. /sarc
Posted on 01/09/2008 6:45:10 AM PST by 3AngelaD
Mike Huckabee yesterday contradicted his own top immigration surrogate, announcing he will not support a constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to illegal aliens.
It was a stark reversal after The Washington Times reported that James Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, said Huckabee promised to pursue an amendment to the Constitution. In an article in yesterday's editions, Huckabee's spokeswoman did not challenge the former Arkansas governor's statements to Gilchrist...But by yesterday afternoon, Huckabee had backed away..."I do not support an amendment to the Constitution that would prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens. I have no intention of supporting a constitutional amendment to deny birthright citizenship," Mr. Huckabee said...
The Times reported that Gilchrist, in a conversation while campaigning with Mr. Huckabee last week, pinned down the Republican presidential candidate on various immigration stances, including how he would address what most legal scholars see as the 14th Amendment's guarantee of citizenship to any person born in the United States, except for diplomatic situations.
Gilchrist said Huckabee promised to bring a test case to the Supreme Court...and would press Congress to pass an amendment to the Constitution.... Huckabee also said on CNN that he hasn't given much thought to the issue of birthright citizenship. But he previously had taken a position in an interview with The Times in Iowa in August.
"I would support changing that. I think there is reason to revisit that, just because a person, through sheer chance of geography, happened to be physically here at the point of birth, doesn't necessarily constitute citizenship," he said at the time, according to the audiotape of the interview. "I think that's a very reasonable thing to do, to revisit that."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
It also appears that he told Gilchrist that he was in favor of it.
Huckster supports ARE THAT STUPID.
But he's a christian. He speaks to us. /sarc
The last thing most people want in office is a charlatan, illegal loving, faux conservative. How is that somehow a "better" person to support when it's a Christian who it's describing?
I think the whole point is that the Wash Times HAS been asking him about this, repeatedly, as has CNN, but everyone keeps getting a different answer.
Christian or otherwise - I have the least amount of tolerance for a liar.
You make a good point. His exclusion from debates was wrong. Bases on the same wrong polls that gave Obama a 13 point lead in NH??
I can’t understand why the illegal issue didn’t come up consistently in any of the debates or campaign rhetoric that I saw in NH.
When it did come up in the Romney ads, McCain yelled foul and dirty politics.
I don’t see how any candidate can say the other is using negative advertising when they are just advertising the FACTS.
I have not decided on a candidate yet but when the only way to connect with many voters is the 90 second commercial break between Homer Simpson and Greta in Aruba how do you get your point across on the important isues?
Don’t like Huckster’s position on the issues? Just wait a few days....
That’s going to leave a mark!
Yes, but this time he scored a bullseye.
Crazy McCain lied and lied re he support of amnesty.
The bit on good intentions is near the end.
The TRUTH is often painful... just like watching Reagan’s dream being sold out by charlatans.
LLS
No surprise here.
“Personally, I support birthright citizenship.”
Why would you support giving citizenship to the child of a non-citizen, illegal or visiting legally just because they delivered in the US?
I don’t know of any other country that does that. Mexico sure doesn’t.
I think a child should have the option of citizenship in the country of his birth. Maybe it’s a romantic notion, but I don’t see it as a problem, and politically it’s an idiotic issue to push, attacking babies because you can’t enforce the rest of our laws.
IMO, voting in the polls which have “selected” names legitimizes the “selected” candidates on the poll and thereby provides false fodder to support false claims.
If everyone’s name is on the poll, then the obvious conclusions reached are more realistic and authentic.
Your comments are stupid and show your open border and left wing bias. A child’s citizenship should be the same as the parents. Period.
(Post #44) No wonder the decadent Left (but I repeat myself) loves Huckabee!
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