Posted on 12/07/2012 9:08:27 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I met Senate President Don Gaetz after speaking to the Senate Committee on Healthcare Exchanges. I explained to him that I wanted to teach on nullification and why the Healthcare Act is unconstitutional. He mocked the Founders of the this nation to my face, implying they are irrelevant to the interpretation of the Constituion. He laughed at my support of Constitutional principles. He then shouted out to me as he left the room that he wouldnt read anything that I sent him. This morning I sent him an email explaining the Founders position on State Sovereignty and nullificaion.
After sending Senator Don Gaetz(R) my letter explaining the positions of James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton on State Sovereignty, the Republican leader of the Florida Senate says that citizens who agree with the writer of the Declaration of Independence should be summarily shot and hanged. Does that means Don Gaetz is in favor of shooting the many Catholic Bishops and other religious leaders who have said that they will not comply with this mandate? Notice the double-speak in his email below. He affirms his support for the Constitution and then demonstrates his utter ignorance of its meaning and purpose.
Here is a copy of his email:
Thank you for your email and for your passionate views. Like you, I believe Obamacare is unconstitutional and wrong-headed policy. I have consistently voted in the Florida Legislature for legislation that affirms our states options, obligations and sovereignty under the United States Constitution. I am working every day to ensure the election of national candidates who will repeal and replace this extraordinarily bad policy.
As to nullification, I tend to favor the approach used by Floridas first Governor, Andrew Jackson:
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com ...
Bingo.....cut from the same rhino cloth as Crist!!!
Fl GOP leaders have always been jerks and
A disaster . Mostly they are front men for insurance companies and trial lawyers but so are the Dems too !
But they already have.
"Summarily shot and hanged"? One or the other is enough...you can't kill someone twice.
I think you meant to say “krytocrat.”
I wonder if he was the one who made the effort to successfully redistrict Allen West out of an easy win.
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