Ron Paul Revolution (XIII): Bizarro Huckabee

In a monumental gaffe, today the neocon Washington Times tried to bogart the 14th Amendment fight from Ron Paul, with collusion from the (temporarily, at least) addle-pated Jim Gilchrist:  [Emphasis is mine]

Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate[*] — a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced.

Mr. Huckabee, who won last week’s Republican Iowa caucuses, promised Minuteman Project founder James Gilchrist that he would force a test case to the Supreme Court to challenge birthright citizenship, and would push Congress to pass a 28th Amendment to the Constitution to remove any doubt.

Now, this is just my opinion, but it seems to me that this is an unadulterated campaign promise on its face.  Huckleberry has been in favor of giving illegals the rights of the firstborn [or better] since way back.  In his forty-acres-and-a-mule plan for Confederate penance, Mikey-my-boy championed in-state tuition for illegals in Arkansas, something I could not get for my Texan daughters.

Huckster’s record on the “National Question” is clear:  he’s for the other guys.  Huckaboob would give away the ranch in the name of Christian charity and in hopes of absolution, both from the centuries of black slavery in this country prior to the War of Northern Aggression, and from the civil rights abuses against blacks in the century after. [Activities in which, I'm nearly certain, neither he nor I actually participated.  Well, I didn't, anyway.  I'll allow that he could've abused civil rights before he turned 25... but I doubt it.  What's next with this guy?  Reparations as our "moral duty"?]

Now, even if you exclude Paul, [but don't] it is still easy to find a GOP-er that’s tougher on immigration than Huckabee.  Hunter, for one.  And even the immigration soup sandwiches Romney and Thompson don’t advocate the pandering giveaways that Huckabee has offered.

Paul’s been pushing for this change for quite some time now.  When a guy “leading the pack” starts to triangulate on a “fringe” candidate’s positions, you can tell that he’s getting nervous about something.  I just can’t believe Huckster thinks the Paul, ex-Tancredo, and Hunter supporters are stupid enough to fall for it think he’s being honest with us.

[* It's unclear in the article whether this "top immigration surrogate" is Gilchrist, or Huck's campaign spokesperson, Kirsten Fedewa... I'm guessing Gilchrist, though.]

[UPDATE #1:

In a whiplash return to reality, however (and bringing the fact that I'm not a professional blogger into stark relief), Huckleberry himself released this statement:

I do not support an amendment to the constitution [sic] 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.

Admittedly, one of these is sourced (Jim Gilchrist, via the WaTimes), the other is not (aside from claiming Huckabee said it).  But the retraction is, obviously, more in keeping with the style of the Huckster:  promise to give away the kitchen sink, if it means you get elected; sell your mother (or someone else’s future), if it keeps you in office.

If the retraction is true, at least Bizarro Huckabee has left the building.]

[UPDATE #2:  Huckster's website has the press release referenced above.  And Htrae sinks back into the underverse...]

Ron Paul Revolution (XII): All Ron, All the Time

“I am paying for this microphone, Mr. Green!”

Ronald Reagan

In his own thumb-the-nose-at-the-establishment moment, Congressman Ron Paul, M.D. held a “town hall” meeting Manchester, New Hampshire, Sunday evening.  Ever the gentleman, he had his event before the Faux News debate from which he had been inexplicably excluded, thus affording voters the opportunity to also hear from the other guys.  This is certainly in the vein of Reagan’s attempt to include Dole, et al. in the 1980 NH debate (before being stymied by the peevish George the Elder).

I sincerely hope my thoughts on this event come true:  that Rupert Murdoch, NewsCorp, and its broadcast and print outlets are exposed for the neocon Administration shills they are (including Hannity, O’Reilly, and the “conservative” pundits like Kristol) and this exposé has a deleterious effect on the conservative love affair with Faux News and neoconnery in all its various guises; and that this shouldering aside of Ron Paul backfires in two ways — that NH voters (and others) surge to support the obvious disestablishmentarian candidate, and that Murdoch’s Annointed One does as poorly or worse than he did in Iowa [6th place and no delegates with only 4% of the voters' support, you'll recall; Paul got nearly 3x the support in absolute numbers, 10% of the vote, and 2 delegates].

In case you were roped into the neocon poseur-fest on Sunday night and didn’t know about it, or, like me, don’t live anywhere near New Hampshire and couldn’t get access to the live stream, here’s the video of Ron Paul’s forum:

Part 1:

Part 2:

[UPDATE:  No sooner do I post this than see similar thoughts elsewhere.  Great minds, and all that...]