I just read another thread where it was mentioned that federal money can’t be spent to assist a foreigner have an abortion in the US.
This is a brilliant solution for ultra-conservatives. The choice used to be, abortion vs. newborn but brown American citizen. Now they can let the baby be born and immediately deport it.
Hmmm. Transported over the border by catapult, or drop-kick?
It’s not the Jus Soli that’s the stupid part. It’s the framing it as ‘Well, we need to keep this as a white country, so if we stop them illegals from giving citizenship to their kids, we can stop them from being Democrats!’ bit.
I think you may be reading something into the story that isn’t there. I mean, it’s not wholly unreasonable to assume that his line of thought isn’t a million miles away from that, but there’s no evidence of this.
That story, yes. But that pretty much seems to sum up the tactics the man has been taking, if you check him out a bit.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/22/steele-obama-race/
"Steele: Obama ‘Was Not Vetted Because The Press Fell In Love With The Black Man Running For The Office’ "
Mmmmmnooo, not what I wanted to hear from you today.
http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/05/26/rnc-fumbles-sotomayor-talking-points/
Ah, here we go. The talking points.
Hm. Nope, no foot in his mouth. Got a clearly biased and encoded statement out, but it’s tolerable.
Rush just wants her to fail. And Obama to fail, too.
Actually, the really stupid part is thinking they can just enact a law to do this.
The 14th Amendment of the Constitution says: "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. "
According to Wiki, the bill’s sponsors claim that illegal immigrants (and their spawn) are NOT subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and therefor not protected by the 14th Amendment, and so the 14th Amendment doesn’t need amending.
Okay, that’s stupid.
“Not subject to the jurisdiction of” - I don’t think this means what they think it means. 
Of course, if I was an illegal immigrant, I might love such a concept. “Hey, you can’t arrest me! I’m not subject to your jurisdiction!!” :smack:
IANALawyer, and my first thought was… then how do aliens get arrested and deported?
So, as an ACTUAL twisty-brained attorney, DS, can you construe some interpretation of what they MIGHT mean that could be legally defensible?
Please. I try very hard not to imagine three impossible things before breakfast (or any other time of the day!). 
Jeez, I’m only asking for one! And please, put in a disclaimer to make clear that you are not creating an attorney-client relationship, which BTW, I don’t want either.
This thread is fun. This may not be the Daily Stupid, but it is still a new flavor of stupid to sprinkle on our sundae… And there’s just no excuse for this thread being dead all day! Surely there were five stupider Republican ideas today than this:
Today, Tom Sullivan told me that the Chrysler dealers being closed (suggested to be closed?) were picked based on the political donations of the dealership owners. Dealership owners with R donations were on Obama’s Enemies List (no shit), and had to go.
Hypothetical pop quiz: You own a business. Your business thrives on polluting. Which party do you donate to?
I don’t know, but I’ve alerted the appropriate people and this Tom Sullivan fellow is now on the list too.
Funny you should bring that up – a simple analysis was posted on fivethirtyeight today. Of the available data on the contributions that car dealers made to Democratic or Republican candidates, 88% of the money went to Republican candidates.
Wow, they’re closing 88% of the dealerships?
-Joe
Bumping for this.
Other than just pitching a complete fit anytime Obama does anything, what do they hope to gain from this?
Besides, You would think they would be encouraging the President to see more plays.
Ha!
The hissyfit over that is really stupid considering that The Previous Occupant spent more time on vacation, either in Crawford or Camp David, than any president…ever. And I don’t think he was flying coach with Southwest Airlines to get to Texas.
Trying to keep up here…
The RNC has attacked the Obamas for going on a date in New York:
Practically a simulpost over the very same story.
Get out of my head!