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There has been much talk lately of revisiting the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution because many on the right seem to think pregnant women are running over the border, squatting, dropping babies, and then using them as chips to stay in the USA. The stereotype has been so prevalent, that it has become mainstream in today's Republican Party. Kelly Ayotte, has joined this group. Where do the others stand? Where do John Stephen and the various GOP candidates for state rep and state senate stand on this?
Politico'sScott Wong writes of a split in the party .
"The 14th Amendment is a great legacy of the Republican party. It is a shame and an embarrassment that the GOP now wants to amend it for starkly political reasons," McKinnon [media advisor to Bush's two presidential campaigns] told POLITICO. "Initially Republicans rallied around the amendment to welcome more citizens to this country. Now it is being used to drive people away."
The thing that would be funny if it weren't so horrible is the lack of knowledge on the part of many of today's GOPers. The Fourteenth Amendment is part of the proud anti-slavery legacy of the Republican Party. It was enacted to counter the infamous Dredd Scott decision.
It is this same a-historical outlook that allowed a Republican state representative to put forward a floor amendment to nullify health insurance reform and make it a felony for any official to administer it in New Hampshire. Apparently this rep and those who voted with him are unaware or don't care that the man whose statue stands in front of the State House, Daniel Webster, fought against South Carolina's Calhoun on this very topic, with Calhoun being for nullification.
Are the Republicans calling for nullification and for amending the Fourteenth Amendment this unaware of history, both that of New Hampshire and of their own party? If so, that is very, very sad, and not a little bit scary.
