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Title: Huckabee retreats on birthright citizenship
Source: Washington Times
URL Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/arti ... 20080109/NATION/992492919/1002
Published: Jan 9, 2008
Author: Stephen Dinan
Post Date: 2008-01-09 12:52:28 by _______
Keywords: Hucklebee, NAU, Jim Gilchrist is an Idiot
Views: 76
Comments: 2

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 Mr. Huckabee promised to pursue an amendment to the Constitution. In an article in yesterday's editions, Mr. Huckabee's spokeswoman did not challenge the former Arkansas governor's statements to Mr. Gilchrist and said the two men shared the same goals on immigration.

But by yesterday afternoon, Mr. Huckabee had backed away from that position.

"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 in a statement posted on his campaign Web site.

The Times reported that Mr. Gilchrist, in a half-hour conversation while campaigning with Mr. Huckabee last week in Iowa, 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.

Mr. Gilchrist said Mr. Huckabee promised to bring a test case to the Supreme Court to challenge the matter, and also would press Congress to pass an amendment to the Constitution.

In an interview with CNN, the candidate said his campaign was not contacted about the story: "It was disappointing the reporter who filed the report never bothered to contact our campaign," he said.

But Mr. Huckabee's spokeswoman, Kirsten Fedewa, did talk to The Times for the article. She did not challenge any of Mr. Gilchrist's statements at the time, and was quoted as saying Mr. Huckabee and Mr. Gilchrist were "united by a mutual desire to end illegal immigration and are political allies toward that end."

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#1. To: _______ (#0)

How convenient........just prior to the first election event in Iowa......and hitting the news wire on the voting date in another state.

Will be interesting to see how he does in states like the Carolinas where textile mills were big employers. In places that now are taking on illegal immigrants like the TItanic took on water.

God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts!

rowdee  posted on  2008-01-09   13:13:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: _______ (#0)

The Huckster could change his positions on every issue before every state primary and most Americans would not notice or care.

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robin  posted on  2008-01-09   13:16:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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