Minnesota Governor Candidate wants to Nullify Federal Laws
What do they put in the water in Minnesota? After all it is the home of Michele Bachmann and a variety of other crazy politicians, so why not the new nut, Tom Emmer, a Republican of course, who wants to do away with all federal laws. Read this tale of the “Hockey Dad” from Minnesota:
Meet Tom Emmer, the Republican candidate for Minnesota governor. Emmer, a state legislator, enjoys the backing of incumbent Tim Pawlenty but is philosophically far right of the current governor: Emmer is an avowed “Tenther” who believes the Tenth Amendment gives states the right to nullify federal laws, TPM reports. In fact, he’s proposed a state constitutional amendment to nullify all federal laws—especially Obamacare—unless the state legislature approves them.
Some other fun facts about Emmer:
* He’d like to see Minnesota’s state government shrink by 20%.
* He enjoys the support of Sarah Palin, who dubbed him a “hockey dad,” and whose approval may have been crucial for securing the GOP endorsement.
* A year ago, he slammed a fellow state rep for wanting to copy environmental regulations from Europe. Emmer let loose: “Oh oh, hey by the way, we also apparently have to look at this country and be extremely critical of the United States of America, and start kissing the rear end of the people on the other side of the Atlantic,” he said. “That’s ridiculous, and I’m sick and tired of hearing it. This is a great country.”
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Few groups of folks are crazier than crackers.
Sounds like the fool we have running for governor here in Okie-land, Brogdon, the heat & air guy from Owasso that believes we are overly reliant in Washington DC and that we need to start our own state militia. These guys are hacks and amateurs. We’ll see how the federal courts rule on that stuff, Emmer. Its called the supremacy clause. When in conflict, fed law trumps state law, every damn time and since the founding of the republic. He is like the posse comitatus (sic?) that believe by some esoteric interpretation of the constitution that people really don’t have to pay taxes. Nut balls.
A Hockey Dad? What’s a Canadian doing running for governor in Minnesota? What they need is some Arizona style immigration laws before they start messing around the Bill of Rights.