Gohmert Continues to Push ‘Terror Babies’ Debate on 14th Amendment

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Friday, August 13, 2010 at 12:02 pm

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) reasserted his claim last night that Al Qaeda may be sending women to the U.S. to birth a contingent of future terrorists credentialed with American passports.

Gohmert argued with host Anderson Cooper, who asked him to provide proof to back up his claims about the phenomenon. He said “the evidence abounds” but failed to produce a source for his information, other than an anonymous former FBI agent. (Watch the video here.)

Observers note the argument is a convenient one, politically, because it can’t really be proven right or wrong in the short term. The effects of the supposed phenomenon are too far in the future: If “terror babies” are being born in the U.S., we won’t know it for about 20 years. The delayed impact of such measures is one of the main reasons Gohmert’s argument is unfounded, according to Ruben Navarrette Jr. He argued at CNN today that Gohmert and other Republicans are relying on fear-mongering to obscure the immigration debate:

If the supporters of SB1070 really believe in the merits of their cause, they should be able to win the argument on the natural, without relying on hocus-pocus or scare tactics or radical makeovers. And if they can’t do that, if they have to portray babies as terrorists and immigrants as drug mules in order to win support for their side, then this should tell them loud and clear that they’re on the wrong side of this issue — not to mention, on the wrong side of history.

Republican statements on the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship are numerous, but they’re also all over the place — and Gohmert seems to be on the radical edge his party’s leaders are trying to avoid. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Republican National Committee have made a point of steering clear of claims of “terror babies” and racially-charged statements about border-crossers. Instead, they have focused on a Washington Post article on “birth tourism,” a proven, if not especially prevalent, practice of Chinese women paying to come to the U.S. to have citizen babies.

Gohmert tried to back up his claims about the 14th Amendment and terror risks using the Washington Post article, too. But “birth tourism” seems to be a separate concern: the article does not mention terrorism.

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Dolmance
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 4:40 pm

And Americans are considering putting this party of the dishonest, plundering and/or thoroughly unhinged people back in power?

If America does such a thing, they're going to be selling themselves and their families right over a cliff. And good riddance too, because the world needs intelligence in the service of the good now more than ever. Stupidity must become extinct if we're to survive as a species.


winski
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 4:50 pm

This has now turned into Goemert versus reality… He can't win this argument because he doesn't realize he's actually here… He should go spend some beta-test time in Marg Baker's detention camp in Florida as she decried yesterday at a pee-party meeting..

It would do them both some good to maybe spend, say, the next hundred or so years there…starting today.


Blondie1w2000
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 4:51 pm

The “terror baby” argument is a little bit of a stretch, but the 14th Amendment has done its job- it was written so African-Americans who were the descendents of slaves would become citizens. Now, people are taking advantage of it, and it needs to be updated.


Andres Aranda
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 4:55 pm

I love your comments winski, you are right on… “pee-party”? that is great… LOL… I love it.


Eve
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 4:56 pm

makes absolute sense, Russians have been doing it for long time. Perfect way to approach domination, from within. Wake up folks.


SmarterThanYall
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:02 pm

Tea Baggers and other drooling ditto-heads may by this, and that's the only group that matters right now to the GOP. They're pandering to this reason-challenged bunch just like they did to fundamentalist Christians in the past. Enough of the fundies have realized that they'd been whores for a few empty promises and are now staying home, so the GOP is whipping up those who are scared of the black or brown people. It's pathetic, but you have to hand it to them. It just might work again.


Lucy Fussbudget
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:08 pm

Louie Gohmert is an idiot and a card carrying one for that matter.

An apple tree growing in the tropics will not bear good fruits. It's the same tree, but under wrong environment. Louie Gohmert will drive more people into extremism than the 14th Amendment.


mike68
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:09 pm

“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…”

Note the use of the phrase “…AND SUBJECT to the jurisdication thereof.” [emphasis added]. Slaves were subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Legal Immigrants are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Illegal immigrants and tourists are NOT subject to the jurisdication of the United States. They are subject to the jurisdication of their own country. Therefore the 14th ammendment does not apply to them and their children. The record of the debates about this ammendment verifies this.


Stupid
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:11 pm

Time will tell who is stupid?
Al – Queda will make use of loop holes and the 14th ammendment as of now is a loophole. If it is theoratically possible, do you think the Al-queda is stupid not to use the loophole?


elseesea
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:17 pm

Tourists are subject to the jurisdiction of this country when in this country. Ask any police officer whether they can arrest a tourist for crime in the U.S. Where have you been?

Some “tourists” have that super-special diplomat shield, but those diplomats are not the “birth tourists,” who are subject to the jurisdiction of this country.


Third generation immigrant
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:25 pm

The Constitution is a huge fucking loophole: freedom of speech, assembly, press etc. We better close that as fast as possible. shut the doors, America isn't open for business anymore.


Irish Need Not Apply
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:29 pm

Oh shit, not the Russians! What about the Cat-licks, those filthy drunk Irish, those greasiest of WOPs. Crack a book, and read about the Know-nothings– then maybe you won't be one.


Ryan Valverde Ward
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:31 pm

Seems like an extremely slow way to take over the US. Also, if these babies are brought up in a country that embraces Islam, they are less likely to rebel against a government who treats them like first class citizens.


Sam_gordon
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:31 pm

We must have a constitutional amendment to disallow babies becoming citizens automatically if they are born to alien or illegal aliens.
Perhaps all of this paranoia isn't real but enough of it is.
The Chinese are as big a problem as the Mexicans and our enemies.
Shut the loophole down or the blood will fill the streets when our enemies are us


Hi
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:31 pm

This is disgusting. How are people like this scum elected??


Ann_Shannon
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:32 pm

Representative Gohmert proved himself to be a flubbering, mindless windbag. He was a mirror image of my youngest brother, who is bi-polar, when he is lost in one of his rants about one of his paranoid conspiracy, or feeling cornered by anyone attempting to be reasonable.


Brian
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:35 pm

Anyone in this country is subject to the laws of this country. The only argument from the debates that support your claim came from the losing side.

Your argument blows.


Sean
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:36 pm

Honesty, like Charlie Rangel honesty? Don’t fool yourself into thinking one party has cornered the market in dishonest behavior. There does appear to be an American trend where one party controlling both the White House and Congress leads to unfavorable results.

Natural selection doesn’t necessarily favor intelligence; if favors those that best fit a given nitche. Considering the spending by this and the last administration the “cliff” is dead ahead.


Sean
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 10:40 pm

Just as said one party controlling both Legislative and Executive yield bad results. The last administration doubled the debt (at that time) when they ran the whole show. Clinton did well with a conservative Congress. There needs to be an Executive check, regardless of party affiliation.

I would never attempt to justify the money Bush wasted. If you justify bad behavior with more bad behavior then you drop the standard by which you judge your representatives. Eventually we all end up with candidate that sucks least rather than the best they could be.


Cobalt401
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:42 pm

If you were told 3 months ago that the Russians still had spies in the USA many would laugh at that as false…well. Are there “terror babies” in the US, I don't know, but it is a sound strategy to use against an enemy


Damon
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:44 pm

Not subject to the jurisdiction of the US? I'm sure there's a lot of people in prison who will be relieved to hear that.


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Aredlhammer
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:48 pm

HAHAHAHAHA !!!! Does this guy have any idea what planet he's on ? I propose that we counter the “terror babies” with “Seal Team Nannies”…..


Monte
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:50 pm

Obviously this is the case. I met someone who traveled from Israel to Mexico and paid 10,000 to get smuggled along with other people from all over the world. The whole world knows they can do it. The anchor babies allow them to stay and collect benefits. HELLO? Why do you think the states are all broke along the border and beyond. It's the anchor babies duh! Nothing will stem the flow if illegal ALIENS except getting rid of this magnet and eliminating jobs for these people. Political correctness has bound our nation. The bleeding hearts need to be destroyed!! It's time for action or you will see chaos across the nation. If that's what you want just keep doing nothing!!


MCowboy
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:50 pm

This goes to show that anyone can become a politician, so go for it people, and do better than this d-bag.


Brian
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:51 pm

Besides the wars in iraq, afghanistan and the war on mexicans, the spending in this admin is necessary to keep this nation operating. America was doing just fine when the republicans started their spending spree.

Their spending spree started before 9/11/01.


JAS
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:52 pm

You don't have to wait 20 years for the kid to grow up to be a terrorist. These babies are are called anchor babies for a reason. The baby becomes a US citizen which allows Daddy who could be a full grown terrorist to come into the country. Not saying this is happening, but it could.


Anne Opinion
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:52 pm

I know it is a different subject entirely, but it does dovetail nicely into Dolmance's comment about “dishonest, plundering and/or thoroughly unhinged people”:

<http://www.marketwatch.com/story/reagan-insider…>

If the link gets broken: MarketWatch has an article published on 10 August about David Stockman's view on what happened to the economy. You should be able to find it by googling his name using “stockman site:marketwatch.com” (sans quote marks) as the search term…


Davidsol
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:53 pm

When my 11 month old throws her dirty diaper around the room, she's a terror baby too! Watch out, they're daaaaaaangerous! Raise the threat level to pink for girls and blue for boys! Yeeehaaaaaaawwwww.


Cjensen
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:56 pm

Wow, Monte, you've really snorted that Glen Beck line, haven't you.


HNKelley
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:58 pm

The thing about these so called 'terror babies' is that, as they grow up here, most are likely to be fully enculturated into our society and, therefore, not be a threat. Any who are 'correctly programmed' to be a threat will be fairly obvious, just like any one else born (or not) here. This is all very much like the Manchurian Candidate fear, baseless and extremely unlikely to work out for any who try it.

Frankly, this kind of garbage is why I am no longer proud to be a Republican. Used to be, Republicans stood for fiscal responsibility and freedom. Now it's debt-spending based an the false promise of 'lower taxes yields higher government income', religious suppression, and xenophobia. This story, and this Congressman, are perfect examples of that xenophobia! In this pluralistic, democratic society, we have no room for such small minds.

This is not to say I am in favor of allowing the ~small~ problem of birth-tourism to continue, but that is such a small issue as to be of little real concern.


Oldr4ver
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:58 pm

Gohmert is a giant tool…I bet Basil Marceaux wouldn't even dream up such nonsense.


Brian
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:59 pm

All those illegal immigrants in US prisons are cheering at this interpretation of the constitution.


Cjensen
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 5:59 pm

Delusional politicians will target their delusional base…Congratulations, Louie, it's another Bulls Eye.


wp
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:00 pm

The “change the constitution because of terror babies and anchor babies” argument is barely disguised racism.


Monte
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:00 pm

no I live by the border and see it first hand how it has destroyed our communities and schools. Do your kids have history classes? Do they have classes in Spanish? Are your teachers required to know Spanish? We don't have American History being taught around here. Kids aren't learning English. Now tell me what does Glen Beck have to do with that? Get your head in the game or kiss it all goodbye!!!


Torobueno
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:08 pm

Will someone please tell me what has happened to the Republican Party? It seems that anybody who is into fearmongering, racial profiling, and outright mindlessness, can join the Party of Lincoln. What a shame it is, that anyone who's ever crawl out from under a rock, can crash this Republican Party.


Torobueno
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:08 pm

Will someone please tell me what has happened to the Republican Party? It seems that anybody who is into fearmongering, racial profiling, and outright mindlessness, can join the Party of Lincoln. What a shame it is, that anyone who's ever crawl out from under a rock, can crash this Republican Party.


Politicalzoo
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:12 pm

I don't care what color your skin is… I don't believe we should be wasting limited resources on people who don't use the proper channels for citizenship. Defeats the purpose of immigration.


Rawr
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:13 pm

Why should we have any birthright citizenship? It doesn't make any sense and it is only being abused by illegals. All you have to say is if you are born to parents who are citizens then you are a citizen. Maybe add in that legal permanent aliens' children may become citizens. But in no way should illegal immigrants be able to hop a border and give birth to a citizen.


Cjensen
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:14 pm

Two nights ago, Anderson Cooper 'destroyed' Debbie Riddle on the same issue….without ever once raising his voice, or talking over her, ala Sean/Rush et al.

Riddle was saying she'd gotten her information from 'ex-FBI agents' who were talking to her office, but couldn't name anyone, but allowed that this was a National Security Issue and it was putting American lives at risk, and she needed to get this information out there and why wasn't anyone looking into it?

Well, Debbie, here's the thing….the FBI will look into this just as soon as they stop laughing. Anderson even had an ex-Assistant Director of the FBI who was in charge of domestic terrorism. He said his agency had never heard of such a thing and it was absurd.

When Riddle couldn't produce any sources or evidence (they were still gathering it, lol), she protested that she didn't expect to get grilled on this. Anderson commented later that they were just having a conversation, and if she'd been grilled…she would've known it.

Goofy people with goofy ideas all sound good, talking amongst themselves, but when they go public, they are fast exposed as the fools they are.


some of you are really dumb
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:15 pm

To Ann Shannon: Flubbering, mindless windbag? Do you know anything about how al qaeda operates? Do you know how long they planned 9-11? Maybe you should read up on it. Many of their terrorist attempts recently have not been successful in part due to the fact that the people were not citizens. These people have very long-term views and if true this would not suprise me in the slightest. Next time make an argument with fact and logic instead of name-calling.

To HI: How was Obama elected. Sat in church with an American hater, Marxist/socialist (before you rant read his OWN FREAKING BOOK YOU MORON) And I quote, “To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists.” I could go on an on. You are clearly one of those so hateful of Bush you failed to see the warnings right in front of your eyes.

To Ryan Ward: Al qaeda has short, medium and lon-term plans. You cannot defeat this country militarily – you can only destroy it from the inside out. And I love the people that call others paranoid. I'll bet a million bucks that if before WWII you told then a guy named Hitler wanted to kill all Jews and was going to round then up in trains and gas them in the millions they would have said the same thing. Crazy stuff has already happened in history people, it can happen again.

Our enemies use our freedoms against us all of the time. We fight wars with one hand tiied behind our back, can't shoot first in a lot of cases – have to wait until we are shot at (and then are called bad – what a joke).

Even this news article admitted that Chinese women come here all of the time to have their children. We know people cross over the border all of the time to have kids here – and then their kids get all of the financial benefits, welfare, school, food stamps, etc – look people – we just canlt afford it. We need to make sure that the immigrants we welcome into this country are law-abiding, productive members of society. Many that cross the border are hard working – but many are not.

I saw a stat on CNN last night that 8% OF BABIES BORN IN THE US ARE FROM ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS !!!!! Can you believe this? THat is an amazing number. Same story also said that 5% of children under 18 were born to illegals. We need a way to help people come here legally, keep the bad ones out, and provide worker permits so they can atleast come and try to make some money for their families if they are good people.

To Winski and Adres Aranda: “Pee Party”? You are fools. Have you seen who comprises them. They are middle-aged, god fearing people who obey the law, pay their taxes, and I will bet you anything the same group of people that donate the vast majority of the money this country donates to social causes, charities, etc … they are the watch your kids, borrow a cup of sugar type neighbors that this country needs. They are for smaller government, and less intrusion. If you call them pee partiers, then this must mean you are against all of that which makes you a complete and total fool and the kind of midless idiot that is changing this country for the worst. And don't even say the word racist – it is already proven that liberal groups infiltrate to try to make them look bad.


Sally
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:19 pm

To Third generation, when your sarcastic ignorant comment is proven wrong and you played a role in letting this happen, can we come and string you up?


Azzhole
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:20 pm

Are you kidding? HOw did Obama get elected?


Matt
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:21 pm

I think changing that amendment is an equitable approach to immigration because it keeps families together as far as their legal status is concerned. It makes more sense to have their children of foreign nationals derive their citizenship from their parents than it does the place they happen to have been born.


Not a Sheep
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:21 pm

Oh, but changing the constitution to force all people to buy health care is ok? Hum….I guess that makes sense….NOT….take your narrow minded blinders off.


independent
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:26 pm

Dishonest? You mean when Obama said the health care bill would not fund abortions (it already has started – read up), or when he sat in his church for 20 years and did not hear one bad thing from wright, or when he said this would be the most transparent government yet even the liberal whitehouse press corps got on their case for being less forthcoming that any administration in the past, or how much of these America changing bills were done behind doors, or like how he said that every bill would be posted on CSPAN for the american people to read way ahead of time (and then the lovely Pelosy with her quote about needing to pass the bill to find out what is in it – OMG – really), or JOhn Connors saying he does not have time to read the bill. I have never seen anything like the dems currently in power.


cgallaway
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:32 pm

So, illegal aliens can't be subjected to U.S. laws? So then, how do we have the right to detain them, send them to court, and ship them back home, if they do not have to follow our laws? (Note that one of the laws of our country they are subjected to is the idea of being in this country without the proper documentation is against the law…..if they weren't subject to our laws, then they would not be subject to this one either.)


GetaClue
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:38 pm

A citizen must be 21 to sponsor their parents for a Green Card (which gives you the status of permanent resident and legal rights to work in United States but doesn't give citizenship.) So it's just a complete lie to say that “anchor babies allow them [parents] to stay and collect benefits”. Parents would have to wait 21 years before they even started the process and be able to “collect benefits” (what every B.S. you think that means).

Also as a sponsor you


Cgallaway2000
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:39 pm

well, the constitution wasn't changed for that health care bill…..but the 14th amendment IS PART OF THE CONSTITUTION.

LOOK AT A DICTIONARY TO FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWS AND CONSTITUTION. There is a difference, I promise you


Paul
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:40 pm

“Do you know anything about how al qaeda operates? Do you know how long they planned 9-11? Maybe you should read up on it.”

No. GWB shoulda read up on it when he was briefed about it in August. Not one meeting; not one hearing; not one order to get all the Security agencies together to discuss it. Zero. Zip. Nada. Your precious fear-mongering Republicans do not protect you.


Cgallaway2000
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:42 pm

a lot of people use the proper channels, but the paperwork doesn't get filed correctly, visas get lost in the mail or approved after the requested dates of stay had passed. It sounds like you are advocating for the need to hire more government workers to get through the amount of incoming paperwork. Good for you!


Cgallaway2000
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:45 pm

I should be buying stock in SC Johnson Company because you clearly buy a lot of tinfoil.


Cgallaway2000
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 6:50 pm

On the other side, we could simply allow the full rights, responsibilities and privileges of citizenship status to kick in on the 18th birthday….meaning the parents of these babies wouldn't be given automatic citizenship. Passing this as a law would probably be a whole lot easier than passing a constitutional amendment.


Hobsry7350
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 7:42 pm

To all those right wingnuts out there – mebee we should give back the Statue of Liberty? You know, that thing that stands out in the middle of New York hrbor that sez

” Give me your huddled masses….. “


Guest
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 8:48 pm

“I think changing that amendment is an equitable approach to immigration” There is nothing “equitable” about it. This has historically been the tactic against immigrants from all ethic backgrounds. Every generation has the same waste of time argument. “Let's change the 14th amendment.. blah, blah, blah”. Gohmert is a gomer. I hate to see the average voter from his district.


Hobsry7350
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 9:03 pm

hen you must not believe in the Declaration of Independence. You know, the document that guarenteed the right of Life, Liberty and the Puersuit of Happiness and, in retrospect, everthing that streams from there???


monkey99
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 9:51 pm

Oh for……..

Anchor babies……terror babies………What's next?

“Nuclear holocaust babies”? “Sun going Nova babies”? “Universe exploding, so we're all going to be dead babies”?

Right-wing wingnuttery has reached a new high (or low, as the case may be).
Maybe if they spent more time thinking of ways to getting this country back on it's feet, rather than thinking up ridiculous crap like that, we'd be a little better off.


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Eric the Red
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 10:08 pm

If they (Al Qaeda) weren't going the anchor baby route they will certainly do so now that it has been brought up. And how in an any way will our open American border stop them from doing it? This guy Gomer(t) probably is resorting to fear mongering but why on earth would anyone put it past Al Qadea to do exactly what he is suggesting?


Eric the Red
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 10:30 pm

Next thing you know some right wing nut is going to come out and try to evoke fear by suggesting that just maybe Radical Islamists might try to hijack a couple planes and fly them into a couple buildings in one of our major cities.

You need to wake up monkey!


Robert
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 10:37 pm

You don't have to wait 17 years for the kid to grow up to massacre his classmates. These guns are are called lethal weapons for a reason. The gun becomes a weapon which allows a kid who could be a deranged nutcase to go on a killing spree. Not saying this is happening, but it could. Consitutional right FAIL!


Ethan
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 11:14 pm

Yes, if only someone credible had warned President Bush that Bin Ladin was determined to Strike in the US just weeks before September 11th.


Ardiva
Comment posted August 13, 2010 @ 11:24 pm

The only thing I fear is the Republican Party for making things up that mindless dupes actually believe!


B_smark
Comment posted August 14, 2010 @ 4:52 am

“Illegal immigrants and tourists are NOT subject to the jurisdication of the United States.”

You’re telling me that if an illegal alien or a tourist commits a federal crime in the US and an FBI agent goes to arrest them, they can say “Screw You, you can’t touch me!” That’s what “not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States” means.


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monkey99
Comment posted August 14, 2010 @ 6:38 am

You wake up, pal.

Nuts like Gomer are pegging out your fear-meter. I don't subscribe to tin-foil-hat ideas.
If you must have an “enemy”, look in the mirror. That's what this blind fear-and-hate fest is making you.


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Comment posted August 14, 2010 @ 12:21 pm

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pchrun
Comment posted August 15, 2010 @ 2:48 am

Yeah, Republicans Debbie Riddle and Louie Gohmert both sounded like idiots on the terror baby stuff until these pictures of Chinese anchor baby terror tots were released this weekend. When you check these out, you may feel differently about Gohmert, China and the 14th Amendment.

Read this article. It is VERY FUNNY.

http://www.dailygoat.com/?p=2608


thethinker
Comment posted August 15, 2010 @ 3:04 am

Watched the Terror Babies expose by Anderson Cooper. He, like many of you posting here fail to take the long term view of the wingnut's plan. The plan is as follows: accuse Mexico of harboring terror babies. Go to UN to get resolution requiring Mexico to allow terror babies inspection, looking for unexplanable stockpiles of pampers, formlua, pacifiers, etc which would prove presence of terror babies cells. Mexico refuses inspections. Colin Powell ( to regain favor of GOP after supporting Obama for Pres.), goes on TV at UN and shows satellite photos of “baby trailers” where babies are being raised. US invades Mexico (led by newly formed AAB (Anti Abortionist Brigade, authorized to destroy “Terror Babies” and Doctors only), many innocents killed also ( acceptable collateral damage of war), destroy Mexico's infrastructure, put in place a puppet govenment to do US bidding, rebuild the country. We claim all Mexican oil as reparations.As a result of this our economy booms (wartime ya know), business rehires to meet the demands for goods and service flowing into Mexico, Banks lend again, housing market rebounds, tax inflow to IRS increases thereby allowing the rich to keep in place the Bush tax cuts for the rich, SSI becomes solvent, no longer need to stress Border security (US troops there). Drugs are legalized stemming the flow into this country, taxes raised are used for treatment centers (revenue neutral to make GOP happy), a blind eye is turned toward illegals again entering this country to take jobs Americans won't work, pregnant Mexican women are allowed to have babies here again to supply future cheap labor for US business (undocumented workers much cheaper and don't complain), the radical Muslims see firsthand America's “new friendliness” toward foriegners and decide not to attack us anymore and agree to build Mosques only where we tell them to. Increase use of oil increases US carbon footprint (emissions) therefore Cap and Trade is scrapped so as not to impede rebounding US industries. Due to the expansion of capitalism around the world, Obama's Socialist agenda is dismantled by the “New GOP” in power. As a result of this, with the Pope's blessing (which by the way relegates Priest pedophilla to the back burner), JESUS returns, declares America (USA only, that is) as saved and is the revered Nation among Nations. Israel sees the errors of its way , (becoming perfected in JESUS name), grants the Palestenians soverienty and separate statehood, Hamas disbands, Al Queida gives up, Osama Bin Ladan converts to Christianity and repent his sins. World Order is restored. Can I get a Halleluiah?! See how simlpe it is?


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Dennis D. McDonald
Comment posted August 16, 2010 @ 4:32 pm

How about making full citizenship dependent on military service?


Jmsocks
Comment posted August 16, 2010 @ 9:41 pm

you're a pyscho.


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Comment posted August 21, 2010 @ 11:02 pm

Are children learning to speak in the language of the Comanche or the Apache in public schools? Are they taught Native American History? No? Then your points are completely invalid.


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Sporty
Comment posted September 17, 2010 @ 6:56 pm

Why do you hate the constitution?


Sporty
Comment posted September 17, 2010 @ 7:01 pm

I bet gomert's vbters are all swimming in the same gene pool. I am ashamed he is from Texas. Uh-oh, did I just go all Dixie Chicks or what?


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