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Skriven 2004-08-11 13:42:00 av LEE LOFASO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JOHN HULL
Ärende: carpet bagger Keyes?
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Hello John,

>FS>Do I detect a trace of racism here?  I hope not.  BTW, did
>FS>you criticize Hillary when *she* decided to run in N.Y.?

>AH>I didn't criticize Hilary, and I'm not criticizing Keyes -
>AH>both were/are playing by the rules.  I just remember the huge
>AH>hue and cry from conservatives when Hilary made her run, and
>AH>want to see if they apply the same standards to a Republican.

>SH>Am I the only one having a hard time remember this "huge hue and
>SH>cry" in the Politics echo over Pig in a Pants Suit running for
>SH>Senate in New York?

>JH>I don't much like the lax residency requirements most states have
>JH>for qualifying to run for an office like US Senator, but that isn't
>JH>the issue in this case.

>LL>U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section III, Clause III -

>LL>"No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained
>LL>to the age of thirty years, and been nine Years a Citizen
>LL>of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be
>LL>an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen."

>LL>The qualifications for U.S. Senator cannot be altered by
>LL>any of the states, or by any other law, being that the
>LL>qualifications described by the Constitution for members
>LL>of Congress are exclusive.

JH>There is nothing in the Constitution about residency requirements
JH>to establish state residence.

The U.S. Constitution says very specifically that a candidate must
be "an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen."

JH>It only says you have to be a resident of the state in which
JH>you are running for that office.

Nope.  It says one has to be "an Inhabitant of that State for which
he shall be chosen."

JH>If fact, you don't even have to be a resident at the time of the
JH>election, only at the time you actually take office.

Nope.  It says "when elected", not at the time you actually take office.
Also, it is not "resident", but "Inhabitant".  Big difference.

>LL>IOW, said qualifications for office can only be changed
>LL>by Constitutional Amendment.

>JH>I still think Hillary is representing New York about as much as I
>JH>am.

>LL>John Hull is a U.S. Senator???

>JH>She waltzed in there and announced she was running, and got the old
>JH>fart Moynihan to endorse her.  Bottom line though, is she forced
>JH>herself on New York.

>LL>A candidate merely has to be an inhabitant of the particular state
>LL>in which he/she is elected from by or on election day.

JH>Yeah?  Well, now you know what a carpetbagger is.

Carpetbaggers were Northerners who went to the South after the War
of Northern Aggression for political or financial advantage.

New York is Yankee Country, not the Land of Dixie.

>JH>Keyes, on the other hand, was invited - nay, he had to be persuaded
>JH>- to run the Illinois GOP leadership.  He'll make a good candidate,
>JH>and he's gonna ru rings around Obama in any debates.  I think he's
>JH>our next Senator.

>LL>Keyes has a Constitutional right to run for U.S. Senator in
>LL>whatever state he chooses.  The same with anybody else.  As long as the
>LL>meet the qualifications set forth in the U.S. Constitution.

JH>And state residency requirements.

Nope.  Read the U.S. Constitution again.  Article I, Section III.

>LL>Obama should win the election quite handily.  And then Keyes can
>LL>go back to writing books.  :)

JH>Obama is an ultra left wing idiot who tells the people what they want to hea
JH>His only popularity is in the Chicago area.  He is not popular downstate at
JH>all.

Obama is a man of the people.  Keyes is a man of the wealthy.
Being that the average voter is far from wealthy, Obama should
win in a landslide.

--Lee


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