Idiot Extraordinaire - Senator Don Gaetz

[AnCap Dave]

I nominate Senator Gaetz because only a psychopath would claim to defend the constitution then claim he supports Andrew Jackson's methods of dealing with nullification, as in killing anyone who calls for nullification.

The following is an email that was sent to KrisAnne Hall by Senator Gaetz:
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Thank you for your email and for your passionate views.   
Like you, I believe Obamacare is unconstitutional and wrong-headed policy. I have consistently voted in the Florida Legislature for legislation that affirms our state's options, obligations and sovereignty under the United States Constitution. I am working every day to ensure the election of national candidates who will repeal and replace this extraordinarily bad policy.

As to nullification, I tend to favor the approach used by Florida's first Governor, Andrew Jackson:

It is said that one evening, while he was president, General Jackson was interrupted in his reading in his bedroom by an alarmed military aide who breathlessly reported, "Mr. President, the "nullifiers" are in front of the Executive Mansion with torches and guns. They are screaming that each state has the right to decide for itself which federal laws to follow. They threaten to burn us down if you will not agree with them."

Without lifting his head from his reading, Andrew Jackson said, "Shoot the first nullifier who touches the Flag. And hang the rest."

Chaplain, I have sworn an oath on my father's Bible before Almighty God to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and government of the United States. And that's exactly what I intend to do. Count me with Andrew Jackson.

Senator Don Gaetz

If you replace the word "nullifiers" with "homosexuals" or "blacks" people would be demanding his head on a platter.

[Ibrahim90]

I wouldn't be surprised if he also favored Jackson's position on Indians, Blacks, Spaniards, and the British.

[evensgrey]

I wouldn't be surprised if he also favored Jackson's position on Indians, Blacks, Spaniards, and the British.

Knowing his position in Indians, I think I can work out his position on Spaniards and Blacks, but what was his position on the British?  Surely he wasn't in favor of trying THAT again, even if he did manage to win one of the relatively few decisive US victories.

[Ibrahim90]

Knowing his position in Indians, I think I can work out his position on Spaniards and Blacks, but what was his position on the British?  Surely he wasn't in favor of trying THAT again, even if he did manage to win one of the relatively few decisive US victories.

he IIRC absolutely hated the British: had to do with his experiences as a veteran of the American Revolution (he had become a POW, with all the "delights" of it, as far as 18th century warfare went). Slaughtering them at New Orleans didn't particularly change his mind either.

[evensgrey]

he IIRC absolutely hated the British: had to do with his experiences as a veteran of the American Revolution (he had become a POW, with all the "delights" of it, as far as 18th century warfare went). Slaughtering them at New Orleans didn't particularly change his mind either.

Isn't there still a stone out on the balcony of the Whitehouse that's fire blackened to serve as a reminder to the sitting President not to get cocky like that?  It was rather fresher when Jackson looked at it.

Of course, this is the same guy who got called a jackass and liked it so much he made it a Party emblem.

Then there's the whole open defiance of the law whenever it suited him...

Jefferson's policy to get Indian lands was odious as well, but it at least relied on the Indians cooperating with it for it to actually work.  In the light of what our current governments are tending to do, and what people like Jefferson did, is it any wonder so many people are worried they're selling us out to China?

[Ibrahim90]

Isn't there still a stone out on the balcony of the Whitehouse that's fire blackened to serve as a reminder to the sitting President not to get cocky like that?  It was rather fresher when Jackson looked at it.

I don't know about the blackened stone, but again, I doubt he was intimidated.

Of course, this is the same guy who got called a jackass and liked it so much he made it a Party emblem.

it's at least fitting for the members of the party: It's a party of Jackasses. And we all know about his legal impropriety.