Ignore The Parts You Don't Like

As Digby points out, Southern Republicans are all for America being the greatest Republic on Earth unless America is dumb enough to put a mulatto Kenyan Muslim in charge, in which case it's time to party like it's 1859.

Having picked fights with nearly every other GOP candidate for [Georgia] governor, John Oxendine has decided to poach on the territory of states’ rightist Ray McBerry.

Oxendine today endorsed not just the sentiments of Texas Gov. Rick “Secessionist” Perry, but a advocated a fundamental rollback of federal power.

Said Oxendine:

If governor, I would support legislation which puts Georgia on record as affirming our sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States and which would serve as notice and demand the federal government, as our agent, cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers.

Additionally, I would support legislation which states all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed.

State sovereignty has previously been an issue copyrighted by McBerry, who ran against Gov. Sonny Perdue in 2006, drawing on the support of flaggers and other Confederate enthusiasts.

See, I don't get this "cease and desist notice" and "direct the Feds to prohibit or repeal" crap. Exactly what do these idiots think they are going to do, ignore the government? Does this mean that when the federal government doesn't repeal these laws that Georgia will do...what then? Fail to enforce the laws? Join Texas somehow? Secede from the union? What exactly is this going to accomplish other than to annoy the government?

Are these pieces of legislation actually going to be used to force a Supreme Court hearing? Will the states sue the federal government? Will they close the borders?

What's the play here? Honestly? Withdraw the state delegation to Washington? Border skirmishes with the National Guard and Coast Guard?

This seems to me that it's a useless measure that serves no real purpose other than providing a sense of male enhancement to a bunch of redneck morons, and yet this piece of work here is basically making this his entire platform for running as Governor.

You boys really want to open that door again?