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Entry: Huckabee: The New Huey Long Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/huckabee_the_new_huey_long#12145 Post contents: You didn't need to cite Paul's vote on partial birth abortion as an exception to his respect for states' rights. Roe v Wade took jurisdiction over abortion away from the states, so whether Paul voted yes or no on partial birth abortion, the states would have no say in the matter. Yes gave it to Congress and No to the Supreme Court. No way to vote for states' rights on that one. Paul's consistency is not violated on that vote. Paul's heresy is on immigration: time-restricted visas, immigration quotas, eminent domain seizures of private property to build border fences, and money and manpower to block the travel and change of residence of people without the proper papers are all collectivist and coercive (and I see no authority in the Constitution for those who care about such things). As for the argument that residents without papers are lawbreakers, I would shudder at the thought that Paul would apply the same logic to the drug laws, Patriot Act, Military Commissons Act, asset forfeiture, gun laws, and tax laws (he won't, of course, which is why I don't actually shudder). When the law violates rights, "the law is a ass." Of course, he is still a giant among the pygmies in this race, and War is the Health of the State, so he has my enthusiastic support notwithstanding my disagreement on immigration. Sent at: 2008 07 09