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John Oxendine: GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Joins Perry States’ Rights Stance

For the second time in as many weeks, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in the South is lamenting the spending priorities of the Obama administration and stressing the need to reaffirm states’ rights in light of the “oppressive” growth of the federal government.

The latest salvo comes from John Oxendine, Georgia’s Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner and leading Republican gubernatorial candidate, who, “like Texas Governor Rick Perry,” declared his belief that “our federal government has become oppressive in its size… and its interference into the affairs of the states.”

I join Governor Perry in his call and offer my unwavering support for efforts all across our country to reaffirm the states’ rights affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Like Governor Perry, I believe we need to follow the letter and original intent of the U.S. Constitution, specifically the essential 10th Amendment.
I support Texas Resolution 50 which states that the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more. This means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states. Over the course of time, the states have been treated as agents of the federal government; many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

<B>Uh, guys?

Your pre-civil war is showing.

Memo to GOP:  Get a handle on this, or enjoy the thrashing in 2010.