Miss America of 2003 is running for Congress

[Mr. H.]

Erika Harold is running for Congress in Illinois this November.

African American
Conservative
Female
Went to Harvard Law school
Crowned Miss America in 2003
Believes in the U.S. Constitution fully..

What is your take on it?

what does "believes in the U.S. Constitution fully" mean?

rightwingnut fully?

or what it really means?

I think it means not Obama fully.

 

[Jughead]

Harold is politically conservative, and was the Youth Director for the Republican primary campaign of Illinois gubernatorial candidate Patrick O'Malley. She later served as a delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention. She gave a speech to the convention on August 31, 2004 to support George W. Bush's faith-based initiatives. She worked on the Bush campaign to reach out to minority voters.

In May 2012, she was one of four finalists for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Illinois 13th district, a nomination selected by the Republican chairmen of the 14 counties covered by the 13th Congressional District, instead of a primary election.

In 2007, she graduated from Harvard University's Law School, where she won best brief in the Harvard Ames Moot Court semi-final and final rounds of competition. She has worked in Chicago, Illinois, as an associate attorney at Sidley Austin LLP and at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella. She currently works for Meyer Capel law firm in Champaign, Illinois.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_Harold

She appears to have the right credentials for a congresswoman. Hope she wins.

 

[candycorn]

Erika Harold is running for Congress in Illinois this November.

African American
Conservative
Female
Went to Harvard Law school
Crowned Miss America in 2003
Believes in the U.S. Constitution fully..

What is your take on it?

Anyone who wants to run and serve...more power to them.

 

[candycorn]

Erika Harold is running for Congress in Illinois this November.

African American
Conservative
Female
Went to Harvard Law school
Crowned Miss America in 2003
Believes in the U.S. Constitution fully..

What is your take on it?

what does "believes in the U.S. Constitution fully" mean?

rightwingnut fully?

or what it really means?

Her career should rise (or fall) on the whim of the electorate...

 

[blackhawk]

Erika Harold is running for Congress in Illinois this November.

African American
Conservative
Female
Went to Harvard Law school
Crowned Miss America in 2003
Believes in the U.S. Constitution fully..

What is your take on it?

what does "believes in the U.S. Constitution fully" mean?

rightwingnut fully?

or what it really means?

It means you don't circumvent it for political convenience.

 

[Dutch]

Her and Mia Love in Congress would be interesting. The left will go absolutely ape shit.

Umm no we wouldn't. I could care less.

 

[Mertex]

lefty libs will attack her in a feeding frenzy! She is pretty, smart and conservative, they will eat her alive, first attack will be because she was a beauty queen, the bull dyke lesbians hate that shit.

She also believes in abstinence. The weak willed low moral sex crazed left will go nuts

She is pretty, smart and conservative.....but she hasn't had any sex...... no telling what kind of attitude that's going bring out...

 

[SwimExpert]

lefty libs will attack her in a feeding frenzy! She is pretty, smart and conservative, they will eat her alive, first attack will be because she was a beauty queen, the bull dyke lesbians hate that shit.

Yeah, lesbians just hate beautiful women.

 

[JoeB131]

I'm glad she's female. Otherwise, winning a Miss America pageant would have been mighty suspicious.

NovaSteve would have been appalled

 

[JoeB131]

She's running in a republican district against a republican congressman.

So what is her problem with Congressman Rodney Davis. She ran against him for the primary in 2012 and lost then, too.

 

[FJO]

Her and Mia Love in Congress would be interesting. The left will go absolutely ape shit.

Oh, come on, get real!

Erika Harold and Mia Love could not hold a candle to such Democrat beauties as Maxine Waters, Rosa Demanno, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Nancy Pelosi.

 

[NightFox]

Erika Harold is running for Congress in Illinois this November.

African American
Conservative
Female
Went to Harvard Law school
Crowned Miss America in 2003
Believes in the U.S. Constitution fully..

What is your take on it?

A Former Miss America in CONGRESS ? Well I hope she remembers to bring a healthy supply of sexual harassment repellent with her to that cesspool of poor excuses for human beings, she's gonna need it.

 

[Mertex]

lefty libs will attack her in a feeding frenzy! She is pretty, smart and conservative, they will eat her alive, first attack will be because she was a beauty queen, the bull dyke lesbians hate that shit.

Yeah, lesbians just hate beautiful women.

You've got it all wrong....lesbians love beautiful women....

 

[emilynghiem]

Erika Harold is running for Congress in Illinois this November.

African American
Conservative
Female
Went to Harvard Law school
Crowned Miss America in 2003
Believes in the U.S. Constitution fully..

What is your take on it?

Wow! She believes in the US Constitution? Is it's existence controversial?

Silly nutters.

Some people don't believe the ACA is constitutional. Either it should have been passed as a tax which requires setting it up in Congress as a tax/revenue bill through a different process than how it was set up and passed. Or an amendment should have been passed first, granting federal government authority to mandate health care polices for states.

Because of the different beliefs, yes, it is clear some people do or do not believe in enforcing the Constitution as literally as others.

I found at least three levels of differences in beliefs:

1. if people did not understand, or did not have full information, but after they are taught what the Constitution traditionally means, then change their minds and agree that the ACA was not passed Constitutionally and there are valid legal issues against it enforced as law

2. people have the understanding, but don't "believe" in the same values; they may interpret the general welfare or commerce clause or other powers of govt to be within their agreement to what laws and democratic process allows for. Their beliefs are so strong they do not believe that the objections are real, so they do not believe they are violating the beliefs of others. They think that is just political and not real beliefs causing objection.

3. people may never be ABLE to accept and work from the viewpoint of someone else who thinks like a Constitutionalist. The same way some atheists remain so, even after they understand and see all the things and accept all the same concepts as a theist. They still may never relate to or see things that way because their thinking or brains are different.
This Constitutionalist/Christian idea that anyone can commit to and invoke the spirit of the laws equally as government may not be within the capacity of someone who doesn't think that way. So such people may always depend on a political party to represent them because they do not relate to the Constitutional laws as empowering them equally.

it may be MORE than just issues of (1) lack of education, information or history on the meaning traditions and interpretation of constitutional laws, principles, due process, checks and balances, separations of powers and limits on federal government (2) differing beliefs as to what government is and is not authorized to do on behalf of which people but it may be (3) that people are not designed to relate to government authority and laws the same way. Some people will never relate to the Bible the way a Christian does; and just use other ways to get along. Same with Constitutional laws and authority.

Educating people and reaching agreement on the Constitution may be enough to resolve problems with (1) and possibly with (2) where the different beliefs may still remain in conflict and not change. But if people's brains or thinking are just different, like atheists from Christians, then we may never be equal under the law. there may need to be political parties for some people to have equal representation if they do not relate to invoke authority directly from the Constitution. Some people can govern themselves directly, and others will need to follow leaders and be part of a group to have equal representation.

it may be deeper than just differences in beliefs, but differences in personality types and how we interpret and relate to laws in different ways. it may not be something we can change or help, but will have to find creative ways to work around and accommodate these differences, whether in interpretation of laws, beliefs, or psychological processes.