Miss Oklahoma’s simple declarative sentence

She is against illegal immigration, but she is also against racial profiling.
But because her first premise is states’ rights, she thinks it is therefore
allowable for Arizona to create that law even though it may not be a great law.
She did not say it was a good law. As Texas Gov. Rick Perry said, it is not.
But compared to recent comments by Attorney General Eric Holder and Janet
Napolitano, secretary of Homeland Security, Woolard’s was a pretty good answer.

Napolitano and Holder responded in interviews to the first issue: states’
rights. States should not be allowed to act on their own. But their commentary
gave more evidence to the second issue, federal incompetence.

As the Manchester, N.H., Union Leader
reports, Holder has publicly worried that Arizona’s new immigration law will
lead to racial profiling and is unconstitutional. He even suggested that the
Justice Department might sue Arizona to overturn the law. But, as the Washington
Times reported, Mr. Holder acknowledged to
the congressional panel he hadn’t read the law he was criticizing, and he gave
conflicting accounts of whether he had talked to the team that was reviewing
it.

Napolitano’s prose was more elliptical than Miss Oklahoma’s. She said the
Arizona law “was not a law I would have signed.” For what reason, asked Sen.
John McCain (R-Ariz.)? Because “It’s a bad law enforcement law,” she said. (Say
what?) She said she was familiar with laws “of that ilk.” But also admitted to
McCain that she had not read the law.

PJ Crowley, the assistant secretary of State for public affairs, criticizing
the Arizona law on national TV, also admitted that he had not read the 17-page
law.

Woolard was absolutely ready for the question, she said. “I just spoke from my
heart and I believe what I said was well-said and I feel strongly about that
and I’m proud of my answer.” As well she should be. In a political season of
intentional misspeaks, official deception and outright lies, her candid and
forthright delivery was a simple, declarative delight.

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