Overqualified?!?!

[Andy Davidoff]

I'm confused as to how you reconcile these two statements:

#if Derek D. Martin /* Jul 18, 16:42 */
> ...
> I'd much rather compete on my merits.
> ...
> I live here, was born here, and frankly as a citizen of this
> country, YES, I do feel that I have more of a right to an American
> job than someone who isn't.
#endif /* ddm at pizzashack.org */

So, you'd only rather compete on your merits with respect to unions?
When to comes to competing for a job in the first place, you'd like
employers to place your geographic origin before your merits?

Am I missing something in the context I've omitted?

-- 
Andy Davidoff
Sen. Unix SysAdmin
Tufts University