Republican Border Wars

Weekly Standard ^ | 11/27/2006 | Duncan Currie

[peyton randolph]

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But not all conservatives agree about the House Republicans. Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist thinks there has always been a functioning House majority for comprehensive immigration reform. So what happened last summer? "The radio talk-show hosts got out there and poisoned the atmosphere," says Norquist, who worries that being overly harsh on immigration contributed to the GOP's loss of Congress.

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[peyton randolph]

Spin by the open borders faux conservatives. Norquist should be tarred and feathered, or at least offered a job as Katie Couric's co-anchor, for spreading such lies.

[Man50D]

Spin by the open borders faux conservatives. Norquist should be tarred and feathered, or at least offered a job as Katie Couric's co-anchor, for spreading such lies.P

The tar and feathering is reasonable but co-anchoring with Katie Couric is going over too far! ;o)

[Kimberly GG]

But, but, but it's the media's fault for dividing the party, not Bush's!

Even when the 'get out and voters' were trying to tap dance faster than Bush, he kept on pushing..."in order to secure the border, we MUST have CIR", and they still refuse to hold him accountable. Or just won't admit it.

[DumpsterDiver]

The radio talk-show hosts got out there and poisoned the atmosphere," says Norquist, who worries that being overly harsh on immigration contributed to the GOP's loss of Congress.

Maybe one of these days Norquist will learn how to say ILLEGAL immigration. Until then, he can continue to breathe the poisoned atmosphere caused by those mean ol' radio talk-show hosts.

[Sooner1938]

The one who should be tarred and feathered is Bush, for pushing the amnesty idea so relentlessly.

[raybbr]

These morons continue to blame everyone but themselves. The Clintons really did change politics forever. The RNC has taken its lessons from the likes of Carville and Dean.

[WVNan]

It was the radio talk show hosts who drove all those tens of thousands of hispanics out into the streets of our cities?? I don't think so. It was the sight of all those immigrants (legal & Illegal) with their Mexican flags that "happened" last summer. It was a wakeup call.

[taxed2death]

....ouch. That's gonna leave a mark. Sad but true.

[Doofer]

The one who should be tarred and feathered is Bush, for pushing the amnesty idea so relentlessly.

OK, I'll say it Bush is a RINO..........

[Dane]

Tell that J.D Hayworth who won with 60% of the vote in his last 3 elections, but once he jumps on the harsh rhetoric immigration bandwagon, loses to a democrat.

[Just mythoughts]

Didn't JDHayworth loose to a anti-illegal invasion democrat?

The night before we were Foleized that House Border Security Bill passed the Senate 80-19 and one Kennedy not voting.

This was the House Bill that Hillry ranted that if the House Republicans could would make Jesus illegal.

Oh Norquist needs to pull back that fig leaf and take note of the deep vast deception these liberals pulled off over this illegal invasion.

[raybbr]

Tell that J.D Hayworth who won with 60% of the vote in his last 3 elections, but once he jumps on the harsh rhetoric immigration bandwagon, loses to a democrat.

[taxed2death]

Foleized .....
damn, that's funny.

:)

Thanks for the morning laugh FRiend.

[Dane]

Uh a ccording to J.d. Hayworth's and the NRCC ad, Hayworth's opponent was what you would call a OBL.

Link to NRCC ad

But you all can go ahead with your delusinal rationaliziations of why Hayworth lost.

[PatrickF4]

Harsh? Because they are breaking the law - the employers and the workers - without consequences, the law is a joke. If this country is interested in helping it's poorest citizens to earn a decent wage, among other things, then it would enforce the laws to keep wages from sinking, and build a fence to keep out those who do not belong here.

[Plain Old American]

"Tell that J.D Hayworth who won with 60% of the vote in his last 3 elections, but once he jumps on the harsh rhetoric immigration bandwagon, loses to a democrat."

The national republican party traded the majority for comprehensive immigration reform. The pro-enforcement candidates of AZ were abandoned.

I want to see how they fix something (Comprehensive Immigration Reform) that has never been turned on; the Comprehensive Immigration Reform of 1986...

[Just mythoughts]

You are welcome, I had to come up with one word to describe Foley and after allllll the Vietnamization of Iraq by these liberals ... and how defoliate is synonymous with Vietnam found it work well in describing what these liberals did with Foley.

[RoadTest]

" "The radio talk-show hosts got out there and poisoned the atmosphere,""

I believe they've stumbled upon a brand new excuse for doing nothing. Wally (Dilbert strip) would be jealous.

[Dane]

The national republican party traded the majority for comprehensive immigration reform. The pro-enforcement candidates of AZ were abandoned.

Abandonded??? Huh take a look at the ad by the NRCC(meaning both Mehlman and Rove approved it) in link #14.

LOL! Abandonded. The NRCC tries to help Hayowrth with an ad that would the hearts like yours and Hayworth still loses. There is a message ther but your head is to dense, IMO< for the message to get through.

[Just mythoughts]

You know I am not the 'delusinal' one here. It is ok, you are for open borders and I don't trash your lack of awareness or foresight as to what that means to the future of this nation.

These liberals DID not win because of openly supporting of OPEN BORDERS. they ran as many candidates in opposition to the illegal invasion as the GOP did.

Now it was politically expedient for Hillry Clinton the expected destined next president of these United States to vote for that House Border Security Bill. Even after she said the House Republicans would outlaw Jesus if they could when they initially passed it.