Posted on 05/20/2007 9:37:03 AM PDT by BornInASmallTown
The crowd booed South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a key ally of McCain in both his 2000 and 2008 presidential bids, when he said he had worked with U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., on the immigration legislation.
"It's the best bill I think we can get to President Bush," Graham said as some in the crowd shouted "No!"
Graham was cheered earlier in his speech when he talked about the war in Iraq. After the speech, Graham said he was booed on immigration because "it's an emotional topic. People are mad."
South Carolina's other U.S. senator, Jim DeMint, is on opposite sides from Graham: He supports Romney and said he opposes an immigration bill that allows permanent residency of illegal aliens.
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He deserves to be booed and spit on and defeated.
Gomer Pyle Graham and another generation of stupid Senators are hoodwinked by Senator Chappaquiddick, the man who gave us the 1965 immigration act.
The “powers that be” or the elite just dont get it.
Kay Bailey Hutcheson in Tx doesn’t get it either!!!
I could not get through Fri Aft all the lines were busy !!!
As for the photo, Reagan joked with Tip O’Neil all the time but he NEVER sold out his principles in any deal with O’Neal.
YUP, SOLD OUT!
I thought these asses were supposed to do what we want? Our “representatives” no longer represent us.
Sen. Graham is wrong. The best bill they could get to the President is one that fines anyone who hires illegal aliens $50,000 per head and jails them for a mandatory five years.
How long has it been that we taxpayers/citizens were able to have a chuckle like this over something that Congress has done? Further, I simply can’t believe that is not a stand in for Kennedy. He hasn’t looked that good in 30 years.
Surprised they weren’t heating a barrel of tar and getting some feathers togeather.
Each and every Congressmen who voted for this bill should be voted out of office.
Its an offense to each and every American and naturalized citizen.
And if Bush signs it, NO ONE from his family should EVER be elected to higher office.
Send the White House an e-mail expressing your outrage at:
When California passed Proposition 187 to reduce the public benefits provided to illegal aliens, a federal judge named Mariana Pfaelzer blocked enforcement of the law, claiming that it was in conflict with the will of Congress. Governor Pete Wilson attempted to have the U.S. Senate resolve that no such conflict existed.
Kay Bailey Hutcheson led the fight for the illegal aliens and against the citizens of California, urging her Senate "colleagues" to oppose any action which might result in the enforcement of Proposition 187.
Graham is toast as he should be
Lindsey, you don't know the meaning of "mad." But you will.
The White House Web Site posted a document on Friday 5/18 called “Myth/Fact: Ten Key Myths About the Border Security and Immigration Reform Agreement” (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070518-4.html).
“Myth #1” is “this is amnesty.”
It’s the age-old sales technique of addressing objections in order to close the sale. I’m wondering how many people who email the White House with objections to this bill will receive a response with a link to this document...
There's no "may be" about it. It's now a done deal. Can you smell that coffee? I sure can and it's stinking up the place bad.
I sent him a scathing message opposing this and elaborating onm my Republican background.
No response to date.
A couple of FReepers who seem to think Tom Tancredo can win the presidency.
Even that's not good enough.
It's time to really play hardball -- like congess and king george are playing with us.
The "major" parties believe they can pull this off because they also believe 1) that Americans have nowhere to go but to them, and 2) that we are unwilling to give up comfort and convenience in our lives or to court real risk.
The way to make them blink first is to prove beyond doubt that they are wrong on both counts.
It won't surprise me one bit if king george declares a national emergency and imposes martial law in the coming months.
If you are low on ammo, the time to buy it is now.
Pronunciation: (am'nu-stē)1. a general pardon for offenses, esp. political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
2. Law.an act of forgiveness for past offenses, esp. to a class of persons as a whole.
3. a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense.
As should all senators and reps who did not hotly contest this and all other similar bills proposed in either or both houses.
>>>...Graham said he was booed on immigration because “it’s an emotional topic. People are mad.”
He’s misunderestimating that just a tad...
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