[sheana]

“Clearly the reception to the immigration bill is mixed,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), in an email. Her office has received tens of thousands of emails, letters and postcards on the issue. She said there are “large numbers of people who are supportive” and another group “strongly opposed.”

Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson, one of the negotiators, said about two-thirds of the people from his home state of Georgia who have contacted him are supportive or have misconceptions about the bill that can be cleared up. The rest are strongly opposed and “don’t want to talk about it,” he said.

Do you see what they are doing? Everyone knows the opposition to this bill is like 75% against or more. They are focusing on the people who support it and sayint that just a few tweaks is all that is needed to appease the 75% against.

They really are clueless.

[WashingtonSource]

They rare Senator admits the truth. Responses by phone and fax are 95 percent against it. (I think someone actually did admit this last week.)

[kara37]

“Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson, one of the negotiators, said about two-thirds of the people from his home state of Georgia who have contacted him are supportive or have misconceptions about the bill that can be cleared up.”

Gotta love that.... two-thirds are supportive, or just dumb.
That is what they think of us.

[calex59]

Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson, one of the negotiators, said about two-thirds of the people from his home state of Georgia who have contacted him are supportive or have misconceptions about the bill that can be cleared up

This statment is BS. The 2/3 he is talking about are mainly people opposed to the bill. The ones who "have misconceptions" and can be lied to in order to clear up the "misconceptions", or so he hopes. He is lumping the people who support the bill with ones who don't and trying to make it a majority for the bill. Politicians are such sleaze bags.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson, one of the negotiators, said about two-thirds of the people from his home state of Georgia who have contacted him are supportive or have misconceptions about the bill that can be cleared up. The rest are strongly opposed and "don't want to talk about it," he said. He said he won't decide whether to vote for the bill until the end of the debate.<<

>>Do you see what they are doing? Everyone knows the opposition to this bill is like 75% against or more. They are focusing on the people who support it and sayint that just a few tweaks is all that is needed to appease the 75% against.<<

And they claim that people who oppose it are ignorant yahoos, some of whom they can "educate" enough to create majority support for the bill (the rest of us are hopeless). I hope they keep insulting and underestimating us. That will only hurt their cause.

[Fantasywriter]

My email to my senator:

Dear Senator Isakson: As a constituent who called your office recently, and one who is in touch with many other Georgia constituents, I was insulted by your comment that about two-thirds of the people from GA are either “supportive or have misconceptions about the bill”. We are NOT supportive, and we are not as stupid as you seem to believe. We know very well what is in the bill, and when I hear senators speak about it, it is clear we (1) know a lot more about the bill than you do, or (2) are a hundred times more honest about it than you. Either way, please don’t imagine that our outrage will fade or that our memories are short. That would be your third mistake.