New photo of Ted Kennedy and Mel Martinez laughing
"Boy, we sure pulled one on all of them didn't we?"
Posted on 06/21/2007 11:55:59 AM PDT by lowbridge
Empty Promises. They don't call it political theater for nothing. Staging a good press conference often requires a script and some props.
At a pro-immigration rally Thursday, a group of politicians including Sens. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) addressed reporters while picturesquely standing in front of an impressive tower of boxes they said contained letters from a million supporters of comprehensive immigration reform.
The letters were supposedly generated from a campaign by Univision radio personality Eddie "Piol’n" Sotelo.
As the Members repeatedly referred to the letters and gestured toward the boxes allegedly containing them as evidence of the support for the immigration bill that is struggling in the Senate, a crack Roll Call photographer on hand at the event began to grow suspicious. He could see light shining through the handles of the boxes, indicating that they weren't full.
Sure enough, a quick check revealed that the boxes were, indeed, completely empty.
Carlos Sanchez, spokesman for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which helped coordinate the event, said that actually bringing the 310 boxes full of the real, dead-tree letters that Sotelo collected would have presented a security headache in a box-spooked world. "We didn't want to put Capitol Police through the stress of having hundreds of boxes out there," he said of the event's Russell Park location.
Turns out, figuring out what the heck to do with the boxes is tougher than you'd think. Sotelo traveled with them in an 18-wheeler across the country to deliver them, but they couldn't just be dumped at the Capitol. Now, nonprofit groups are divvying them up and will spend the next weeks sorting them by Congressional district for delivery to the proper Hill offices, Sanchez said.
HOH is shocked - shocked - to learn that in politics, as in theater, all is not as it seems.
New photo of Ted Kennedy and Mel Martinez laughing
"Boy, we sure pulled one on all of them didn't we?"
A picture of the enemy.
empty boxes, empty suits. Mel is toast when he’s up for re-election.
Teddy must be a real funny guy. Either that or Martinez is in love with him.
Deport Martinez
It turns out most of the letters do not exist. Of the ones that DO exist, they are all written in spanish, mostly by illegals.
What country is stupid enough to take him?
I don’t trust the Republican Party anymore.
I just sent this article to Martinez’s office with the title “Standing With Eddie Kennedy and My Other Enemies”
“The National Republixico Party”
Must’ve learned that one from Danny Rather.
“We didn’t want to put Capitol Police through the stress of having hundreds of boxes out there,” .....Oh sure! OR we wanted to fool the hell out of everone!....Nice try Oldsmobile Ted!
What if Kennedy received a million letters from criminals in prison demanding to be freed? Would that make it OK to let them loose?
Ted Kennedy is a democrat.
Couldn't even be bothered to bring a few samples of the 310 boxloads... I'm just surprised ANY member of the Press decided to have a closer look. Kudos to Roll Call for one of their own having the temerity to look for himself.
He is one of the enemy.
Laughing now! But... hopefully, his fling with the swimmer will bring him the same fate as McCain.
It just tickles me pink that these pinheads can’t hide any more. Twenty years ago this might have worked. Now they can’t hide from the Internet! I don’t think Kennedy has enough brain cells left to understand this concept however!
I heard The Swimmer announce on a Boston radio show this morning that the 1986 amnesty was President Regan’s idea and that he didn’t support it!
As usual, his lies can be exposed. To bad that old goat doesn’t understand that there are people that are only to glad to prove him a liar........again!
If they haven’t opened the letters, how do they know they were all pro-immigration?
I have heard plenty of legal immigrants voice a negative opinion on this “reform”.
Only if they promise to vote Democrat.
Alright then, how about we taxpaying citizens stack all the money that's going into the black hole known as educating, providing healthcare, incarcerating, etc. all ILLEGALS in the U.S.
Don't fight us good tax paying CITIZENS... we'll win the battle AND the war (that is as long as you and your ilk do NOT grant amnesty to ILLEGALS).
Well, um......because they hired the services of Carnac The Magnificent?
I wonder if they think the citizens of this nation approve of the republicans.
Vent: I posted the RawStory rewrite of this story a couple days ago but it was pulled immediately because RS is on the do-not-link-to list.
That’s certainly unfortunate since it’s small things like this story that stick in peoples’ minds.
That is frustrating. Once or twice Rawstroy had the scoop on a couple of stories, but I couldnt post it here because of that. However, usually Rawstory uses another source for their stories, so it's best to go to get their source, rather than cite RS.
Hilarious: the poll didn't ask about Democrats in Congress; it asked about Congress -- Dems, Republicans, Independents -- period.
Now the GOP tries to use the horrendous approval rating to their advantage?
And the base is supposed to be stupid?
LOL!
-—Ted Kennedy is a democrat-—
Martinez isn’t. If you still trust the Republicans, I have the proverbial beach front property for you.
Now wait a second here. I thought I had the right of first refusal to that beachfront property in Colorado.
Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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BUMP - There is also a story about this at : http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=42
Ted Kennedy is a male whore for the illegal Mexican vote.....
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