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Mark Steyn - Bearish Voters Get Senate's Goat
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | July 8, 2007 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 07/08/2007 4:45:28 AM PDT by Tom D.

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Mark Steyn is at his best today.
1 posted on 07/08/2007 4:45:29 AM PDT by Tom D.
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To: Tom D.

Im still mad as hell at these pompus asses called senators. Re-election day in Georgia ain’t gonna go the way shamless is hoping.


2 posted on 07/08/2007 5:08:28 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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To: Tom D.
Fantastic article. As a Pennsylvanian I apologize for Specter. We tried to get rid of him but the President and Santorum worked hard for the RINO.
3 posted on 07/08/2007 5:10:13 AM PDT by mortal19440
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To: Tom D.
Mark nailed their coffin SHUT! Hey Trent... are you listening? You core here in Mississippi wants your head on a platter... you are not to be trusted... your word is dirt... and to a Southerner that is worse than death!

LLS

4 posted on 07/08/2007 5:11:37 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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To: Tom D.
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) declared gravely and portentously that "the will of the Senate" would prevail.

Too many Senators think that it's all about them...

5 posted on 07/08/2007 5:16:44 AM PDT by NCjim (The more I use Windows, the more I love UNIX)
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To: Tom D.
"I say,...I say, nahl! You got some nerve boy! Talkin' down Lottissippi!" -- Trenthorn Lotthorn
6 posted on 07/08/2007 5:17:09 AM PDT by incredulous joe (Vote for Christian Bagge - www.energizerkeepgoinghalloffame.com)
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Wonder why the Times is trying to pass off a column that was written a week ago as if it was written for today’s edition.


7 posted on 07/08/2007 5:22:43 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: LibLieSlayer

A direct quote from the site where I scooped the pic:

“Foghorn Leghorn’s unofficial theme song is “Camptown Races” and this good old boy completely personifies its riverboat style. From his high-stepping strut to his puffed out chest, this jaunty Dixie chicken has all of the charm of a southern politician at a church picnic. While ruling this roost with complete assurance, Foghorn Leghorn is often a reluctant leading man to henhouse spinster Miss Prissy.”

Looks to me like Steyn wasn’t the only one to hit it dead on!


8 posted on 07/08/2007 5:23:28 AM PDT by incredulous joe (Vote for Christian Bagge - www.energizerkeepgoinghalloffame.com)
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To: Tom D.
The geniuses who'd cooked up the "comprehensive" immigration bill's "grand bargain" behind the scenes in the pork-filled rooms and who planned to ram it through in 48 hours before Memorial Day should be kicked out of office--every last one of them!

At best they are too stupid to serve in the U.S. Congress (and that's saying a lott! {pun intended})! At worst they are too treacherous!

Either way, every one of them should be removed from office forthwith.

9 posted on 07/08/2007 5:25:28 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Ignore the will of the people at your peril, Political "Aristocrats"!)
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To: mortal19440

Yes, and I always had a feeling that was the real reason why Santorum lost...the people didn’t forget. The very one whose sorry “you know what” was saved didn’t even bother to help him in return.


10 posted on 07/08/2007 5:33:32 AM PDT by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: Tom D.
"To think you're going to intimidate a Senator...!"
SENATOR Trent Lott

"The will of the Senate will prevail!"
SENATOR Arlen Specter

"Let them eat cake!"
QUEEN Marie Antoinette

"I've got two goats on my place in Mississippi. There ain't no fence big enough, high enough, strong enough, that you can keep those goats in that fence. Now people are at least as smart as goats."
SENATOR Trent Lott

Say, Trent! Do you suppose the people who built the Panana Canal and the Hoover Dam, who conquered polio and put a man on the moon---do you suppose those people could figure out a way to fence in those goats???
11 posted on 07/08/2007 5:35:29 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Ignore the will of the people at your peril, Political "Aristocrats"!)
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To: Tom D.
FRiends, the immigration issue hasn't gone away. How many illegal immigrants have crossed the border since the 'Immigration Bill' failed passage.

I email someone every day asking why the 1986 immigration laws aren't being enforced and why the border isn't secure.

I ask each senator and US representative if they're expecting me to secure the border and tell them, if so, it ain't going to be pretty.

Please keep hammering this issue until we get a realistic immigration law and secure borders. The future of our country, children and grandchildren are depending on us NOW!

12 posted on 07/08/2007 5:35:45 AM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: Tom D.
"Blustering senators who claimed to have drafted this thing had to be told what was in it by critics who'd actually taken the trouble to look at it."

This is the scariest thing about this spectacle! The Senators themselves did not know what was in this bill! And yet they intended to foist it on the American people and cause it to become U.S. law!

At best this is the ultimate irresponsibility!

At worst it is the ultimate treachery!

Every one of the Senators responsible for this should be removed from office!

13 posted on 07/08/2007 5:40:32 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Ignore the will of the people at your peril, Political "Aristocrats"!)
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To: Savage Beast

I heard Mort Kondrake and some other conservative pundit on a Hugh Hewitt podcast from last week and they were snipping at AM talk and the right wing bloggers. Basically, that we have been whipped into a frenzy.

I believe these pundits reflect the mood of those idiots in the Senate - the continued arrogance of folks like Lott, Graham and McCain.

Secure the borders first!


14 posted on 07/08/2007 5:41:08 AM PDT by incredulous joe (Vote for Christian Bagge - www.energizerkeepgoinghalloffame.com)
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To: Tom D.

The tea leaves on this are just a mess. In Missouri, long time Republican Senator Kit Bond had to be dragged kicking and screaming to vote against the bill on the second cloture vote.
Newly elected Democrat Senator Clair McCaskill said early on she would never vote for the bill and she didn’t.
So my question to you is this. “Who’s on first?” I don’t think the Republicans are even still in the game.


15 posted on 07/08/2007 5:44:39 AM PDT by em2vn
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To: Savage Beast
This is the scariest thing about this spectacle! The Senators themselves did not know what was in this bill! And yet they intended to foist it on the American people and cause it to become U.S. law!

Not only is this irresponsible, it tells me that those people don't take their jobs seriously. It's like a game to them. Especially the ones who have been there many, many terms. I'm fed up with that attitude.

16 posted on 07/08/2007 5:50:47 AM PDT by YellowRoseofTx
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To: blam
"How many illegal immigrants have crossed the border since the 'Immigration Bill' failed passage."

You are absolutely right, Blam (post #12). If President Bush continues to refuse to enforce U.S. immigration laws, he should be removed from office.

I hate to say that. I am formerly one of his most loyal supporters. When he was elected President, I compared him to Washington, Lincoln, Reagan, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, Truman, and Churchill.

However, he has made it clear that he has no intention of enforcing U.S. immigration laws, of closing the Mexican Border, or of halting further illegal immigration.

If he continues to refuse to enforce these laws, he should be removed from office. I know of no other remedy for a President--or a Congressman--who does such as this.

17 posted on 07/08/2007 5:54:03 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Ignore the will of the people at your peril, Political "Aristocrats"!)
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To: incredulous joe
Hmmm. Just change a few names and it's perfect!
“Trent Lott’s unofficial theme song is “Camptown Races” and this good old boy completely personifies its riverboat style. From his high-stepping strut to his puffed out chest, this jaunty Dixie chicken has all of the charm of a southern politician at a church picnic. While ruling this roost with complete assurance, Lott is often a reluctant leading man to henhouse spinster Lindsey Graham.”

18 posted on 07/08/2007 5:57:41 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The Democrat Party: radical Islam's last hope)
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To: Savage Beast
"However, he has made it clear that he has no intention of enforcing U.S. immigration laws, of closing the Mexican Border, or of halting further illegal immigration."

They seem to be taking the position that because we protested what they were doing and finally put a halt to the traitorous bill, that they're mad and will do nothing and let the serfs suffer the consequences of rebelling against them.

Thousands a day are still streaming across the border and everyone is refusing to enforce the law.

We're not done...NOTHING HAS CHANGED...we're still being invaded.

19 posted on 07/08/2007 6:02:30 AM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: incredulous joe

Always loved that chiccc... uhh I say son... uhh chicccc... uhh I meant to say Rooster!

LLS


20 posted on 07/08/2007 6:20:56 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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