[governsleastgovernsbest]

NY Times colunmnist thinks “sanctuary city” sounds nice. Ping to Today show list.

[goldstategop]

Liberals of course, would happily deport conservatives in the place of illegals.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Joe Boucher]

When you add up the costs of health care, education, welfare etc. as well as crime caused by illegals such as drunk driving, rape, murder they just aren’t worth it.
The percentage of illegals residing in our jails alone is staggering.

[ovrtaxt]

Elitist jackass.

[mirkwood]

Sue the sanctuary city. Sue the mayor alone, then sue the city itself for not enforcing federal and state laws.

[gridlock]

There are three dead kids and one wounded in Newark who do not share Gail Collins’ enthusiasm for Sanctuary Cities.

[rock_lobsta]

“Times Bankruptcy”

That sounds nice to me...

[Darkwolf377]

you want them to be willing to report crimes, to go to a doctor if they have a communicable disease

I see, so if they don't report a crime, it's SOCIETY'S FAULT!

If they're too stupid to see a doctor when they get a disease, why would this Collins person WANT them here?

[Octar]

But what the heck. We’re talking Iowa.

I remember reading an article written by another New York snob. In an effort to point out how backward and inferior rural folks are, the writer pointed out that even some rural women regularly wore steel toad boots.

[Octar]

Another one comes to mind. An Iowa couple were attending a social event in New York City when the snooty hostess encountered them.

"And where are you folks from?" she inquired.
"We're from Iowa" they responded.
"How nice", said the hostess.
"But you know, we pronounce it Ohio."

[LibLieSlayer]

From her FAT picture she eats well... let’s send the illegals to live and eat with her for a few weeks... and see if her “love” for them sustains. They are ruining South Mississippi... crime and trash everywhere they live... never speak English... crime crime crime crime crime... they are stealing from the people they work for and their subcontractors. Quite a few people are dying from their illegal drunk and unlicensed driving... no insurance... Let her have them all!

LLS

[norwaypinesavage]

In a few short years, the NYT has turned from the dominant organization in media into a parody of itself. Let Collins preach, in her loudest voice, to the choir. The choir is irrelevant.

[Will88]

“Last week, I described Gail Collins’ condescension to what she sees as the bumpkins of Middle America. The New York Times columnist is back at it again this morning, suggesting that illegal immigration is not so much a problem as an issue exploited by Republican candidates to stir the passions of gullible Republican rubes.”

If that statement is true, then Gail Collins is a certifiable ignoramus. If there has been any issue in recent decades that percolated up from the grass roots to the pols, this was it. A similar bill sailed through the senate in 2006 with Bush’s backing. After the Dems won the House and Senate, all the ‘expert’ commentators aid immigration was the top issue where Bush and the Dems could work together and pass legislation in 2007.

They were on their way to doing just that, but the opposition rose from the grass roots, with talk radio and internet blogs drawing attention to the issue, not as the result of any politicians stirring passions. The same would have happened in 2006, but everyone (well, maybe not Gail Collins) knew amnesty had no chance in the House which had passed a tough enforcement only bill.

[ontap]

Gail Collins positions are certainly what has caused the leap in subscribers to the NYT. They are making money hand over fist. A model for successful economic policies. The support in the populace for her positions are tremendous. Everyone agrees that cities should protect illegal aliens.

[jmaroneps37]

I use to just smile and nod when people would say that liberalism is a mental disorder. Having some training in such matters, I should have known better. I now believe that one can be mentally disturbed and still function, sometimes very well, as to areas that do not pertain to the defective area of your life. Collins can obviously write at a high professional level, but she shares a distinction with Harry Stack Sullivan. Sullivan was hospitalized many times for his mental illness, but he still developed the “psychological (or therapeutic) interview. At times Sullivan was so crazy he had to be locked up, but he could function somehow as a psychologist. Collins is a sick woman. The fact that she appears on the pages of the NYT changes nothing, she’s still disturbed as are most devoted liberals.

[APFel]

Remember all those sci-fi movies where the heroes were stuck in a terrible world where everybody but them was a mutant or a pod person or a hologram and their only hope was to reach a legendary and possibly mythical refuge? Next time you hear a politician ranting about a “sanctuary city,” say: “Wasn’t that where Keanu Reeves was trying to get in “The Matrix?”

Try Logan's Run. But there was no sanctuary. There was only a robot waiting to kill them.

APf

[kittymyrib]

If this twit’s NYC apartment building is being cleaned by illegal aliens...a sure bet...then she is employing illegal aliens, too.
New York libs like having slave labor because they can hire work that is beneath them. They are too good for mundane chores, having to save the world, doncha know.

[Puppage]

If you’ve got hundreds of thousands of undocumented people living in your town, you want them to be willing to report crimes

Yep....and they can start with themselves.

[EDINVA]

Iowa? Iowa gave us Tom Harkin, one of the most leftist members of the U.S. Senate. It also has a Democrat governor (Culver) who succeeded a Democrat governor (Vilsack)... what is her problem ?? We can’t ALL live on the Upper West Side.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

By the way, doesn’t the term “sanctuary city” sound sort of nice, actually? Remember all those sci-fi movies where the heroes were stuck in a terrible world where everybody but them was a mutant or a pod person ...