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Immigration Phonies
Wall Street Journal ^ | 3 December 2007 | staff

Posted on 12/03/2007 8:05:32 AM PST by shrinkermd

When not fielding questions from Democratic moles at last week's GOP Presidential debate, Anderson Cooper and CNN had a grand time portraying Republican voters as Bible-thumping, gun-wielding Confederacy hold-outs. On immigration, however, the candidates didn't need any media help as they continued their descent into self-parody...

Mitt Romney persisted in attacking Rudy Giuliani for turning New York into a "sanctuary city,"

Mr. Thompson promised to "punish employers" for failing to detect illegal alien workers who have already slipped by the feds. He also wants to "cut off federal funding" to cities that refuse to turn local cops into appendages of the Border Patrol -- as if those cops don't have far worse offenders to pursue.

Tom Tancredo, the nuisance candidate who blames every problem in America on the illegal immigrants who constitute roughly 5% of the U.S. labor force.

Mr. Romney has also sung a different tune on immigration, as on many subjects. In a 2005 interview with the Boston Globe, he spoke approvingly of proposals like Mr. McCain's to put undocumented workers on a path to citizenship...

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegals; immigrantlist; politics
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Final paragraph of hard to excerpt article: "...The scale of this GOP flip-flop suggests they all know better and are posturing merely to appease the loudest restrictionist voices to win the nomination. Our view is that they're underestimating their would-be supporters, and harming their prospects next year if they do get the party nod. If trashing immigration was such a political winner, Tom Tancredo wouldn't be polling nationally at 2%.

Also, remember JD Hayworth's defeat in Arizona in 2006.

1 posted on 12/03/2007 8:05:32 AM PST by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd

Every once in a while I get a reminder of why I don’t read the Wall Street Butt-wipe.


2 posted on 12/03/2007 8:07:34 AM PST by shekkian
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To: shrinkermd

A lot of noise was made of Hayworth and Allen but overall the “restrictionists” won big. In my district we replaced an open border RINO with an anti amnesty conservative who was backed by the Minuteman PAC.


3 posted on 12/03/2007 8:10:00 AM PST by cripplecreek (Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
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To: shrinkermd

The WSJ never gets tired of promoting their borderless, transnationalist, mega-corporate utopia.


4 posted on 12/03/2007 8:10:14 AM PST by Mr. Mojo (“Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss.")
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To: shrinkermd

Sounds like a bunch of elitists don’t want to lose their cheap gardeners, lawn mowers, nannies, maids and cooks. Wouldn’t want to have to pay good wages at their sweatshops, either. Who cares how that affects the lower classes?


6 posted on 12/03/2007 8:19:03 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
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"...The GOP exception continues to be John McCain, who is calling for reform that balances stepped up border enforcement with a guest worker program for future labor flows. And Mike Huckabee, who's been rising in the polls, at least tried to explain to Mr. Romney why it's inhumane to punish the children of illegal immigrants "for what their parents did..."

In respect to Huckabee he now leads in Iowa and is challenging Giuliani. Seemingly, a different stance on immigration is not hurting either McCain or Huckabee.

7 posted on 12/03/2007 8:23:30 AM PST by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd
Tom Tancredo, the nuisance candidate who blames every problem in America on the illegal immigrants who constitute roughly 5% of the U.S. labor force.

They conveniently leave out the part about constituting a third of all federal prison inmates. WSJ, fishwrap with a fancy name.
8 posted on 12/03/2007 8:23:41 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The current crop of WSJ editors will soon meet their own Immigrant waterloo, when the Aussie takes control!


9 posted on 12/03/2007 8:25:12 AM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; nmh
Sounds like a bunch of elitists don’t want to lose their cheap gardeners, lawn mowers, nannies, maids and cooks. Wouldn’t want to have to pay good wages at their sweatshops, either. Who cares how that affects the lower classes?

I was told on the following thread at #101 where you can follow the conversation backward that your last sentence pretty much hits the target. Even with conservatives posting on FR. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933564/posts Guess they better pack their bags and get passports!/s

10 posted on 12/03/2007 8:26:45 AM PST by Snoopers-868th
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And the giveaways to illegals worked for Spitzer ?


11 posted on 12/03/2007 8:28:41 AM PST by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: shrinkermd

The WSJ, just promoting dissention within the Republican ranks in this article. No biggie. There are a bunch of posers, but this article is propaganda.


12 posted on 12/03/2007 8:36:19 AM PST by subterfuge (HILLARY IS: She who must NOT be Dismayed)
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Okay, just for Mr. Huckabee’s sake, let’s set the record straight: just because he’s a social gospel minister with a hemorhaging heart doesn’t mean I owe anyone else’s children the sweat off of my brow. I think the proper treatment for the children of illegal alien invaders is to compassionately wish them, “Adios, ninos y ninas.”


13 posted on 12/03/2007 8:38:28 AM PST by lapster
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Bible-thumping, gun-wielding Confederacy hold-outs.

New tagline? hmmmm.

14 posted on 12/03/2007 8:47:49 AM PST by isaiah55version11_0 (For His Glory)
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Just put land mines on the border.Add some gators or crocs in the Rio Grande. No I am not joking.


15 posted on 12/03/2007 9:08:10 AM PST by Lumper20
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


16 posted on 12/03/2007 9:12:35 AM PST by gubamyster
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To: shrinkermd
Also, remember JD Hayworth's defeat in Arizona in 2006.

Since specific referendums curbing illegal immigration won overwhelmingly in Arizona in the same election, one would be had pressed to attribute JD Hayworth's defeat to his immigration stance.

17 posted on 12/03/2007 9:12:56 AM PST by Texas Federalist (Fred Thompson - The only true conservative in the race)
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“Also, remember JD Hayworth’s defeat in Arizona in 2006.”

Heck, that was old flak Karl Rove pumped. That and the “latino vote.”

After the amnesty bill failed Rove admitted the losses in 2006 were from the top two polled issues, corruption and economy.


18 posted on 12/03/2007 9:34:53 AM PST by Shermy ("A rising tide lifts all boats" ...but lowers those on the other side of the ocean.)
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To: shekkian
A very good reason why I gave it up, even though I rarely did more than "scan" the "news" items but when the entire editorial page editors signed on to "open borders" and name calling of me and others who feel as I do about the foreign invasion that we have been subjected to by our entire national government - both parties abetting.

I'm about to give the entire GOP the old heave ho for being in lock step of this abomination that MUST BE STOPPED!

19 posted on 12/03/2007 9:48:57 AM PST by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: shrinkermd
This is reactionary populism masquerading as conservatism.

Please shoot me, and put me out of my misery, if I ever let a globalist NWO rag like the WSJ define conservatism for me.

20 posted on 12/03/2007 9:57:32 AM PST by Biblebelter
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