Posted on 05/25/2010 9:50:53 AM PDT by Steelfish
May 25, 2010 Arizona and Our National Self-Abasement
When the president of Mexico condemned Arizona’s immigration law, Democrats thrilled to his disparagement of their countrymen.
The Arizona immigration law has become the occasion for a sorry exercise in national self-abasement.
When Mexican president Felipe Calderón addressed a joint session of Congress last week, he rapped Arizonans — ignorantly and unfairly — for using “racial profiling as the basis for law enforcement.” If Democrats felt any residual reflex to stand up for their fellow Americans in Arizona, who are grappling with a hellish problem partly caused by the misgovernment of the country whose president stood before them, they swiftly repressed it.
They rose and applauded, and the president of Mexico and a majority of America’s Congress united in their disdain for Arizona’s handiwork. No one seemed to mind that they were cheering a man from a country where the kidnapping and abuse of migrants is “a human-rights crisis,” according to Amnesty International.
In his whirlwind anti-Arizona campaign, Calderón called the law “discriminatory” at a joint press conference with Pres. Barack Obama, eliciting not a peep of protest. Obama agreed that the law “has the potential of being applied in a discriminatory fashion.” He tried to soften the blow by shifting into Gunnar Myrdal mode and interpreting the strange customs of his compatriots, who cling to guns, religion, and a belief that the southern border should mean something.
The law is a “misdirected expression of frustration over our broken immigration system,” Obama explained in his best sociological diagnosis. In other words, those poor boobs have deluded themselves into thinking that checking the identification of suspected illegal immigrants makes sense. Pity them, and hope their fit of irrationality passes soon.
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Mittens is totally MIA except for his idiotic “Stand with me” Facebook posts.
“Where Are The RNC Ads On This?”
It is amazing to me that so many people still believe there is any kind of significant difference between Democrats and republicans.
The RNC must like it in the ash can. Their silence on this matter screams its demise. God bless the Tea Partiers! God will again bless America when backs are no longer turned to Him.
They are running scared, they have lots of donations from the businesses that benefit from an influx of illegals
“Where are any Republicans except Sarah Palin, Jan Brewer, Michele Bachmann and Jim DeMint on anything?”
J.D. Hayworth has said plenty, plainly on this issue. McCain, on the other hand is still pushing the Dream Act while pretending conservatism.
Great tune! Hilarious and Accurate!
FLUSH THE JOHN! McCain has to go!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJobkdeho88
My favorite topic: “Obama joins Mexico against us. “
You got to admit, Sarah Palin is doing a way better job beating up on democrats over this than Steele is. Why does the RNC always hired liberals like Steele?? I also thank Hannity for Steele, he loves Steele and McCain.
Okay, I’ll grant you that. Why isn’t she beating up on John MeCain for drafting and submitting that Immigration Fix with the swimmer in 2007?
Because when she runs for president she might want to legalize them to get their votes, thinking of millions of Mexican newly legalized common sense conservatives voting for Sarah...??? ;)
But seriously, I have no intention on trying to figure out what she is up to. McCain just came out the other day and called for amnesty again. I notice this Sunday Chris Wallace never asked her "What do we do with illegals that have been in this country for years?". He gave her more softball questions.
” You got to admit, Sarah Palin is doing a way better job beating up on democrats over this than Steele is “
So could almost anyone who is currently breathing.
It would be an utter waste of scarce resources for the RNC or any other Republican group to spend cash on ads now instead of at election time.
“Why isn’t she beating up on John MeCain for drafting and submitting that Immigration Fix with the swimmer in 2007? “
Beating up on McCain??
She praises him like a god in her radio ads here in Arizona.
You're joking, right?
The GOP and RAT positions on immigration are, functionally, identical.
Gag... Can’t argue with your possible suggestions though.
McCain has to be one really dense old fool. First he says we have nothing to fear from Obama and the Democrats, and now he reaffirms his support of amnesty.
J.D. looks like surrender to me... ;-)
I know. Glad I’m not there to have to listen to that crapola. Sorry for those of you who are. And I’m not kidding...
It would not be surprsing that both the networks and yout local news stations carried it.
Enjoy...
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