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Did Politico Inadvertently Reveal Too Much Detail About Democrat Sales Pitch for Amnesty?
NewsBusters ^ | June 10, 2010 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 06/10/2010 12:40:20 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

Illegal aliens.

Eeek! I said the forbidden term. For the past few years the "preferable" but less accurate term to describe that group has been "illegal immigrants." Even that modified term has been too harsh for advocates of amnesty who prefer the completely inaccurate term, "undocumented workers." However, in order to cynically sell the public on amnesty, the Democrats are willing to temporarily swallow their pride and use "illegal immigrants" according to a Politico article written by Carrie Budoff Brown who reveals a lot more cynicism on the part of the Democrats than she probably intended:

Long pilloried for being soft on illegal immigration, top Democratic officials have concluded there’s only one way they can hope to pass a comprehensive immigration bill:

Talk more like Republicans.

They’re seizing on the work of top Democratic Party operatives who, after a legislative defeat in 2007, launched a multiyear polling project to craft an enforcement-first, law-and-order, limited-compassion pitch that now defines the party’s approach to the issue.

The 12 million people who unlawfully reside the country? Call them “illegal immigrants,” not “undocumented workers,” the pollsters say.


(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; bloggersandpersonal; deceit; democrats; illegalaliens; politico
Want to sell amnesty to the public? According to pollsters, the Democrats should use meaningless buzzwords in order to hide what they really think.
1 posted on 06/10/2010 12:40:21 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: bcsco

Something you would be interested in reading.


2 posted on 06/10/2010 12:42:16 PM PDT by PJ-Comix ( Redundancy Can Be Quite Catchy As Well As Contagious)
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To: PJ-Comix

Socialism never wins in an open debate of the issues. Lie, Cheat, Attack, Distort, Smear. Repeat.


3 posted on 06/10/2010 12:43:38 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Throw the bums out in 2010.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Don’t change your goals, change the way you define them to the public. Yeah, that’ll get it. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll ping it tomorrow.


4 posted on 06/10/2010 12:57:07 PM PDT by bcsco (Steven Chu: Obama's chu chu brain...)
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To: PJ-Comix
The 1250 million people who unlawfully reside the country? Call them “illegal immigrants,” not “undocumented workers,” the pollsters say.

FIFY

5 posted on 06/10/2010 1:04:48 PM PDT by rllngrk33 (0bama, proof we can no longer underestimate the stupidity of the voters.)
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To: PJ-Comix

IS the fence built?


6 posted on 06/10/2010 1:06:25 PM PDT by Tarpon (Obama-Speak ... the fusion of sophistry and Newspeak. It's not a gift, it's just lies.)
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To: PJ-Comix

How do the Dem’s hide their racist policies that maintain and promote slave wages for LEGAL IMMIGRANTS?


7 posted on 06/10/2010 1:09:17 PM PDT by G Larry
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To: PJ-Comix
Even that modified term has been too harsh for advocates of amnesty who prefer the completely inaccurate term, "undocumented workers."

I believe that the current term is "documentally challenged democrat voters."

8 posted on 06/10/2010 1:15:21 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: PJ-Comix

Libs are truly gifted at lying.

We have a couple of Black ladies at our church who are otherwise lucid, but believe Obama is PRO-LIFE!!!-—

WHY? because “he said he is.”


9 posted on 06/10/2010 2:27:52 PM PDT by Mrs.Z
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To: Tarpon
IS the fence built?

(Thank you Pookie)

10 posted on 06/10/2010 2:50:44 PM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

Ping!


11 posted on 06/10/2010 3:48:52 PM PDT by HiJinx
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To: Tarpon

of course not. that might slow down the invasion.


12 posted on 06/10/2010 5:12:14 PM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
The 12 million people who unlawfully reside the country? Call them "illegal immigrants," not "undocumented workers," the pollsters say.
"We don't have any cups, all we have are these liquid substance surrounders." -- Firesign Theater
13 posted on 06/16/2010 8:37:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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