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Senate Puts Off Action on Immigration [amnesty bill to be debated for two weeks]
Drudge Report ^ | May 21, 2007

Posted on 05/21/2007 3:51:20 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative

Edited on 05/21/2007 4:09:14 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: vetsvette

Especially with gas about to hit $4/gal...no chance of cooling off anytime soon.


161 posted on 05/21/2007 8:48:12 PM PDT by Robert Lomax
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To: WOSG

Campaigning! There is a difference. [sarcasm off]


162 posted on 05/21/2007 8:50:03 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: vetsvette

Exactly what I thought when I saw the June date.

We’re going to have to keep after them.

I, for one, will not let up.


163 posted on 05/21/2007 8:51:35 PM PDT by Shortstop7
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To: WOSG

Well, that’s it for Alexander in TN. He will be toast.


164 posted on 05/21/2007 8:55:25 PM PDT by Shortstop7
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To: pissant
"You got that right. Wait for the population to cool down then try again is what they will do."

They'll eventually get their way...we've lost control of the government.

165 posted on 05/21/2007 8:55:48 PM PDT by blam
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To: Shortstop7

“Well, that’s it for Alexander in TN. He will be toast.”

patience... send him emails, call him, work on him. Here is the script:

“In 2006 I called up a Senator and told him his vote for amnesty was a terrible idea that would cost him support. He was Mike DeWine. Now I am calling you. this is a warning: If you vote for this bill, you will lose re-election.

Now you get to save America and your sorry hide in one fell swoop, or you can sell both down the river. Which is it?”


166 posted on 05/21/2007 9:00:10 PM PDT by WOSG (The 4-fold path to save America - Think right, act right, speak right, vote right!)
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To: gpapa

There are reasons why “bipartisan” bills are the WORST BILLS EVER. They get two halves of two bad bills and stick em together. Voila, special interests on both sides (immigrant lawyers, La Raza, and cheap labor lobby), while the grassroots on all sides gets screwed.


167 posted on 05/21/2007 9:03:22 PM PDT by WOSG (The 4-fold path to save America - Think right, act right, speak right, vote right!)
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To: Principled

Call him and let him know... I believe he will come around on this. he was stand-up on it in 2006.


168 posted on 05/21/2007 9:04:54 PM PDT by WOSG (The 4-fold path to save America - Think right, act right, speak right, vote right!)
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To: West Coast Conservative
what they need to do is this: and I mean manual shredder so they are actually doing some work too. we need nothing else but the enforcement of the laws on the books, and our illegal alien problem is shrink rapidly.
169 posted on 05/21/2007 9:06:26 PM PDT by Cinnamon
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To: WOSG

I called his office late Thursday, on Friday and today.

Apparently he doesn’t listen to the people of TN.


170 posted on 05/21/2007 9:07:03 PM PDT by Shortstop7
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To: de meanr
I just saw a clip on FOX (Factor w/ Malkin) where Lidsey Graham called anyone who opposes this immigration bill “BIGOTS”.

LOL. reaching for that bogus bag o tricks so early in the debate??? They must be desperate. Senator JAGmo Graham, cracker, quit trying to be jesse jackson.

171 posted on 05/21/2007 9:08:14 PM PDT by WOSG (The 4-fold path to save America - Think right, act right, speak right, vote right!)
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To: pissant
You got that right. Wait for the population to cool down then try again is what they will do. More time to get in their faces though.

Exactly what I was thinking. I don't plan on cooling down though.

172 posted on 05/21/2007 9:09:41 PM PDT by SMM48
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To: olrtex

“I will have to get my little bit of satisfaction by eventually voting against my Texas Republican Senators if they support this bill.”

At least Cornyn and Hutchison are solid against it.


173 posted on 05/21/2007 9:09:51 PM PDT by WOSG (The 4-fold path to save America - Think right, act right, speak right, vote right!)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Looks like the totalitarian bastards have felt the heat. I called the RNC and RNSC and asked them to check my contributions for the past five years and then told them that if they passed this monstrosity they would not see another dime from me.
174 posted on 05/21/2007 9:09:58 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: AuntB

Ping for later.


175 posted on 05/21/2007 9:21:09 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: LS

>>Any thing that delays this is good, because they were trying to ram this through before anyone could read it. Now the weak-kneed RINOs will get two weeks’ worth of FAXes and e-mails and phone calls. I’m hoping this is now the death knell of this bill.<<

Agree. Our Senate “leaders” admitted that any amendments to the bill could kill it. Sounds like a house of cards. But we gotta stay focused, because they are full of cheap tricks. It’s sad that I have to describe the Senate in those terms, but true.


176 posted on 05/21/2007 9:37:04 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
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To: WOSG

LOL. reaching for that bogus bag o tricks so early in the debate???

Yeah, I always assume that when they use the typical Race Hustler argument of BIGOT this early in the debate they don’t have any argument at all.

I’m not suprised. He’s pretty slack-jawed under normal circumstances - usually has to shoo the flies out of his mouth before he says anything.

Too bad. I kinda liked him during the Clinton impeachment.


177 posted on 05/21/2007 9:37:06 PM PDT by de meanr (Hunter / Thompson 08 - Fear and Loathing in DC)
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To: WOSG

>>At least Cornyn and Hutchison are solid against it.<<

I hope you are right, but Hutch might vote for a slightly tweaked version.

WASHINGTON — Today Texas’ Senior Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee (RPC), issued this statement following her vote against cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1348, the immigration bill:

“Immigration is far too important an issue for us to rush through the U.S. Senate. This bill has not even been written in legislative language, has not been approved through the committee process, and therefore cannot be vetted by the American people. I believe we can produce a better bill if we take adequate time to consider this landmark legislation.”


178 posted on 05/21/2007 9:41:13 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
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To: West Coast Conservative
..."It would be to the best interests of the Senate ... that we not try to finish this bill this week," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Hey, Harry. What about thinking about the interests of the country instead of just the interests of the Senate? That's a very telling statement. The American people don't want this amnesty mess foisted upon us by those who just consider their own best interests!
179 posted on 05/21/2007 9:48:59 PM PDT by TheCornerOffice
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To: PghBaldy
Yep this "debate" is all a struggle between leftists and rightists to bend over backwards and kiss some illegal a$$....

I can hear it now...

"no, I want the votes, no I want the votes",..... "they make good commies, the usa will be a socialist utopia in no time",..... "they make great slaves to finally drive a stake in the union heart and do the jobs americans wont do"

180 posted on 05/21/2007 9:52:50 PM PDT by KTM rider ( McCain or Hillary in "08 ? ...like a choice of dog poo or cat poo for breakfast)
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