Posted on 08/16/2002 12:43:09 PM PDT by Sabertooth
She's a successful politicial columnist, a rock-ribbed conservative Republican, the daughter of Philippino immigrants, and passionately opposed to the invasion of Illegal Aliens into our nation.
Michelle Malkin would be a blockbuster selection for President Bush as the new INS Chief, in the wake of the retirement announcement of current Chief James Ziglar.
Let the Democrats try and demagogue her.
Thanks, D1.
I've seen Tancredo and Buchanan mentioned on other threads. There's no way Bush nominates either of those guys, and no way either would make it out of committee if he did.
While Michelle Malkin may be a bit of a longshot, let's rattle some cages and see if we can get a pundit or politician or three to pick up this ball and run with it. There is no downside to getting her name into circulation.
Our opportunity is now.
Email the Pres with this suggestion.
The RATS will paint her as a right wing idealogue, however.
Bloodshed at the border: Not "Headline News"
http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | On Aug. 12, CNN aired a "breaking" news conference to update viewers on a matter it considered of global importance: the medical condition of Jason Priestly-a washed-up, 32-year-old former TV idol who sustained moderate injuries during a Kentucky auto race over the weekend.
On Aug. 12, more than 700 mourners from across the country gathered to mark the tragic murder of Kris Eggle-a 28-year-old National Park Service ranger who was gunned down near the U.S.-Mexico border last week. Not a single national network or cable news station mentioned the memorial service or the outrageous circumstances of Eggle's death.
Several Border Patrol veterans and immigration officers e-mailed me with the same frustrated plea: Where's the media? Why does a Hollywood has-been's car crash deserve endless headline news reports, while a young man's sacrifice in defense of our borders earns zero national TV coverage?
It is because even after September 11, even after all the newfound appreciation for cops and firefighters and other law enforcement officers, we remain a culture crippled by celebrity worship. Old habits die hard. While Priestly's father and doctors get prime-time air to praise the actor's "courage," none of Eggle's family members or colleagues has been invited on Larry King or Peter Jennings' newscasts to tell of the slain ranger's undaunted heroism.
The park where Eggle had been stationed for two years, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona, is considered the most dangerous national park system in the nation, according to a national survey conducted by the Fraternal Order of Police. It is a magnet for illegal aliens and Mexican smugglers; some 200,000 illegal border-crossers and 700,000 pounds of drugs were intercepted at the park last year.
Nonetheless, Eggle embraced his job. He was always cheerful, his co-workers said. A "model citizen."
A "quintessential American boy-turned-ranger." He baked chocolate chip cookies for fellow rangers and entertained them with songs while on duty. Eggle's father, Robert, said: "Kris was where he wanted to be, and he did what he wanted to do." A native of Cadillac, Mich., where he grew up on his family's 130-year-old farm, Eggle was an Eagle Scout, a high school valedictorian, a devout Baptist, and a champion cross-country runner for the University of Michigan. Former co-workers called the fleet-footed Eggle the "Coyote" in honor of his running prowess.
On Aug. 9, Eggle's speed and dedication may have cost him his life. He and three U.S. Border Patrol officers responded after Mexican police reported that two armed fugitives had fled across the border into the U.S. A border patrol helicopter gave chase and directed Eggle and the other officers to where three suspects had ditched their vehicle. The American officers pursued the fugitives on foot as they ran into nearby bushes. One of the Mexican nationals was caught; in the attempt to apprehend the other two, Eggle was ambushed and shot by one of the suspects with an AK-47.
The gunfire hit Eggle below his bullet-proof vest. He died at the scene before an emergency helicopter arrived. At the memorial service in tiny Ajo, Ariz., this week, Eggle's casket was draped with an American flag-- and topped with the Stetson hat he wore on the job. He will be buried in his hometown in Cadillac, Mich., following funeral services this Saturday.
Eggle's murder is not an isolated incident. Several wild shootouts in the southwest have occurred since April. Our borders remain out of control-open channels not only for illegal aliens and drug smugglers, but terrorists, too. Invaders are so brazen, say Border Patrol agents, that they've cleared their own roads through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Calls for increased border patrol resources, park ranger staffing, and military help have been ignored in Washington. The Bush administration remains far more concerned with appeasing Mexican President Vicente Fox than with protecting American men and women at the border.
But I digress from the real news. Back to you, CNN and everybody else, for the latest on Jason Priestly's broken toes.
Bush doesn't want to stop illegal immigration. I'm thinking he'll choose Spencer Abraham, or at least someone who share's Abraham's views on immigration.
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08/07/02: The deafening silence about the death of an affirmative action 'hero'
08/02/02: The Wall Street Journal's immigration foul
07/31/02: The friends of James Ujaama
07/26/02: What's good for Daschle É
07/23/02: Protecting squid before sailors
07/19/02: So long, Jack Olsen
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07/10/02: Deadly diversity, dumb program
07/05/02: The Democrats' bad, bad boy
07/03/02: What about "one nation?"
06/28/02: Another Bay Area abomination
06/21/02: The Forest Service smokescreen
06/19/02: A world without "F's"
06/14/02: "He was a good man"
06/12/02: Meet your fellow "Americans"
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06/05/02: The media's immigration blinders
05/31/02: Dysfunctional dad of the year
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05/24/02: From Flanders Fields to Roberts Ridge
05/22/02: Foreign student tracking fiasco
05/19/02: A Mexican visa-vending scandal
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04/26/02: After the riots: L.A.'s forgotten angels
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04/10/02: Battered truth syndrome
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03/20/02: Who is Janis Sposato?
03/08/02: Just wondering
03/06/02: More Clintonian deeds go unpunished
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02/22/02: Battle of the Beltway buttinskis
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02/13/02: The woman who helped launder Al Gore's Buddhist temple money has not served a single day in jail --- and she probably never will
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02/06/02: It's hip to be square
02/01/02: Who's speaking up for life?
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01/16/02: Colin Powell "hooks up" with MTV
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I couldn't agree more. We definately need some new blood in Washington. Sign me up!!
I just received my email alert from Numbers USA.
Adios Ziggy!!
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07/24/00: Silencing Jeff Jacoby
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07/10/00: The miracle of a lead pencil
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Irresistible is right .... yum.
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12/16/99: Shame on corn-fed politicians
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12/09/99: Look behind the Pokemon curtain
12/06/99: Amateur hour in Seattle
11/30/99: Stop the Ritalin racketeers
11/23/99: Welfare for a sports fatcat
11/19/99: Jeb Bush's political ploy of the week
11/16/99: Ben & Jerry serve up junk science
11/12/99: A monumental waste of our veterans' resources
11/10/99: Tax-and-spend schizophrenia
11/05/99: Spooky Guy Haunts the Capital
11/02/99: Mourning the loss of the last Liberty Tree
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10/22/99: The persecution of Harry Potter
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I don't have a ping list but I can come up with a few names.
Bush doesn't want to stop illegal immigration. I'm thinking he'll choose Spencer Abraham, or at least someone who share's Abraham's views on immigration.
Michelle is a longshot, no doubt... but there's no downside to pushing her.
Buchanan and Tancredo are deal-breakers out of the box. Way too easy to dismiss. Way too much baggage for them with the Bush crowd.
Michelle Malkin has none of that... she's articulate, brilliant, beautiful, conservative, the daughter of Philippino immigrants, and she's on the right side of the Illegal Alien issue.
Even better... she's got political superstar potential. That's not lost on even the most mercenary of RINOs.
That never stopped any of the other "leaders" of the INS.
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