Posted on 05/21/2006 6:20:18 AM PDT by johnny7
With their get tough on immigrants stance, Republicans have blown an opportunity to guarantee a GOP majority in perpetuity
In an outdoor press conference held across the street from the Capitol last week, Representative Tom Tancredo—the Colorado Republican who has made a name for himself, momentarily, by bashing illegal immigrants—pretended to be mystified by his more moderate Senate colleagues. "Who are you responding to?" he asked of them. "Nobody," he answered for them. None of the gazillions of citizen-patriots calling his office had expressed anything but dismay over the illegal aliens—a term that makes it sound as if the country were being invaded by Martians.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
Nope just invaded by mexicans.
A read last week that Time has a new managing editor bringing in some new ideas. This must be an example.
80% of Americans oppose amnesty.
"illegal aliens—a term that makes it sound as if the country were being invaded by Martians."
This guy is a certified idiot.
Mexican language, culture, mores, lawlessness, endemic corruption, etc. is as alien as any we might discover on Mars. Klein is an idiot.
The president has supported building a wall for over a year now, so if you have problems with the fact that a wall hasn't been built, take it up with Congress. He supported Sensenbrenner's suggestion to build a 700 mile wall, but Congress rejected it. Bush even signed legislation which funded the wall.
http://www.colum.edu/students/reservoir/studentlife/february2006/week1/borderfence0206.htm
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/5/3/115432.shtml
As an aside, although there are complaints that under this administration, employer fines have decreased for hiring illegal immigration, what seems to have gone unnoticed by the border hysterics is that it's because what was once a fine is now a CRIME.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/15/AR2006041501049_pf.html
Some of the Governors don't want a fence. Why don't you attack them?
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48017
And it is within the power of each Governor to call up the National Guard to defend the borders. But some Governors are opposed to that idea too.
And for those who are saying the war in Iraq is making it impossible for our National Guard to protect the country here, there are over 300,000 National Guardsmen and only 30,000 are in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Klein does not know that "illegal aliens" is the actual correct term while he tries to disparage people who use it by connecting it to Martians.
The fact that Klein agrees with President Bush *should* be enough for Bush to question where he stands. It won't be, but it should.
As a conservative, the Left only admires you or has good things to say about you when you serve their purpose, like Bob Packwood as a Republican abortion supporter, or John McCain as a damager of the First Amendment and general pain in the ass to Republicans.
Otherwise, that politician is dumb, stupid, or scarily evil, even though they are the exact same person they were before they STOPPED doing things the liberals found helpful.
What planet is this bozo living on?
Typical liberal BS.
Good God. I suppose this means he thinks that illegal immigrants granted amnesty are going to vote REPUBLICAN???????????
What on EARTH is he smoking?
What part of illegal don't you understand Mr. Klein?
I know it! Percentage-wise, very few National Guardsmen are stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan and if Governors were so concerned about illegals, why didn't they put NG on the borders?
Even now, since the president has said he'd station NG on the borders, a few Governors have spoken out and said they don't want the NG on their borders.
No kidding...this just gets bizarrer and bizarrer...
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