[Texasforever]

Why does it take "stones" to boycott a speech?

[kellynla]

"So when President Fox came to California to promote amnesty for the Mexican nationals that have broken our laws, I found his presence here to be arrogant and offensive. Many of the Mexican citizens who come to the United States illegally are the "social problems" of Mexico.

The corruption, the favoritism, the oppressive government has left many of these people in abject poverty, and, if they didn't come to the United States, they would probably start a revolution in Mexico. Fox wants us to relieve the political tension that these social problems would cause.

So why should I sanction this visit? Why should I sit and listen to lies and propaganda meant to influence the legislative passage of a bill in Congress with which I vehemently disagree? We need to enforce our laws first, not listen to the President of Mexico ask us to pay for his social problems. He should go back to Mexico, fix his economy, fix his corrupt government, and quit sending us his social problems.

I couldn't say that to him because he would not meet with us to hear these words. So I greeted him with silence. It wasn't disrespectful. It was protest. It is how I would treat any lobbyist who was pushing me to do something I thought was wrong. More important, it was wrong of the leadership of the California Legislature to aid and abet his lobbying effort.

I wasn't going to sanction it at any level, so I left, and encouraged others to do the same. It was the right thing to do."


Assemblyman Ray Haynes represents the 66th Assembly District, which includes portions of Western Riverside County and Northern San Diego County.

[Brilliant]

He was just visiting his Northernmost Territory.

[purpleland]

What Americans should focus on is the REAL construct of Mexico's Federal government dominated by its small ruling class (wealthy elitists) members of whom more than one half are descended from second tier nazi bureaucrats who fled when Allies were entering Germany. The next time some insipid and delusional liberal democrat worries about republicans driving America into becoming a "police state", point out to the idiot that Mexico is the prototypical "police state."

[Jameison]

"Throughout the last several years, he has encouraged his citizens to immigrate to this country illegally, and has, in many ways, benefited from that illegal immigration. When his citizens come to California, our taxpayers pick up their medical bills, pay for their education, food, clothing and housing. In return, these Mexican citizens usually take most of their earnings and send them back to Mexico. The relationship is all to Mexico's benefit, and not much help to California."

This is one guy that definitely gets it.

[kellynla]

ping

[fifedom]

I, for one, will not feed the trolls.

Haynes is one of the best people in the CA legislature. He speaks clearly and without the politically correct garbage we get from even many other Republican politicians. Thanks for sharing the article with us.