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A number of photos were taken at yesterday’s Dallas illegal immigrant protest, including this one of a Democrat recruitment flyer encouraging Mexican immigrants to vote for Democrats in 2006.
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The fact that the Dems are recruiting at these protests isn’t a surprise. It fits into their big picture of race and politics (which is why the flyer’s visual puts Texas and Mexico together). The Democrats classify people based upon race and then work to corner the racial voting collectives. At this point, the white vote is already split down the middle, half voting Democrat, half Republican. The Dems have cornered the black voting collective with over 90% voting Democratic. If Democrats manage to corner the Hispanic vote like they have cornered the black vote, Republicans won’t win the White House for a very long time. This is the Democrats’ dream, so they are trying very hard to collectivize the Hispanic community by turning the immigration issue into another civil rights issue.
Immigrants who come from south of the border usually don’t see themselves as a part of a collective. They tend to be more individual-minded, which works to the Republicans’ benefit. However, these rallies and protests are helping reshape how these immigrants view themselves. As Power Line points out, one of the organizers of these rallies is A.N.S.W.E.R., a communist organization.
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Some legal immigrants are against illegals getting citizenship. Of course, their views rarely get covered in the media and are drowned out by the mass protests:
Contrary to scenes of hundreds of thousands of united Latinos marching across the country in support of immigration reform, a sizable number of the ethnic group opposes the marches and strongly objects to illegal immigration.
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“There are a lot of Hispanics that are upset about the illegal just the same way as the Anglo population,” said Barrios, a third-generation Mexican-American who traces his family’s roots in Arizona to the 1870s. “That group is larger than many people would believe.”
South Phoenix resident Elsie Orta said she has no plans to participate in Monday’s march in Phoenix.
“Other Hispanics have told me to go to the demonstrations,” said Orta, 55, who said her mother is from New Mexico and her father’s family traces its roots to Spain. “I think it’s hurting them. They’re making a fool of themselves.”
The Phoenix native believes Arizona is under siege by illegal immigrants who speak Spanish, use public services and take jobs away from citizens. Illegal immigrants, she said, should be deported.
“They want us to cater to them all the time,” she said. “They’re coming over here, they’re taking our jobs. And now, everything has to be in English and Spanish? I don’t think so. They need to go back.”
Update: The folks at Polipundit are really disgusted with the stand some Republicans are taking on immigration reform.
The following Republican politicians, who would sell US citizenship to millions of illegal invaders, have permanently lost my support for any elected office:
President George W. Bush
Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL)
Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Senator Bill Frist (R-TN)
Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Senator Chuck Hagel (R_NE)
Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH)
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL)I donated thousands of dollars to these politicians when they were running for office. I urged PoliPundit.com readers to vote for them and volunteer for their campaigns. No more. They are agents of Mexico, not representatives of the American people.
Immigration is now one of the top issues weighing on Americans’ minds:
When people were asked this past week to name the top national problem that came to mind, 13 percent said immigration — four times the number who said that in January. Roughly the same number, 14 percent of those polled, named the economy, according to the poll of 500 adults conducted April 3-5. The survey has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
Update II: What an interesting collection of groups that are attending these immigration protests. Michelle Malkin has the details.
Update III: More to my point, Michelle Malkin notes that Ted Kennedy is scheduled to speak to the crowd in DC at 4:30 pm EST today.
Update IV: Rush Limbaugh referenced Wizbang and my post on his radio show today. Thanks, Rush! You can read and listen to what Rush had to say here.
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They didn’t choose to be born in poor countries any more than any of us “chose” to be Americans.
Problem is, many of those “poor” countries do not have to be poor … they have CHOSEN to act in ways that fail their citizens.
Where is their responsibility for creating this mess? Why aren’t they being compelled to leverage their resources, so their people can live free and pursue happiness in their own nation, instead of straining American resources and making a travesty of our soverignty?
Mexico is a prime example of such a nation.
I find it quite ironic that the same people who wish to strain at every little gnat to claim this Administration has fostered a “culture of corruption”, have no problems with — and are implicitly advocating — the continued subsidizing of a truly corrupt politio-economic culture, by blindly continuing to take in the people they have failed, while ignoring how that culture has robbed these people of their national legacy …
… and is now robbing us of not only our own legacy, but our soverignty.
Um … could somebody tell Polipundit that the Bush brothers aren’t running for any elected offices anymore… due to, like, Florida term limits and the U.S. Constitution? Thanks…
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Congratulations on getting mentioned on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show!
Great post!
Posted by: Mr. Right at April 10, 2006 12:49 PM
HAHAHAHA! I didn’t realize that being mentioned on a drug addicted, draft dodging, fat slob’s radio show is something to be congratulated for. You right-wingers become more pathetic every day.
And what’s the GOP up to? Read on……
PHONE JAMMING RECORDS POINT TO WHITE HOUSE
By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer Mon Apr 10, 4:55 PM ET
WASHINGTON – Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone records introduced in criminal court show.
The records show that Bush campaign operative James Tobin, who recently was convicted in the case, made two dozen calls to the White House within a three-day period around Election Day 2002 — as the phone jamming operation was finalized, carried out and then abruptly shut down.
The national Republican Party, which paid millions in legal bills to defend Tobin, says the contacts involved routine election business and that it was “preposterous” to suggest the calls involved phone jamming.
The Justice Department has secured three convictions in the case but hasn’t accused any White House or national Republican officials of wrongdoing, nor made any allegations suggesting party officials outside New Hampshire were involved. The phone records of calls to the White House were exhibits in Tobin’s trial but prosecutors did not make them part of their case.
Democrats plan to ask a federal judge Tuesday to order GOP and White House officials to answer questions about the phone jamming in a civil lawsuit alleging voter fraud.
Repeated hang-up calls that jammed telephone lines at a Democratic get-out-the-vote center occurred in a Senate race in which Republican John Sununu defeated Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, 51 percent to 46 percent, on Nov. 5, 2002.
Besides the conviction of Tobin, the Republicans’ New England regional director, prosecutors negotiated two plea bargains: one with a New Hampshire Republican Party official and another with the owner of a telemarketing firm involved in the scheme. The owner of the subcontractor firm whose employees made the hang-up calls is under indictment.
The phone records show that most calls to the White House were from Tobin, who became President Bush’s presidential campaign chairman for the New England region in 2004. Other calls from New Hampshire senatorial campaign offices to the White House could have been made by a number of people.
A GOP campaign consultant in 2002, Jayne Millerick, made a 17-minute call to the White House on Election Day, but said in an interview she did not recall the subject. Millerick, who later became the New Hampshire GOP chairwoman, said in an interview she did not learn of the jamming until after the election.
A Democratic analysis of phone records introduced at Tobin’s criminal trial show he made 115 outgoing calls — mostly to the same number in the White House political affairs office — between Sept. 17 and Nov. 22, 2002. Two dozen of the calls were made from 9:28 a.m. the day before the election through 2:17 a.m. the night after the voting.
There also were other calls between Republican officials during the period that the scheme was hatched and canceled.
Prosecutors did not need the White House calls to convict Tobin and negotiate the two guilty pleas.
Whatever the reason for not using the White House records, prosecutors “tried a very narrow case,” said Paul Twomey, who represented the Democratic Party in the criminal and civil cases. The Justice Department did not say why the White House records were not used.
The Democrats said in their civil case motion that they were entitled to know the purpose of the calls to government offices “at the time of the planning and implementation of the phone-jamming conspiracy … and the timing of the phone calls made by Mr. Tobin on Election Day.”
While national Republican officials have said they deplore such operations, the Republican National Committee said it paid for Tobin’s defense because he is a longtime supporter and told officials he had committed no crime.
By Nov. 4, 2002, the Monday before the election, an Idaho firm was hired to make the hang-up calls. The Republican state chairman at the time, John Dowd, said in an interview he learned of the scheme that day and tried to stop it.
Dowd, who blamed an aide for devising the scheme without his knowledge, contended that the jamming began on Election Day despite his efforts. A police report confirmed the Manchester Professional Fire Fighters Association reported the hang-up calls began about 7:15 a.m. and continued for about two hours. The association was offering rides to the polls.
Virtually all the calls to the White House went to the same number, which currently rings inside the political affairs office. In 2002, White House political affairs was led by now-RNC chairman Ken Mehlman. The White House declined to say which staffer was assigned that phone number in 2002.
“As policy, we don’t discuss ongoing legal proceedings within the courts,” White House spokesman Ken Lisaius said.
Robert Kelner, a Washington lawyer representing the Republican National Committee in the civil litigation, said there was no connection between the phone jamming operation and the calls to the White House and party officials.
“On Election Day, as anybody involved in politics knows, there’s a tremendous volume of calls between political operatives in the field and political operatives in Washington,” Kelner said.
“If all you’re pointing out is calls between Republican National Committee regional political officials and the White House political office on Election Day, you’re pointing out nothing that hasn’t been true on every Election Day,” he said.
So, recruiting voters at demonstrations actually seems pretty tame in comparison……
THank you again for giving us the Latin vote! Mentioned on Limbaugh my sweet patootie — Latin Radio is even more powerful than Gop Radio, and they are so pissed at you! Thanks and thanks again!
ed – “Generally only those with the weakest points assemble to protest because they need the illusion of numbers to portray political power.”
So, by that logic, there should be millions of people protesting in support of our president…
Those dirty Democrats! How dare they try to turn voters against that great bastion of humanity: the Republican party, who’s every move is to elevate humanity???
You filthy Repiglickins, enjoy your last few stolen moments of power. Thieves, Liars. Cheats. Pigs.
Latin Radio
Wow… I gotta remember to tune in to Gladiator Hour
Jon Terry spews and provides probative evidence that hate is ALL the Left has since everyone of its ideas have historically (and spectacularly) failed.
Every one, Darleen? You mean the 40 hour work week, child labor laws, women’s sufferage, the abolishment of slavery… All of these things have “failed”?
Golly. Who knew?
Antigone
were not that vain !
devils advocate
these economists you quote are wrong everytime , they guess just like weatherforecasters do , so dont try to bullshit everyone with your superior intellect because its not happening..
The abolishment if slavery did not come about because of lefties, sorry the lefties are the plantation owners and theres still a few of them in the senate , pelosi ,clintin,kennedy,kerry !
virgo, you’re really amusing. You represent the right wing very well. Keep up the good work.
Im not on anyones wing !
Antigone
Abolitionist movement orginated in….gasp…RELIGIOUS people
But hey, let’s not look at the great examples of Left societal success in the former USSR, Red China prior to the recent move towards capitalism, Mexico, and even France (which, at this point I believe will be a Islamist country within 25 years).
THE biggest anti-human con ever perpetuated upon people of goodwill.
Let’s see Darleen, the right is responsible for:
1. Hitler
2. Pol Pot
3. Idi Amin
4. Torquemada
5. King Leopold
Proud representatives of the left include:
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Mother Theresa
3. Cesar Chavez
4. MLK
5. Nelson Mandela
I like my side a lot more, you neanderthal wench.
Virgo,
You are about as coherent as your fearless leader, GWB. Try punctuation marks. Not only do they taste great, they might even make your retarded rhetoric somewhat readable. Idiot.
Darleen – “Abolitionist movement orginated in….gasp…RELIGIOUS people”
Yeah, religious people who actually followed the teachings of Jesus, instead of spewing hate and bile. They were religious people who probably would have thought it wrong to outlaw giving help to folks in need like the recent anti-immigrant bill passed by the House of Representatives. Under that bill, if Jesus came back to earth and gave an illegal immigrant water in the desert, he would be considered a criminal.
Would you make Jesus a criminal, Darleen?
don’t care
Godwin’s Law
typical
feh
Let’s see Darleen, the right is responsible for:
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1. Hitler
2. Pol Pot
3. Idi Amin
4. Torquemada
5. King Leopold
Wow. You want to explain to me how socialist and communist dictators could possibly be considered conservative? Remember, conservative==small government. And before anyone says it, no George Bush is not conservative (well maybe socially conservative *shudder*).
Today’s “Liberals” are completely illiberal. In Europe today, where left-wing governments are the rule, you can be prosecuted for “hate speech.” Oh, and you can’t draw cartoons unless Muslims say it’s ok. And homeowners who defend themselves against intruders receive more jail time than the criminal.
Ah, and then there’s our public school system, where our Liberal school administrators and teachers unions are too busy artificially inflating children’s self-esteem, protecting them from the evils of red ink and dodge ball, and indoctrinating them with their superficial notions of “diversity” to actually teach them anything. Failure is still passing, and hard work and personal responsibility are anathema.
Then we come to our greedy, corrupt, and economically illiterate unions. In their mad quest for handouts, the UAW has driven the final nail into GM and Delphi’s coffins. I’m sure those $50,000 starting salaries for assembling cars will come as great consolation when they join the ranks of the 10,000s who’ve already lost their jobs at those companies.
You see, liberals are supposed to believe in individual freedom (why should I have to pay for your healthcare?), free markets, hard work and personal responsibility, which are all anathema to you guys.
if Jesus came back to earth and gave an illegal immigrant water in the desert, he would be considered a criminal.
Well, I should have expected such nonsense.
No matter how much of these pro-illegal organizing groups… ANSWER, BAMN, The World Can’t Wait, International Socialist Workers’ Party, etc, are right there up close and personal that the USA has no right to its own sovereinty… you’ll say something inane like Jesus was an illegal immigrant or would be a criminal.
You and the rest of the leftist trolls here are not interested in any good faith argument.
All you have is hate. All you have is a desire to see the USA stop being the USA.
So keep waving foreign flags and damning anyone that believes law and borders need to be respected is a racist. You keep proving my point.
Oh, Darleen. Jesus wasn’t an illegal immigrant.
Jacob was.
Silly girl.
And, yes, if Jesus gave water to a thirsty illegal immigrant in the desert, he would be a criminal under the proposed law.
And anyone who followed his word would be as well.
Why do you hate Christians so much? Why do you hate Jesus?
Oops. Not Jacob. Joseph. 🙂
Hitler was a fascist, you ninny, not a communist. Here are some more right-wingers for your reference.
1. Mussolini
2. Augusto Pinochet
3. Ferdinand Marcos
4. David Duke
5. Joseph McCarthy
6. Francisco Franco
7. Alfredo Stroessner
Yep. That’s a great legacy you have. You must be very proud.
Before you get all wacked out on this post — markets are wonderful, capitalism is great, Adam Smith was a genius (and so was Marx), and Stalin was a brutal thug.
You want to explain to me how socialist and communist dictators could possibly be considered conservative?
Torquemada was a communist!!!???
Who knew!
Why, those wiley communists!
Jesus should be kicked out of the country, along with all of his illegal immigrant buddies. This land is only for white people. Only white people have the right to take over the land, kill Indians, enslave black people and then complain about how oppressed they are.
Hitler was a fascist
Uh, he was a socialist. You know the National Socialist party? In any case, tell me what fascism has to do with limited government?
Torquemada was a communist!!!???
No. I was referring specifically to Hitler and Pol Pot. I should have known I would have to spell it out for you.
Yep. That’s a great legacy you have. You must be very proud.
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Before you get all wacked out on this post — markets are wonderful, capitalism is great, Adam Smith was a genius (and so was Marx), and Stalin was a brutal thug.
And how praytell, is that my legacy? Your second sentence is a much more apt descriptor of my beliefs.
Jesus should be kicked out of the country, along with all of his illegal immigrant buddies.
If Jesus is illegal, then indeed he should.
This land is only for white people. Only white people have the right to take over the land, kill Indians, enslave black people and then complain about how oppressed they are.
And finally we progress from thinly veiled cries of “RACIST!” to overt ones. Why don’t you show me an immigration proposal that restricts “non-white” people rather than “illegals?” Oh, and my “non-white”, legal immigrant, Chinese fiance says you’re a moron. Is she a racist, too?
“If Jesus is illegal, then indeed he should.”
So, you’re saying that God is subject to the laws of man?
“Oh, and my ‘non-white’, legal immigrant, Chinese fiance says you’re a moron. Is she a racist, too?”
Sure. Are you saying that she can’t be racist because she’s Chinese?
What a racist thing to say!
Here you go poopie:
Hitler = FASCISM. Look it up on Google. National Socialism was fascism, ding don.
OK, Pol Potty was a commie. My bad. But I give him to you to add on to your long list of ignominious killers.
Yep. Overt it is. All you right wingers are racists. Doesn’t matter if you’re Chinese or not. I’m Indian. Lots of Indians are racists too. All right wingers are racists. Moreover, they are itiots.
Economists, on the other hand, are terrific. Even supply siders are OK. Friedman, Hayek, Ricardo, Smith, Becker, Sen, Marx…all brilliant.
See, Jordan, it’s simple. Economists = good. Right wingers = bad.
…and there is nothing thinly veiled about it. Let me say it again, sans veil: rightnutters are racists.
You leftwing commies are the ones hung up on a persons race , thats why you are going to continue to lose..
Antigone
if jesus were to show up in the middle of the desert to bring water to an illegal immigrant, he would probably ask him to repent of his crimes and follow him to the nearest voting precinct to vote for GWB..
I agree. Left wing commies are useless. Communism is a failed ideology. NK and Cuba will eventually succumb to market forces.
But right wing nutjobs (like you) are still racists.
and BTW, Jordan,
Economists = good. You=idiot.
Anyone else notice how the immigration threads only attract the batshit crazies? Must be the flags.
Flags!!
Really, virgo?
I think you’ve got the Pharases in mind. They were all about law and order. Jesus wasn’t too concerned about the law of man.
OH NOES! The brown people are rising up, buy more guns Republicunts!
And you can’t repent for crimes.
You repent for sins.
crime != sin
Crimes are about the laws of man.
Sins are about the laws of God.
If there was a law against being Christian, would it be a sin to break it?
Why argue with these democraps?
They know they are losers….look at them..smell them… they make me sick!!!
We should take the illegals and put them on boats in the middle of the oceans and then sink them! or let them ride with teddy kennedy…
Mmm, looks like compassionate conservatism is still alive and well:
Fire at Mexican restaurant probed as hate crime
I bet we’ll be seeing more of this kind of “protest”.
Well Geez Pope Antigone thank,s for clearing that up.
name 1 crime that men make it a law to break that would not be a sin ! You cant repent from crime ? why not , you may have a change of heart.
and your spelling of pharases is incorrect.
yeah those peaceful protesters are already showing their true colors , attacking a man at a protest and hitting him in the head with a metal object. yeah there ready to assimilate alright.
Josh
what’s up with all the love baby? You mad because your momma didn’t change your diaper?
YEah, sitting in my own poop would make me crank too.
But ease up, man.
Yeah it looks like your typical anti american leftist groups work on that Mexican restaurant Mantis, the same types are over in europe burning everything.
I agree they hagve no sympathy.
virgo,
you bumblebutt…according to your logic (since you think the one guy who bonked someone on the head represents everyone), all republicans are extreme right wing crazies because David Duke is a right wing crazy, right?
Stop sticking your tongue in the airplane glue…you’re becoming unhinhged.
And, it is THEY ARE. There is the opposite of here.
You should be thrown out of the country for not being able to speak English.
(Have no sympathy ,compassion )
So, you’re saying that God is subject to the laws of man?
Well, God was invented by man, and Jesus was just a man, so yes. And there are plenty of people named Jesus.
Sure. Are you saying that she can’t be racist because she’s Chinese?
No I’m saying that being against illegal immigration is not the same as being against immigration or certainly not the same as being racist. Presumably, if she immigrated here, she’s not against immigration, right? OH THE NUANCE!
Now the Hitler and Nazi analogies start. So much for arguing ideas.
NAZI
Were not speaking were typing Dumkoff and it was,nt 1 it was a group of five of your bandidos that jumped Him
and yes your in the same category because your rationalizing this..
Vir go away,
you still don’t know english. And you should volunteer to deport yourself, since you obviously don’t want to assimilate.
Off to Mexico with you.