Posted on 09/16/2004 10:49:43 AM PDT by VU4G10
GLENDORA -- Police are bracing for thousands of people to hit the streets of Glendora today when KFI-AM 640 talk-radio hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou have a "Fire Dreier' rally in front of the district office of Rep. David Dreier.
They are making Dreier the GOP's sacrificial lamb for what they claim is his allowing undocumented immigrants to wreak havoc on the state's economy. Their show will be broadcast live from 3 to 7 p.m.
They say undocumented immigrants clutter up the freeways, prisons, hospitals and schools.
"We are doing this to make a point. Dreier is a phony liar when it comes to immigration,' said Kobylt in a telephone interview. "He says one thing and votes another way. If you're angry about the effects of illegal immigration, the way to fight back is to sacrifice a powerful congressman who's been lying about his voting record.'
About 15 percent of KFI's million listeners live in the San Gabriel Valley, Kobylt said.
Dreier, 52, up for re-election in November, did not return two phone calls seeking comment.
He faces Democrat opponent Cynthia Matthews in the race for the 26th District, which stretches along the base of the San Gabriel Mountains and portions of western San Bernardino County where there are 636,000 residents.
His opponent should benefit from the protest, her supporters say.
"This brings name recognition, money and a sheer number of voters (our way),' said Bill McClellan, a Matthews campaign worker. "Of course, that is good for Matthews and good for the district.'
Some say taking Dreier out would be a slap in the face to President Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Dreier, a 24-year veteran, chairs the powerful House Rules Committee and played a large role in recalling former Gov. Gray Davis.
He and Rep. Joe Baca, a Democrat representing the 43rd Congressional District of San Bernardino, Colton, Rialto, Fontana, Bloomington and Ontario, were voted "political human sacrifices' by "The John and Ken Show' listeners during the week of Sept. 6.
Dreier racked up 76.24 percent of the votes ahead of Chris Cox, Darrell Issa, Mary Bono and Dana Rohrabacher.
By taking down Dreier and Baca listeners will send the message that they are frustrated by the unchecked wave of illegal immigration from Mexico.
Glendora police say they are ready for the influx of radio listeners to the Route 66 office during the rally. They plan to deploy two extra patrol units and four officers.
"It's not costing the city any extra money,' Sgt. Virgil Weber said. "We are shifting work schedules, there is no overtime.'
http://www.kfi640.com/interactive/streaming.html
So are Hutchinson and Ridge. Are they next?
Idjits.
I really hate those guys (John & Ken) - they're really uninformed idiots most - a vast majority - of the time.
Great!! We'll get a Democrat in there THEN we'll really do something about illegal aliens.
Wonder why they choose a republican.
Well, not really.
They should be along with Rove.
Question, please..there was a threa here a few days ago to the effect that Drier was about to be "outed" by a gay magazine. Now this..is there any relationship between these two events?..
If you're looking for informative 3PM-6PM Talk radio
try AM 600 KOGO...it's got a great signal in L.A.
& Hedgecock's got a lot more to say than the J&K circus !
Are these people insane?
Attacking one of our best Republicans?!
Talking about cutting off your nose to spite your face.
With friends like this, who needs enemies?!
Why aren't they working on picking off Democrats, THEY are the ones who curtail Republicans from taking effective action.
Why are so-called conservatives doing the work of the left?
If this does NOT work, it reinforces the Drier-Arnold-GWB approach, to illegal immigration.
I'm in Dana's district. He has been pretty strong, on holding back illegal immigration. But it is "nuanced."
He will put up bills, which remove financial flow to illegal immigrants. He can predict the bill will be defeated (all dems, plus republicans like Drier).
Then he can claim to his constituents he is strong, on immigration.
Does Dana Rohrabacher call for ousting Asa Hutchinson, clamping down in the interior? Of course not. He is a loyal, party-line Bush supporter.
Dreier has a worse record than most Rats when it comes to illegal immigration. Losing him will actually help!
"Why are so-called conservatives doing the work of the left?"
That is what you seem to miss.
Drier has a WORSE voting record on immigration, than Diane Feinstein. In other words, virtually any democrat will be the same, or BETTER, on immigration than Drier.
It is a single issue political symbolic tactic: Shows Republicans they better get going on immigration, or they could be going.
Do you hail from SoCal? Listen to the radio broadcast? Have any grasp of the role they played with Davis ouster/Arnold election?
The flood of immigration is dramatically changing this country, and not for the better. Drastic actions are necesssary since the boys inside the Beltway don't seem to care. Put the heat on.
The main culprits on immigration are the DEMOCRATS!
Why not get rid of most of THEM, then, see what the Republicans can do.
Picking off Republicans will NOT help the immigration issue, but it will surely help the Democrats.
Wake up and smell the REAL enemy: the Democrats!
The Republicans and conservatives should be united against the Democrats, instead of creating a circular firing squad, where only the Democrats will be left standing. And what do you think THEY will do about illegal immigration?
Why not focus the "drastic action" against the DEMOCRATS, who are the ones who created this mess in the first place and are continuing it?
Do you think Bush could be persuaded to fire them?
"If this does NOT work, it reinforces the Drier-Arnold-GWB approach, to illegal immigration. "
So are they going to campaign against Arnold next, to get Bustamante and against Bush, to get Kerry? And they are calling themselves conservatives?
According to post 12, Dreier is no better than the average Dim on this issue. In fact, not many Republicans seem to be any better on this issue. From what I have seen, only the relatively small number of Republicans in Tancredo's corner will even speak out on immigration.
Considering they are just parroting him on the issue of immigration I doubt he would.
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