Oklahoma Governor Signs Immigration Bill

http://kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=126879 ^

[guido911]

Democrat Governor Brad Henry signs immigration bill, which is perhaps the most sweeping reform enacted by any state.

[B-Chan]

OKLAHOMA IS OK

[savedbygrace]

1) His veto would have been over-ridden

2) He must have received assurances that the courts will invalidate the law

3) He knew he’d never stand a chance of being re-elected if he didn’t sign it

[2Jedismom]

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[Aetius]

He was in a tough position to be sure. On the one hand, such action will hurt him with the kook base of the Democratic party, especially the professional ethnic grievance groups, and thus hurt him should he ever wish to run for President. On the other hand, this is Oklahoma. He talked tough in the campaign, and should he ever wish to run for Senate then he needed to represent Oklahoma views instead of kook leftwing views.

[Red in Blue PA]

Now if we can only get the signatures from more Govs in states closer to the Mexico border.

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. BTTT!

[tx_eggman]

OKLAHOMA IS OK

Ah, a state motto that basically says:

Oklahoma doesn't suck ...

Sure makes me want to move to Muscogee

[From One - Many]

The laws of logical reason says it will happen eventually, but by then the illegals may have been made legal by the feds. So instead of illegals killing us, we will have legals killing us....it makes all the difference in the world....../s

[yoe]

**He waited until the deadline, but Governor Brad Henry signed an immigration bill into law Tuesday afternoon. Critics of the bill say it’s mean spirited. But News On 6 anchor Omar Villafranca reports supporters of the legislation say it will shut off access to jobs and benefits for illegal aliens, saving state taxpayers millions of dollars.**

**When Dan Howard, creator of (www.outragedpatriots.com), heard the news about Governor Brad Henry signing the immigration bill he had one response.**

**"God Bless America, and God Bless Governor Henry," he said.**

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[lilylangtree]

Now if the rest of the US will do the same.

[RasterMaster]

I never expected Gov’nor Doo-little to sign it! Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[Nextrush]

Sounds like good plausible explanations for shifty Brad Henry’s move. (that’s what all Democrats in conservative states are, like “Slick Willie” who was Arkansas governor way back when).

[HoustonTech]

Wait a minute! Does this mean Texans can’t enter Oklahoma any more? I’m not sure how to take that. ;-)

[P-40]

That state motto needs work. :)

[Marysecretary]

OKLAHOMA IS A-OK.

[Jedidah]

Nut they’ve got a great state song.

[guido911]

Yep, that’s what it means. No Texans. /sarc off

[Sonny M]

He was in a tough position to be sure. On the one hand, such action will hurt him with the kook base of the Democratic party, especially the professional ethnic grievance groups, and thus hurt him should he ever wish to run for President. On the other hand, this is Oklahoma. He talked tough in the campaign, and should he ever wish to run for Senate then he needed to represent Oklahoma views instead of kook leftwing views.

Run for senate?

Wasn't his nickname "the laziest governor in America" for awhile and the "accidental governor"?

A couple of folks told me he is pretty much an indifferent guy, and pretends to be a technocrat who spends most of his day watching ESPN and sleeping.

[Aetius]

I was just speculating as to why a Democrat would sign such a sensible bill. From a Democrat’s perspective, it makes sense to do all that it possible to ensure as large a population of illegal immigrants as possible, because it will result in a future bonanza of votes for their party. The only reason to be sensible is if the Democrat is from a overwhelmingly conservative state where such demographic considerations are not yet important.