Amnesty update: Feinstein/Craig illegal alien farmworker measure “jettisoned”…for now

michellemalkin.com ^ | May 15, 2008 | Michelle Malkin

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Sometime in the wee hours of the morning, it happened:

.....

Democratic leaders were forced to jettison provisions to award work permits for immigrant farm labor and seasonal workers just hours after beginning debate Tuesday on legislation to add domestic programs to President Bush’s war request.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

I think they killed AGJOBS because Menendez said "too little to help immigrant wonkers." Amnesty and citizenship arent enough? They'll be back again.....

[Red Badger]

Craig?........Larry “Wide Stance” Craig?.................

[org.whodat]

The Democrats are not going to pass amnesty unless they can hang it on the necks of republicans as they did with Reagan.

[Cicero]

Nancy is getting short of cheap labor on her plantation, poor thing.

[oust the louse]

I’ve been getting e-mails from a couple GOP sites that have been asking folks to bombard the boneheads in DC to scrap this BS farm bill and I think it worked.
Totally dispicable and sneaky but what else should we expect from these professional politicians in DC.
Chalk this up as a win for the masses.
SCORE: DC Politicians 3,685
The Masses 463

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

"too little to help immigrant wonkers."

I meant to say "too little to help immigrant workers." Oh well.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Craig?........Larry “Wide Stance” Craig?.................

Yup.

I read somewhere, maybe even on this site, that he's a conservative and we need 'men' like him on our side in the Senate. /s

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>Craig?........Larry “Wide Stance” Craig?.................<<

Correct, the same idiot. I can see why the Dems like him.

[theDentist]

I meant to say "too little to help immigrant workers."

And here I thought you'd misspelled "wankers." Oh well.

[pissant]

The Hag-Fag amnesty is dead for the moment. It will be back, rest assured.

[Vigilanteman]

If the Republicans had any stoned, they would offer amnesty to 1.4 million farm workers in return for:

1. Elimination of ballots in all languages other than English or Native American languages.
   
2. Elimination of counting "Hispanics" as a separate category for census or affirmative action purposes. Hispanic is not a race, it is a Romance language group. We do not have separate classifications for Italians, Portugese, Francophones or any other language group. There is supposed to be equal protection of the law and all that, isn't there?

[Liz]

ROUND FOUR Feinstein/Craig illegal alien farmworker measure “jettisoned”…for now.............

Nice job FReepers--------rest assured, they'll be back.

[mortal19440]

I guess Craig really blew this one.

[GOP_Proud]

House has a wide-stance, too. Only fans of the “House” TV show know this.

[Cicero]

Freudian slip.

[org.whodat]

Their are currently fourteen farm worker programs on the books for importing labor. Next time you take a drive on the interstate stop and ask one of the weed-eater groups where their help come from.

[sheana]

I am soooooooo sick of babysitting these idiots though.

[NonValueAdded]

Yeah!!! Keep shining a light on the kitchen floor of Congress. Don’t let the roaches have free run of the darkness of the legislative process.

[ElPatriota]

You mean CRAIG "The degenerate" is still in the Senate?... But did not the Republicans were going to "investigate" him for ethical shortcomings, etc?

Boy, and the GOP wonders why they will lose their a** off in the next elections?...

[SJSAMPLE]

I loved that movie.
Doctor and fiancee are in a car accident.
He reaches in and pulls out her head and wraps it in a coat.
Brings her to his mad scientist lab (of course) and brings the head back to life.
She telepathically controls the headless body in the closet and takes her revenge.

[EggsAckley]

I liked “wonkers” better.

~</;o)

[Mike Fieschko]

The Internet Archive has the film (edited?), available for free download or for viewing through the entry's page:

The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962).

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Nice job FReepers--------rest assured, they'll be back.

You know they will, it's like the Night of the Living Dead, the creeps keep coming and coming. But fortunately one of them Larry Craig will be retiring to his restroom resort after this year.

[Lexington Green]

McCain is saddened.

[AuntB]

One down, how many more to go??

[JimRed]

Next time they’ll try to sneak it in under the radar attached to some much lower profile legislation.

[TLI]

Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat, objected to the immigrant farm labor provision, added to the measure at a hearing last week by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, and Larry Craig, a Republican. It would allow almost 1.4 million immigrant farm workers to stay in the United States for up to five years . . .

Yep, five years, every time they try to push an amnesty. It never fails.

[Dante3]

Yes, the same wild and crazy toe-tapper.

[Dante3]

McCain might need to take an extra dose of Valium.

[Penny]

Actually, Roy Beck of NumbersUSA has just written us with a request to keep calling our senators:

"Unfortunately, the H-2B low-sill worker increase is still in the Iraq Supplemental so your phone calls are still needed. . . . Please keep phoning your Senators throughout the day and ask them to strip the H-2B increase from the Iraq Supplemental spending bill."

Please, please, please: All those reading this thread, call your senators. We need to keep the pressure on, and I've been giving my duplicitous senators hell for a long time and plan on calling several more times today. It is the least we can do besides contributing to FAIR and NumbersUSA.

Regards . . . Penny

[TLI]

McCain is saddened.

Oh golly no! He has "heard the voice of the people" and "learned his lesson."

Translation: Just lie about amnesty 100% of the time.

[Dante3]

Craig is one of those senators who vote on conservative issues just enough to fool the voters, then zap them on issues that cause real damage to this country. Craig even voted against the Cronyn amendment.

[Dante3]

Please keep calling - see #31. I do not know if this news can be added to the title.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Now we know yet another reason Ms Feinstein wants a "Fairness Doctrine."

It's not just to shield hubby's dealings.

[Dante3]

Let’s keep calling. It will take only a little time and can make a difference.

[Penny]

Yes, and thank you! So often we spend more time whining about matters instead of acting on them. My two senators are Hutchison and Cornyn, vile creatures with five talking mouths apiece. Thank goodness this is her last term lest she continue to damage Texas and our country! As for Cornyn, well, he is nothing but a wannabe president who occasionally throws a token at us conservatives.

Best regards . . . Penny

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>Actually, Roy Beck of NumbersUSA has just written us with a request to keep calling our senators:

“Unfortunately, the H-2B low-sill worker increase is still in the Iraq Supplemental so your phone calls are still needed. . . . Please keep phoning your Senators throughout the day and ask them to strip the H-2B increase from the Iraq Supplemental spending bill.”

Please, please, please: All those reading this thread, call your senators. We need to keep the pressure on, and I’ve been giving my duplicitous senators hell for a long time and plan on calling several more times today. It is the least we can do besides contributing to FAIR and NumbersUSA.

Regards . . . Penny<<

Thanks for the heads up Penny.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat, objected to the immigrant farm labor provision, added to the measure at a hearing last week by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, and Larry Craig, a Republican. It would allow almost 1.4 million immigrant farm workers to stay in the United States for up to five years . . .

I'm trying to imagine what Menendez wants. Even though it provides amnesty, and a path to permanent resident and citizenship, he wanted to kill the bill because it was "too little to help immigrant workers." Maybe he wants the government of Mexico to take control of the USA? Actually, in certain ways that is as good as true.

[Ron H.]

I guess Craig really blew this one.

Or put another way, 'He went down on the Bill'. </queer pun>

[Guenevere]

Isn’t this like..4th down, and legion to go.

[Czar]

Good for now; however, these political hacks and traitors will have to be watched every second lest something be passed at 2:00am.

As we know, Washington simply cannot be trusted.

On anything...

[Penny]

This just in from FAIR:

"However, Senate sources tell us that the Mikulski H-2B amendment - an amendment that could lead to hundreds of thousands of new unskilled H-2B guest workers flooding the labor market in only a few years - is still in the Iraq War Funding Bill. This is because the Iraq War Funding Bill is being considered in two parts and point of order raised by Senator Menendez only applied to the first part. The H-2B provision is in the second.

"Please keep calling your Senators until Democratic Leadership strips this final special-interest immigration amendment from the Iraq War Funding Bill! Tell them that you oppose importing tens of thousands of new unskilled (H-2B) guest workers to appease corporate interests—and especially when the economy is struggling.

"We heard throughout the day that your calls put intense pressure on Senators across the country. One staffer told us that the phones were "lighting up like a Christmas tree." Please help us make sure Congress looks out for the American people and not special interests.

"To find your Senators' phone numbers, click here.

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
DC Office (202) 224-3542
District Office (702) 388-5020

"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
DC Office (202) 224-2541
District Office (502) 582-6304"

LET'S FINISH THE JOB BY CALLING NOW--and OFTEN!

Regards . . . Penny

[Reaganwuzthebest]

I'm trying to imagine what Menendez wants.

Menendez wants the works; unconditional amnesty, complete immunity from all past crimes, free college educations, social security benefits, expedited family chain visas. And that's just for starters, I'm sure his brain is cooking up some more goodies that he believes illegal aliens are entitled to.

[Ron H.]

--------rest assured, they'll be back.

Rule #1 in the Dem playbook: Keep coming back again and again until you wear down your opponent. Out last them and you win in the end. And if that doesn't work then beat them with the process of INCREMENTALISM. That's the core method Dems have used to defeat conservatism. Conservatives need to adopt their method here.

[afnamvet]

There is supposed to be equal protection of the law and all that, isn't there?

Only applies to the donks.

[afnamvet]

I would like to order up a jettisoned Feinswine and Craig, the pervert please.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>You mean CRAIG “The degenerate” is still in the Senate?<<

He had already entered a plea of guilty and announced he was resigning, but Arlen Specter convinced him he could “take back” the guilty plea. Thanks, Arlen.

[Guenevere]

Why the discrepancy in your date and the date of Michelle's column?.....(Is it obvious, do I need coffee?)

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>Why the discrepancy in your date and the date of Michelle’s column?.....(Is it obvious, do I need coffee?)<<

DOH! Her date is correct, mine is not.