Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to Be Focus of Boston Protest (by ANSWER commies; Who will defend her?)

AP via KNXV-TV ^ | Tuesday, July 6, 2010

[kristinn]

Immigrant advocates are rallying fellow activists to protest Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer during her scheduled visit this weekend for the National Governors Association meeting in Boston.

The Washington, D.C.-based ANSWER Coalition and others are putting out pamphlets, sending e-mails and making preparations to bring in protesters by bus to express their opposition to Arizona's controversial immigration law, recently signed by Brewer.

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Sarah Sloan, a national organizer with the ANSWER Coalition, said protesters across the East want to voice their opposition to Brewer's decision to sign the bill and want "to send a clear message" to other governors not to support similar laws.

"The law may become a model for other states," Sloan said. "We don't want to see any further action that would legalize racial profiling anywhere else."

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A rally is planned Saturday at Boston's Copley Square, followed by a march to the nearby Sheraton Hotel, where the 102nd annual governors meeting is planned.

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[no dems]

A rally is planned Saturday at Boston's Copley Square, followed by a march to the nearby Sheraton Hotel, where the 102nd annual governors meeting is planned.
WOULD IT BE NAUGHTY TO PRAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING!!!

[Postman]

“...Scott Brown, who I stupidly campaigned for..” Please don’t explain the only rational choice you had. You always have to evaluate politicians in their context. Brown may not be all we would like, but he will vote with us on important issues far more frequently that he will vote against us. Coakley would have voted against us all the time.

[rlmorel]

Thanks, I appreciate the support.

But I am beginning to understand the mindset of many here on FR who say that electing people like him only gives a veneer of bi-partisan support to this anti-American, socialist agenda we see.

He didn’t even stop Health Care. I am pretty low right now, and not seeing much to cheer about.

Sigh.

[RonF]

Sen. Brown couldn’t do anything about health care. The House passed the Senate bill that the Senate had passed before he showed up.

[RonF]

She didn’t need any defense. About 350 people showed up and most of them had been bussed in from out of state. Meanwhile the local politicians have had to back off of their boycott threat after their constituents started yelling at them.

[Postman]

Brown with 39 other Republicans voted against Reconciliation on Health Care.. It’s very hard to stop anything with those numbers.

[rlmorel]

Well, he has lost me. I was doing every gymnastic I could to avoid condemning him until he voted for theDodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.

This anti-business statist legislation that THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WILL DO, written by two men who should be in JAIL...and Senator Brown voted for it.

I cannot countenance anyone who voted for that. I just cannot. I wish someone could convince me otherwise, because for the first time in my life, I cannot take the traditionally pragmatic accept the lesser of two evils.

I simply don’t know how to approach this, and I must say, it distresses me to no end. The vote on the Dodd-Frank bill was a slap in the face to me. Maybe some of his other supporters don’t feel that way, but I do.

Damn.

[Postman]

I’m truly sorry to hear that but I guess you should feel relieved to have found the basis for abandoning him. I hope you find a good candidate for the seat he occupies until 2012 that you can endorse without having to sink to pragmatism...one who will be an absolutely ideal and reliable vote for those critical issues you support...perhaps a rising star in the Massachusetts Assembly or Senate which is probably where the next Senator from Massachusetts will come from..

Just a reminder that when Brown was running, it was for “...the People’s seat...” When he won, he said, “This Senate seat belongs to no one person, no one political party,” but I’ll take him over a Kennedy or a Coakley any day.

[rlmorel]

I know. I am just frustrated. I just cannot understand how ANYONE with even a smidgen of conservatism could vote for that bill.

Gaah. I am a realist enough not to think I will ever (even if I lived somewhere else) get a candidate I will agree with 100%, but THIS thing is a huge gap.

Thank you for the civil and reasonable response. There are some posters who just say “Stew in your own juices up there in Massachusetts, you jerkoffs deserve it for voting in people like Kennedy, Kerry and Frank!”

Man, I sure didn’t vote them in!

[Postman]

Thanks for the kind words..I don’t know if you have a pet or not but when you have to change a pet’s diet you introduce the new kibble slowly and incrementally. I suspect that Brown is doing something similar by introducing some of the Democrats and many independents who, in the past, have voted for Kennedy, Kerry and Frank to new non-progressive ideas in an attractive and reasonable package.I know that neither you nor I would have voted for the Dodd-Frank bill but then we’re not standing in his shoes as the sole Republican Senator in an exceedingly left wing state. Dittos for Snowe and Collins in Maine. Collins last opponent was Chellie Pingree, who, having been cleaned up, now sits in the House voting for every left wing nutcase piece of garbage legislation that flies under her nose. There is a LOT of progressive damage to undo in New England and it’s not fixed by angering constituents with a vote against an issue that polls show is clearly important to them. In the PRNJ, I am not happy with his vote for Dodd Frank but I understand it and I will support him in 2012 with money and phone calls. I hope you will be able to get beyond the disappointment and understand why he’s picking his battles and eventually resume your support. Best wishes.