"Did anyone videotape this event (aside from Spanish-language media)? I'd like to see the microphone incident for myself. "
I saw a TV camera from ABC News,
and about a dozen others in the back.
I had an aisle seat, 3 rows back with a clear view.
You may have noticed John and Ken did not take
phone calls today, only emails.
I couldn't have been the only one who saw the truth.
They want to own this event, and their version
will be the only one played.
The one woman in the back who shouted
"It's not Asa's fault" got sorely booed.
So of course no one else spoke up.
I don't care if my report gets vilified.
I'm not convinced that John and Ken's crusade
couldn't wait until after the election.
If Bush doesn't win, we're looking at total amnesty.
By the way, while Kerry was here the other day, did he say we needed a more sensitive border?
Nobody's talking about throwing Bush over the side, just a member of congress who talks a good game but doesn't deliver. These people have to learn to fear the majority of voters, not just a small but noisy group of pro-illegal activists.
I didn't "vilify" your report doodlelady, stop playing the victim card, you are sounding like a Democrat. I simply questioned how your account differed to justify the use of the strong word skewing. You didn't do that, and then you couldn't clarify how you meant "skewing". That doesn't make you a villian.
I'm not convinced that John and Ken's crusade couldn't wait until after the election.
Then you simply aren't comprehending exactly how the little people have any power in a representative Republic.
If Bush doesn't win, we're looking at total amnesty.
Bush will win, but he won't win CA, its no longer in play given his horrible policies concerning the immigration issue. I'm still voting for him, but there is no amount of posting on FR, no amount of demonizing those who question immigration, and no amount of talking about how bad Kerry is that is going to change CA going 'D'. The problem goes well beyond FR, a concerted effort to propogandize for Bush's Guest Worker program wouldn't amount to a hill of beans on election day because so many here are going to stay home. That is a tragedy, but its a reality, and Dubya and Rove have to point the finger for that squarely in the mirror.
That being said, there is no reason to hate J&K for their efforts. They have even said that the worst case scenerio is that they sacrafice someone, and Bush still loses. This sacrafice is to send Bush a message on election day WITHOUT having Kerry as President. No one wants that. You need to understand that mindlessly following the party line and defending all people with an 'R' in front of their name when that party is doing such a disasterous job on a certain issue is completely wrong, we owe it to the GOP to steer them in the right direction, because the independents don't care about Bush the way I do. I want to take the time for him to get the message of how badly his lack of effort on the issue is playing here in the LA area, and hope that he makes the neccessary adjustments to succeed.