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Local Xenophobe wants National Power
Boise Weekly ^ | 6/15/2005 | Nicholas Collias

Posted on 06/15/2005 4:04:20 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak

Canyon County Commissioner and anti-immigration pundit Robert Vasquez announced on June 10 his intention to run for Butch Otter's soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Congressional seat, joining a small handful of Republicans who have expressed interest in the position. The difference between Vasquez and these others is that he only speaks about a single issue: illegal aliens. Most recently, he strong-armed Canyon County into hiring a lawyer to pursue litigation of any businesses found to employ immigrants, although Vasquez prefers different terminology. As he told the Idaho Press-Tribune earlier this year, "That would be like saying Hitler's army marching into Poland was merely "immigrating'".

Can a candiddate run a congressional campaign based solely on an issue as divisive and difficult as immigration reform? Vasquez thinks so; after all, he porttrayed his reason for running, in a June 10 press release, as "Those previously announced candidates lack any real commitment to America's language, borders and culture."

Fellow candidate and Idaho Legislature nine-termer Sheila Sorenson believes that Vasquez needs to branch out to beat her and the other contenders. " I understand his passion for the illegal immigration problem, and believe that the issue requires serious attention," she said after Vasquez announced his candidacy. "However, Idahoans are concerned about many other issues."

Whether we, as voters, really care about more than migrant labor reform will be clear next year. What is already clear, however, is that Vasquez will continue to generate a quote a minute about what is wrong with those who are not fond of his isolationist jingoisn - like he did on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight on June 9, a day before announcing his candidacy.

"Those that are opposed to me are the people that are hiring the illegal aliens, profiting from the exploitation of their labor, and passing on the costs of those individuals to their fellow taxpayers," he said.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: actualtitle; aliens; immigrantlist; kt; robertvasquez; vasquez; xenophobe
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1 posted on 06/15/2005 4:04:21 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

http://www.vasquezforidaho.org


2 posted on 06/15/2005 4:05:08 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Stop the open borders death cult)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

Wow, that's the actual title.


3 posted on 06/15/2005 4:07:52 PM PDT by cripplecreek (I zot trolls for fun and profit.)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak
The difference between Vasquez and these others is that he only speaks about a single issue: illegal aliens.

Smart guy. He's got my vote!
4 posted on 06/15/2005 4:08:48 PM PDT by andyk (Go Matt Kenseth!)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

I'd've bet anything it was Scrappleface.


5 posted on 06/15/2005 4:10:28 PM PDT by Petronski (Be alert! The world needs more lerts.)
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To: cripplecreek
Wow, that's the actual title

Yeah, the Boise Weekly is like any other city's weekly publication - flamingly liberal. It's like Denver's Westword, for anyone who's lived there.
6 posted on 06/15/2005 4:11:03 PM PDT by andyk (Go Matt Kenseth!)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak
"local xenophobe" just doesn't sound right. Must've been an "intellectual" who came up with that title.
8 posted on 06/15/2005 4:12:19 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

So Vasquez, a hispanic, is a xenophobe for speaking out against hispanics invading this nation. I thought I'd heard about all the absurd comments that could be made concerning illegal immigration.


9 posted on 06/15/2005 4:12:36 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

Could he have protected Idaho better by running for Governor? Seems maybe that would have been better for them.


10 posted on 06/15/2005 4:13:19 PM PDT by floridavoter2
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

I wish he would take Butch Napolitano's job instead.


11 posted on 06/15/2005 4:13:34 PM PDT by DLfromthedesert (Texas Cowboy...you da man!!)
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"he only speaks about a single issue: illegal aliens."

To those who are truly paying attention, it's issue enough.
The media still sees illegal immigration as no big deal. It will take a major city getting blown off the map, or a major TB or AIDS epidemic to shake them out of their complacency.


12 posted on 06/15/2005 4:14:12 PM PDT by Spok
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To: cripplecreek

probably wore out the keys needed to spell racist, facist,nazi


13 posted on 06/15/2005 4:15:08 PM PDT by joesnuffy (Taglines often reveal a lot about the inner person...)
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To: Xenophobic Alien

Thinking of you...


14 posted on 06/15/2005 4:15:53 PM PDT by andyk (Go Matt Kenseth!)
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To: gubamyster; HiJinx; SwinneySwitch

-ping-


15 posted on 06/15/2005 4:17:20 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Stop the open borders death cult)
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To: floridavoter2

I don't know if a Governor can really do anything in this matter (irregardless of that horrible HBO movie which had a similar plot)

One thing I wanna know, how is it that Boise has been growing as much as it has.




Also, I officially endorse this man, even if I don't exactly live in Idaho


16 posted on 06/15/2005 4:17:41 PM PDT by AzaleaCity5691 (If you want Siegelman to win a 2nd term, by all means, vote for Roy Moore in the primary)
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how is it that Boise has been growing as much as it has

Ssshhhhh! Decent tech jobs, small town atmosphere (people actually drive the speed limit), close skiing, lots of fishing, and very mild winters.
17 posted on 06/15/2005 4:22:44 PM PDT by andyk (Go Matt Kenseth!)
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...Vasquez will continue to generate a quote a minute about what is wrong with those who are not fond of his isolationist jingoisn [sic] - like he did on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight on June 9, a day before announcing his candidacy.

"Those that are opposed to me are the people that are hiring the illegal aliens, profiting from the exploitation of their labor, and passing on the costs of those individuals to their fellow taxpayers," he said.

How the heck does that statement qualify as "isolationist jingoism"? Perhaps the reporter just learned the term and was itching to use it...?

18 posted on 06/15/2005 4:22:52 PM PDT by randog (What the....?!)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

What a headline! No hidden agenda there, no sirree Bob!


19 posted on 06/15/2005 4:23:33 PM PDT by HiJinx (Remember, you have to seal the dike before you can drain the swamp.)
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To: DoughtyOne
Any disparaging remark and insult applies to anyone regardless of ethnic background if they do not toe the line of the Party! Still trying to figure out if that's the Democrat Party or the Socialist Party or the Communist Party; don't think there's an iota of difference these days.
20 posted on 06/15/2005 4:27:08 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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