[Congressman Billybob]

I seldom watch MSNBC, and have never before recommended any of their programs to anyone. But this is the exception which proves the rule.

John / Billybob

[Arizona Carolyn]

Lester Holt has always been one of their better newspersons at MSNBC...

[Americanwolf]

Thanks for the review... were gonna have it coming on here in few... will have to give it a view.

[TWohlford]

What? John Stossel is working at NBC? He normally did good work...

[Halcontent]

I am a member of the Washington Minutemen Detachment(WMD) and couldn't agree with you more. A fair presentation and, hopefully, a recruitiung tool in the future.

[billhilly]

Even the Washington Post had an item in today's issue that could have, and should have, been a big news story, had it not been consigned to page A4 in a little noticed side bar called SUNDAYPOLITICS. It was headed, "Sympathetic Vibrations" and the essence was that there is a new poll by a bipartisan polling firm that, among other things, reveals that seven in ten people say that Democratic Senators criticism of the war hurts troop morale. According to the article, the poll taken by RT strategies,owned by a prominent democrat and a prominent republican, also reveals that even 55% of self identified democrats believe it hurts morale, and overall, 44% say it hurts morale a lot. 21% say it helps morale. That would be the Pelosi, Reid faction.

[p23185]

the MSNBC link comes back to FR

[writer33]

We have an immigration problem? When did this happen?

:) Just kidding, CB. Thanks for the heads up.

[Paladin2]

"It quoted opponents of the Minutemen who called them "vigilantes"

Isn't one of those "opponents" Bush himself? I seem to remember the V word leaving his lips. Don't think he has apologized yet.

[Old Flat Toad]

"a small number of illegal immigrants captured".

Thats because it was so well publicized down south when and where. Strange how the Border Patrol tower at 86 and Sandario dissappeared when the flow shifted west of Tucson.

[gondramB]

"It said there were only a "small number of illegal immigrants captured" as a result of the work of the Minutemen."


There is some truth to that if you think of the number stopped by the Minutemen versus the number who get in - that's not a crtiicism of the Minutemen but rather a statement about the orders of magnitude increase in the effort needed to contain this problem.

[nj26]

The MSM has figured out that illegal immigration is a "wedge" issue that divides the Republican party... or, should I say, do-nothing Republican elected officials from fed-up conservative voters.

[calcowgirl]

If I found the right program, it is showing now in Pacific Time Zone

MSNBC Special
MSNBC Nov 27 09:00pm PST
Series/Other, 60 Mins.

"Crossing the Line? The Battle at America's Borders"

[gubamyster]

ping

[Kenny Bunk]

CBB,
The fact that the MSM is running with a story like this is NOT good news. It is a trial balloon for the Democrats to take a stance that will resonate with the public for the next round of elections.

What this shows is that the Republicans have fumbled the ball on this play. If the Republicans try to pick it up and run with it, the Democrats pull the "racism" gambit. OTOH, the Democrats are getting credit for toughness on the issue, with Clymers like Bill Richardson and Janet Napolitano making all sorts of anti-illegal immigration noise, but not actually intending to do anything about it, since both depend upon the "Latino" vote, both legal and illegal.

The idiot-savant Karl Rove's theory of "Mexicans as the Republicans of the Future," is not playing out too well.

[planekT]

Thanks for the heads up. I will hopefully catch it this evening on a re-run.