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Mrs. Clinton Says G.O.P.'s Immigration Plan Is at Odds With the Bible
NY Times ^ | 3/23/ | Nina Bernstein

Posted on 03/23/2006 12:28:28 PM PST by Crackingham

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton invoked the Bible yesterday to criticize a stringent border security measure that, among other things, would make it a federal crime to offer aid to illegal immigrants.

"It is hard to believe that a Republican leadership that is constantly talking about values and about faith would put forth such a mean-spirited piece of legislation," she said of the measure, which was passed by the House of Representatives in December and mirrored a companion Senate bill introduced last week by Senator Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican and the majority leader.

"It is certainly not in keeping with my understanding of the Scripture because this bill would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Jesus himself," she said. "We need to sound the alarm about what is being done in the Congress."

Mrs. Clinton, who is running for re-election this year and is leading in polls for the Democratic presidential nomination, spoke at a news conference in Manhattan with more than 30 immigrant leaders after meeting with them privately.

The meeting took place in an atmosphere of mounting urgency, as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called on its flock to oppose the measure, and tens of thousands of immigrants around the country stepped up a series of protest rallies in anticipation of a Senate vote on competing immigration bills next week.

Mr. Frist's bill, like the House measure, would make it a crime to be in the United States without proper papers and would add guards and fencing along the Mexican border, and speed deportation.

Some versions, including one proposed by Senator Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, would expand the definition of alien smuggling to include help to illegal immigrants already here.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; aliens; border; bordersecurity; clinton; hillary; hillaryclinton; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigration; irony; jezebel; lackoff; lakoff; religiousleft; shewhomustnotbenamed; walis; wallis; winwithwords
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To: Crackingham

The Bible? Hitlary? lol

Must be where she kept her law firm billing records as well. It took awhile but she got around to looking there in the end too.


41 posted on 03/23/2006 12:42:06 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: IamConservative

"Hope the Republicans are recording these idiotic statements. No way she is going to keep all these BS straight."

And compare them with her earlier ones opposite. She's a flip-flopper.


42 posted on 03/23/2006 12:42:38 PM PST by Shermy
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To: Crackingham

Maybe she meant The Cake Bible. It IS a "good book". Can't imagine she knows what a real bible looks like, since if she stares at one she'll burst into flames.


43 posted on 03/23/2006 12:42:40 PM PST by AmericanChef
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To: Crackingham; Northern Yankee; Victoria Delsoul; onyx; La Enchiladita

The HildiBeast speakith....


44 posted on 03/23/2006 12:42:43 PM PST by kstewskis ("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big".....Jerry Fletcher)
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To: janetgreen

I'd much rather spend $8 billion to make sure only U.S. citizens vote than build a wall at the border.


45 posted on 03/23/2006 12:43:26 PM PST by clawrence3
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To: goldstategop
Hillary is screaming about profiling

Profiling? For sex deviates, we MUST recognize them according to Liberals.

For "minorities", we MUST recognize them, according to Liberals.

For "illegals", we MUST "recognize them".

That's only when the Liberals want to bestow upon them un-earned rewards to bo buy their votes with other people's money)

How do we "recognize" what we're not supposed to see (they call it "profiling").....go figger....

46 posted on 03/23/2006 12:43:50 PM PST by traditional1
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To: butternut_squash_bisque

Rush had a tape of this witch talking about the Bible and I just had to turn it off. The day I take biblical advice from Hillary is the day I turn Dim.


47 posted on 03/23/2006 12:44:00 PM PST by radiohead (Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking guts, you coward.)
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To: Crackingham; BibChr
"It is certainly not in keeping with my understanding of the Scripture because this bill would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Jesus himself," she said.

The Good Samaritan and Jesus were illegal immigrants? I don't remember seeing that in the Gospel. Maybe it was right under the part that talked about Mary and Joseph being homeless...couldn't find that one either.

48 posted on 03/23/2006 12:44:03 PM PST by FormerLib (Kosova: "land stolen from Serbs and given to terrorist killers in a futile attempt to appease them.")
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To: Battle Hymn of the Republic

Maybe she has?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1601472/posts


49 posted on 03/23/2006 12:44:33 PM PST by clawrence3
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To: Crackingham

Demagoguery from a demagogue democrat.


50 posted on 03/23/2006 12:44:57 PM PST by tkathy (Ban the headscarf (http://bloodlesslinchpinsofislamicterrorism.blogspot.com))
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To: Crackingham

This would be funny if it wasn't so ironic.


51 posted on 03/23/2006 12:45:09 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: SkyDancer

They use religion as a tool to achieve political ends. Unfortunately, some churches do that as well.


52 posted on 03/23/2006 12:45:13 PM PST by AmishDude (Amishdude, servant of the dark lord Xenu.)
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To: FormerLib

Not at all - Jesus and the Good Samaritan would help someone regardless of immigration status - that's what HR 4437 seeks to criminalize.


53 posted on 03/23/2006 12:45:57 PM PST by clawrence3
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To: IamConservative

It is scary that such a loony like Hillary is in our Senate (along with such soul mate Ted Kennedy). If the MSM were objective, she would emerge at a laughing stock. Jay Leno should be having quite a chuckle over this.


54 posted on 03/23/2006 12:46:58 PM PST by Dante3
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To: TASMANIANRED

It was that part that said, " Blessed are the taco makers, chimichangas too but not quesidilla makers, they are satans spawn" or something like that


55 posted on 03/23/2006 12:48:36 PM PST by Holicheese (Hey whitey, wheres your hat?)
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To: Dante3

Do you think the Church helping someone regardless of their immigration status should be criminalized?


56 posted on 03/23/2006 12:48:48 PM PST by clawrence3
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To: Crackingham
QUISLING: a synonym for traitor, someone who collaborates with the invaders of his country.


57 posted on 03/23/2006 12:48:56 PM PST by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: Holicheese

Do you think the Church helping someone regardless of their immigration status should be criminalized?


58 posted on 03/23/2006 12:49:20 PM PST by clawrence3
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To: Travis McGee

Do you think the Church helping someone regardless of their immigration status should be criminalized?


59 posted on 03/23/2006 12:49:51 PM PST by clawrence3
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To: Crackingham

One has to recall that the Devil attempted to tempt JEsus by quoting scripture.

Didn't work then either.

Folks always want to remember the 'love' aspect of God and forget the 'judgement' side. BOTH are Godly.

Mrs. Clinton, please open your Bible CD and complete the following from scripture "God is faithful to forgive us when ......................" You might be surprised at the answer Mrs. Clinton. Until that happens you ARE guilty AND unforgiven.


60 posted on 03/23/2006 12:50:12 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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