I wonder how much the defeat of the Senate proposal can be attributed to the backlash from the Mexican-flag-waving-illegal-immigrant protests? I know I was outraged, and sent e-mails to my senators (Bonehead Boxer and Dipsy DiFi - yeah; aren't I lucky?), and wonder how many others did, too.
I sent an email to Sam Farr, my congress critter, becuase Boxer and Feinstien are deaf and so are the leftist college students working in their offices.
I truly believe that any email that hits their inbox which doesn't fit a certain world view according to assistant "Suzie Socialist from Berkely" will never be counted, nor seen by either one of those Senators before it gets deleted. Not that they would've cared anyway.
On the other hand, Sam Farr needs every vote he can muster here in Monterey. He's not in a completely safe seat. He has to listen.
Notice that every critter I have voting power over are all Dems. A pity. It's like yelling in a sand pit.
And I have Dodd and Liebermna. I e-mailed Lieberman and he responded by saying he gives full support for the McCain-Kennedy bill. It's disgusting. The people here in Connecticut think Lieberman is a demi-god and it's impossible to touch him politically. Stupid socialist sheeple here in CT can't see the damage this issue is doing to our country.
I'm sure those protests helped kill the "slam-dunk" that was expected in the Senate. Personally, I was offended that that many mexican nationals could "afford" to keep taking the days off from work and school while I stayed at work and kept funding their benefits.
Good job, FRiend. I have been saying over and over, that the nitwit Dems and RiNO's are the ones we need to be putting the most heat on with the phone calls. PHONE CALLS are much better than emails, BTW.