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In Congress, GOP regrets that harsh bill was last word
Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau ^
| April 10, 2006, 3:06PM
| GEBE MARTINEZ
Posted on 04/10/2006 4:40:53 PM PDT by Dubya
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To: DoughtyOne
To describe a lawbreaker as a felon is to make you a racist and an extremist. When you have this kind of dishonest demagoguery surrounding the immigration debate, its hard to win the argument on its merits. But then liberals know they would lose on the merits so they have to emotionalize this and call names and stop people from thinking about what is actually happening out there.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:05:02 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Dubya
"House GOP leaders defend their decision to limit their bill to border enforcement and harsher penalties against illegal immigrants Thank you GOP we support you on that!That will get you a lot of votes!
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:05:23 PM PDT
by
stopem
(Allow me to make this simple NO AMNESTY !! Secure the border with armed guards.)
To: DoughtyOne
Has anyone else heard that? If it's true, that would sure short-circuit any attempt to cast the Repbulicans as the problem. It's true. As a matter of fact, that's exactly what it says at the end of the article:
The White House asked Sensenbrenner to reduce the proposed violation to a misdemeanor, with a six-month jail term. But a vote to cut the penalty failed at the hands of law-and-order Republicans, as well as Democrats, who wanted to show that the GOP was being mean-spirited.
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:05:28 PM PDT
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: robowombat
Thanks for both replies. Good follow up.
To: Jim_Curtis
Someone mentioned the idea of a chain gang the other day. Frankly, 90 days spent like that should stick with a person thinking about trying it again. The next time should be six months.
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:06:10 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(If you don't want to be lumped in with those who commit violence in your name, take steps to end it.)
To: Right Wing Assault
Our FRiend Michele Malkin is on B'O reilly. She's the best!
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:06:24 PM PDT
by
stopem
(Allow me to make this simple NO AMNESTY !! Secure the border with armed guards.)
To: goldstategop
It is even simpler. The Rinocrats want to make money, lots of it. The Demonrats want power. Thus the two share an interest in damp Americans. The Rinocrats don't care what happens to you or me or our families. They will watch the entertainment from their walled and turreted developments or individual villas and switch the channel to the Golf Station. The Rats will bring forth hell on earth with their anarchotyranny regime and love every minute of it because in their little tin-horn Nietzsche souls all they lust for is power and nihilistic ruin in the guise of 'compassion and multiculturalism'.
To: Dubya
and I didn't know McCain was the GOP. He seems the only apologetic (not to mention apoplectic) Repub mentioned.
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:07:58 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
To: goldstategop
I agree with you. What you have to do is hit back harder than you're being hit. Our team seems incapable of that at times. Too bad.
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:08:23 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(If you don't want to be lumped in with those who commit violence in your name, take steps to end it.)
To: DoughtyOne
Most likely because he thought it was the right thing to do. I agree with him. I know you don't, so let's leave it at that. The fact still is, as I heard it this afternoon, the Pubies did try to take that out and the Dems blocked it. The Democrats want to campaign on "The Republicans hate Latinos [sic]!"* Thus Mike Gallagher, last night (Friday's show, rebroadcast).
Let them.
*"Latino" [sic] is not a word in the English language. Furthermore, it is cant, since the English word "Latin" is applicable to a number of ethnic groups and languages, including Italian and Romanian, and so "Latino" [sic] is misleading, as the speakers intend it to apply only to a subset of the Latinate population of the planet.
To: Dubya
Seems to me the issue here is..... if you enforce the/a law you are mean, evil and not human. There should be no laws, None. Laws are bad
To: lentulusgracchus
The main thing to remember about any story the Chronicle does on immigration is that they slant, they pander, and they lie. SOP in the MSM.
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:10:08 PM PDT
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: okie01
Thanks for the response. You know what, no matter why the Dems voted for this, the Pubies should run with the fact that they did. If the Dems press, the Republicans should talk about the sanctity of the vote, and the abysmal behavior of anyone who would throw a vote. Just shove it right back in their faces.
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:10:15 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(If you don't want to be lumped in with those who commit violence in your name, take steps to end it.)
To: VU4G10
To: newconhere
Can't wait until they decide to take back the land from all thw white land owners, that should be coming up soon ala Zimbabwe...
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:11:17 PM PDT
by
riri
To: Dubya
The protesters are like a woman protesting the acts of the man, husband or father, who has provided for her and protected her but has had enough of her nonsense. She stays with the man because of that but hates the knowledge of her place. She does that and a day later gets back to business doing what they do. Women vote for the father figure because of their experience in life, and then vote for the nanny figure to get back at the men they love.
If this criminal alien issue made any sense, it would be all over by now. The only solution is to throw a net over them, arrest their employers, round them up, and send them packing. Seal the borders, like we mean it, and start again debating how many and what kind of legal immigrants we need and want before we open the border to anyone again.
To: newconhere
That is why I call the current system of handling the illegals *anarchy and chaotic*.
To: lentulusgracchus
Citizen hispanics are firm believers in the rule of law. Many of them live in crime ridden neighborhoods. Many of them know who is committing that crime and want protection as much as any other U.S. Citizen.
Law and order is a very strong issue for our team, if they'll take a stand and enforce our laws.
Illegals can't vote, and Citizens want law and order. This is a no brainer as far as I am concerned.
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:14:04 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(If you don't want to be lumped in with those who commit violence in your name, take steps to end it.)
To: IamConservative
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:15:01 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: AntiGuv
'm confused, was it Republicans or was it McCain expressing regret that the House bill was the most recent action?So am I.
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posted on
04/10/2006 5:16:28 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
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