Posted on 04/23/2006 8:16:49 AM PDT by SmithL
California Sen. Barbara Boxer has a message for those planning to join in on the pro-immigration work boycott planned for May 1 -- cool it.
"You've made your point,'' Boxer told us Friday. "And while I support your right to boycott, I don't think it does anything more than what you have already achieved with the earlier demonstrations.
"It's time to put the focus and heat back on Washington to get a fair and balanced plan passed."
The idea behind the planned immigrant worker boycott is to show the country -- through massive "no shows" at work and school -- just how strong the sentiment is for making sure those here illegally don't bear the brunt of immigration reform.
The proposed boycott followed weeks of demonstrations last month when hundreds of thousands rallied in cities across the nation -- and thousands of high school students left their classes, some waving Mexican flags.
Boxer said that although she supports anyone's right to free speech -- or even to skip work -- a boycott at this point just isn't strategically smart.
"If people don't show up for work in emergency services, or hospitals or nursing homes, it's just not going to go over very well,'' she said.
The same goes for kids, too: "Taking students out of school when they should be learning isn't going sit well either, even among people who support immigration reform."
"The demonstrations have worked -- they stopped what was a very onerous House bill. If they want to have rallies, then do it on a Saturday with their families."
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If Boxer's against it, it must be a good thing. Let the boycott proceed!!
No kidding. Boycotts rarely do anything, no matter who is sponsoring them. It's never even possible to discern their precise impact against the background of the usual ups and downs of the market. Boycotts just make the people carrying them out feel better about themselves.
Boxer doesn't think! PERIOD!
I only wish Condi Rice would come home this year and run against DiFi in November.
Might I add, that is a hideous shirt she's wearing.
Cpme on! Isn't it a little early in the morning for Babs?
ugh
TRANSLATION : "Stop it...the Americans who are here legally and who were born here far outnumber you and are very angry and they will take it out on us Democrats who have created this problem"
The Democrats are obviously reading the polls, and realizing that these "protests" are just inflaming opinion against amnesty among grass roots voters.
The question is whether our Republican leadership is also listening to the American people, or if they will stubbornly cling to their flawed amnesty plan.
in other words: "this marches and boycott business is really p***ing people off, and backfiring on the border crossers and on the democrats"
Doesn't it remind you of the time Clinton's anti-gun campaign led to a dramatic increase in NRA membership?
Kids need to stay in school because scholls are given $$$$$$$ baised on daily head counts. Kids staying home really hurts the NEA coffers.
Oh, no, wait, that did a lot to their cause.
Oh no missy we want them to boycott, proves they are one of you.
Yup.
TRANSLATION : "Stop it...the Americans who are here legally and who were born here far outnumber you and are very angry and they will take it out on us Democrats who have created this problem"
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Thank you. It's good to have a Freeper who is fluent in Ratspeak.
Kids staying home really hurts the NEA coffers.
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Wouldn't that be a cryin' shame?
Too late, the Commies have hijacked the movement and the Commies won't be handing out US flags for the marchers to wave.
In other news, the Mafia is planning a spending boycott and also massive "no shows" at work (excluding hit-men) on May 15 to show the country just how strong the sentiment is for making sure those who make illegal activities a way of life don't bear the brunt of law and order legislation reform.
Wonder what Boxer is going to do when she loses her seat to the nation of Aztlan.
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