Posted on 05/28/2006 5:18:51 PM PDT by kellynla
The President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, spoke to the California State Legislature on Thursday; this while the U.S. Senate was voting on an immigration bill. I chose not to go to the Fox speech. Since many people may misconstrue what occurred, I believe a statement explaining my actions is needed.
I have been in the Legislature for some time, and I have seen many heads of state pass through. The American Republic and its operations are fascinating to these foreign politicians, and addressing the California Legislature is often a high point in many dignitaries' travels.
Appropriate decorum dictates that we as Legislators be polite and treat these visitors with the respect their positions deserve.
However, most of these dignitaries are visiting our country to see it at work, and to talk with government officials to help their businesses trade with businesses in California, or to establish some sort of government to government relationship. They are not usually in this country, and in our state, to lobby Congress or the state for a change in policy.
President Fox's trip had no other purpose. He was in this country addressing Legislative bodies for the sole purpose of trying to change U.S. immigration policy. He has continually complained about our policy, openly questioned the legality of Bush putting National Guard units on the border, and even complained when Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill which would have given California driver's licenses to illegal aliens. Throughout the last several years, he has encouraged his citizens to immigrate to this country illegally, and has, in many ways, benefited from that illegal immigration. When his citizens come to California, our taxpayers pick up their medical bills, pay for their education, food, clothing and housing. In return, these Mexican citizens usually take most of their earnings and send them back to Mexico. The relationship is all to Mexico's benefit, and not much help to California.
By the way... I think your tagline tells the whole story about you... really!!!
Yep. I couldn't think of a better tagline since all of the really stupid ones were taken by the "true Conservatives".
Then you better go blot out that idle reference to you bein some kind of "conservative" Repellican on your FR home page because that is patently false!!!
We can all tell the what you call a "true Conservative" like Senator Haynes from a Lindsey Graham/John McCain Repellican moderate dumbdumb who comes on here attacking kellynla, without ANY provocation and with no real reason!!!
See that's your problem. You are so puffed up in your bravado that all you can do spray spittle. You are just another keyboard commando that would squeal like a little girl if face to face. You use childish verbal cuteness like "Repellican" as if that added weight to idiotic rant. You and most of your group are pitiful wannabes.
No you stop waiting and take care of your own.
I prefer it die a quick and irreversible death!
There are SOME bills in congress I would like to see pass, not many, but a few.
They do not stand a chance while this tripe (menudo?) continues to occupy congress attention.
What a bunch of completely impotent wimps. Big mouths for whining, that all. I lived in California when it was a lot better. This is the third crisis in six years and ally ou ever do it throw up your hands and whine and wail. It is disgusting.
Here are the names I've seen posted/reported that joined the boycott (there are probably more)
Sen. Jim Battin
Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth
Sen. Tom McClintock
Assemblyman John J. Benoit
Assemblyman Russ Bogh
Assemblyman Chuck DeVore
Assemblyman Ray Haynes
Assemblywoman Sharon Runner
He was not alone. There was plenty of press coverage--several of those articles were posted at FR.
Links?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639009/posts
In California, Fox Gets Warm Embrace & a Cold Shoulder (some Republicans boycott address, "No más!")
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638490/posts
Irvine assemblyman boycotting Fox's speech
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638813/posts
CA: Some Inland lawmakers boycott Fox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638810/posts
CA: Fox vows to address Mexicans' migration - State Legislature hears president's ideas
Thanks. I'll read them
I read another article that said George Runner was among the group.
Here's my updated list.
Sen. Jim Battin
Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth
Sen. Tom McClintock
Sen. George Runner
Assemblyman John J. Benoit
Assemblyman Russ Bogh
Assemblyman Chuck DeVore
Assemblyman Ray Haynes
Assemblywoman Sharon Runner
What part of "federal responsibility" do you not understand?
And you have the nerve to call Californian's "impotent wimps"?
Your criticism is misdirected.
you will surely not hear their names mentioned on network news.
You can use federal responsibility as a cop out, if you think it works. But it does not. It got New Orleans flooded with water and CA flooded with Mexicans. What Ca needs now is about 500 Joe Arpaios.
Well... Since you think I've got some kind of problem and can't see yourself as others see you... I'm just gonna let your futile last words hang out there and dry up and decay in the vacuous vacant lot of those who've abandoned consistent constitutional conservatism!!!
California deserves a lot of criticism. But your contentions were just silly.
You can use federal responsibility as a cop out, if you think it works. But it does not.
Uh-huh. Sure, okay. We'll all just hop on over to that federal land and start messing with federal property, despite pending litigation concerning federal laws and notwithstanding pending federal legislation. Yeppers. No problem!
Maybe if we should try to confiscate Federal land and start building a fence. LOL. We would finally get those Federal troops on the border we need so desperately.
At least the illegals trying to cross the border would be notified via their vast info network to avoid the mess and try to cross somewhere else.
LOL. You may be on to something!
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