No, what Arnold is doing is race pandering.
He is calling American citizens racists and bigots because they are asking for the laws to be enforced, and that no special dispensation ibe given to those who have broken and are breaking the laws of this country.
Speaks truth to power? Cut me a break. The power brokers are the ones who want the illegals here. The regular joes who bear the brunt of the impact of illegal immigration are the ones speaking up.
Oh, well, I guess an outright falsehood is an improvement over your normal tactic of playing the race card.
The term "illegal immigration" refers to, well, illegal immigrants. The only ones playing the race card are those who want amnesty.
He wouldn't be surprised that, in a recent poll by the Pew Hispanic Center, 54 percent of Hispanics think the debate over immigration reform has worsened discrimination against them.
Gosh, I have had enough of what the stupid "Arab street" thinks; now we are starting to get this "what the Hispanic street thinks" shite?
Gag me with a spoon.
I don't think Ruben Navarrette has ever written a truthful, well-argued essay in his life. He wants mass immigration, specifically from Latin America, but will never come out and say that.
"Arnold speaks truth to power and power doesn't like it?"
ROFLMAO
I almost hit the "abuse" button.
The only response your inane post warrants is my tagline.
Now we all know what "PDR" stands for, Pretty Damn Ridiculous
Yeah, it is someone else's fault. Arnold is pandering to the Hispanic constituency who make up one in every three Californians.
"Later, after meeting with angry constituents who yelled slogans such as "stop the invasion,'' Schwarzenegger told reporters the encounter was "pretty much the first time I had seen the intensity of prejudice.''
Jahwohl!!!!! Only GURLIE men object to someone stealing our country, our culture and our language and oppose the rights of other Americans to hire cheap illegal slave labor.
Right on Gubernator. Once again you demonstrate that your muscle power isn't in your brain.
Blaming Mexicans for coming into the country is like blaming ants for coming into your house. Its just what they do and you're wasting your time and energy being mad at them. Get the can of RAID and use it!
Now...if you have a can of RAID in the closet and refuse to use it...the ants will eventually take over AND you're still wasting your time blaming the ants. If you, the home owner, are unwilling to defend your house from the ants, you don't deserve the house.
Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged federal officials to beef up enforcement and secure the state's borders against illegal immigrants, saying Tuesday they must clean up a "lax situation" instead of "trying to run the other way."
"Close the borders. Close the borders in California, and all across Mexico and the United States," Schwarzenegger told hundreds of newspaper publishers at Newspaper Association of American convention the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.
"Because I think it is just unfair to have all of those people coming across, and to have the borders open the way it is," the California governor said. "We in California have to still finish the border. That is the key thing -- to have borders and to keep the law, enforce the law."...snip.
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"Schwarzenegger warns that we are entering "a dangerous area.'' He thinks we shouldn't blame those who want to come to America but rather the federal government, which is "not securing our borders.''"
Arnold baby, is pulling bait and switch along with doubletalk and pandering to avoid having to look like he MUST deal directly with the issue of illegals in California...
It is true that the majority of the blame for not dealing with securing our country's borders rests solely on the shoulders of our federal government, simply because the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES says so. And it is quite obvious that the feds are derelict of duty. That fact cannot be changed however badly some lame politician/person wishes to do so.
Now, for California and Schwartzenegger. He IS the govenor of that great state. His state constitution obligates him to protect that state from illegal activity. He IS quite clearly not doing so. Mr. Schwarzenegger IS DERELICT OF DUTY. So, the moral is: Get over it Arnold baby and do your job!
This alone shows the guy needs a ticket for the clue bus.
For me, it boils down to the FACT that the invaders are deteriorating my standard of living. Higher; crime, disease, taxes.... No one has the right to force the burden of this people on me so they can increase their income or power.
If I wanted to live in a third world country I'd move to Mexico. LEGALLY.