Posted on 09/17/2006 7:27:43 PM PDT by Sharks
RIVERSIDE — An event billed as an educational forum about federal immigration law quickly became a rally against illegal immigration yesterday as speakers decried an “invasion” of illegal immigrants and warned a second Civil War is brewing.
Addressing a supportive crowd of about 30 at Spring Garden Park, speakers from the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Connecticut Citizens for Immigration Control and the Buchanan 2008 Campaign — a grassroots effort to convince political pundit Pat Buchanan, who famously called for a wall to be built along the U.S.-Mexico border, to run for president — blamed illegal immigrants for driving down wages and sucking up welfare.
The angriest rhetoric came from Miguel Cruz and Carmen Morales of You Don't Speak for Me, American Hispanic Voices Speaking Out Against Illegal Immigration, who condemned illegal immigrants for ineffectual schools, debasing U.S. culture and bastardizing the English language.
“Go back to where you came from,” Morales said. “You are not citizens. You don't belong here.”
Standing in a pavilion draped with American flags, Cruz was even more strident, calling illegal immigrants murderers, rapists, child molesters, gang members and illiterate carriers of disease.
To those who disagree, Cruz said, “You are racists; you are traitors because you hate America. To some of us, it smells like there is a civil war approaching and this American is ready.”
“I haven't seen such hate since the March on Selma,” said Dave Verduin, the president of a coalition of local business owners and landlords opposed to Riverside's recently enacted anti-illegal immigrant ordinance. “I came because they said it would be a non-partisan forum. This is misinformation; they said it would be educational.”
Screeds? All I read was short-bus types screaming that he was some sort of Jew-hating anti-Semite because he had the temerity to point out that we should look after our security and interests before Israel's. If you have examples of his defending Islamists I'd love to read them.
CROWD of 30.
2008 Buchanan campaign.
ROTFLMAO!
Methinks Mr. Vermin is just unhappy about the uppidy Hispanics straying off the plantation so he can't continue to pay slave wages and have the taxpayer pick up the difference while he lines his own pockets.
It would've been so much easier if just white guys showed up so he could play the race card.
I must have f'd up......is this DU?
: )
You're a slanderer who's not fit to wipe McGee's boots.
You mean the place where they trash harcore consevatives, defend illegal aliens and scoff at the law?
30 people?
Give us a break!
*Snicker*
Well, you have to give them this: 30 people is more than were at the last Reform Party convention!
You're absolutely right - there must have been at least 300 people agreeing with Buchanan after his Books on C-SPAN meet that's currently in circulation.
270 of them Democrats.
Brave of you, since he isn't here to respond.
"You mean the place where they trash harcore consevatives, defend illegal aliens and scoff at the law?"
Uh, yeah, I guess that is what I meant : )
You DO have a sense on humor! Anyone who saw that scraggly audience would be inclined to agree. Sartorial attention is sadly lacking these days.
"Thats called hitting the nail right on the head.ALL illegals are scum of the earth."
No, that is only 82.66 percent that are scum...the others are merely criminal invaders.
Somebody's cheating; I'm sure he got that right out of a Vernon Robinson TV ad right here in NC.
Buck up, Stephen. Truth is the shield that protects you or serves as the conveyance you're carted out on. If it's the latter neither you or I have any further business here.
I will "buck up" only as a matter of form, and for my respect for you.
Good night.
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