Posted on 01/04/2007 4:36:23 PM PST by lowbridge
Posted by Tim Graham on January 3, 2007 - 14:59.
Just to prove that Fox News Channel doesn't live up to the liberal stereotype of Music to Conservative Ears, angry E-mailers are demanding someone denounce Fred Barnes and Morton Kondracke for slamming conservatives who staunchly oppose illegal immigration. In their year-end Beltway Boys "awards show" this weekend, there was this clip of agreement:
Kondracke: "Our 'Dumbest Move' award of the year is Republicans trashing immigrants. And this - this has disastrous consequences for the, in the election. The Hispanic vote, which is the fastest-growing element of the population, went 55 to 42 percent Democratic in 2004. This time, it went 76 to 26. And it's all because of this stupid wall that the House Republicans wanted to build, and rejected their own president's plan for a comprehensive immigrant reform in preference to cozying up to radio talk show hosts."
Barnes: "I don't think it's the wall, per se. I think it's their whole attitude toward immigrants in general, but particularly Hispanic immigrants. It seemed mean-spirited, and, you know, American voters are generally not mean-spirited. You, you're going to have some kind of a wall at some point, but you have to a lot of other things, too."
Kondracke: "Yes. The wall only is the problem."
Later, the Beltway Boys also slammed CNN's Lou Dobbs:
Kondracke: "‘Blowhard of the Year’ award goes to CNN's Lou Dobbs. Now this is a guy who also could qualify for Turncoat of the Year."
Barnes: "Yes."
Kondracke: "When he used to be a cheerleader for capitalism and for corporate America. Now he is a demagogue, it amounts for populists and potectionists and xenophobes. And he doesn't have any answers."
Barnes: "And he's wrong. You know, the fact is, the rolling up our borders and pulling out of the globalized economy is a way to achieve one thing: a lower standard of living."
Kondracke: "Yes. Poverty. Yes, exactly. Absolutely."
at this point it really does not matter the constitutional American Republic is dead. good luck.
Ever seen old photos of the Lower East Side? Check out "How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis.
BTW: O'Hara spit on and discriminated against Santelli. It annoys me when people put the "Irish and Italians" True Italians have more in common with Colombians than they do with the "Oi-Rish." ;-)
I don't recall any elected republican candidates "trashing immigrants". I believe poor ol' mort is just confused.
Absolutely.
ping
You dimbulb; she's been dead for over a year.
And he's a recovering alcoholic.
As usual you don't know what the hell you're talking about.
Living inside the Beltway = completely out of touch.
You know, I don't know a single real person who isn't fed up with illegal immigration, and this includes liberals and conservatives. It's odd that I see so many defend it on the internet and in the media.....
susie
Aside from the fact that Mort and Fred are right on target in lambasting the whole loaf or none true blue real conservatives for their bone headed disloyalty to the President, Mort is a decent fellow and is not a drunk.
Talk about naive.
America is being sold out right under our noses.
Uhhhh....I was THINKING about "How the Other Half Lives " when I spontaneously conjured all that....I was referring to the recent Illegal , mostly Mexican "show of strength/force" in Los ANgeles and elsewhere.Remember that?
How do you equate bustling immigrants crowding the tenements of New York City with the scenarios we all saw but a few months ago in streets all over America? I covered ALL that with the observation that, indeed, the "baptism" all our forebears from Europe underwent was starting at the bottom of the pecking order, and getting spit on (Continuing the
"water" motif of baptism.)
Enforce our immigration laws. That's all I ask for. The rest will take care of itself.
American Composites Manufacturers Association
National Restaurant Association
Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association
National Association of Manufacturers
This record demonstrates that Barnes is getting significant $$$ for speaking to these groups, and is likely getting hidden $$$ for "consulting". He acts like a paid mouthpiece, and probably is.
I want to say that I've been following your many posts on these types of threads for some time. You are to be applauded for your perseverance, clarity of thought, and courage in often taking on the hysterics and haters by yourself. I only wish my time were more flexible so I could pitch right in there with you.
The rest was spot on also Wolfstar.
It's nice to see so many thoughtful comments from other Freepers on this thread. Thank you all for saving me from what I thought would be a bumper-sticker-slogan celebration of bigotry disguised as conservatism.
That's because it WAS shamnesty, Quisling.
Huh. They kept bashing the Republicans for opposing "immigrants". Not "illegal aliens", but "immigrants". Not even "illegal immigrants". Just "immigrants".
Barnes and Kondrake are slimy. I think they are washed up anyway.
Fox clearly needs new blood on 'Beltway Boys'. They gotta do better than those two clowns.
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