They’re using porn headlines now to get us to read the story???
POS wimpy Republicans!!
Just think how much better it will be with Rootie in the White House.
There is an assumption here that the House of Representatives will pass this same bad legislation. It won't happen.
My reality is Mitch has woosed out - again.
My question is always why people assume that being lax on illegals will get them Hispanic votes? Do they think people are that stupid? Should people advocate lessening the penalties for drunk driving to get the Irish vote? Or take it easy on the Mafia to get the Italian vote? If those propositions sound as bigoted to you as they do to me, then why is the naked appeal to Hispanics in this law any different? Or, is this group truly removed from any other?
I dunno. I’m discouraged. I don’t know what will ever get the government to listen to us.
“His website is conspicuously silent on immigration. “
Funny, I googled McConnell, found the below quite easily.
Which leads me to ask if the author actually checked the website. If he did, he’s not very astute about the internet, or websites.
If he didn’t, this is a political hit piece, and he’s lying.
McConnell: ‘We shouldn’t be in a hurry to finish this bill’
from the Office of Senator Mitch McConnell
Monday, May 21, 2007
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Monday on the Senate floor urging the Senate to take at least two weeks to debate the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill to allow adequate time for consideration of amendments to improve the legislation:
“Voting for cloture is a vote just simply to begin the debate on this legislation. Normally cloture is used to end debated, but here it is to begin.
“This is an extremely complicated, comprehensive piece of legislation worked on on a bipartisan basis over a period of time. It needs to be finalized. I understand there was a modification to the substitute just this afternoon agreed to, I believe by Senator Kennedy and Senator Kyl. We need to make sure that whatever substitute is offered is, in fact, reflective of exactly where this legislation is.
“The other point I would make is that we shouldn’t be in a hurry to finish this bill. Last year, there were 35 immigration amendments. 23 amendments were voted on before cloture and 12 were voted on after cloture. This is by any standard at least a two-week bill and I think any effort to finish up this bill one way or the other this particular week would be unsuccessful.
“This is clearly a two-week bill, but this is an important subject. I think there’s widespread discontent with the status quo in our country on the status of illegal immigration. It’s time for the Senate to take this up, to give it adequate time for consideration, and hopefully at the end of two weeks to be able to pass a bill on a broad bipartisan basis that improves the current situation.”
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Dear Senator McConnell:
Why are you being so silent on the Immigration Bill??? Do you actually support this stinker, but you're just too scared of pissing off your constituents to say it? Or is it, as some are implying, that you want it to pass so that the resulting conservative outrage can help put your man, Fred Thompson, into the White House? If the latter is true, you are guilty of a craven, Machiavellian political stunt unworthy of the U.S. Senate!
You can do your constituents a favor, the country a favor, and your party a favor, and openly oppose this stinker! Stop being such a weenie and send this stinker to the ash heap of history!
Sincerely,
Michael A. Petrie
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! TILL YOU RUN OUT OF INK IN YOUR PEN!
Bombard the Democrats as well, especially the ones that ran on an anti illegal immigration plank and the ones in marginal districts who could be vulnerable. keep pounding on them.
“If the Kennedy-McCain bill is passed, McConnell may jump aboard the Thompson bandwagon.”
If this bill is passed, there won’t be ANY Republican bandwagon.
Could there be a chance that we need Mexican Labor?? Not every job is as technical as computer programming.
McConnell being from an Ag state needs Mexican labor and in a Democratic congress the conservatives are not going to get their way. It will be this bill or like last time, no bill.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Mitch McConnell is a big disappointment on this.
But remember: we stopped the Dubai Ports deal; we cna stop this.
Call 1-800-417-7666 and talk to your Senators. Let’s keep the pressure on.
IMPEACH ALL REPUBLICANS WHO VOTE FOR THIS BILL!
Ruin the country so that one candidate can be president of a destroyed country? Wouldn't be surprised with these geniuses.
Just because Mitch is not talking about it does not mean he is for it. Get real. Why say anything at this point. The smart thing would be to keep your cards close to your vest and vote against it when it comes time.