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Senator Bernie Sanders Slams Immigration Bill
self | 06/07/07 | gas0linealley

Posted on 06/07/2007 10:50:51 AM PDT by gas0linealley

Senator Bernie Sanders addressed the US Senate concerning the proposed Immigration Bill. I listened to his remarks on C-Span2. He was critical of the bill and pointed out the damage that has been done to America by the business interests which are pushing for the bill, and the damage that it will cause. He offered an amendment that will prohibit corporations from trying to import foreign labor, while at the same time firing Americans.

I've never heard Senator Sanders speak before. He was eloquent and brave. I hope that all Americans who are concerned about the immigration debacle will have the opportunity to hear or read what he said about this terrible legislation.

Unfortunately, I don't know how you can get a transcript, or hear his speech, perhaps someone here can tell us.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; immigrantlist; immigration; sanders; unions; workers
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To: VR-21

Is he that much more socialist than most congressional Republicans? At least he’s honest about it.


21 posted on 06/07/2007 11:01:10 AM PDT by VR-21
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To: gas0linealley

Don’t give Bernie too much praise, his screed was purely anti-business. As long as “the man” won’t financially benefit from amnesty, he’d be all for it.


22 posted on 06/07/2007 11:01:52 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Thompson in 2008 - there is no doubt about it! [GWB has jumped the duck, right into lameness])
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To: gas0linealley

Gee what happens when you mix nationalism and socialism?
Did you know that the word Nazi is an abbreviation for “National Socialist” in German?

I agree with these specific comments on illegal immigration but don’t underestimate for a minute how dangerous this man’s ideology is for everything good in this world.


23 posted on 06/07/2007 11:02:20 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: gas0linealley

I’m sick of all the amendments. I know that they are being used more for delaying tactics than anything, but I wish more Senators would just come out and say the whole thing is screwed and it needs to be thrown out completely.


24 posted on 06/07/2007 11:02:30 AM PDT by Elyse (I refuse to feed the crocodile.)
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To: gas0linealley
Labels have been proven to be misleading. His action today should assure him a fond place in the hearts of true Americans.

The label "socialist" is completely accurate. Bernie Sanders has stated repeatedly over the years that he won't join the Democrat party because they're too conservative. Look at his voting record before you praise him. He opposes the conservative position on every issue. He's right for the first time in his life on this bill, but it's for socialist, not patriotic, reasons.

I'm glad he's against the bill, but it changes nothing about who and what he is.

25 posted on 06/07/2007 11:02:38 AM PDT by American Quilter (You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
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To: gas0linealley
I have to disagree; that amendment sounds every bit as terrible as this legislation.

Bernie Sanders has two goals: 1, to regulate American businesses out of business; 2, to replace the void they once filled with government.

Obviously, this “immigration” bill is a bad one because illegal aliens should be treated as such. But the fact is, sometimes (legal) foreign workers in, say, Silicon Valley, serve a useful role. It sounds as though Sanders recognizes this role and wants to remove it, with the aim of accomplishing goal no. 1 so as to pave the way for goal no. 2.

26 posted on 06/07/2007 11:03:11 AM PDT by mjolnir ("All great change in America begins at the dinner table.")
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To: gas0linealley
A look at Socialist Bernie's past record will dispel any notions of him being an 'American patriot'.

He's right on this issue, but wrong on a host of others.
27 posted on 06/07/2007 11:03:23 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (I'm Fred, White and Blue!)
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To: gas0linealley

"...he was eloquent and brave..."
28 posted on 06/07/2007 11:04:23 AM PDT by meandog (Bush--proving himself again and again to be the best friend the Dems have EVER had!)
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To: mnehrling

Thanks. Could you be as quick to produce a copy of the remarks he made just a half hour ago?


29 posted on 06/07/2007 11:04:29 AM PDT by gas0linealley (.)
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To: Larry Lucido

The shocking and sad part is we are agreeing with Sanders and railing against Bush.


30 posted on 06/07/2007 11:05:09 AM PDT by Hydroshock (Duncan Hunter For President, checkout gohunter08.com.)
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To: gas0linealley

I’d wager every nickel I have that any opposition that Comrade Bernie might have to this bill is based on its racist requirements that illegals must pay *any* back taxes and present any hard and fast *proof* that they’ve been here for “X” number of months/years.


31 posted on 06/07/2007 11:06:53 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
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To: gas0linealley

Keep watching here:
http://www.cspan.org/

They are generally the fastest to have the video posted.


32 posted on 06/07/2007 11:07:33 AM PDT by mnehring (Logic and reason aren't enough, you also have to be a dick to everyone who doesn't think like you...)
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To: gas0linealley
Bernie Sanders is a registered member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

The only difference between communists and socialists is socialists believe the Karl Marx Utopian world can be achieved without violent revolution.

Bernie Sanders is a declared enemy of the American Constitution.

33 posted on 06/07/2007 11:07:54 AM PDT by Beckwith (dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
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To: mnehrling

Got anymore twists and turns? Sanders was openly hostile to this bill. Can you say, amen?


34 posted on 06/07/2007 11:08:07 AM PDT by gas0linealley (.)
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To: gas0linealley
He was eloquent and brave.

The day Freepers start supporting demagogic anti-business Socialists is the the day I leave Free Republic.

35 posted on 06/07/2007 11:10:02 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: gas0linealley

No, because he was right on wanting to kill it, but for the wrong reason... I will not give him a single ounce of credit. I’ll save that for those who opposed the bill for the right reason.


36 posted on 06/07/2007 11:11:02 AM PDT by mnehring (Logic and reason aren't enough, you also have to be a dick to everyone who doesn't think like you...)
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To: gas0linealley

Righto. Sanders hit it out of park. Worth a read if possible. Call him socialist but, whatever, he represents Americans more than capitalist world citizen corporations.


37 posted on 06/07/2007 11:14:57 AM PDT by ex-snook ("But above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: ex-snook
Look at Sander’s history, you don’t think this was a calculated speech to get the exact reaction y’all are giving.. They knew the bill was dead, so they trapped the RINOS to be high and dry making themselves look like the heroes.

Sanders is a card carrying socialist who complains the D’s are too right wing.

38 posted on 06/07/2007 11:22:00 AM PDT by mnehring (Logic and reason aren't enough, you also have to be a dick to everyone who doesn't think like you...)
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To: gas0linealley
Bernie Sanders American Patriot

Come again? The man is an America-hating communist piece of garbage. I think it's clear the rats have set up their strategy to kill the bill and leave the carcus on the doorstep at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Fine by me. I know it's not over till it's over, but it's appearing more and more likely by the hour.

39 posted on 06/07/2007 11:24:26 AM PDT by threechamps (Carbon - the other white meat.)
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To: gas0linealley

Gee - zus! Even the socialists are against it! I think that leaves just Ted Kennedy and John McCain, take from that what you will.


40 posted on 06/07/2007 11:30:02 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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