Don't look too happy, do they?
Don't look too happy, do they?
Local talk radio is about what you'd expect- mostly local issues... the school board, zoning, some state and national stuff.
Even the token liberals who call in usually aren't too bad, except when they regurgitate DNC talking points...
I have never before ( not even during the worst of the Clinton years ) heard so much white-hot, sputtering, stuttering anger over any other issue than this one.
I recognize nearly all the regular callers by voice- we have never had so many new callers, so damn mad they could hardly talk.
Their voices shook with anger, disgust, and revulsion that so many of our so-called "representatives" could act in such an insensitive, high-handed fashion towards the people they allegedly represent.
Will they remember all this come the next election?
I can't say, except to say that if they do, incumbents- regardless of party- are in a heap O' trouble.
what a disgrace.
Novak attributes the opposition to “xenophobia.” We’re all just neurotic you know.
Novak reaches a new low here:
“.. its opponents reacted to the xenophobia of their backers ...”
When you can’t stun em with the FACTS- go for distortion.
Novak must be willfully UNAWARE of what was in the bill- yet is only too happy to smear us all as racists. He’s an ignorant fool.
“Republicans drove another nail in George W. Bush’s political coffin and undermined hopes for the growing, winnable Hispanic vote.”
First, Mr. Novak, George Bush does not need any help driving nails into his coffin. He has proven himself quite capable (could be hereditary).
Winnable Hispanic vote?
All of my adult life, I have been a fan of Robert Novak. But when reading this particular column, I am unsure if that will continue.
LLS
Col. George Custer would have lived to see his grandchildren if he’d have had the good sense of Mitch McConnell. Discretion was definitely the better part of valor.
I unfortunately agree with this assessment.
Beltway Bob, another useless propagandist.
Novak is such an a$$ and clueless. This was a win for the people. Only 26% of the people supported the bill yet the political elites tried to ram it down our throats. Novak also fails to mention that 15 Dems [including Sanders] voted against cloture as part of the total of 53. Only 12 Reps voted for cloture along with 34 Dems. In point of fact this was a Dem bill supported by the WH.
This is getting tiresome.
'Un-American', 'Bigots', 'Racists', 'Nativists', 'Troglodytes' (my personal fav), NAZIS (yesterday's NY Slimes) and now 'Xenophobes'.
Well, sorry oh Masters of The Universe but name calling won't work. As my mama used to tell me, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me'. Plus, I've been called worse by better.
Now enforce the dam laws, deport the ILLEGALS aaaaaand build the freaking FENCE!
Bob Novak is a DEMOCRAT!...a MEAN nasty DEMOCRAT.
I would say that is true, but it was because he had his little closed door meeting with reed and agreed to bring a dead bill back under rules, that limited debate and that were contrived to bypass the will of the people.
Until we have security and some semblance of border control, most Americans will not support any benefits, amnesty, or whatever you want to do to help the illegal immigrant. This is the basic problem with your philosophy and those who supported the legislation. Security first. Then we will listen to other changes.
You need to impress upon us that you care more about us then you do illegal immigrants. And some of us have relatives waiting years to get in and the people you support can walk across tonight. THEY MUST GET IN LINE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!
Here is my proposal. Feel free to run with it.
1. Do the job you swore to do. Enforce the current laws. Support and reinforce the officers working the border. Support a federal law directing local police and other law enforcement to take action to detain and initiate deportation of those here illegally. Jail employers of illegal immigrants.
2. No benefits for those in the country illegally. Exception, those with true emergency medical conditions will receive treatment while their deportation is initiated.
3. Initiate a constitutional amendment to stop the anchor baby phenomenon.
4. Build the fence.
5. Change the immigration quotas to reflect real needs justified by industry and/or states. Make the justifications public. So the average American knows how many we are allowing in and why. We will support something logical, fair, and needed AFTER our security is taken care of.
Milton Friedman: A country cannot simultaneously be a welfare state and have open borders.
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McConnell added: "It wasn't the people's will. And they were heard." He was blaming Republican failure on his fellow citizens, which seldom works in politics.
No, Mitch, the failure is with a leaderless, RINO infested GOP Senate contingent that has lost track of its constituency. You've put yourselves above those who voted you into office. The fall will be critical to your incumbency.
Jeff Session BTTT
;-)
Let's fix that sentence....
In such an atmosphere, these spineless, money-hungry, sellout-to-illegal-labor lawmakers for several months have faced an increasingly hostile and angry onslaught from Americans demanding that the law be enforced and that foreign lawbreakers not be given preferences and special treatement after these Americans heard the truth of the details of this bill on talk radio, the only source of info keeping the public informed.
Bob Novak is clueless on this issue, as is virtually every pundit inside the Beltway. It’s amazing how sheltered they are and blame this on “xenophobia” of Americans stirred up by talk radio. Obviously, Bob doesn’t get out much and talk to real Americans who have been angry about the lack of border control for many years and angry about runaway illegal immigration. Is that so hard to understand? Talk radio only reflected the dismay that was already there among the VAST majority of the public. Novak should buy a clue.