[skeeter]

Wattenberg also said America "is a wonderful place to live, because wonderful people live here," but there is "always some kind of nativist, anti-immigrant feeling." All immigrant groups "start out being hated," but one or two generations later, "they end up being assimilated into U.S. society." Today's "hate du jour" is toward Mexicans, even though the largest percentage of Medal of Honor winners are Mexican immigrants, he added.

This kind of irrational, sentimental crap makes be wanna rip my hair out by the roots - it is so idiotic, its criminal.

Its not worthy of someone otherwise as intelligent as Dr Wattenberg. He sounds like an emotional pollyanna.

[skeeter]

even though the largest percentage of Medal of Honor winners are Mexican immigrants, he added.

And I'd like to see a citation for this claim as well.

[kabar]

This kind of irrational, sentimental crap makes be wanna rip my hair out by the roots - it is so idiotic, its criminal. Its not worthy of someone otherwise as intelligent as Dr Wattenberg. He sounds like an emotional pollyanna.

See my post #51. I attended the panel discussion at the National Press Club yesterday. Wattenberg hijacked the panel employing theatrics, emotion, and anecdotes that just infuriated me. Three times he raised the name of Pat Buchanan in association with those who wish to lower our immigration numbers and change our policies. He also linked current immigration to the treatment of the Jews and the Holocaust. He was engaged in a smear job. It is time for him to take a dirt nap. He has lost it.