Opposition to Spitzer's license plan widespread

Newsday ^ | October 8, 2007 | MICHAEL GORMLEY

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ALBANY - The images and commentary aren't subtle: Osama bin Laden hanging out in a New York City taxi driver's seat, a blog headlined "Moron Spitzer Forges Ahead with Licenses for Illegals." Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan to make it easier for undocumented immigrants to get driver's licenses has been roundly assailed.

"Crazy," said a county clerk. A threat to national security, said Rep. Randy Kuhl (R-N.Y.). A Poughkeepsie Journal editorial took a more measured approach, but still noted "taxpayers have a right to be both perplexed and outraged" over Spitzer's plan.

In the Capitol, the political discourse has been more like talk radio. Assembly Republican leader James Tedisco paints a picture of a giddy bin Laden uncorking bubbly in a cave over Spitzer's idea.

It all goes back to a July 2006 appeals court decision that provided the state greater latitude in issuing driver's licenses. Then, the Republican Pataki administration wanted immigrants to prove they were in the United States legally before getting licenses. As a candidate for governor, Democrat Spitzer promised to change that. Earlier this year, as the Republican-led Senate blocked his agenda, he said he could bypass the legislature and govern the state through the agencies he controls.

[xcamel]

the smoke (up our a**es) thickens...

[Travis McGee]

QUISLING: a synonym for traitor, someone who collaborates with the invaders of his country.

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Current federal law 8USC 1373(a) PROHIBITS SANCTUARY CITIES. It reads as follows:

"Notwithstanding any other provision of federal, state, or local law, a federal, state, or local government entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual."

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U.S. Constitution, Article 4 Section 4:

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,

and shall protect each of them against Invasion;"

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Invasion: \In*va"sion\, n. [L. invasio: cf. F. invasion. See Invade.] [1913 Webster]

1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Notice Spitzer’s silence of late? Either he’s an overconfident arrogant fool or realizes what a huge political blunder he’s made and is hoping the GOP saves him from himself.

[xcamel]

“Yes”

[xcamel]

more-on-Jose Spitzer’s license con job
ping

[gubamyster]

ping

[stephenjohnbanker]

You would be quiet too!

[Reaganwuzthebest]

For a while there he was really throwing some insults at those who dared to disagree with him but the last few days nothing. Maybe the Zogby poll and the threat of a lawsuit for breaking the law has woken him up, I hope so.