"Nope, no illegals up here."
Posted on 11/27/2007 4:13:10 AM PST by Haddit
GREELEY, COLO. -- Tom Selders is still baffled at how quickly the city he served for years turned on him. The two-term mayor of this conservative farm town had been a political fixture for nearly two decades. A businessman who prided himself on bringing efficiency to city government, Selders infuriated his constituents after jumping into the national debate over illegal immigration. In May he spoke at an open forum in Washington about the effects of last year's immigration raid on a meatpacking plant here, which led to the detention of 262 undocumented workers.
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I've been watching Foxnews less and less for about 2 years. What I can't stand about Foxnews is their absolutely gratuitous use of every "hot chick" they can find to be the daily "expert" on every issue ranging from medicine, politics, finance, law, etc.
Just look at the new Fox Business Channel. One of the hottie anchors is a 27 yr old blonde hottie! The expect the demographic that would watch a business channel to get their financial news from a girl that was in college merely 5 years ago? Gimme a break. If they want me to start taking them seriously again, they need to get some more "gravitas" and less eye candy.
And compare notes with Hazelton, PA mayor Lou Barletta who is anti-illegal and was written in by both D's and R's.
They just don't get it and prolly never will.
You are so right, and a lot of those people post regularly on FR.
This is how the racists vote, folks. Imagine when we add another 150 million of these to our tight 50/50 voters. It'll be RATs forever and ever!
It's wonderful that this pro-illegals got fired. It's another shot across the bows of others come Nov. '08.
Only the likes of Sen. Lott showed "bravery" and stood up to angry Americans by saying YES on amnesty. Bravery, my foot! He turned to be as we all thought; a first class coward who knew he's quitting before finishing his term and getting fired in the process. Good riddance!
The immigration issue cuts across party lines.
They're going to.
While I love the eye candy... you are correct.
LLS
Politicians of both parties don’t realize how visceral this issue is for voters.
The issue is not racism or intolerance or bigotry. The issue is upholding the law.
Immigrants who come legally are welcomed...needed even.
But those who come illegally, stay illegally and work illegally, feel like they can do anything they want to—legally or not, and there are far too many politicians who have let them do exactly that.
It is the law abiding people, immigrants and native-boran Americans alike, who suffer the sins of illegal immigration.
This story should be a wake up call to Congress and Republican presidential wannabes.
And Mayor Barletta of Hazleton PA who swept both sides of the primary ticket (1200 Dem write-in votes) and overwhelmingly won reelection in the general (got 90% of the vote) BECAUSE he is fighting to restrict illegals.
Good. Let this be a lesson to all elected officials who think they can create so-called “sanctuary cities”.
I’m glad to see that the voters in Greeley still want our leaders to ENFORCE existing laws!
Right on! Well said!!!
Actually, he chose his "community" poorly. When he chose to represent illegals over his lawful constituents, he made them his community. Voters responded accordingly. Sucks to be him.
Reading through the thread I see how the "politicians" don't understand, listen, realize etc. what a huge issue this is with the American people -- which I always believed was true. However, if it is/was such a big deal then Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo would be leaving every other candidate in the dust. Just sayin'............
You brought up a key point that reinforces MY opposition to illegal immigration and the inevitable amnesty policies right behing them.
I personally have had pretty good experiences with the Latinos,both legal and otherwise,here in Cali.Yet I see the writing on the wall-the more of them here,the more likely the Dems will gain a permanent servile voting block to insure liberal and ultimately socialist domination of the country.
And the ironic thing will be that the Latinos will still be poor,probably even poorer under the Democrats.
Yet the rich white elite socialists will be permanently entrenched,courtesy of all those”people of color”who consent to their own enslavement.
"Nope, no illegals up here."
Once a ‘sanctuary city’ mayor’s kid is raped or killed by an illegal alien, then they might reconsider. Until that happens, fat chance.
Here in MN, our 2 largest cities (to include the capitol city)are gubermint-mandated crimalien havens.
The DUmbos target is a one-party system governing forever. When they rain without compassion, they would like to silence all of us, specially Rush enjoying a life sentence with no parole!
Their compassion will show by not executing him because they are not for the death penalty. LOL
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