So right. Just wait'll these people start weighing in. Game over.
9/12 Revolution March on Washington.
Posted on 09/15/2009 9:39:42 AM PDT by La Lydia
As Congress's debate over health-care legislation lumbers toward a defining test for the Obama presidency, partisans on both sides of another issue -- immigration -- escalated their own proxy war this week, concluding that the fates of the two issues have become politically linked. Trying to beat back a furor over whether President Obama's centerpiece initiative would subsidize health care for illegal immigrants, liberal supporters of an immigration overhaul on Monday called a main proponent of that claim a "hate group," citing its founder's ties to white supremacists and interest in racist ideas, such as eugenics.
The counterattack comes as opponents of illegal immigration plan a Capitol Hill lobbying push, starting when 47 conservative radio hosts hold a "town hall of the airwaves" in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday to highlight the costs of illegal immigration.
Strategists on both sides said the clash underscores how Republican activists have stirred populist anxiety against not only Obama's health-care effort but also other parts of his agenda, and how core Democratic groups have concluded that it is time to return fire...
"The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is designated a HATE GROUP by the Southern Poverty Law Center," the ad reads, citing a December 2007 listing by an independent group based in Montgomery, Ala., that monitors racist organizations. "Extremist groups, like FAIR, shouldn't write immigration policy," the ad concludes...
Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, said conservative activists have been trying to intimidate Congress by tapping into a thin but vocal vein of populist anger. Sharry acknowledged that the best scenario for a successful legalization push would be "a comeback victory for health-care reform." Obama has said he will turn to immigration next after energy legislation...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Washington Times May 1, 2014
As an example of events leading up to the conflagration, an organization that named itself `The Race’ (Its motto: “For the Race, everything ... “) successfully had an organization that lobbied for enforcement of US laws labeled a “racist organization”, and a sympathetic press backed them.
And then the war came ...
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“FAIR is an extremist group? Only as defined by the extremist/socialist Southern Poverty Law Center. “
FAIR is an extremist group, only to the radical loud lying whiney fraudulent communist Southern Poverty Law Center.
And what the hell connection do they have to immigration anyway???
One for you all.
So right. Just wait'll these people start weighing in. Game over.
9/12 Revolution March on Washington.
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