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Mark Steyn : Pathway to Codswallop
Steyn Online ^ | 29 July 2015 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 07/29/2015 10:37:52 PM PDT by Rummyfan

In a thoughtful review of Ann Coulter's splendid new book, iconoclastic Democrat Mickey Kaus lists the open-borders advocates in American politics:

...the entire Democratic party, half the Republican party, half (secretly) of the politicians who claim to represent the other half of the Republican party, virtually the entire press (including Fox), virtually all of business, and virtually all big money political donors (including the Kochs!).

The bit I've bolded helps explain the Trump bump in the GOP polls. A significant part of the Republican base thinks half their candidates are just schmoozing them to get through primary season, genuflecting toward "concerns" about border "enforcement" and huffing and puffing a bit about fences and E-verify.

For example, Marco Rubio sponsored an amnestypalooza in the US Senate, but now says he wouldn't vote for his own bill.

Rick Perry gave the in-state tuition rate to illegals and said if you disagree with him "I don't think you have a heart" (ie, you're a racist), but he's now withdrawn the charge and says that the difference between him and Trump is that the latter talks the talk and he walks the walk - because when the Obama Administration dissolved the southern border the only guy standing between you and Trump's Mexican rape horde on their flat-bottomed skiffs is the tough-as-nails governor on the north bank of the Rio Grande with his posse of Texas Rangers.

(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016election; aliens; amnesty; border; illegals; perry; rubio; trump

1 posted on 07/29/2015 10:37:52 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

The Democrats sell out the unions and blacks by allowing millions of unskilled laborers into the country to take jobs and depress wages.

The ruling Republican class wants cheap labor and is globalist.

Our entire country turns into a 3rd world hell hole.

About sum it up?


2 posted on 07/29/2015 10:47:31 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Rummyfan

ping


4 posted on 07/29/2015 11:02:57 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Jim from C-Town

NUMBERSUSA gave Sanders a “D” for his lifetime voting record on immigration. From 2013-2015 he received an “F”. Sanders is a liar.


6 posted on 07/29/2015 11:14:32 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Jim from C-Town
What right-wing people in this country would love is an open-border policy. Bring in all kinds of people, work for $2 or $3 an hour, that would be great for them.

Typical of Bernie that he's talking class warfare nonsense. The "right wingers" of his rhetoric are Fortune 500 CEO's, Wall Street Banksters, and former deep-cover moles in the CoC. 0.1%'ers all, and nearly every single one of them a liberal.

And he knows that, and he knows his low information audience isn't going to call him out on it, or even bestir themselves to Google who's really opposed to America being overrun, and who's really in favor of it. And the latter aint "right wingers."

Speaking of which, maybe you ought to Google Grandpa Red Diapers actual record on immigration, because, like all Socialists, he's a liar.

7 posted on 07/29/2015 11:29:44 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Dindunuffin.)
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To: LongWayHome
You know, many Freepers have been saying what this thread represents, for years, and only now it's beginning to dawn on the catatonic that something serious (and bad!) has been happening for years, and the compassionate brigade (AKA socialists) are certainly not going to allow this crisis to go to waste.

Meanwhile, some are realizing that the Soviet paradise did not develop overnight; that the everyone is equal lie is "minimum wage" writ large and the uniformity of the resulting misery caused the collapse of the great Marxist-Leninist Potemkin Utopia.

That Obama, both houses of Congress and hundreds of elected criminal "political leaders" nationwide have been clamoring to board that train to nowhere is becoming more painful and obvious with every passing day.

Thank you, Mr. Trump, for saying it all so loud and clear that the "business-as-usual" imbeciles could no longer ignore it.

8 posted on 07/29/2015 11:39:17 PM PDT by publius911 (If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
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To: LongWayHome

I know he is lying. The point is that HE CAN ARTICULATE what Republicans seemingly can’t. Mass immigration of hoards of illiterate immigrants is KILLING our country!

The message is what is important, not he messenger.


9 posted on 07/29/2015 11:40:16 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: lewislynn

Ted Cruz, for example, who’s to the right of most of those mentioned above and a less slippery customer on the issue, is in favor of increasing legal immigration.


To replace some of the millions of aborted babies by democrats...
after ALL the illegals are deported -OR- deport themselves..


11 posted on 07/30/2015 12:27:11 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Rummyfan

Steyn on target.


12 posted on 07/30/2015 12:28:15 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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4 AM bump!


13 posted on 07/30/2015 1:01:12 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Rummyfan

Very good comments on immigration, period, rather than distinguishing illegal immigration for opprobrium. After all, the Tsarnaevs are here legally, and so was Mohammed the Chattanooga murderer.


14 posted on 07/30/2015 4:25:15 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Rummyfan

Thank you so much for posting this. Nothing like Steyn’s brilliant writing to make me smile even while he is reminding me of how dire our situation is.

I especially loved the paragraph that contains the following:

A significant section of the GOP base is sick of dialing Republican headquarters and hearing “Press 1 for Spanish, press 2 for consultant-approved claptrap, press 3 for artful straddle....

(My ellipsis is just for brevity, as the words that follow are just as cleverly crafted.)


15 posted on 07/30/2015 4:40:08 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: Rummyfan

For Spanish, press “Bush.” For English, press “Trump.” To end this call, press “pound.”


16 posted on 07/30/2015 5:17:02 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Bigg Red

Shall we have a simple solution?
Every employer must verify that his employees are US citizens or possess a legal work permit, ie HB-1 visa or similar document.
Than any one caught employing an individual that is neither a citizen nor possessing a valid work permit is fined $10,000 per illegal employee per day. This should apply to every employer from Fortune 500 company to individual households hiring gardeners.
The problem would solve itself.


17 posted on 07/30/2015 8:04:27 AM PDT by ozdragon
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To: hosepipe
To replace some of the millions of aborted babies by democrats...
Oh so now he's into population control...

If we have XXX abortions a day under Cruz his appointed gate keepers at the borders will allow XXX back through...Got it.

Oh yea and if you think only Democrats are for abortion you have a sad day coming in your future.

after ALL the illegals are deported -OR- deport themselves..
LOL! Oh yea I guess I forgot they would ALL leave.(WTF?)...So will he be giving them their green cards laden with benefits on their way out or on their way back in?

I have news for you, Ted Cruz will not be the nominee. Your (rather sick) dream of replacing aborted babies by legalizing illegals (AKA amnesty) won't happen.

18 posted on 07/30/2015 9:04:26 AM PDT by lewislynn ( Hillary = Obama in a pantsuit)
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To: lewislynn

I have news for you, Ted Cruz will not be the nominee. Your (rather sick) dream of replacing aborted babies by legalizing illegals (AKA amnesty) won’t happen.


A prophet.?. YOU..?... hello?..


19 posted on 07/30/2015 9:09:43 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: ozdragon

Sounds like an excellent plan.


20 posted on 07/30/2015 12:14:37 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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