Posted on 11/04/2002 12:04:41 PM PST by pulaskibush
Arkansas US Senate Race Pryor Denies Claim of Employing Illegal Alien
November 3, 2002 Posted at: 11:45 p.m. CDT
November 4, 2002 Updated at: 11:25 a.m. CDT
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Democratic candidate for a U.S. Senate seat from Arkansas, Mark Pryor, denied Sunday that he had ever employed an illegal immigrant, and accused his Republican opponent of dirty politics.
Pryor, who is also the state's attorney general, issued a statement responding to an item on the Drudge Report Web site of Internet gossip columnist Matt Drudge. The item said Pryor's campaign ``has been hit with claims he employed an illegal immigrant,'' attributing the information to unnamed sources. The report said the woman ``claims she worked for Pryor as a housekeeper for a year and was paid $7 an hour.''
The Pryor campaign confirmed that Ortenzia Osorio, who lives in a mobile home in southwest Little Rock, had been employed by the Attorney General, but denied that she was in the United States illegally.
``When Ortenzia came to us she provided documentation stating she was in the United States legally. She did light housework for us, as needed, for a few hours a week and only for a few months. We have never employed an illegal immigrant,'' the statement said.
Early Monday, Pryor's campaign released a notarized affidavit that bore the signature ''Hortencia Osorio.'' She had signed beneath two paragraphs in Spanish, and an English version was provided by the Pryor campaign. It said that when she worked for Pryor she was a legal resident of the United States and provided documentation to the Pryor family that proved her legal status.
When question Sunday by The Washington Times, the Pryor campaign would not answer as to whether Pryor paid either Social Security, or income taxes on Osorio's wages.
Pryor is challenging Republican incumbent Tim Hutchinson in a race being closely watched across the country because it could help determine which party will control the Senate.
Pryor's statement said he had ``never expected such a shameless attack from Tim Hutchinson and his party. With one day left and Tim trailing badly in polls, I think we have seen just how low some people are willing to sink in order to win an election.''
Hutchinson denied Sunday that he was the source of the allegation. "I learned about them (on Sunday) as we criss-crossed the state campaigning,'' Hutchinson said. "I don't know how he can attribute this to me. This is kind of typical. This is the first I have learned about it.''
Please be more specific, my FRiend...MUD
LOL....NEVER!!!
FReegards, one and all...MUD
~oy.
...*thick*.
Sorta like when Outlook Express goes wild on my 'puter...I gotta shut her down and start over every time I go to OutlookExpress...I LOATHE it!!
FReegards...MUD
Bingo!
he and his dad are about the same variety as wee willie klintoon, but NOT as SMART as wee willie.
free dixie,sw
So what did Hutchinson do to piss off the Christian Conservatives?! Divorced his wife...is that worth to Razorbacks saddlin' America with Dasshole as Senate Majority leader fer two more years?!! I think not...MUD
I honestly can't understand how any lady could be anything but repulsed by Slick Willie...MUD
This is where the Republicans are making a huge mistake in not coming out against illegal immigration, which IMHO is having devastating economic consequences in black communities across the country.
The Republicans have an official bug up their RNC keester which is telling them that Latinos with their alleged "family values" are "The Republicans of the Future." Ha!
(A) Millions cannot be legally registered. This does not stop the 'rats, but I am damn sure that if one of them were to illegally register as a Republican, the sky would fall. (B) They are voting heavily for the 'rats, whether legally registered or not.
Otoh, a properly marketed show of force on our borders could perhaps win us enough black votes to upset many a liberal applecart.
the AR folks are MAD about this,but one hopes though NOT enough to send pryor to the senate!
free dixie,sw
I can see their point...I wuz disillusioned by Newt when I found out he was doin' the help. I prefer a dude whose wife can trust them...MUD
Then again...we really, really need this Arkansas seat and I hope the FReepers don't commit Harry Carey!!
free dixie,sw
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