Dobbs: Bush, Congress tell working folk to go to hell

CNN ^ | May 24, 2006 | Lou Dobbs

[AZRepublican]

NEW YORK (CNN) -- President Bush says that the installation of the new Iraqi government was a "watershed event," but at the same time warns Americans of the challenges and loss as we continue to prosecute the war against Iraqi insurgents. Sen. Harry Reid declares that legislation that would render English the national language is racist.

Thirty-seven Democrats vote for full amnesty for all illegal aliens in this country, even though nobody really knows whether the number is 11 million, 12 million or 20 million. The Senate Republican leadership demands that a "comprehensive immigration reform" plan must be passed before this Memorial Day weekend. And the president signs into law a tax cut that raises taxes on the educational funds of teenagers saving for college.

Never before in our country's history have both the president and Congress been so out of touch with most Americans. Never before have so few of our elected officials and corporate leaders been less willing to commit to the national interest. And never before has our nation's largest constituent group -- some 200 million middle-class Americans -- been without representation in our nation's capital.

[Earthdweller]

"And never before has our nation's largest constituent group -- some 200 million middle-class Americans -- been without representation in our nation's capital."

Blah blah blah...More hyperbole hysterics..get real.

[snowrip]

I read the full article... while a lot of it was typical liberal hogwash, a lot of the rest of it was true.

Six thousand unarmed National Guardsmen working as adjunct rear support to our undermanned, under-equipped Border Patrol is not border security. Three million illegal aliens continue to cross our borders and depress wages by hundreds of billions of dollars every year. The millions of manufacturing and middle-class jobs lost over the last five years have been replaced by lower-wage employment.

And while the president and Congress point to No Child Left Behind as a solution to our educational crisis, we're failing an entire generation of Americans whose test scores continue to fall and whose high school dropout rates would be embarrassing to a third-world country.ar and a trade debt of $4.5 trillion after 30 years of trade

And a third-world country is what we will be if our elected officials don't soon come to their senses.

Sad that I'm agreeing with the Communist News Network, but they're calling a spade a spade when it comes to the immigration debate. Bush's foolish, sophomoric arguments pale in the face of elementary logic, and the Republican Senate is going to be executed at the polls.

Sacrifice is an essential part of leadership. Unfortunately for America, most of our elected officals are politicians rather than leaders. Unfortunately for conservatives, the people we put in office are ready to sell out both America and their party... all under the idiotic misconception that not offending anyone will somehow help them to keep their jobs in office AND increase their potential voting bloc.

Stupid is as stupid does.

[AppyPappy]

Dang that George Bush. Dang him to heck.

[David Allen]

Lou Dobbs has a following, and among that following are those who feel protectionist and/or those who feel the borders are far too open. The most important thing he said is that 37 of 44 Democrat Senators voted FOR amnesty.

He went on to note with their photos that Hillary, Feingold, and Kerry all voted for amnesty. (I think the third guy was Kerry!)

My point is that as angry as voters may be, at least Democrats have made clear they stand for illegal immigration carried to free and automatic citizenship.

[trubluolyguy]

Not that I have ever been a fan, but he's really turning into a kook.

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So...so he's wrong? None of the things in his article have happened or are happening?

[kabar]

In the United States, wealth is highly concentrated in a relatively few hands. As of 2001, the top 1% of households (the upper class) owned 33.4% of all privately held wealth, and the next 19% (the managerial, professional, and small business stratum) had 51%, which means that just 20% of the people owned a remarkable 84%, leaving only 16% of the wealth for the bottom 80% (wage and salary workers). In terms of financial wealth, the top 1% of households had an even greater share: 39.7%.

Wealth, Income, and Power

[umgud]

We don't have classes in our society.

Hey, I've got class!

[LM_Guy]

Dobbs - And a third-world country is what we will be if our elected officials don't soon come to their senses.

[dubyawhoiluv]

fat pig howling in attempt to raise his scum bottom ratings

[LM_Guy]

I don't think it is very Idiotic - Polls are showing 3 to 1 that Americans favor the House passed Bill of strong enforcement and no amnesty, yet the Senators are just doing what they please and ignoring the people's wishes !!!

[in hoc signo vinces]

"Bush, Congress tell working folk to go to hell..."


Yeah, right...

There's an illegal immigration problem, but these "sensational" insinuations don't help...just mindless rhetoric that I am sure the CNN cronies will capitalize on for their own "hate the administration" agenda.

[Wurlitzer]

"We don't have classes in our society."

I would respectfully disagree Huck! At minimum we have 2; Ruling and the rest of us. Based upon the fact that those in the ruling class operated under a different set of rules I believe it qualifies as a distinct class

A couple of other classes come to mind like Hollywierd elite, MSM elite.

[B Knotts]

The main class I'm thinking of is the political class, which is completely out of touch with normal Americans.

[B Knotts]

Precisely.

[B Knotts]

There's an illegal immigration problem, but these "sensational" insinuations don't help.

Agreed.

[taxed2death]

"...at least Democrats have made clear they stand for illegal immigration carried to free and automatic citizenship."

So has GWB with his "earned pathway to citizenship".

[CertainInalienableRights]

I don't know if I'd trust an article by a Sociology professor at a publicly-funded California university, whose sources consist primarily of liberal diatribes (one of which isn't even published yet), as being anywhere near accurate.

Only one of his sources has anything close to legitimacy (Federal Reserve), the rest of the article is composed of dubious material, making the assertions based on them dubious as well.

[Huck]

Unless you make $12,000.00 a year. Then it probably means something.....

Depends. If that person is a 20-something year old whose parents make 150K, is that person still "working poor"? What if his parents help bail him out, let him drive the family truckster, take him on vacations to the Bahamas. Is he still working poor?

How about the free spirit who lives at 9,000 ft somewhere in the Rockies. Is that person "working poor"?

If you rake in $750,000.00 or 2.5 mil a year on your wise investments...you probably wouldn't consider yourself "middle class".

"Rake in"? That's a mighty loaded phrase. So how about 200K? Is that middle class or rich? What about 300K?

I can tell from your posts you have a chip on your shoulder about money. Might want to work on that.

Just because you can't put a fine point on it doesn't mean it does not exist.

Not only can we not put a fine point on it, we can't even determine what it means or who it applies to.

[Oh Brother]

I think Lou is getting ready for his run for the presidency.

[trubluolyguy]

Maybe that's why they call them "editorials."