Posted on 11/13/2006 12:06:47 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet
Just breaking.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
"How about Don Nickles???"
Hey, now we are talkin!!!!! We can always bring Belmon back. :)
Hmmm... I would like to know more about him.
Both the Gates and Martinez nominations are crony-ism, as was Miers.
"Most of the people here have a problem with his surname."
Look, if you want to call people racists, come out and do it and don't hide behind a trick.
Now see, I'm personally against race-baiters, nothing hidden there. And I'm against amnesty. And no, I'm not racist either.
This is pandering to the Hispanic vote. Amnesty is coming!
"Bush's plan is to pass the amnesty bill. He will stop at nothing to do this. MArtinez is 100% pro-amnesty."
This thread is once again indicative of current knee-jerk reactions based on the total ignorance of facts.
Martiznez is about as conservative as you can get on every issue on the card, including amnesty.
"I oppose amnesty for illegal aliens. I support a plan that matches workers with needy employers without providing a path to citizenship. Immigration to this country must always be done through legal means."
Mel Martinez for Senate
http://www.melforsenate.org/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=36&IssueCategory_id=1
The rabid hatred of the GOP around here reeks to high heaven.
It looks like the millions Soros has poured into the internet is paying off in spades.
He was W's HUD Secretary and is now a U.S. Senator from Florida. He's a "Cuban-American" which probably tells you why he got the post over Steele.
Okay, that's it! Wake me when it's over.
I agree. Sometimes there's just that one little straw that breaks the back. I've had it.
I personally don't think a sitting Senator needs to be the head of the RNC. The GOP needs someone dedicated 24x7 to party building and getting back on message of smaller, less intrusive government. As much as I like Mel, I can't support this move.
Now as head of the NRSC, certainly. I can support that.
We need a full-time chairman, not part time.
This is disappointing to say the least.
fyi, you meant to say either "so long america" or "hello, Amerika". Your phrase makes no sense.
OK, I've seen this "moderate" and "RINO" stuff, so let the rubber meet the road. What's his ACU rating? I happen to know.
So does everyone who's read this thread. Numerous times at that.
This news brings vision of a 3rd party closer to reality.
I worked on Mel Martinez' campaign as a volunteer for about 160 hours. He's an excellent Senator.
Don't be silly. Goebbels' forte is communications.
The GOP needs someone with leadership abilities - like... oh ...
Attila The Hun.
(I told them to check Genealogy.com for Atilla's next of kin, did they listen - NO. The Boneheads)
You do know Attilla was a well educated person for his day.
He went to Roman schools where he studied and learned the ways of his enemy.
Here are a few "facts" to counter the nicely worded baloney that you have posted.
Martinez voted FOR S 2611, the "Immigration Reform Bill from He double toothpicks".
His overall immigration voting record is a D from Americans for Better Immigration.
From Project Vote Smart...
2006 Senator Martinez supported the interests of the American Immigration Lawyers Association 100 percent in 2006.
The following organizations are for border and interior enforcement.
2005-2006 Senator Martinez supported the interests of the U.S. Border Control 10 percent in 2005-2006.
2005 Senator Martinez supported the interests of the Federation for American Immigration Reform 0 percent in 2005.
2003-2006 Senator Martinez supported the interests of the Americans for Better Immigration 12 percent in 2003-2006.
Also, from the Washington Times...Please note the part where Hagel-Martinez would put the illegals on a "path to citizenship". If that isn't amnesty, I don't know WHAT you are smoking.
The immigration reform bill that the Senate takes up today would more than double the flow of legal immigration into the United States each year and dramatically lower the skill level of those immigrants.
The number of extended family members that U.S. citizens or legal residents can bring into this country would double. More dramatically, the number of workers and their immediate families could increase sevenfold if there are enough U.S. employers looking for cheap foreign labor. Another provision would grant humanitarian visas to any woman or orphaned child anywhere in the world "at risk of harm" because of age or sex.
The little-noticed provisions are part of legislation co-sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Mel Martinez of Florida, which overcame some early stumbles and now has bipartisan support in the Senate. The bill also has been praised by President Bush, and he is expected to endorse it as a starting point for negotiations in his prime-time address to the nation tonight
All told, the Hagel-Martinez bill would increase the annual flow of legal immigrants into the U.S. to more than 2 million from roughly 1 million today, scholars and analysts say.
These proposed increases are in addition to the estimated 10 million to 12 million illegal aliens already in the U.S. whom the bill would put on a path to citizenship. These figures also do not take into account the hundreds of thousands of additional immigrants who would be admitted to the U.S. each year under the guest-worker program that is part of the bill.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060515-122825-2467r.htm
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