Recall Mel Martinez
So, Sen. Mel Martinez is mad about the failure of shamnesty. He is challenging opponents to act:
The chairman of the Republican Party on Friday lambasted Democrats and Republicans who helped kill an immigration bill in the Senate and challenged them to come up with a solution beyond “just build a fence along the border.”
“The voices of negativity now have a responsibility to come up with an answer, ” RNC Chairman and U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez said.
“How will you fix the situation to make peoples’ lives better? How will you continue to grow the economy? How will we bring people out of the shadows for our national security and for the sake of being a country that is just?” he demanded.
Attention, Floridians who want to act by replacing pro-shamnesty politicians with pro-enforcement lawmakers who keep their word: There’s a petition recall Mel Martinez here. The sponsors explain:
The site www.RecallMel.com was launched June 18th 2007 by central Florida IT Tech Mr. Dewey Wallace to protest what he views as a reversal of Senator Martinez’s campaign promises of no Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants. The website has a secure SSL page designed to gather signatures in an attempt to make a legal recall via special election of the Senator.
Even though the stated goal of RecallMel.com to gather enough registered Florida voters to recall the Senator, Mr. Wallace readily admits that it is going to be an uphill battle as over 514,000 signatures are required, and no national recall has ever succeeded. However seeing this as an opportunity to set a new legal precedent, Mr. Wallace states RecallMel.com is moving forward with an optimistic eye on success.
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Since when is it the American citizen’s duty to make lives better for people from another country. I could care less about Mexico and Mexicans. Kick the illegal law-breakers out of America. And while we are at it send Martinez along for the ride.
While the fence is being built:
Enforce the existing laws against hiring illegals.
Deport those cought doing criminal acts
Increase the number of Border Agents and fire the officials who have been turning a blind eye to enforcing our borders.
Enforce identity checks and refuse re-entry to those deported.
Eliminate access of state and Federal aid to illegals.
Penalize sanctuary cities.
Refuse visas to women in their last trimester.
Bring people out of the shadows? That absurd Bill wouldn’t have. All the mourners of the Bill are now shouting “now you get nothing!” Well as Michelle stated “how about that 4.4 billion be put to good use for enforcement”. The statements made on the factor last night were “now the republicans have lost the latino vote for for two generations” pahleezeeeeee, I’m crying now. What they meant was the Dems lost the 15/30 million illegals vote. Why didnt Juan answer where he got that 77% number? I guess he just juanna make something up.
Mel Martinez makes me sick: Not only is he out of touch, he is clueless as to just how ridiculous he sounds. If we had a functioning President in the White House (unfortunately, ours is a very lame duck after this week’s shamnesty debacle in the Senate), he would replace this clown (Martinez) post haste.
The Republican National Committee can take this to the bank – I will never contribute another dime until Mel Martinez is replaced. It’s almost worth moving to Florida to help in the recall efforts!
Enforce the existing laws that are on the books! End the entitlements to Illegals Aliens. For example you drop a crumb on your kitchen floor, you don’t notice the crumb at first. Then there are ants taking advantage of the crumb. You walk in to notice the ants at the crumb. You don’t want to hurt the ants, just want for them to leave. So you pick up the crumb, place it in the trash container and not to long after you have disposed of the crumb the ants are gone.
That border is enforceable without a damn fence. By analyzing the terrain and using statistical models to study illegal immigration patterns and crossings, a system of enforcement (Including some barriers like fences, and more than likely, a calculated increase in the number of border guards and equipment) could be set up and implemented that could cut illegal immigration down by 60% or more. Over time, using lessons learned and continued statistical analysis, immigration could be slowed to a trickle. The problem is, people just look at the border and say, “Oh enforcement is impossible..”. Problems are only impossible if don’t attempt to fix them.
Is the announced recall campaign concerning Florida Senator Martinez just the first oar being dipped into the water? Is it possible that ad-hoc committees of newly energized citizens in several states will seek to recall their respective pro-”shamnesty” U.S. Senators? In the process of a continuing, determined, overdue effort to secure our borders, will some manner of political realignment take place in our country, not unlike what occurred in the 1850s, when the Whig Party died and the Republican Party came into being?
Now, I am thinking…which Laws do I want to ignore today?
Drag his ass out of Michael Steele’s chair.
Is the guy serious? 1) Whose lives? The American-born citizens’ or illegals’? 2) Our economy won’t grow without illegals? Japan and Korea’s are doing fine, and they don’t allow ANY immigration 3) This is classic Orwellian doublethink: We need amnesty for national security.
Note to Mel Martinez: Our country IS just, which is why everyone in the world wants to come here illegally. What is NOT just is rewarding those who broke our laws with citizenship, giving them the same privileges those who have patiently followed the law ought to have.
Martinez’s logic is the same as those who did not want Israel to build a “negative” fence. The fence has protected their security (suicide bombings are down 90%), but with Martinez’s logic they should never have built it without a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian problem.
As a LEGAL registered Florida voter, I am glad to see this recall. I just signed it.
Here is my solution to the border crisis.
1. Construct a double fence across the entire border, the fences 100 yards apart.
2. Mine the area between the fences heavily.
3. Place infared aimed automatic machine gun turrets in overlaping positions. These turrets would be computer controlled and programmed to lock onto any target that is adult human sized. Loudspeakers with messages in Spanish (such as “Yo quiero border?” and “NO MAS!”) would warn the invader that they had 10 seconds before fire was opened up.
4. Re-deploy the border patrol to internal enforcement to deport as many of the illegal invaders currently inside the US as possible, since the actual border wouldn’t need more than a handful of technicians to maintain and reload the machine guns, and some coroners to collect the bodies.
5. THEN consider a “guest worker” program.
I hope the recall succeeds. Mel and GWB have pretty much destroyed the Republican base. I do think the outrageous statements they continue to make after the death of shamnesty can be useful in keeping people fired up about about gaining control of our country from the elites and open border advocates who care far more about those who break the law than they do legal American citizens.
Why don’t we band together and start a fax/phone/email campaign and get MEL to step down. Let’s learn from last week – and start to make a difference in this great country. Michelle can’t do it alone!
I am a legal immigrant to the USA, and now a very proud US citizen. I am not cowed or intimidated by the faux shame game of Mel Martinez.
Millions like me played by the rules to get to America because that is precisely what attracted us to America. Not the “streets of gold”, but the commitment to the law and the “hearts of gold”. And this is what we teach our children. Protect America’s commitment to the law. Fight, if you have to, to protect it.
I believe everyone of us needs to call the RNC and let them know that as long a Mel is running their operation that there will be no money coming their way. I would also suggest to them that any corporate donations they recieve that we will boycott those corporations. This idiot has the temerity to think we do not have an idea about what to do when really he and the President have no clue what we the people want which is a secure border. Guess what Mel this “bigot” wants her country safe and secure, you traitor, start there and oh by the way shut up you bigot, that’s right Mel you are anti-American and to me that is the worst bigot of all.
Thanks, you are correct, we need to fight now and I pray it isn’t already too late.
I am now registered to vote in Pennsylvania. However, if I were back home in Ft. Walton, I’d be going door to door requesting signatures! I’m not sure who is worse, Mel or Arlen the Specter…
Congratulations!
You’re the reason this country is so great, and I wish there were more doing what you did. Unfortunately, the system is rigged against you, and that is completely ass-backwards.
Can we recall him from RNC chair?
I hate to burst everyone’s bubble, but the recall of a member of Congress by the electorate is not in the Constitution. Only Congress itself can expel a member. I would love to see Grahamnesty, Martinez, and Voinovich tossed out on their rear, but it just isn’t going to happen.
From the summary of a CRS report in 2003:
and
Wish I lived in Florida…
Apropos of nothing (I suppose…)
Mel Martinez has yet to pay a price for his role in the Terri Schiavo fiasco.
Remember…?
It was Mel Martinez who, like a complete nincompoop, inadvertently handed Senator Tom Harkin a Schiavo talking points memo written by one of Martinez’s aides. No one else had a hand in the crafting of the Schiavo memo; in fact, outside of the aide and possibly Martinez, nobody else had even read it. Nonetheless, Harkin (being Harkin) immediately ran to the Washington Post and claimed he had gained possession of an internal memo written by the GOP leadership basically stating that Congressional Republicans were planning to exploit Terri Schiavo for political gain.
By the time Powerline got to the bottom of the story and established that the GOP leadership had nothing to do with the memo, the damage had already been done: by then it was “common knowledge” that GOP leaders were behind the memo and their support of Terri Schiavo case was a cynically-crafted sham. Which no doubt cost Republicans a few votes in some tightly contested races in 2006.
All thanks to Mel Martinez, who apparently didn’t check the contents of his in-box more carefully before he tossed them into his out-box.
In my last stint with the RNC, as the Davie representative, I did work on behalf of Mr Martinez. I am sorry that I am no longer there in Florida to help with this campaign.
Mr Martinez is an embarrassment to Floridians, Republicans, and legal immigrants the nation wide. If he were a courageous and proper man, he would resign immediately, and apologize to the rest of the nation for his misbehavior.
I congratulate Mr Wallace for his work to hold a politician as despicable as Senator Martinez to his word.
Florida is a great state, in that the state has a procedure for the recall of it’s representation. Recall and election procedures were left for the states, and fortunately that was not impacted by the Federalization push after the Civil War.
I wish Mr Wallace immense luck on his upward struggle. It is time for Congress to understand that their election is not a free ride for terrible self-promotion. They are there to represent their constituency, US Citizens, and to be the representative voice for the majority that elected them.
Saturday Greetings Mrs. Malkin and loyal community. Many thanks to “ExCarMagGuy” (msg #22) for the constitutional procedural advice and caution.
Can someone give us a ruling on comment #22 . If he is correct shouldn’t all that time and effort be taking another course of action ?
Why don’t we make people’s lives better by deporting all the people with “MS13″ tattooed on their chest? That seems pretty straightforward.
What Is the History of Recall Elections?
By Joshua Spivak
Mr. Spivak is an attorney in New York, and received a Master’s in History from Brooklyn College. His Master’s thesis explored the history of the recall.
http://hnn.us/articles/1660.html
Here is another good website
Not many answers about recall of US senators.
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legismgt/elect/recallprovision.htm
My brief reading of Bill of Rights, Article X, of the Constitution shows the following:
The CRS report stated that the Constitution “…does not provide for nor authorize the recall of United States officers such as Senators, Representatives, or the President or Vice President…”. This is true. The Constitution does provide for impeachment of any officer of the Executive, and gives clear guidance as to how that will proceed.
There is neither guidance for nor prohibition against recall of a sitting elected Congressional official
Further, there is a provision in Article 1, Section 3 of the Constitution that states:
The CRS report seems to be in error. This is not surprising, as most CRS reports hold little truth. For example, the study using CRS “facts” stating that the cost of “shamnesty” would be subsumed by the tax revenue from the illegals.
Recall is a right of the States, and for the people.
I wish we could get a recall going for Trent Lott here in Mississippi. I can’t wait another 5 years to vote against that dimwit.
Successful or not, an online petition would be a great clearinghouse for information on trash he has done and IS doing.
RE Comments #29 and #31
I hope recall is possible.
From the link provided by Dersu. Does this sound strangely familiar?
and continuing…
So Mel wants to know what to do? I suggest he read last year’s HR 4437, or the one the Republicans have put forth this year.
Actually, I think the border fence is something of a diversion. The real solution is drying up the welcoming workplace environment by banning matricula acceptance, telling Chertoff he’s fired if he doesn’t get the Real ID specs wrapped up pronto, telling Chertoff he’s fired if deportations don’t increase to 1 million next year, fixing Basic Pilot and mandating its use, and abolishing restrictions on data sharing and mining between the SSA, IRS, and ICE.
Being a proud Mississippian:
I agree on teddy lott, but you know Thad Cochran did not do much better.
He passed on the first chance to vote no and waited till the cloture vote had failed before voting NO.
I assume though that they were twisting his arm in the cloakroom while dingy harry kept the start of voting at bay.
Overall, I like thad.
Keep hearing “we can’t build a fence…”, what? Has no one heard of The Great Wall of China…can’t build the fence my a$$!
One reason people in Florida are mad is because this is what Mel had on his campaign website in 2004:
Meeting the immigration challenges of the 21st century
That page is now gone from the site if you just go back to:
http://www.melforsenate.org
But if you know what to google you can pick it up!
12,000,000 x $8000 = $96,000,000,000/year
That is a low estimate of the per year cost of illegals in this country. That is what the taxpayers will pay.
Now offer a $500 dollar reward for citizens to turn in illegals (to be paid upon capture) and let’s figure $300 for a plane ticket out of the country. That’s roughly $800.
12,000,000 x $800 = $9,600,000,000 one time cost to deport 12 million illegals.
Now to all those that say it is impossible or not feasible or too expensive to deport the illegals, basic math and a simple plan shows otherwise. I’d rather pay $9 billion to get rid of them than $96 billion per year to keep them.
Here’s a thought on border enforcement. Can we get something going (like petitions or constituent email) to pressure the border state governors to order their respective guard units to enforce the border. Posse Comitatus does not apply when ordered by a states governor and they would not be acting against citizens anyway. They could even have the guard unit’s construction battalions build the wall. I think the governors would be more vulnerable and easier to pressure to act than waiting for the federal government to do anything about it. The senators and congressmen want more voters and want amnesty. If enough people in these border states threaten their governors I think they can get something done. Let’s get the states to exercise their rights and screw waiting on the federal government. It is the states duty to act when the federal government will not.
We can’t enforce our borders? Try and get into Area 51. Try and get even close to Area 51. I dare you. That place has devices that SMELL the air and can tell the difference between people and animals! Vehicle sensors are laid for miles and miles around the perimeter and several miles outside the perimeter. They KNOW when you are coming. All of this technology can be applied on our northern and southern borders for little more than the cost of ONE Super Aircraft Carrier….about 6 billion or so. But noooooh we have to give billions and billions more to other countries instead of protecting our own! What a sham our government has become! Oh yeah….and Mel has got to go!
I wonder why more WSJ Republicans like Martinez don’t devote half as much effort exhorting countries like Mexico to reform their statist economies as they do trying to browbeat Americans into jeopardizing US sovereignty. After all, look at the economic leverage we now have — which Shamnesty would have squandered. Is capitalism only do-able on this side of the border? Or have the RINOs just given up on Hispanic countries? In which case, who are the real bigots?
I Say yank Bill Nelson out of there too.
More recently than the Great Wall was in 1943 when we built a little road from Dawson Creek, BC to Fairbanks, AK called The Alcan Highway.
Over 1,500 miles in 8 months, folks! Through forests, around mountains, over frozen tundra and at times, in sub-zero temps.
It’s a great story of USA resolve. If we want to, we can do.
Use this link or just Google the Alcan Highway.
http://www.esu11.org/projects/alaska/alcan.html
Petition signed.
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The AlCan Highway was built by the Army during wartime (I’ve watch the History Channel program about it a time or two), and was admittedly a rushed job, which was nothing more than a dirt track when it was originally completed. Not sure that’s the kind of thing we want for border security. But, you are right that “if we want to, we can do”.
It is a simple concept. Take away the things that attract illegals, and they will leave. Look at the mass exodis from areas that have cracked down.
1. Go after the employers. Make it too expensive to hire, or be caught with illegal labor.
2. Take away social services, medical care, free education, etc. I am not saying we won’t feed the hungry, or take care of the sick, I am saying make it difficult for the healthy.
3. Crack down on the day labor centers.
Will this cure the problem tomorrow? No, but in the long run, the problem diminishes exponentially. No honey, no flies/ants.
We do not have to expend funds to solve the problem, we have to stop expending funds to solve the problem.
Today, I received in the mail, a flyer for adult education. Basically, our public schools are open for any adult that wants to learn English, get a GED, learn business skills, etc.. all free, for them. The flyer was complete with a dozen pictures of smiling adults, almost all Spanish and not a one white, only one of african nature. And my county property taxes continue to be the highest in the nation. Go figure.
Myrick Again Calls For “Enforcement First” Immigration Approach
Senate Amnesty Bill Goes Down In Flames
( Washington , D.C. ) — Today, the US Senate voted down the immigration/amnesty bill 53-46. Prior to the vote, Rep. Myrick signed onto Secure Borders FIRST (For Integrity, Reform, Safety and anti-Terrorism) Act of 2007, which was introduced in the House today by Reps. King (R-NY) and Smith (R-TX). This legislation would take real concrete steps to secure our borders and put an end to illegal immigration.
“The Secure Borders FIRST Act is what Congress should pass before we consider anything else. I have said it before, and I will say it again…if we don’t secure the borders and enforce our laws, nothing else we enact will work,” said Rep. Myrick. “The common sense policy of ‘enforcement first’ is what the American people want, and that’s why I support this bill”.
The Secure Borders FIRST Act mandates that DHS gain operational control of all our borders within the next six years, authorizes additional border-security personnel, requires expedited removal for any illegal aliens apprehended within 100 miles of the border within two weeks of entry, and makes alien street gang members deportable and inadmissible. The bill also includes strong worksite-enforcement provisions and requires tamper-resistant biometric social security cards to minimize fraud.
Regarding the defeat of the Senate amnesty bill, Rep. Myrick stated: “The American people killed this bill. They want secure borders and they want our laws enforced. It is that simple; until we know these things are done, amnesty bills will continue to fail.”
I wonder why WSJ Republicans like Martinez have devoted so much time trying to browbeat Americans into jeopardizing US sovereignty in the name of fairness, but virtually none to using our substantial economic leverage to pry some reforms out of Mexico. Isn’t this the “soft bigotry of low expectations” that GWB used to decry?
If these politicians would just secure the border first, a large chunk of the anti-amnesty group would vaporize. I for one was against this bill, but would compromise if the border was actually secure. I’d be willing to let the portion of illegals who’s only crime was crossing the border and getting a job to stay legally. If they’ve committed another crime then goodbye.
I’m also willing to bet that the other side could easily get promises of votes after the border is secured from many of the anti-amnesty politicians. As much as I’m against illegal immigration, as a nation, it is as much our faults as the illegals fault.
Here is the real agenda behind amnesty: http://www.vdare.com/stix/070619_amnestisia.htm
Bush, from day one, had an agenda of profiteering of his office. Remember when he said: “If they can make it across Rio Grande, we’ll take em”? If that was not an invitation to criminals from mexico, what was it? Bush knows there is a lot of money for his corporate chronies, in the sweat and blood of illegal immigrants. Bush has a nose for two things: money and votes. In illegal immigration, Bush smelt BOTH! By leaving the borders open, Bush is providing a pipeline of wealth for his corporate chronies, votes for himself and party. All he had to do was to ensure borders stay open, even if it takes prosecuting sincere and hard-working border petrol agents. Never mind, those illegals looting, teerrorizing and murdering honest, hard-working and tax-paying Americans: http://michellemalkin.com/2007/06/26/alex-…f-open-borders/ . By letting illegals in, Bush was also building a sinister case for “immigration reform” saying nice things like “family values”, “get them out of the shadows”, lie about “Jobs American’s won’t do” and declare helplessness at being unable to deport millions, he himself invited.
My husband and I voted for Mel Martinez and will be signing the petition to recall him. I just wish I could get a refund on the campaign contribution I gave him since he fraudulently represented himself in 2004.
Thanks Michelle for posting the web site.
I have signed the petition. The Constitutional scales have weighted Martinez and has been found wanting. Time for recall.
We put you there, Mr. Martinez, not the other way around. If you really cared about our Constitution, you would have done the right choice. My vote put you there, come and ask for it again!
Molen Labe!!
Rio
Semper Fi!
Mel Martinez is either insane or just so arrogantly drunk on power.
This man needs to go.
I agree, Mel Martinez is a disgrace to America and should be replaced as soon as possible.
I’ve been watching some blogs caution against “throwing out the baby with the bathwater” in recalling Martinez and the other ShAmnesty types. They claim that despite ShAmnesty they’re real good conservatives. Well, I’ll call BS on that, Martinez, Lott, McCain, Graham and others failed the #1 conservative test when they forgot who they represent, the voters. Throw them out!
Hey Senor Martinez. I watched your speech on C-span after the bill was killed the FIRST time and it sounded like you were elected to the Mexican legislature!
Just a reminder from a registered (R) in Florida, who previously voted for you. I will be actively supporting anyone who will challenge you in the primary.
Yes, I am also one of the many contributors to the RNC, NRSC that have not given since “our” leaders started to push this shamnesty last year. But make no mistake, I actively contributed DIRECTLY to conservative candidates throughout the country last year.
To paraphrase Pres. Bush, “I’ll see you at the
bill signingpolls!”Buzzy (#55) is right. If we whack a couple of these guys hard enough, the rest won’t dare get out of line again.
Being from the “Keystone State” it galls me no end to have two pro-Amnesty Senators. Casey, the Democrat, just got elected in November,’06. He sent Santorum(a true Conservative)home. Specter, the Republican(…sure he is)has been around much to long. I honestly believe this is Specter’s final term. Here’s hoping Santorum makes a comeback.
I have refused payment to the RNC until Martinez is removed and tha Party gets back to its fundamentals. And STOP KOW-TOWING to these Liberal morons.
Here is how Bush is dealing with illegal immigration, arrest the Border Agents.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/stories/MYSA062907.01B.sutton-protest.35f7201.html
Spit.
Why can’t we build the wall?
1. In September 1939, the United States was ranked #19 in the world as a military power, but by September 1945, we were #1.
2. Between 1939 and 1945, the United States produced the Atomic Bomb, built the Pentagon in 18 months with over 17 miles of hallways, built over 120 Aircraft Carriers, hundreds of other ships, over 100,000 fighter planes, thousands of bombers and put over 16 MILLION people in uniform.
3. Today as a nation, we can’t build a wall or deport the illegal immigrants (At least the drug dealing, gang members, hard core criminals and murderers).
4. The reason why we can’t is that the Govt and those that are running it don’t have the courage to do it.
Sutton is just as much of a disgrace as Martinez. What’s the sense in having more Border Patrol agents if they are all scared of irrational reprisals for doing their jobs? Seems like just the type of window dressing the pro-amnesty crowd wants.
PLEASE READ THIS MICHELLE:
Here is a solution other than 1. deport them all, and 2. make them all citizens.
The only new immigration reform measure that will be required is a new ‘guest worker program’ to fill ‘jobs that Americans won’t do’. We can make it as large as 20 million slots for NON-CITIZENS.
NON-CITIZENS is the operative word there. They have a choice now – they can either be a ‘guest worker’ with no chance of becoming a citizen and benefiting from our entitlement programs. . . OR they can get in line to become citizens LEGALLY like every other law abiding citizen.
Having said this, the only way ANY new law will work is if we secure the border. We can if we want to. If you don’t secure the border by building a fence, any new law will be as worthless as the current law because it will be broken again and again and again.
It is more ridiculous to conclude that the best idea is to grant everyone citizenship than it is to say deport them all.
The problem with this solution is that the politicians won’t get more people to vote for them. Never mind it is in the best interest of this country – there’s just nothing in it for any of the elected officials if they don’t create any new voters.
This is the best solution without relying on emotion to pass legislation. What about the families? If family togetherness is important to them, they can be together in their country of origin with their American children. I don’t understand why we have to grant these people citizenship.
Finally, THANK YOU again Michelle. I’ve got tons of solutions, but I hate politics.
I live in FL. I signed the petition. I’m putting a link to it on my blog. Thanks, MM, for bringing this to my attention.
Mel if only you could read this:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118316508034653732.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Stop the seads of what happened in Bosnia!
Agree with those who want to take away incentives, and deal with employers of illegals. Building a fence is also easy. The Romans built 54,000 miles of cement and stone highways by hand (the US has about 45,000 miles of interstate by comparison) so this little endeavor should be a piece of cake. Then – hmm – the Romans ended up with a rotten Senate and neglected to secure their borders. Oh, and Surveyor mentions how hard it is to get to Area 51 – must have lots of top-secret lettuce growing there.
I voted for Martinez but I sure won’t vote for him again. I emailed his office
and received the standard reply. He just doesn’t get it. I especially didn’t like the photos of him with Kennedy laughing it up…good ol’boys club!
Interesting article which sheds light on the Madness that has gripped DC over Amnesty. The Lott, Graham and their likely Fairness Doctrine support make me think that this former President Vicente Fox staffer may be on to something. DC wants a new more managable electorate that is not so LOUD! Per this Vicente Fox aid it called “USURPATION” “Immigration and Usurpation Elites,Power and the People’s Will” is an interesting article which delves into a potential issue stemming from Political Theory found in the writings of our Founding Fathers who grabbled with a potential problem they coined “Usurpation” and discussed in the Federalist Papers.
Kill Talk Radio aka the “Loud People” next kill the Blogosphere? They’re Mad we need Voter Mandated Term Limits for these Plutrachs including Senator Martinez, the DON of the RNC! He wants to graft “Clientelismo” or a South of the Border Patron-Clent system in America…No Gracias!
Ann Coulter’s solution is thought-provoking: Make it legal for illegal immigrants to sue their employers for paying them too small a salary. The criminal immigrants are being taken advantage of, creating a new American social class: the serfdom. If illegals can sue their employers for higher wages, well… no one will want to hire them anymore. *evil laugh*
I wonder if the people of Florida will respond to Mr Martinez at the voting booth? Americans have a very short memory span. I hope the people of Florida do not…..but, I’ve been waiting for the folks from Massachuttes to do something about Ted Kennedy for many years….now I wonder about them….
Martinez is another that has become part of the “Elite” and they want to “Rule” us, not represent us…….
I am thankful for the “New Media”, folks like Michelle, like us….freedom takes constant vigilance. We have held our eyes closed way too long.
dadling,
Do not worry. Mel barely won in 2004, despite riding Bush’s coattails. This was shocking because he was running against Betty Castor, who was President of the University of South Florida, when Sami Al-Arian was there (the guy who was convicted of helping Palestinian Islamic Jihad). She was severely criticized for not firing him.
To win as a Republican for Senate in Florida you really have to have solid turn out, because South Florida is so heavily Democrat and has a big population.
In 2010, the Dems won’t vote for him and he’s not going to get any independents. Mel won’t have Bush around to campaign for him.
My prediction is that he is toast.
We can do what was just done: KEEP THE PRESSURE UP.
I for one am committed to, and will continue to carry out, a suggestion put forth by another poster in another thread, and I hope thousands and thousands of people get wind of the idea and do the same: call the congress every single day, if just for a minute, and ask the question that keeps their feet to the fire:
“Is our border secure yet?”
You can’t recall them. (Impeach them maybe, but it would be almost impossible).
But, the way we can really hurt Mel Martinez and his ilk for their attrocious acts this week is to do one simple thing. Deny any financial support whatsoever to the RNC, of which he is in charge.
Interestingly enough, they called me the day before the vote on shamnesty, asking for a donation, which I have not hesitated to give before. I told them that as long as the RINOs, including the President and certain Senators, had allied themselves with lawbreakers and the likes of Ted Kennedy and were acting against the interests of US citizens, that they would never get one thin dime from me.
Let the rest of the Republican Party, what’s left of it, know this and they will at some point have to take action. Money is the blood of politics. Deny it to them and it takes away their power.
Boycott the RNC!!!!
While we’re at it, let’s recall or impeach Harry Reid for subverting the Constitution.
More on Mel in trouble:
The Corner linked to this article at Politico: Immigration bill’s fallen soldiers. A poll in Florida gave him 23% approval and found:
Stumbled across something this afternoon, so decided to write a post and link to it. It addresses the hypocrisy of the Mexican government in regard to immigration. Very informative.
I am a Floridian.
I am ashamed to admit that I voted for Mel Martinez. I knew within a couple of weeks that Mel’s election was a mistake. He immediately stopped talking to his constituents and has been AWOL since.
The only time I see him is when he is hanging out with Ted Kennedy. I feel like a vote for Janet Reno would have been better.
Sign me up for the recall Mel effort!!! He has been a “sham” from day one.
I notified the Republican Party of Florida.
Mel Martinez must go.
His name shouldn’t be on the ballots ever again. Or else, lose the seat to a Democrat.
Addendum:
I notified the Republican Party of Florida few months ago.
I am fed up with Martinez. It started when he refused to vote to make English the official language of the United States of America.
I signed up and posted the link on another forum. There’s not one bit of difference between the RINO Martinez and the other FL Senator, the DEMO Nelson! Get rid of Martinez!
We shouldn’t be so intimidated by PC that we are afraid to discuss the issue of Hispanics who are more loyal to La Raza than to Los Estados Unidos. I read an article in, coincidentally, La Raza newspaper wherein Hispanic strategists felt they are now strong enough to target Republicans whose fault is only adhering to rule of law on immigration.
Hispanics vote largely as a racist bloc, giving them a “force multiplier” effect fearsome to politicans beyond their numbers. Another “force multiplier” is the population of jackpot babies and jackpot grandbabies of voting age, who naturally preserve the attitudes of their forebears and the hopes of their multitudinous extended families who haven’t made it here yet. It’s really almost too late to save this country. I expect after the defeat of the comprehensive immigration corruption bill, the pouty and spoiled (my way or the highway) Coyote-in-Chief will redouble his efforts to bring in illegals, and their numbers combined with jackpot babies and grandbabies will soon make them a power that cannot longer be contained.
From today’s Meet the Press:
This clown, Martinez, is asking for a solution? He must have his ears stuffed with chili peppers. The anti-shamnesty crowd has hollered loud and long, the answer to the illegal issue. Close the borders and allow attrition to take effect. If he wants to bring people out of the shadows, then maybe he should encourage them to immigrate legally.
As for the people who continually whine about “separating the family,” that separation would take place as a result of the actions of an illegal – not us or our LAWS.
LAW – what a concept.
As a registered Florida voter that voted Mel into office, I just signed the petition to get his lying (being nice) fanny out of office.
And as a small business owner, I follow the existing laws and verify the back grounds of ALL my perspective employees before I hire them. What a concept that actually works. Mel, You may want to read up on the subject.
I and every one in my office have signed the petition, and yes, we are here in Boca Raton, Florida, so it counts.
Expel Mel.
This is like a disease that starts at 1600 PA Avenue, has taken over even the people’s chamber of Congress, and is now in the RNC: How out of touch does Martinez have to be to make these remarks? How insular are things inside the beltway? What do these people breathe, helium?
Closing the border has NOTHING to do with addressing the shadows. We know that, and we’re comfortable with that. It has EVERYTHING to do with making sure that the “shadows” don’t get any larger. First you stop the leaking, then you decide what to do with the water in the boat. One doesn’t prevent you from doing the other.
We’ve gotten used to Liberals showing what appeared to be a complete lack of common sense, and we’ve even come to recognize that they aren’t stupid – they’re just evil. They have motives that are all too clear, but are too notorious to openly call for, so they appear to be crazy.
Open borders is a classic one of these. We all know that the libs have a very clear reason for wanting open borders shamnesty: they want the voting bloc that the illegals represent.
We expect this from liberals: lying out of one side of their face, and disguising it as crazy. It’s time to accept and deal with the fact that people like Martinez are essentially playing the same game.
It’s all about power, not principal…
Thanks for the link Michele.
As a Florida voter, I gladly signed the petition. I too voted for him based on his campaign promises and feel totally hoodwinked by another slick politican.
I sent several emails to him over the past few weeks regarding this issue. The only result was that I was added to his mass e-mail list, talk about adding insult to injury.
I’m not sure what is wrong with our country right now but I can honestly say I am sick of all politicans right now – republican and democrat alike.
Here’s the answer, Mel: Secure the border!