Obama’s shamnesty distraction

By Michelle Malkin  •  April 9, 2009 12:13 AM

I’m not sure why Drudge is hyping the New York Times’ stenography piece on Obama’s plans to carry through on his promise to pitch a shamnesty bill. It’s not news. It’s a White House-planted distraction sourced mainly to La Raza/The Race lobbyist-turned-White House open borders czar Cecilia Munoz.

I pointed a few weeks ago to Obama’s meeting with Latino groups pushing for faster action on paving the pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal aliens. You know that the DREAM Act has been reintroduced in Congress. You know about the Obama Census plan to Leave No Illegal Alien Behind. And you know that Nancy Pelosi has been banging the “stop the unpatriotic raids” drum.

You also know that there is already a de facto shamnesty plan already in place — overseen by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, who is eroding interior immigration enforcement. A West Coast source tells me that customs and border patrol agents have been ordered not to confiscate Washington state IDs from illegal aliens. ICE agents are feeling pressure to curtail workplace investigations. And illegal alien deportation fugitive Zeituni Onyango, aunt of the president, is going nowhere.

What is more newsworthy is the rising tide of voices standing up against lax immigration enforcement and its costs.

It’s not just conservative immigration enforcement activists.

It’s politicians who have to answer to their law-abiding constituents demanding to know why scarce resources should be allocated to illegal aliens over citizens. Like the five Democrats in Colorado who helped kill the state version of the DREAM Act. And the local health officials in northern California who are finally ending taxpayer subsidies for non-emergency illegal alien care.

It’s citizens who have suffered the loss of loved ones as a result of bloody sanctuary policies. Like Ray Tranchant, who testified on Capitol Hill last week on how failure of local and federal immigration officials to cooperate contributed to the death of his daughter and her best friend at the hands of a revolving door illegal alien drunk driver. Or like Daniella Bologna, who filed suit against the open-borders government of San Francisco on Tuesday:

The family of a father and his two sons who were gunned down last year have filed a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco, claiming its sanctuary policy contributed to their deaths.
Anthony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, were gunned down in the Excelsior District on June 16 after possibly being mistaken for rival gang members, according to police.

Edwin Ramos, 22, a suspected member of the MS-13 gang, has been charged with their murders.

The Bologna family lawsuit alleges that the city’s sanctuary policy shielding illegal immigrants – even those charged with a crime – allowed Ramos to stay in this country illegally. Ramos had a history of violence and several prior contacts with San Francisco police as a minor. But city policy prevented officers from turning him over to federal immigration authorities for deportation.

“What we’re saying is that the city adopted and enforced a policy that was actually inconsistent with and prohibited by federal law,” Michael Kelly, an attorney for the Bologna family, said Tuesday.

Since the last immigration battle, more and more citizens and local and state officials have begun to recognize the ravages of lax enforcement. When Obama moves forward with his official shamnesty legislation, he better be prepared. We’ve been there. Done that. And the White House should know that we are ready to stop the Open-Borders Express again.

Stick that on your front page, Fishwrap of Record.

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  1. #672581
    On April 9th, 2009 at 10:56 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    Erin, John Deaux: How about “Spirit of ‘76″ Party?

  2. #672583
    On April 9th, 2009 at 10:59 am, ErinF said:

    Erin, John Deaux: How about “Spirit of ‘76″ Party?

    I don’t care what we call it, as long as it stands for and fights for freedom, sovereignty and strict Constitutionalism.

  3. #672585
    On April 9th, 2009 at 10:59 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 10:50 am, 24Klady said:

    To a large degree it was the younger voter and the comfortably employed that put this moron in the White House.

    I disagree. It was the GOP’s insistence on waging war on conservatives that put Obama and the Dems in the majority. It’s not the Dems who won the last two elections so much as the Repubs who insisted on losing.

  4. #672591
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:03 am, cheapseat said:

    CHAP; how do libs interpret the second amendment means anything other than a constitutional right to bear arms? how does the congress, who are constitutionally bound to be the only branch of government to spend the taxpayer’s money, hand that over to rubin/geithner with no oversight? find a right to an abortion? you know damn well our judiciary has become so legislative, that it only takes 5 black robed gods to decide the constitution needs to be scrapped en masse, and replaced with the far more enlightened french constitution, or sharia law, or any other damn thing. that is what has people so pissed.

  5. #672604
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:18 am, right4life said:

    5 black robed gods to decide the constitution needs to be scrapped en masse, and replaced with the far more enlightened french constitution, or sharia law, or any other damn thing. that is what has people so pissed.

    thats right, you only thought this was a republic…

  6. #672607
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:20 am, right4life said:

    They now have no future and some are waking up to that fact. Even the dumbest dimwit voter will eventually see they have made a huge mistake and look for something else

    no they won’t…look at detroit…they keep electing democrats

    no one is gonna ‘wake up’

  7. #672615
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:24 am, Mainah said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 10:17 am,

    chapoutier said:
    Minah,

    Tell me again how Eric Holder passes legislation and/or why we should be terribly concerned with his view when Obama (you know…his boss) has stated he agrees with Heller?

    You believe Obama? I will spare you the litany of broken promises, but I do have 2 words for you: “no lobbyists”

  8. #672622
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:30 am, happyscrapper said:

    I like Patriot’s Party, but Founder’s Party also has a good ring to it, as long as you don’t call it the Founder’s Liberal Opposition Party or FLOP!

  9. #672623
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:31 am, ErinF said:

    You believe Obama?

    Yes, chaffe-powder believes obama’s words and other fairie tales.

  10. #672627
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:34 am, Stillwaiting said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 9:36 am, ErinF said:

    You’re right. Besides, how often are the major parties referred to as the DP and RP? But if Patriot doesn’t fly, maybe something along the lines of Liberty or Independence or…

  11. #672628
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:35 am, happyscrapper said:

    Mainah said: Of course, the govt has every right to take away a constitutional right and then also invade our privacy while doing so.

    This is the KEY point in all of this. We have to focus on the Constitution and not let them destroy it! Our founding documents are all we have to keep us from this tyranny.

  12. #672630
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:36 am, chapoutier said:

    Yes, chaffe-powder believes obama’s words and other fairie tales.

    Which seems a step up from beliving chain mails that literally just make crap up about legislation.

    How much money do you think Minah has given to nigerian princes? Does she REALLY think she will be cursed if she doesn’t send the email she got about the kid with cancer to at least 5 other people?

    Tell you what…come back to me when this legislation comes up for a vote in Committee.

  13. #672635
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:39 am, Stillwaiting said:

    A rose by any other name…

  14. #672638
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:41 am, John Deaux said:

    Why not just take over the Constitution Party?

    H.R. 45 is a non-starter just the same as the reparations bill that gets introduced every year.

  15. #672645
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Jvette said:

    These people have passed every manner of unconstitutional spending and laws under the guise of the phrase “common good”.

    Why then do the support something that is not and can never be for our “common good”?

    The answer is simple. They do not represent or protect their American constituents, they represent themselves and protect their positions of power and wealth.

  16. #672646
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:49 am, chapoutier said:

    H.R. 45 is a non-starter just the same as the reparations bill that gets introduced every year.

    Hell, that one even has 4 co-sponsors.

  17. #672649
    On April 9th, 2009 at 11:52 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    I don’t like Founder’s Party. Ships founder before they sink. That’s what we have now with the GOP.

  18. #672664
    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:00 pm, xler8bmw said:

    This is no coincidence it falls in line with the census take over with the WH. This will enable them to redistrict for the 2012 election!

  19. #672680
    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:12 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    BTW, if you haven’t clicked on the link on the sidebar to John Hinderaker’s take on this at Powerline “Here We Go Again”, do so.

    …”Maybe they’ve forgotten the groundswell of opposition that arose a couple of years ago when President Bush tried to work with Congress to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. Bush’s approval numbers never recovered from that effort…”

    Bring it on. They will fail again and then get booted out of office. McCain just recently signaled to the amnesty crowd to look elsewhere for their pointman. The only question is whether the GOP will just respond with empty posturing and rhetoric or actually stand up and fight to stick this to the Dems. So far, the usual suspects, especially Romney, are signaling that they want to keep losing elections.

  20. #672685
    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, Mainah said:

    Chap, the Nigerian princesses deserve our help too, you know. @@ We are the world and all that. What it is with people who cannot see that our Constitution is being shredded because they are so blinded by party? I do not blindly adhere to party lines, and I do not blindly forward chainmails, etc. I should have edited that before it was posted, which I already acknowledged earlier, but as I showed you, the loopholes exist for the AG to strip us of our rights, and it shouldn’t matter to you which party is for or against it, it should matter what YOU as an American feel about a Constitutional right being so challenged. Right vs Left aside, does it not concern you to see such blatant moves on a right our forefathers bestowed with their blood?

  21. #672693
    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:22 pm, iamsaved said:

    We have Tea Parties protesting the tax and spend outrages of the Democrats(Stimulus and TARP may not officially be called taxes but we all know where it comes from. Whether they work is yet to be seen.

    I think we’re going to need a “If its illegal, why are we discussing it” day. Or a “Illegals – Go Home” Day to let it be known to our so-called representatives that we are sick and tired of them pushing agendas we don’t want and turning a deaf ear to our outcrys.

  22. #672700
    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:29 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    Why should the large majority (70 percent?) of non-Black and non-Hispanic American Citizens stand for the Shamnesty again? Do we want our country to look like the tribal areas of Pakistan or like the poor areas of India? Do we want more Mexican, Central American, and South American gangs here? Richard Nixon had it right when he spoke of the SILENT MAJORITY.
    ***
    Good LEGAL IMMIGRANTS and clear thinking Black and Hispanic people also want this country to provide the benefits of LEGAL IMMIGRATION and prosperity for all our citizens–of all racial, ethnic, and national backgrounds. They do not want America to import the problems they left when they came to the much better U.S.A. All of us and our children will pay the price for continued ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND AMNESTY in blood and treasure.
    ***
    No more silence–attend the April 15 TEA PARTY near you. We need to start organizing to take out the liberal / democratic / socialist / marxist / communist Senators and Representatives in the 2010 election. We are the dog–the Shamnesty supporters are the very vocal tail of the dog.
    ***
    MAN AND WOMAN UP AMERICA. Let’s take back our Congress in the next election.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

  23. #672702
    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:31 pm, jrgdds said:

    If Obama,Pelosi,and Reid try to shove amnesty down our throats, they will get it shoved up their asses! Americans will not stand for it. Get ready to march on Washington with your torches and pitchforks!

  24. #672710
    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:42 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Get ready to march on Washington with your torches and pitchforks!

    And it might take more than that someday real soon. A good majority of Amnesty/Open Borders also favor gun control–see a pattern?

  25. #672725
    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:54 pm, maisy said:

    Read the comments on this story,seems evryone thinks it was one of Pelosi’s Patriots who killed him.
    Angels Pitcher Among 3 Killed in SoCal Hit and Run
    Adenhart pitched six shut-out innings Wednesday night against Oakland Athletics

    Nick Adenhart of the Los Angeles Angels, another man and a woman were all killed, and another man was critically injured, in a three-vehicle crash blamed on a motorist who ran a red light in Fullerton, Calif. just after midnight Thursday.

    Los Angeles — Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart, 22, was among three people killed in a crash at a Fullerton intersection early Thursday.

    2009 in Memoriam
    View SlideshowLook back at the most notable deaths of the year.
    Adenhart another man and a woman were all killed, and another man was critically injured, in a three-vehicle crash blamed on a motorist who ran a red light at a Fullerton intersection, police said. One other person killed in the crash also was part of the Angels organization.

    Authorities withheld the names of the dead for hours, pending family notification.

    Police said a minivan driver who was blamed for the crash fled the scene on foot but was arrested a short time later on suspicion of hit-and-run. A passenger who remained in the minivan suffered minor injuries, Brower said.

    The crash occurred at East Orangethorpe Avenue and South Lemon Street around 12:20 a.m., said Fullerton police Lt. Doug Cave.

    Cave said two of the vehicles — one traveling on Lemon, the other on Orangethorpe — crashed in the intersection. A third vehicle, which was stopped in the intersection, was struck in the crash but sustained only minor damage and its driver was not hurt, Cave said.

    Witnesses said a minivan ran a red light and collided with a silver Mitsubishi occupied by four people, said Fullerton police Lt. Craig Brower.

    The Mitsubishi slammed into a light pole. A man and a woman in the Mitsubishi died at the scene, Brower said.

    Two other men in the Mitsubishi were transported in critical condition to UC Irvine Medical Center, where one man died, he said.

    Adenhart died in the hospital at around 6 a.m., family members told NBC affiliate WHAG in Maryland.

    He had just pitched the best game of his professional career Wednesday night, with six scoreless innings against the Oakland A’s in a losing effort.

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    Ms Aztlan 1 minute ago FLAG COMMENT To Mitch the bi-.ch. You are a moron. It was your grandma driving the mini van.To Mitch the bi-.ch. You are a moron. It was your grandma driving the mini van. Jason 6 minutes ago FLAG COMMENT Wonder who the other deceased person from the Angels organization is? So far, no one is talking.Wonder who the other deceased person from the Angels organization is? So far, no one is talking. SO SAD 9 minutes ago FLAG COMMENT Yes, according to news reports the driver was drunk………Yes, according to news reports the driver was drunk……… FRANK 10 minutes ago FLAG COMMENT Would it be a stretch to guess that we have another criminal illegal alien incident, where the media tries to hide their name, so the rest of the legal residents stay in the dark about the extent of crime and trouble illegal aliens bring to our country?Would it be a stretch to guess that we have another criminal illegal alien incident, where the media tries to hide their name, so the rest of the legal residents stay in the dark about the extent of crime and trouble illegal aliens bring to our country? Moo5150 10 minutes ago FLAG COMMENT I’m sure the driver of the van was a legal citizen and an insured driver. http://www.BeanShirts.comI‘m sure the driver of the van was a legal citizen and an insured driver. http://www.BeanShirts.com Show More Comments »

  26. #672726
    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:55 pm, DerKrieger said:

    Although a payoff may be part of the reason it is only a small part IMO. I think Obama is not only proposing amnesty to try to ensure a permanent Democrat majority but also because he hates whites and Western culture and wants to drive down the percentage of the population that is white to make whites just another minority in the US. He wants to derive whites and Western culture of power and sees this a means to that end.
    And the Congressional Black Caucus is fully on board with this in spite of that fact that blacks are disproportionately harmed by illegal immigration. They too want a grand coalition of ‘people of color’ to oppose the white majority.
    Rep. Gutierrez, the issue’s chief pusher, is also a race hustler and sees in an increased Hispanic population more power for himself and other Hispanic lawmakers. These people can’t stop looking at every issue through the lens of race.

  27. #672727
    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:55 pm, harkin said:

    Wonder how fast they’ll get them registered to vote after the swearing-in ceremonies (a la Clinton in the 1990s)?

  28. #672729
    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:58 pm, maisy said:

    This means WAR on our soil. Get ready

  29. #672737
    On April 9th, 2009 at 1:04 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:31 pm, jrgdds said:

    If Obama,Pelosi,and Reid try to shove amnesty down our throats, they will get it shoved up their asses! Americans will not stand for it. Get ready to march on Washington with your torches and pitchforks!

    If Obama,Pelosi,and Reid AND ROMNEY, HUCKABEE, MCCAIN, GRAHAM, MCCONNELL, etc…try to shove amnesty down our throats, they will get it shoved up their asses! Americans will not stand for it. Get ready to march on Washington with your torches and pitchforks!

    We are fighting the United Establishment Party, not the Democrats.

  30. #672744
    On April 9th, 2009 at 1:09 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 12:55 pm, DerKrieger said:

    You are absolutely right on! Obama spent 20 years in a black liberation church, listening to a “minister” who sprewed hatred of this country and hatred of the whites. Does ANYONE think that BO isn’t one of those black liberation Chicago thug criminals? Anyone who was fooled by Odumbo and voted for him is a moron…including my very own son-in-law!

  31. #672764
    On April 9th, 2009 at 1:27 pm, rightisright said:

    “no lobbyists”..that alone would clean up a lot of the problems we find in government.

  32. #672803
    On April 9th, 2009 at 1:52 pm, greenfairie said:

    maisy, when I read about Adenhart’s death, I couldn’t help but suspect the same thing. The driver could very well not be a drunken illegal alien, we’ll just have to see.

  33. #672849
    On April 9th, 2009 at 2:25 pm, bansharia said:

    John,
    Founders United
    would be a good party name I’d buy a hat that had FU on it ;)

    anyway isn’t there already a patriot party on the state level?

  34. #672859
    On April 9th, 2009 at 2:31 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    This amnesty is exactly what McJackweed would have given us.

    Please tell me again why I should have voted Republican?

    On another note – You New Jersey people have a real conservative running for the Republican nomination to replace the Kleptocrat Jon Corzine. Not only that, he’s got a REAL chance at winning in the general election. Make sure Steve Lonegan wins in New Jersey. He can stop this stupid socialism that’s killing our state.

    /end shameless plug

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  35. #672865
    On April 9th, 2009 at 2:38 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    John,
    Founders United
    would be a good party name I’d buy a hat that had FU on it

    Why not the Federalist Party after the party of Adams?

    I’ve already written an awesome platform for it which you can check out at my blog.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  36. #672889
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:00 pm, John Deaux said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 2:31 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    Please tell me again why I should have voted Republican?

    1. There’s no way McCain would have signed those spending bills.
    2. John McCain wouldn’t have bowed before a foreign leader.
    3. North Korea would not have a missile launching site right now.

    I’m not saying he’d have been perfect, just better than what we got.

    Federalist Party works for me.

  37. #672890
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:00 pm, jrgdds said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 1:04 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    If Obama,Pelosi,and Reid AND ROMNEY, HUCKABEE, MCCAIN, GRAHAM, MCCONNELL, etc…try to shove amnesty down our throats, they will get it shoved up their asses! Americans will not stand for it. Get ready to march on Washington with your torches and pitchforks!

    We are fighting the United Establishment Party, not the Democrats.

    A point well made.

  38. #672900
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:15 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    1. There’s no way McCain would have signed those spending bills.

    Bull. He’s voted yea on all manner of stuff like that and worse.

    2. John McCain wouldn’t have bowed before a foreign leader.

    This one I will give you, but it’s a big SO WHAT. Obama is the ONLY candidate that ran that would even consider doing that.

    3. North Korea would not have a missile launching site right now.

    You’re a fool if you believe that. There may have been a difference in McCain’s reaction to it, but they’d have proceeded. Besides, McCain’s policy would have been a continuation of George Bush’s, and he did absolutely nothing about the real problem with terrorism in the Middle East, so what evidence is there that he’d do much about the Norks?

    None.

    America needed Alan Keyes. We got McBama. There just wasn’t a choice, unless you were willing to stand up and vote for a real candidate that “couldn’t win”.

    So here we are, losing anyway. Lots of good that McCain vote did for you, huh?

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  39. #672902
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:18 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    I’m not saying he’d have been perfect, just better than what we got.

    Not by enough to justify voting for him.

    Federalist Party works for me.

    And me. I already wrote the platform!

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  40. #672908
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:21 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    “no lobbyists”..that alone would clean up a lot of the problems we find in government.

    I would agree with you except that the libs are saying the exact same thing, as if they really meant it.

    Lobbying is free speech protected under the First Amendment. Can’t stop it, so our duty is going to have to be to find a way to get our own lobbyists heard.

    The person who figures that out will likely be my choice for POTUS.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  41. #672915
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:23 pm, John Deaux said:

    I seriously doubt McCain would have agreed to the pork barrel spending. He would have had a response to the North Koreans and you know the press would be saying he was continuing Bush’s cowboy diplomacy.

    What we need now is some solidarity in the conservative movement so we don’t have to choose between somebody with no chance of winning (third party) and somebody we really don’t want to win (GOP).

    So who’s it going to be? If third party is the answer, then somebody better get moving now, or else we choose between Romney and 4 more years.

  42. #672916
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:24 pm, Svet said:

    This means WAR on our soil. Get ready

    There is entirely too much pessimism/defeatism/alarmism on this blog.

    I don’t think amnesty will happen at all. There are too many moderate Democrat Senators in red states (both Arkansas Senators, Ben Nelson, both Virginia Senators, Mary Landrieu, etc.) that are going to hear the noise on this. We’re going to melt their ears on this, it’s highly unpopular (even with sensible liberals who understand it’s the road to national suicide), and they risk an actual rebellion if they place the well-being of foreigners above that of the 9-10% unemployed by the time they actually start debating this.

    Take a deep breath. Go watch a baseball game. If it makes you feel better, I recommend buying a Springfield XMD.

    Relax, everyone.

  43. #672926
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:30 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:23 pm, John Deaux said:

    I seriously doubt McCain would have agreed to the pork barrel spending. John Deaux: Seriously. McCain suspended his campaign

    Seriously? McCain suspended his campaign to get porkulus moving. And the amnesty issue that is the subject of this thread? McCain-Kennedy.

    McCain is a FRAUD!!!

  44. #672945
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:45 pm, John Deaux said:

    I’m not defending McCain. I’m just saying he wouldn’t have signed spending bills packed with earmarks.

    I do think he’d have done something stupid like the stimulus and amnesty all in the interest of bi-partisanship.

    Please note that my moniker is John Deaux, not Bill Grant. McCain is a RINO and it doesn’t matter because the GOP is dead to me. If you’re looking for somebody to defend McCain, find somebody else because I was just pointing out that he wouldn’t have been as bad as Obama. Hillary wouldn’t have been as bad as Obama. Neither would Bob Graham, Rudy Giuliani, even Kucinich.

    This is the worst case scenario.

  45. #672950
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:48 pm, chapoutier said:

    Please note that my moniker is John Deaux, not Bill Grant.

    Can we call you Irish Rose Redeaux?

  46. #672954
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:50 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    I seriously doubt McCain would have agreed to the pork barrel spending.

    I don’t. He’s got a long track record of unconstitutional spending yea votes. A VERY long one.

    So who’s it going to be? If third party is the answer, then somebody better get moving now, or else we choose between Romney and 4 more years.

    The answer could very well be Steve Lonegan if he can clean up New Jersey quickly enough for us to let him go.

    Someone like him would sure be great. How about the guy we SHOULD have elected (Keyes)? He’d be great, and he’s at it right now with his challenges to Obama’s alleged proof of natural-born citizenship. He may be just what America needs.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  47. #672958
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:54 pm, chapoutier said:

    Someone like him would sure be great. How about the guy we SHOULD have elected (Keyes)? He’d be great, and he’s at it right now with his challenges to Obama’s alleged proof of natural-born citizenship. He may be just what America needs.

    What? No Palin? What happened to Jindal?

  48. #672959
    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:54 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    I’m not defending McCain. I’m just saying he wouldn’t have signed spending bills packed with earmarks.

    I do think he’d have done something stupid like the stimulus and amnesty all in the interest of bi-partisanship.

    Hmm … What exactly do you call the stimulus? If that’s not a spending bill packed with illegal earmarks, I don’t know what is.

    We are definitely living in the worst case scenario … you dod get that part right.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  49. #672966
    On April 9th, 2009 at 4:00 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    What? No Palin? What happened to Jindal?

    Palin and Jindal wouldn’t be bad, but after four years of this commie, they’re just not going to be enough, in my view. We are going to need someone who can stand up to the socialists in the Republican Party, not just the fascists in the Kleptocrat Party.

    A Lonegan or a Keyes would do that rather handily.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  50. #672967
    On April 9th, 2009 at 4:01 pm, John Deaux said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:48 pm, chapoutier said:

    Can we call you Irish Rose Redeaux?

    et tu, chappy?

  51. #672970
    On April 9th, 2009 at 4:04 pm, John Deaux said:

    Jindal’s got a chance, but he has to overcome that response speech. Palin has been marginalized and it will be uphill for her. Keyes has been painted as lunatic fringe by the MSM.

    We need the pendulum to complete its swing. The MSM can’t make our choice for us again.

    In any case, the third party needs to get off the ground ASAP.

  52. #672975
    On April 9th, 2009 at 4:05 pm, chapoutier said:

    et tu, chappy?

    I come to bury John Deaux, not to praise him.

  53. #672983
    On April 9th, 2009 at 4:14 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    Jindal’s got a chance, but he has to overcome that response speech. Palin has been marginalized and it will be uphill for her. Keyes has been painted as lunatic fringe by the MSM.

    Every non-Democrat has to deal with all of the above, regardless.

    In any case, the third party needs to get off the ground ASAP.

    No time like the present.

    Let’s get on it right away.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  54. #672992
    On April 9th, 2009 at 4:28 pm, BOB said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 3:24 pm, Svet said:

    I don’t think amnesty will happen at all. There are too many moderate Democrat Senators in red states (both Arkansas Senators,

    You need to take a closer look at Arkansas. Blanche Lincoln voted for the last amnesty bill every chance she got, also the DREAM act, etc. She is firmly in the pro-amnesty camp.

    Mark Pryor reluctantly, at the last minute, did vote against the amnesty bill, but that was because he was coming up for reelection.

    Neither Arkansas Senator is a dependable NO vote on amnesty…and Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe keeps trying to turn us into a “sanctuary state.” Tyson’s, Walmart, etc. to keep happy ‘ya know.

  55. #672993
    On April 9th, 2009 at 4:29 pm, terristeelmagnolia said:

    I have called Harry Reid’s office… and Dina Titus’s office to tell them AGAIN… no amnesty for illegal immigration… but to enforce our immigration laws…

    I told them I want enforcement!!
    and that American’s need the jobs… and that illegals are tooo doing jobs American’s would do.

    I’m sick of all this..

  56. #673005
    On April 9th, 2009 at 4:38 pm, BOB said:

    Was McCain a good choice for president?

    The answer is “of course not.”

    However, there is no way I believe that he would have been even close to being AS BAD as Obama, along with Reid, Pelosi, Frank, Dodd, etc., complete with the far-left appointees, tax cheats and assorted scum-bags/Chicago thugs in this administration.

    Since McCain isn’t president I suppose it’s a moot point….but yes, we got the worse-case scenario, IMO, without a doubt.

  57. #673021
    On April 9th, 2009 at 4:53 pm, Svet said:

    You need to take a closer look at Arkansas. Blanche Lincoln voted for the last amnesty bill every chance she got, also the DREAM act, etc. She is firmly in the pro-amnesty camp.

    You need to take a closer look at Blanche Lincoln. She is facing an election in 2010. She already helped to nix card check. She also was not facing an election before when she took those other votes on amnesty, DREAM, etc.

    Democrats in red states can be counted to act somewhat Republican in the Congressional term right before their re-election campaign. Blanche Lincoln will be a liberal Democrat in 2011 if she manages re-election.

    It’s the longest fraud going on the public, and the reason Democrats have a majority. Lincoln is not out of reach. She’ll be booted out if she supports amnesty when her state has higher unemployment than the national average. She’ll understand this because she’s a craven Democrat politician, after all.

  58. #673051
    On April 9th, 2009 at 5:32 pm, BOB said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 4:53 pm, Svet said:
    It’s the longest fraud going on the public, and the reason Democrats have a majority. Lincoln is not out of reach. She’ll be booted out if she supports amnesty when her state has higher unemployment than the national average. She’ll understand this because she’s a craven Democrat politician, after all.

    You’re right, Lincoln has no principles and will obviously be whatever she needs to be to get elected. Pryor may be the pro-amnesty vote from Arkansas this time around. Both Arkansas Senators talk much more Conservative at home than they vote…and no one seems to notice or care.

  59. #673143
    On April 9th, 2009 at 7:21 pm, happyscrapper said:

    70% of the PEOPLE in this country do not want amnesy. This is a non-partisan issue. If the crapweasels in DC push this, they will regret it, big time. Some issues transcend politics and this is one of them.

  60. #673177
    On April 9th, 2009 at 8:30 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    I see no point in arguing over whether McCain would have been better. I don’t believe that is true but it is a moot point. It is important for us now to move on while relegating McCain and his gangs to the trash heap of history.

    WE didn’t lose the last two elections, the REPUBLICANS did. Those of you who continue insist on holding your noses and voting for “the lesser of two evils” because a third party candidate is “unelectable” don’t change your thinking soon, there will be no point discussing anything with you. All names on the ballot are “electable”. You just have to put that mark next to their name. If YOU can do that, others can too. If enough of us do that, we win. We can at least deny the winner a valuable mandate which is what would have happened if 6-7 million who stayed home had combined with the nose-holders to vote for Barr, Paul or Baldwin. Obama might still had won but with only 45-46% of the vote. No mandate and a clear message to the GOP as to why they lost and where the winning percentage went.

    Next election, vote like a conservative, not a captive Republican.

  61. #673198
    On April 9th, 2009 at 9:14 pm, BOB said:

    On April 9th, 2009 at 8:30 pm, Pasadena Phil said:
    I see no point in arguing over whether McCain would have been better. I don’t believe that is true but it is a moot point. It is important for us now to move on while relegating McCain and his gangs to the trash heap of history.

    WE didn’t lose the last two elections, the REPUBLICANS did. Those of you who continue insist on holding your noses and voting for “the lesser of two evils” because a third party candidate is “unelectable” don’t change your thinking soon, there will be no point discussing anything with you. All names on the ballot are “electable”. You just have to put that mark next to their name. If YOU can do that, others can too. If enough of us do that, we win. We can at least deny the winner a valuable mandate which is what would have happened if 6-7 million who stayed home had combined with the nose-holders to vote for Barr, Paul or Baldwin. Obama might still had won but with only 45-46% of the vote. No mandate and a clear message to the GOP as to why they lost and where the winning percentage went.

    Next election, vote like a conservative, not a captive Republican.On April 9th, 2009 at 8:30 pm, Pasadena Phil said:
    I see no point in arguing over whether McCain would have been better. I don’t believe that is true but it is a moot point. It is important for us now to move on while relegating McCain and his gangs to the trash heap of history.

    WE didn’t lose the last two elections, the REPUBLICANS did. Those of you who continue insist on holding your noses and voting for “the lesser of two evils” because a third party candidate is “unelectable” don’t change your thinking soon, there will be no point discussing anything with you. All names on the ballot are “electable”. You just have to put that mark next to their name. If YOU can do that, others can too. If enough of us do that, we win. We can at least deny the winner a valuable mandate which is what would have happened if 6-7 million who stayed home had combined with the nose-holders to vote for Barr, Paul or Baldwin. Obama might still had won but with only 45-46% of the vote. No mandate and a clear message to the GOP as to why they lost and where the winning percentage went.

    Next election, vote like a conservative, not a captive Republican.

    If you mean me, there is no argument over whether McCain would have been better, I said I believe he would have been much better because I don’t believe he could be worse. Of course it’s a moot point because it can’t be proven.

    Mandate or no mandate, Obama and crew would IMO be doing the same thing they are now doing. Also, it’s not fun having to settle for the lesser of two evils, but neither is having to deal with the most evil of two evils.

    I don’t believe the damage McCain would have done to our Nation would have remotely approached what Obama and the Dem Congress are going to do before it’s over. Yes, that’s my opinion, and I’m not stating it as a fact.

  62. #673205
    On April 9th, 2009 at 9:38 pm, bjc said:

    Things To Do In 2009/2010:

    **Send all the tax and spend rat bastards home at the next election.
    **Send all the illegal alien amnesty supporting rat bastards home at the next election.
    **Support and vote for any candidate against tax and spend policies and against amnesty in any shape, form, or fashion.

  63. #673222
    On April 9th, 2009 at 10:24 pm, a crapweasel said:

    The Thug-Thizzle-in-Chief is showing that he condones the senseless violence by caused Illegal Aliens on black people in California where they indiscriminately shoot at and kill as many as possible. They want to force them out so the rest of the Atlzans can move into their communities and make room for more that are pouring across our border. All this for extra votes for the Democrats.

    It’s also shows how completely ignorant the Rent-A-Prez (George Soros is probably the current renter) truly is. He wants to make 12 million (actually 33 million plus) Illegals legal while this country is in an economic slump that he and his merry band of robbers are making worst. The only good I can see in this is that the slave masters will actually have to pay them minimum wage or better. So much for them thinking they were saving money by employing Illegals.

    Take a bow Obama, You are doing a fantastic job of sending this country down the toilet.

  64. #673237
    On April 9th, 2009 at 10:55 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Bob, I wasn’t selecting you or anyone in particular. I was just making a statement to address the frequent sidebars that erupt here and elsewhere among those who blame conservatives for the GOP losses. I consider 2006 and 2008 tactical victories for conservatives. The Dems are showing more respect for us than the Repubs, something difficult to see for those whose conservatism is Republican-dependent.

    Had Republicans not lost in 2006, we might not have been able to beat back the McCain-Kennedy II in 2007. Defeating that abhorrent bill even more forcefully the second time united conservatives into a powerful movement.

    All we need now is to focus our efforts to getting second party (not third) to oppose the United Establishment Party. Drop the bogus “electability” argument. Vote for the best conservative on the ballot. If conservatives were to that, that candidate would be electable. The enemy is us and our defeatist reasoning. Abe Lincoln was elected on a third party ticket. Can we not also make a simple mark on a ballot on the correct spot? Is it a technological problem?

    Let’s try that next time. It is becoming increasingly clear that the GOP has not learned a damned thing or they would have rid themselves of the leaders who waged war on principles and conservatives. There IS no other choice for conservatives but third party or surrender to globalist socialism.

  65. #673280
    On April 10th, 2009 at 12:47 am, a crapweasel said:

    Amen brother Phil. :D

  66. #673330
    On April 10th, 2009 at 6:02 am, ErinF said:

    Well it’s 6 a.m. in the Northeast, and I was just awakened by a nightmare. I dreamed that the monster in office killed America. I dreamed the stock market crashed completely, electric grids across the US were sabotaged, people couldn’t get their money out of their banks, riots were happening everywhere from downtown LA to rural Maine.

    Honest to God, it was one of the most vivid dreams I’ve ever had. It woke me out of a stone sleep with the cold sweats.

    Hopefully the rest of my day won’t be as bad as the way I woke up.

  67. #773250
    On August 10th, 2009 at 3:19 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    From numbersusa….sorry about the formatting….

    Reduce CHAIN MIGRATION
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