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1. #1
   On July 31st, 2010 at 4:14 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

   The Chevy Volt. Its what Rick Sanchez drives.

2. #2
   On July 31st, 2010 at 4:22 pm, Member-VRWC said:

   People must stop trying to dignify stupid statements and questions posed by other people masquerading as journalists. With the exception of the 3 seconds that it took Sanchez to say “very well stated”, every single statement and question that Sanchez uttered in that 4 minute exhibition of complete tomfoolery was pulled right out of his @$$. And he has the huevos to mention the AZ rep’s “talking points.” Who’s to say Rick Sanchez isn’t an illegal alien? Does he pay all the taxes he is legally obligated to pay? His point of view certainly suggests he lives in a cave so it seems likely that under the assumption he made in this video he pays no property taxes.

3. #3
   On July 31st, 2010 at 4:41 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

   Rick, it’s uh… illegal? What do you have against law enforcement?

4. #4
   On July 31st, 2010 at 4:57 pm, fred5676 said:

   Hey Rick, what about the 300,000 stimulus bill jobs, funded by American taxpayers, and given away to illegal aliens by Harry Reid??

   Yeah, THESE 300,000 JOBS!

5. #5
   On July 31st, 2010 at 5:01 pm, rambler said:

   The gov won’t secure the border. The gov won’t make it easier for businesses to screen applicants to verify legal status with a quick, accurate method. The gov won’t track visas to catch those who would over stay them. The gov won’t fix the system to reward those who follow the rules. The gov is composed of morons who never remember their oath to the Constitution. The gov doesn’t get to cherry pick the laws it wishes to follow and ignore those it doesn’t. Citizenship is a reward for becoming a patriot and should not be offered as a bribe to keep certain manipulative elites in power. The Sanchez interview showed how lame the debate is on both sides. Clearly, no one in power wants to implement real solutions. Fire them all. By not fixing the problem, it really doesn’t matter whether or not illegals contribute more or less than they take; pay taxes or not; help or hurt the economy. The gov wants serial amnesty. The elites will decide which new group is useful in maintaining power. If it were about compassion, the system would be fixed. If it were about the economy, the system would be fixed. If it were about contributing to the country, the system would be fixed. Instead, we have a bunch of gov power grabbers who need the chaos which surrounds the issue. If they wanted REAL REFORM it would have been done by now. Our gov doesn’t fix problems, it creates them.

6. #6
   On July 31st, 2010 at 5:18 pm, Flyoverman said:

   That kind of labor is the backbone of the economy?

   Sounds like the justification for the cotton industry in 1850.

7. #7
   On July 31st, 2010 at 5:19 pm, prendad said:

   The reason why the only time I watch CNN is while I am surfing by the channel.

8. #8
   On July 31st, 2010 at 5:41 pm, olsantaroy said:

   Great rant by Rambler. Wish it were allowed to cut and paste that much text. I would ask permission to use it in the comments section on the next ILLEGAL immigration letter to the editor from one of those diehard open borders, La Raza, amnesty fools. Posting of fast text kicks out and prevents submission. The Bee also seems to block the term LINK. Hate to tell you how long it took me to figure out substituting the term URL. My friends & I in the Central Valley are really looking forward to the next big Tea Party.

9. #9
   On July 31st, 2010 at 5:52 pm, vinny said:

   Fred,

   Stimulus bull seems a more accurate description.

10. #10
    On July 31st, 2010 at 5:58 pm, Bhishma said:

    CNN and Rick Sanchez are supporting illegal aliens.

    Boycott CNN, specially Rick Sanchez!

11. #11
    On July 31st, 2010 at 6:05 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    It’s not only CNN either. Bloomberg TV and CNBC are also hopeless open-borders and amnesty advocates. Even Larry Kudlow has brain cramps when the notion of secured borders is discussed.

    Corporate America just refuses to see borders as anything other than an artificial line on a map that defines where one market ends and another begins. The idea that there are different laws, cultures, languages, levels of education, and so on seems alien to them.

    Anyone who was educated in the big universities, particularly if they were legacies, are suspect. This is a ruling class problem.

12. #12
    On July 31st, 2010 at 6:12 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    “Boycott CNN, specially Rick Sanchez!”

    Pretty sure that is the reality of their viewership numbers already.

13. #13
    On July 31st, 2010 at 6:14 pm, kudafa said:

    Sanchez used to be on Channel 7 from Miami. It pandered to the Latin audience with over the top delivery, gruesome stories, absurd rants, & never missed an opportunity to run a story about a ship sinking, a plane crash,or some kind of death. Sanchez had a drinking problem, & there are stories of him being “escorted” home by the local police. Of course, then there is the story of him killing a person, possibly when he was DUI. His on camera presence is patently stilted, his questions have the resonance & insight of a 9 year old, & he is a dolt of the lowest order. Of course he is on CNN. Who else would have scum like him?

14. #14
    On July 31st, 2010 at 6:24 pm, rambler said:

    Thanks olsantaroy. Feel free to use anything I wrote. Expand on it. The debate on illegal immigration has produced nothing more than a name calling stalemate. Nothing is getting solved. It must be because the elites have used the debate to mask the progress towards their ultimate goals. I now feel that the immigration debate has always been a distraction to divide and conquer the public. It is time to stop arguing with idiots. If everyone here illegally got amnesty tomorrow, the immigration system would still be broken. More people would be encouraged to break the law and the gov still would have no mechanism for background checks. If the AZ law was going to over burden the federal system, then how would the gov handle processing those getting amnesty? How long would the line be if all illegals were going to get SS#s? The presence of immigrants doesn’t produce jobs or stimulate the economy. It is the other way around. The argument hasn’t shifted to how to fix the system. Calling people names doesn’t fix the system. Where is the plan to fix it? Secure the border how? The gov can’t fix it. It can only argue about it because talk is cheap and only sounds like it will work. The gov has to do more than talk.

15. #15
    On July 31st, 2010 at 6:32 pm, MacEamonn said:

    Rick Sanchez, the CNN “reporter” who proves that the network has a stringent intellectual affirmative action program in place, asked an Arizona state congressman a question that should have simply been received with nothing more than wild laughter: “What’s your beef with illegal immigration?” Sanchez then went on to recite a laundry list of how, apparently, illegals keep the US economy churning and the government tax coffers filled (sounds like somebody has a landscaper he doesn’t want to lose).

    I guess Sanchez was having problems comprehending the word “illegal”.

    As far as I know the main thing that makes Liberals/Progressives/Marxists so in love with illegal aliens (other than the potential increase in the sheeple herd) is they provide wealthy lefties with cheap domestic help that won’t complain about the failure to report their wages, withhold taxes, file a grievance when they’re hurt on the job, or unceremoniously fired.

16. #16
    On July 31st, 2010 at 7:07 pm, tonynoboloney said:

    I’m sorry, the true twit here is the “Arizona state Congressman” (Republican, name)? Shame on him for not shutting down Mr. Sanchez and his mealy mouthed questions. If this is the best defense we can put up to the open border zealots in and out of media, we deserve everything we get. When will conservatives develop a little back bone. As a lifelong Republican I am ashamed of the congressman’s dishrag responses.

17. #17
    On July 31st, 2010 at 7:39 pm, tre said:

    The proper response to that question is in 3 parts:

    Give Rick Sanchez a “what kinda stupid question is that!” look.

    Shake your head in amazement that people this stupid can actually vote, thus, inflicting their stupidity on us all, and bear children, thus, passing their “stupid” genes on to the next generation.

    Ask, “Are there any more questions?”

18. #18
    On July 31st, 2010 at 7:46 pm, bjc said:

    *Rick Sanchez, another advocacy pimp for illegal alien amnesty, but you already knew that; He is the very reason why LEGAL aliens and citizens of hispanic heritage from Central and South America get caught up in the crosshairs of this red hot subject; Illegal is illegal, but this twit cares not about the rule of law!
    *I wouldn’t watch CNN if Kieren Chetry did the news nekked; Well, maybe!

19. #19
    On July 31st, 2010 at 8:25 pm, Papa Louie said:

    Why do I have this sinking feeling that Blacks and Hispanics are eventually going to join forces to demand reparations? Their claim will be that this country was build on the backs of slaves and illegal aliens. And just like much of the current legislation to compensate black farmers will to to blacks who were never farmers, it won’t matter if they were actually descended from slaves or illegal aliens to claim they were harmed, only that they are black or hispanic.

20. #20
    On July 31st, 2010 at 9:04 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    I hope that El Presidente Supremo de Mexico watched Rick Sanchez’ details on how much ILLEGAL ALIENS (not “undocumented immigrants”) add to our U.S. economy.
    ***
    Maybe El Presidente can believe Rick and then forget that rational analysis indicates that each mojado adds about $17000 to taxpayers bills–to educate them and their children, put their crooks in jail after they do felony crimes here, to care for them in our emergency rooms.
    ***
    Then El Presidente will demand his border jumpers back so that they can do their economic magic in Mexico and improve the place.
    ***
    Not likely–Mexico’s main income producing exports are drugs and illegal aliens–to the U.S.A. And the souls of innocent Mexican bystanders to Heaven. Stupid people starve to death in Mexico–here we make them our political “leaders”. And the Left Wing Media carries their water for them–at our expense.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

21. #21
    On July 31st, 2010 at 9:14 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On July 31st, 2010 at 8:25 pm, Papa Louie said:

    Why do I have this sinking feeling that Blacks and Hispanics are eventually going to join forces to demand reparations?

    They can howl at the moon too.

22. #22
    On July 31st, 2010 at 9:58 pm, PhredE said:

    Rick Sanchez? The same illegal alien apologist, masquerading-as-journalist guy who ruined (later ended) another guy’s life by his own drunken driving?

    Oh yeah, it’s the same douchebag Sanchez:
    (with disclaimer that I know little about the source of this particular article, but the incident itself is quite well known).

    Hey CNN: it’s because of your stupidity of keeping him on your staff (combined with scaring off Dobbs and Beck) that will ensure I’ll never watch another CNN broadcast anywhere again. How are the ratings working for ya these days anyhow???

23. #23
    On July 31st, 2010 at 10:02 pm, txvet2 said:

    *I wouldn’t watch CNN if Kieren Chetry did the news nekked; Well, maybe!

    That’s what MUTE buttons are for.

24. #24
    On July 31st, 2010 at 10:41 pm, apacherat said:

    I’ve been watching Rick Sanchez for some years now. Conclusion : Rick Sanchez is a LATINO NATIONALIST. Sanchez tends to emphasize loyalty to race over loyalty to country.

25. #25
    On July 31st, 2010 at 11:05 pm, dan708 said:

    Like kudafa, I remember seeing Sanchez when I lived in south FL. He’s Cuban-born. Need I say more?

26. #26
    On August 1st, 2010 at 12:06 am, vatodio said:

    I am disappointed with that Republican congressman.

    He knew that by appearing on Sanchez’s show, he was entering the hostile territory. Still, this guy was totally unprepared against Rick’s bullying tactics.

    Rick practically bulldozed the congressman with his bogus line of questioning. I don’t know how this guy got elected against any Democrat!

27. #27
    On August 1st, 2010 at 12:14 am, Kevin K. said:

    On July 31st, 2010 at 6:14 pm, kudafa said: (#14)
    Sanchez used to be on Channel 7 from Miami. … His on camera presence is patently stilted, his questions have the resonance & insight of a 9 year old, & he is a dolt of the lowest order. Of course he is on CNN. Who else would have scum like him?

    Well, Fox inexplicably has Geraldo Rivera, who by reputation is only marginally better. (I don’t have cable or satellite TV, thank the Lord.) Can they both get off the air?

28. #28
    On August 1st, 2010 at 12:49 am, rightisright said:

    Who else would have scum like him?

    Ahh, let me think, oh yeah, msnbc, nbc, cbs, abc, hln, cnbc, did i miss anyone? The lower case represents my feelings about all the above listed program networks…LOWER than….you fill it in.

29. #29
    On August 1st, 2010 at 1:02 am, rightisright said:

    On second thought Fox has their share of off the wall lefties themselves…I keep forgetting Fox is not conservative network as many of us are led to believe, it is self-proclaimed “Fair and Balanced”, that depends on the host the program of course.

30. #30
    On August 1st, 2010 at 6:21 am, DesertLover said:

    txvet2 …

    I keep wearing out remotes … every time Geraldo comes on my screen I either have to hit mute or change the channel to keep from throwing up …

31. #31
    On August 1st, 2010 at 9:18 am, tiredofit08 said:

    Let’s not forget Rick supposedly likes to drive drunk eh??

    http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/10/14/cnns-rick-sanchez-is-a-drunk-driving-murderer/

32. #32
    On August 1st, 2010 at 9:36 am, chiwatcher said:

    This guy is a Tool with a capital T! Why even invite the guest on if Rick was going to speak AT him. This wasn’t an interview, it was a joke. It was painful for me to sit through the entire thing. I guess that’s why I don’t watch that channel. Rick, you need to get some journalistic integrity. Seriously…

33. #33
    On August 1st, 2010 at 11:17 am, sbw999 said:

    The backbone of the American economy? Who knew? LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

34. #34
    On August 1st, 2010 at 12:26 pm, Laree said:

    How would we know if they were the back bone of the U.S. economy, we can’t count them? I mean how many people are living in this country illegally? 16 Million? 12 Million? 11 Million?

    There are about 309 Million people living in the U.S. even if you subtract the highest number 16 Million that leaves 295 Million. Of the 16 Million not all are not working some are kids and some are elderly.

    What is the contribution 3% of our work force?
    
    They do supply cheap mostly low skilled labor, and they do manage to keep wages suppressed in this country among the working poor -including their legal alien visa carrying counter parts.

35. #35
    On August 1st, 2010 at 12:33 pm, rplatt said:

    Sanchez is without a doubt one of the dumbest piles of protoplasm in the entire world.

36. #36
    On August 1st, 2010 at 1:01 pm, rambler said:

    How do we know if they were the backbone of the US economy, we can’t count them?

    Because some lefty made it up, the way they make up all the other things they say. Provable facts are irrelevant. If they are the backbone of the economy, then we look at how well things have gone. We can be thankful for all the jobs generated by “press one for english” and all those wonderful bilingual signs which teach us correct spanish. Maybe it’s time to tax all those drug dealers and human smugglers, since we wouldn’t want them left out of “contributing” to society. Maybe they should pay social security too. Oh, the poor victims who are coming to work and pay into systems which will never pay them back because they have stolen SS#s. We should appreciate the fact that we don’t have to pick our own veggies. We would certainly starve without the generous contribution of the “undocumented” workers who have worked their fingers to the bone to propel our economy to where it is today. And all they ask in return is to annex a few states to Mexico, free health care, free education, instate tuition (or better yet college scholarships), free gov money and citizenship. Is that really asking too much after all they have done? Now tell me, EXACTLY how hard these people work to deserve the frebbies they want? Tell me how much more they contribute than the rest of us do who do not demand what they are demanding because we believe that earning one’s own way counts for more than demanding one’s way. We have affirmative action for whining.

37. #37
    On August 2nd, 2010 at 11:47 am, shooter said:

    Backbone of deficits.
    Illegals cost the US of A ( us taxpayers) an average of $19,000 per illegal in this country. A huge study proved this a few yrs ago and its probably higher now.
    This does NOT include the $30 BILLION dollars minimum the illegals send back home each and every year.

    California alone could wipe out is $19 Billion dollar deficit in 3 years if all illegals were sent packing as they cost that state 6 to 7 billion $$$ annually.

    Backbone? Yep, of a worm, kinda like Rick Sanchez.

38. #38
    On August 2nd, 2010 at 5:50 pm, Ty85719 said:

    Anyone who dares claim that “illegals are the backbone of the economy” can simply be dismissed during any debate, as they obviously do not have a grasp of the facts.

    Illegals consume 45 times more than they contribute to the economy