June 27, 2007

Thank God for Michelle Malkin

She's watching the shenanigans on this P.O.S. amnesty bill like a hawk.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go catch up with Bluto...

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Ace : "Tell Them You Will Never Donate To Them Again"

Ace is in full-court-press mode against the National Republican Senatorial Committee, with good reason.

The NRSC needs to be de-funded. At the very least, it needs to see a serious drop in support. It's become a slush fund to support connected insiders who aren't sufficiently palatable to attract money from the grassroots.

Save your money. The good guys won't have trouble raising money. The RINOs need to be starved out. But when I say "save," I mean it. Put that money aside to support solid conservative primary candidates against idiots like Lindsey Graham and Pete Domenici.

That number, again, is : (202) 675-6000

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Video : Laura Ingraham Talks Amnesty on H & C

Via Allah, who has more:

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Nine Targets

This is a list of the nine Republican senators who voted FOR cloture on amnesty and are up for re-election next year:

Stevens (R-AK)
Dominici (R-NM)
Collins (R-ME)
Coleman (R-MN)
Craig (R-ID)
McConnell (R-KY)
Hagel (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Warner (R-VA)
EVERY SINGLE ONE of these individuals needs to face a solid primary challenger this next Spring.

It needs to be made clear to the party apparatus in each of the above states that these men are not likely to be returned to office in November 2008. Many of the GOP faithful will not be voting for these guys under any circumstances in the general. In fact, I have no doubt that at least some conservatives will be working for the opposition if these guys make it back to the general election. The party operatives in these senators' states need to start hearing this message right now. They need to start to understand that returning any of these men to the general ballot will equal a loss in November. If the party hopes to keep these seats in Republican hands, they would be well-advised to cut these men loose.

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June 26, 2007

HotAir : Call The RNC, Ask for a Refund

Down here in Texas, this is what we call cojones.

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And Then There Were Seven...

National Review identifies seven senators who could stop amnesty:

Stopping amnesty is entirely within the power of senators who oppose it. Later today, the Senate will vote on whether to proceed on the bill. To revive the once-stalled bill will require 60 votes, which means that if the senators who vote no and the senators who don’t vote add up to 41, the bill is dead. The best vote count now has 33 no votes plus the non-vote of the ill Sen. Tim Johnson. Assuming this count is accurate, only seven more are needed to stop amnesty.

They are Sens. Kit Bond, Sam Brownback, Richard Burr, Thad Cochran, Norm Coleman, John Ensign, and Jim Webb. If any of these senators votes to revive the bill, his professions of opposition to amnesty should no longer be taken seriously. He will have done his crucial bit, when the amnesty bill was most vulnerable, to help shepherd it to passage. We know how senators who claim to oppose amnesty will try to explain away a vote to revive the bill. They will rely on procedural obfuscation: They didn’t want to obstruct the process, they wanted to get a vote on an amendment, etc. But amnesty is staying in the bill — no amendment to strike the bill’s central features has any chance of passage — and it deserves to be obstructed.

That amnesty hotline, btw, is: 800-882-2005 (en espanol) or 800-417-7666 (en englais).

h/t : Michelle.

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June 25, 2007

The Amnesty Wobblers - The Latest List

Via Michelle:

Bond (R-Mo.)
Bingaman (D-N.M.)
Burr (R-N.C.)
Boxer (D-Calif.)
Cochran (R-Miss.)
Conrad (D-N.D.)
Ensign (R-Nev.)
Levin (D-Mich.)
Gregg (R-N.H.)
Nelson (D-Neb.)
Hatch (R-Utah)
Webb (D-Va.).

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Rasmussen: Only 22% Favor Shamnesty Bill

The end. Lindsay Graham's bigots apparently make up about 80% of the electorate.

4 of 5 American citizens want Congress to shove this bill back up the orifice from whence it came.

Keep the pressure up, my fellow Americans. Show the government that we pwn them- they do not pwn us.

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Video : Gingrich on the Amnesty Bill

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June 24, 2007

Video : The Amnesty Bill Blues

James Kole, who brought us "I've Got a Crush on Fred Thompson's Politics," has another nice piece:

More on James Kole here.

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Dunkin' Donuts Asks For Federal Help

In this topsy-turvy world in which we live, I wouldn't be surprised to see the judge tell them they're not allowed to follow the law, but I'm glad to see they're trying:

[Dunkin' Donuts has] filed a lawsuit in federal court asking a judge to terminate the franchise agreement it has with two stores in Central Jersey, saying the owners knowingly accepted false documents, used false Social Security numbers and paid employees in cash.

The company has filed similar lawsuits seeking to sever ties with franchises in Boston, Atlanta and Florida, where it is has accused three franchises of hiring illegal immigrants.

The lawsuits come a year after Dunkin’ Donuts became the most well-known corporation to enroll in Basic Pilot, a voluntary U.S. Department of Homeland Security program that allows employers to perform electronic document checks to verify that applicants are eligible to work.

Under the Senate bill, the electronic verification program, currently used by less than 1 percent of all U.S. businesses, would become mandatory.

God Bless Dunkin' Donuts. I wish them the best on this.

h/t: Michelle

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June 23, 2007

Left-wingers Turning on Amnesty Bill

Via the Washington Times:

Labor and Hispanic groups yesterday told senators to scrap their immigration bill and go back to the drawing board, saying that the proposal now before the Senate has become too harsh on illegal aliens and a poor deal for U.S. workers.

In separate press conferences, the Hispanic rights groups and labor leaders, including the AFL-CIO, joined a growing group of critics from both the left and the right who say current law is better than the immigration bill that President Bush and a small bipartisan group of senators are pushing.

"This takes a problem we have and, instead of solving it, makes it worse," said Richard L. Trumka, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO. He said the temporary-worker program that the bill sets up would hurt U.S. workers by providing a source of cheap labor that would depress Americans' wages.

Meanwhile from the immigrant-advocacy side, a handful of Hispanic groups yesterday said the Senate bill started off poorly, became worse after the first two weeks of amendments and is now unfixable.

h/t : Larwyn

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Video : Seminar on How to Not Find American Workers

This is almost hard to believe--and infuriating:

h/t : Larwyn

UPDATE : It is is my opinion that this is the guy who's running this show:

Lawrence Lebowitz, Director - llebowitz@cohenlaw.com
It is also my opinion that these guys are Lawrence Lebowitz's bosses:
Jack W. Elliott, President, CEO, and Director - jelliott@cohenlaw.com

Charles C. Cohen, Chairman and Director - ccohen@cohenlaw.com

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The Amnesty Wobblers

Word on the street is that these senators are looking for guidance as to how they should vote on cloture:

Bond (R-Mo.),
Bingaman (D-N.M.),
Burr (R-N.C.),
Boxer (D-Calif.),
Cochran (R-Miss.),
Conrad (D-N.D.),
Ensign (R-Nev.),
Levin (D-Mich.),
Gregg (R-N.H.),
Nelson (D-Neb.),
Hatch (R-Utah),
Webb (D-Va.)
Please render some clear and unambiguous guidance to these wandering souls.

h/t : Ace.

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VideoFest: ANSWER, Brown Supremecists Get Pwn3d By Various Patriots

A few months old, but perfect for some weekend red meat.

Starting off, we have ANSWER and various brown supremacist groups and individuals rallying for illegal immigration and against three incarcerated border agents. They get confronted by a group of Lindsay Graham's America-supporting bigots. We soon see, however, who the real bigots and totalitarians are.

Watch more anti-illegal protestors (otherwise known as patriots) get nearly assaulted and barraged with hate by brown supremacists, illegals and illegal-immigrant supporters - in LA, USA - below the fold. There are a handful of other videos there to get your blood pressure up as well.

Who are the haters? Whose country is this? Who cares, say the friggin' jackasses in Congress! Let 'em all in! They're patriots, hating the legal Americans that legal Americans refuse to hate! Go Team Bush! Tell the bigots to shut up, Lindsay (if you can even identify them)!

WATCH VIDS BELOW THE FOLD (ALL VIDEOS FILMED IN AMERICA) --> more...

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June 22, 2007

Illegal Immigration Amnesty Plan Sinking?

John Hawkin's "source" thinks so.

Because of this issue, my source tells me that the vote for the "clay pigeon" strategy is no longer a slam dunk and it is possible that the "grand bargainers" may not be able to get 60 votes to put the bill on the floor as a new bill. If that turns out to be the case, the bill is dead....

My source tells me that he thought the amnesty proponents definitely had the upper hand last week, but now, he thinks the momentum may be swinging back the other way.

When bloggers have "sources", the revolution truly has begun......

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June 21, 2007

Hutchison Planning to Vote Against Cloture?

Captain Ed says she is:

One of the key Senators in [the moderate swing] group is Kay Bailey Hutchison. Being from Texas, one of the border states most affected by immigration issues, her input on this bill may carry significant weight on the rest of the undecideds. If so, the bill's backers may have a real problem on their hands. A Senate source told me a few minutes ago that Hutchison intends to vote against cloture, and will have a statement to that effect later today.
This is good news.

ht: Michelle

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Video : Where's the Fence???

Click image to watch:

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ht : Ace

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Public Favorability of Congress' Immigration Performance

is right at....

[drum roll, please]

...THREE percent. Via Say Anything:

Americans give both President Bush and the Congress failing marks on their handling of immigration, according to a new UPI/Zogby poll on the topic.

The Zogby Interactive poll of 8,300 adults nationwide finds just 3% of Americans viewing Congress’s handling of the immigration issue in favorable terms, while 9% say the same of the President-even as respondents in the survey rated it the second most important issue facing the country, after the war in Iraq.

Way to go, morons.

ht: HotAir

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Does Reid Have 61 Cloture Votes? Reports Say He Does.

Via Allah:

If you believe Senate staffers, first he decided he was going to let only 24 amendments come to the floor and then he “sold” 16 of those slots to the bill’s critics in exchange for their pledge to vote for cloture when the time came. He already had 45 votes banked; according to the AP, the 16 new amendments “come from senators who helped derail the legislation earlier this month,” which strongly suggests that all of them voted against cloture the first time. Specifically named are Kit Bond, Barbara Boxer, John Ensign, Jim Webb, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Max Baucus, Jon Tester, Claire McCaskill, Chuck Grassley, John Thune, Norm Coleman, and Bernie Sanders.
More from the Capitolist:
immigration reform 2.0.: 22 ammendments, 11 dem, 11 rep. anyone who introduces an ammendment has pledged to vote for cloture. dorgan's ammendment is in. hutchison is on board. pay to play, legislative style.
MORE BELOW THE FOLD more...

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June 20, 2007

Attacking the Border Agents Americans Refuse to Attack

Is Lindsay Graham telling the bigots to shut up yet? Has Bush done what's right for America?

The footage starts around 3:20 or 1:49 from end. Absolute, f-ing disgrace. Build a fence NOW.

PLUS...3 more lives cut short by drunk illegal aliens in Texas.

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June 19, 2007

Don't Be This Senator

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A Message from Senator Cornyn's Office

In response to a prior post, I received a message from a staffer in Senator Cornyn's office which included the following:

Senator Cornyn is NOT "in negotiations to trade away his vote on cloture."
Given that this message comes directly from the Senator's office, and the staffer in question speaks for the Senator himself, I was apparently in error on this point.

I based my original post on certain reports that Senator Cornyn was engaged with other senators in negotiations with the leadership to work out a compromise on pending amendments and cloture.

Under the compromise deal as I have understood it, certain senators would agree to allow a final roll call vote on the bill in exchange for the chance to bring certain amendments to the floor. In other words, these senators would agree not to filibuster the bill if the amendments were given a fair hearing. Put another way, the senators would agree to vote for cloture if the leadership would agree to consider the amendments.

My understanding that Cornyn was a part of this compromise arose out of quotes like the following:

"The irony is if he (Reid) had given us another couple of days and an opportunity to vote on a dozen amendments, I think we could have concluded the vote," Cornyn said.
There have also been a number of news reports along the lines of the following:
The Republicans he will likely be targeting include Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss, both of Georgia, who were closely involved in drafting the deal but have yet to fully commit, and perhaps John Ensign of Nevada and John Cornyn of Texas, who are undecided.

Procedurally, Senate backers of the measure and their staffs will attempt to work out a compromise on nearly a dozen GOP amendments, clearing the obstacle [i.e., failure of cloture] that doomed the legislation last week.

Based on reports similar to these in combination with the many reports that Senator Cornyn is a key negotiator on passage of the bill, I concluded that Cornyn was negotiating to vote for cloture in exchange for consideration of a group of preferred amendments. Given the unequivocal statement above from Senator Cornyn's office, I can only conclude that Senator Cornyn has NOT placed his cloture vote on the table for negotiation, and my earlier suggestions otherwise were in error. I apologize for any confusion.

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Killing the Innocents Americans Refuse to Kill

Yet another victim of an illegal immigrant...sorry, "undocumented American...," running over the American citizens that Americans refuse to run over.

The murder weapon:

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The victim:
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The murderer, who in addition to being here illegally, had a criminal record:
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Condolences to the family. Its OK, though. Lindsay Graham, Trent Lott and George W. Bush are gonna tell the bigots to shut up, while doing what's right for America.

ht: Michelle Malkin

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Numbers USA Identifies Immigration "Champions"

I want to express my sincere thanks to all these men and women who have been identified as "Champions" by Numbers USA:

Bunning (R-Ky.)
Byrd (D-W.Va.)
Coburn (R-Okla.)
DeMint (R-S.C.)
Dole (R-N.C.)
Dorgan (D-N.D.)
Enzi (R-Wyo.)
Inhofe (R-Okla.)
McCaskill (D-Mo.)
Roberts (R-Kan.)
Sessions (R-Ala.)
Shelby (R-Ala.)
Tester (D-Mont.)
Vitter (R-La.)
If either of your senators is not on the list above, he or she should be hearing from you, because he or she is in danger of rolling over on this bill.

Remember, folks: A vote FOR CLOTURE is a vote to MOVE THE BILL FORWARD. Don't let them try to tell you that a vote for cloture isn't a vote for the bill. It absolutely is.

Any senator voting for cloture on this bill doesn't deserve to be returned to office. It is that simple, and they need to hear that message.

Those toll-free Amnesty Hotline numbers to your senators, btw, are :

1-800-882-2005. (Spanish number)

1-800-417-7666. (English number)

Call them. Call them often. Let them know, in no uncertain terms, that a vote for cloture is political suicide.

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