We all know Graham and Lott are afraid of Hewitt.

This is with good reason. Graham and Lott have an untenable position and they're mental midgets. They don't want to debate the merits of the bill, so they respond to their critics by throwing out baseless slanders.

They know their slanders won't stick to Hewitt, so they run away:

My producer left invitations with both Senators Lott and Graham to appear today, and neither accepted. We'll try again tomorrow.

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Via the New York Times:

“It’s a matter of what happens behind closed doors in the next couple of weeks,” said Angelo Amador, director of immigration policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “Immigration is the one issue where regular rules don’t apply.”

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Posted at Instapundit:

Do [the Republicans] want whining from Michael Chertoff and Trent Lott to form the public image of the Bush Administration and the Republican Party?

Apparently they do. Good luck with that, guys. The political press can run with stories about bloggers being in full revolt over immigration, but it's not really a case of bloggers vs. the Administration. Rather, it's a case -- like Harriet Miers, Dubai Ports, PorkBusters, etc. -- of the Bush Administration ignoring the clear warnings available in the blogosphere. And once again, it's not just bloggers who think the Administration is crazy. So far, every time they've done that they've had their head handed to them. That'll happen this time, too, and if they should happen to "win" and pass their bill, the consequences for the GOP will be even worse. "Bizarre Republican Death Wish?" Indeed.

Frankly, that's okay with me. I've long been unhappy with both Democrats and Republicans. The GOP has been better on national security, though that advantage is fading with time, but overall both parties have been lame and more likely to unite in opposition to citizens' rights and liberties than to compete in protecting them. I've often at least sort-of hoped for a third party that would combine the GOP economic-libertarian strands with the Dems' social-libertarian strands. I don't know if the GOP's self-destruction makes that more likely, but it seems like it might. At any rate, if people really want to commit suicide it's hard to stop them, and that seems to be the GOP's main goal at the moment.

We've long known that the GOP is "The Stupid Party," but it's stupid primarlly because of weak leadership. I'm mad as hell at the GOP right now, and I may or may not be casting many votes for Republicans next year, but I'm also cognizant of the the fact that a mass exodus from the GOP would require a new party apparatus to be built from the ground up, and that would take years. In the meantime, this country's leftists would essentially have a free hand to gut our military, sell out our sovereignty and take over the economy without anything resembling an organized opposition in place to stop them. Experience has taught us that this type of damage is remarkably difficult to undo.

At this point in the game, I'm still willing to stand with the solid conservatives, mercilessly punish the RINOs, and fight like hell for good people in the primaries.

On the other hand, I won't be voting for any more RINOs, and I'm finished giving any cash to the RNC and its various slush funds. I might give 'em some spare change once in a while, just so they know I remember 'em.

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Here's a news story about a woman who bled to death waiting for care in an overloaded emergency room in Los Angeles. The story also mentions a man who died in an emergency room after waiting four days for care.

How could this happen? Why would an emergency room in Los Angeles, California be overloaded? Hmmm...

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Trent Lott recently had this to say about "talk radio people":

"I'm sure senators on both sides of the aisle are being pounded by these talk-radio people who don't even know what's in the bill," Lott said. He added that the "leadership will have to be prepared to do what needs to be done."

I will invite Senator Lott on the program next week to discuss what is in the bill and the amendment package. I suspect he will decline, but you never know.

Then again, if Lott or any of his cronies are in the mood to mix it up, come on down. I suspect he won't, and none of his cronies will, either. I wouldn't be surprised to find out the whole lot of them are deficient in the testicular fortitude department, and we've all known for some time that Lott doesn't have much going on upstairs. That's only become all the more painfully obvious as this debacle has unfolded. Lott's a bloviating old moron and an embarassment to the GOP. Anyone working for him should be ashamed of themselves. Lott's long since passed his "sell-by" date and needs to be put out to pasture. Unfortunately, he's not up in 2008. Ah, well. Mark the calendar...

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We can all understand the push by big business to keep their steady flow of illegal laborers coming in, strengthening their bargaining position against blue-collar working class Americans. Then again, they already have that today in droves. Why the sudden balls-to-the-wall push to get it all "kosher" right now? Mickey Kaus forwards a theory:

Chertoff and Kyl both seem to have answered that question recently, Kyl in his Wall Street Journal interview and Chertoff on Fox News yesterday: because businesses are starting to worry about efforts to enforce immigration laws at the local level. One state in the vanguard of that effort is Kyl's (and McCain's) home state of Arizona, where the legislature has passed numerous laws (usually vetoed) on the issue, and where the public voted for Prop 200 back in 2004.

To me that says something far more ominous than that Congress is being disingenuous or naïve on the matter. Far from simple being empty promises, this amnesty bill is actually a blatant attempt to head off any attempts at enforcement at all.

Big agriculture and big construction realize that they'll be faced with a new Commander-in-Chief, Democrat or Republican, who will likely have made a list of unequivocal promises to the voters during the campaign. Given the opportunity to build up public goodwill with a series of big, high-profile immigration busts in her first six months of office, does anyone think that President Hillary would pass it up? If she's anywhere near as calculating as her reputation suggests, there's not a chance she'll pass up that opportunity. A Republican President would feel less need for high-profile token efforts, but may bring in a Justice Department that actually cares about national security. (How crazy would that be?) If you're an employer who's been skirting the law for years with a wink and a nod, this change in the winds has to be keeping you up at night--with good reason. Some CEOs looking at public opinion polls and knowing their employment rolls haven't been even close to right with God, have to be dealing with some serious heartburn at the thought of angry villagers at the corporate gates demanding massive fines and/or a few years in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.

If the employers can just get across the line on this, they've significantly reduced their exposure. This Amnesty Bill represents a sort of "get out of jail free" card for these executives. Whether it'll actually work out that way is another matter. They see the writing on the wall, and they're pulling out the stops to protect their own hides, even if they have to wreck their own country to do it.

Of course, jamming this piece of shit down our throats only adds to the long list of reasons we're already pissed as hell at the employers and their elected cronies.

This may be your time, fellas. You may have the upper hand now. The men in power are your boys, and you may get them to vote how you like, even against the clear will of the people who sent them there.

Enjoy it while it lasts, but don't forget it for a second: our time is coming. You have the cash, but we have the numbers. A whole lot of us have damn long memories. We're gonna remember every bit of this sordid ordeal.

And payback, as they say, is a bitch.

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.....the stupid voters and bloggers could have done when they found out the Senate voted for cloture. One, they could have given us a medal for being so brave and honest on the telephone, which wasn't very likely and we didn't expect it. Two, they could have bawled us out and told us to never to be caught voting on trash in the hallowed halls of the Senate ever again. But there was a third possibility we hadn't even considered, after we cast our vote, all of us up for re-election were immediately, rounded up, voted out of office and sent back home.

Hat Tip: larwyn. more...

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UPDATE by Rusty: John Hawkins has the inside scoop on the political wrangling over the immigration bill.

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Via Sen. Cornyn's office:

I applaud the willingness of my colleagues to address this issue, and I regret that the Democrat Majority Leader chose to pull this legislation from the Senate floor. While I cannot support the bill as it was introduced, I was working diligently to strengthen it through the amendment process in several key areas. In the days ahead, I will continue to work on behalf of Texas employers, workers and families to pass legislation encompassing various components of this bill, including access to labor and enhanced border security...

Even though this bill has temporarily been pulled from consideration, both the Majority and Minority leadership in the Senate remain committed to passing comprehensive immigration reform this year. I will work with my colleagues to strengthen the guest worker program that gives priority to American workers first but also allows for the efficient and immediate employment of foreign nationals to fill those jobs which cannot be filled by the current labor market...

With commitment from both parties, I hope we are able to reach agreement on key amendments that will ensure that the failures of the 1986 bill are not repeated with this bill and create a workable solution which restores America’s confidence in our immigration system.

By now, the Party knows where I stand on this. I imagine they know where you stand on this. They almost certainly know where 70%+ of the American people stand on this.

Apparently, it simply doesn't matter what you, I and 70% of the American people think anymore.

The ball is in their court right now, and the power is now in their hands--but power can be a fickle mistress. The power they have today, they got through deception about their own philosophies and principles. Now we're learning where these men and women really stand when the chips are down.

I don't know about you, but I have a long memory and a wide vindictive streak.

Full statement below the fold. more...

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A new episode of "Jihad Watch" at HotAir, this one on the national security disaster that is U.S. immigration (non)enforcement policy.

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Posted at DeMint.Senate.gov:

Dear Mr. President:

We respectfully ask that your Administration enforce the border security laws that have already been authorized by Congress regardless of whether the Senate passes the immigration reform bill. The bill assumes that several critical border security benchmarks can be achieved within 18 months. These security triggers are already authorized under current law and can be completed without the immigration bill. We believe these enforcement measures are vital and should not wait until Congress passes additional immigration reforms.

Securing the border is the best way to restore trust with the American people and facilitate future improvements of our immigration policy.

Sincerely,

U.S. Senators
Jim DeMint (R – South Carolina),
Tom Coburn (R – Oklahoma),
Mike Enzi (R – Wyoming),
David Vitter (R – Louisiana),
Jim Inhofe (R – Oklahoma),
Jim Bunning (R – Kentucky),
Charles Grassley (R – Iowa),
John Ensign (R – Nevada) and
Jeff Sessions (R – Alabama).

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Can anyone make sense of these statements?

Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison told “Morning Call” that she believes the bill on illegal immigration can be fixed.

A measure to legalize as many as 12 million illegal immigrants and tighten border security stalled last week in the Senate in the face of broad Republican opposition.

“We need immigration reform, we really do,” said Hutchison. “However, the bill that was on the Senate floor, which I think was pulled too quickly, is not the bill."

WTF???

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1 She seems to be getting whobbily on us.

Posted by: Randman at June 12, 2007 08:19 PM (Sal3J)

2 She is in touch with most Americans, including the 100 mllion people living south of the Rio Grande...

Posted by: Bigot Watch at June 12, 2007 08:29 PM (b0FZu)

3 Not much in Texas besides bullshit. Most of Texas is barren, brown and dry. Just like the people.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 12, 2007 08:39 PM (3jwBZ)

4 She has been sliding over to the dark side over the last year or so.  Lots of brown people are threating her and want the rest of their extended family (some here, some still in Mexico) to all be in America and citizens.
 
Texas is fast becoming Mexico North. While not as bad as Arizona, it is running a close second.
 
Our idiot governor finally relented to pressure and went along with spending some real money on closing the Texas Border.
 
Since Bush wants it wide open, we are going to have to do it ourselves.
 
Papa Ray
West Texas
USA

Posted by: Papa Ray at June 12, 2007 08:46 PM (gQ03B)

5 Oh, where I live is barren, brown and dry.
 
And covered with Mexicans and a lot of lost yankees looking for work, which they found.
 
After we get the southern border secure, we are putting road blocks up on all highways coming to Texas.
 
We don't need anymore liberal socialist yankees or californuts.
 
Then we are going to run those that made it here,  out...starting with Austin.
 
Papa Ray, West Texas, USA

Posted by: Papa Ray at June 12, 2007 08:50 PM (gQ03B)

6 A noble quest.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 12, 2007 08:57 PM (3jwBZ)

7 Good luck with Austin.  Do the country a favor - move the University down south a bit & just wall Travis County off. 

Do the state a favor & make sure the Legislature's in session at the time.

Oh, yeah--move Stevie Ray, too.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold, Arrogant Prick at June 12, 2007 09:11 PM (c/4ax)

8 She'll be recieving an email from me shortly, and she will not like what I have to say.

Posted by: Kelly at June 12, 2007 10:26 PM (bjt28)

9 "Not much in Texas besides bullshit. Most of Texas is barren, brown and dry. Just like the people."
 
Spoken by someone who doesn't know a damn thing about Texas. 

Posted by: Rep J at June 12, 2007 11:18 PM (xQq4i)

10 There have been many grumblings in Texas about Kay Bailey Hutchinson's service, especially when she seemed to be sidling up next to Hillary (aka "the devil" to Texans).    She does seem to be caught up in the "lets get along and give Dems everything they want" fever that many Republicans have caught, but thankfully John Cornyn is a breath of fresh air.

Posted by: Rep J at June 12, 2007 11:21 PM (xQq4i)

11 I got a similar version of that mealy mouthed stuff from some snotty staffer when I called her office last week. Kay needs to retire.

I agree with Papa Ray and Rep J!

Posted by: lantana at June 13, 2007 09:01 AM (jUm2C)

12 <i>"Not much in Texas besides bullshit. Most of Texas is barren, brown and dry. Just like the people."</i>



Grey Rooster, we've always seem to have been on the same page.

You've obviously never been to Texas, I'm sorry to hear.

Posted by: Dick at June 13, 2007 09:57 AM (XlQVK)

13 Show me some green outside of easter texas. Most a texas is brown and dry. Everything west of Dallas/Ft Worth is barren. Small pocket of green north and west of San Antone to Sonora then back to the same brown and dry. Amarillo, Lubback, Laredo, Brownsville, Fort Stockton. El Paso all brown and dry. Where is this part of Texas that isn't? Houston? Keep that humidity and Brown. Tyler OK part of the year. Texas. Overrated. Been to Texas hundreds of times. Drove thru in dozens of times. Nope! Texas is barren and dry. Even the people. But the bullshit keeps flowing. But then bullshit is brown and dry. Just like Texas.
 

Posted by: greyrooster at June 13, 2007 10:13 AM (DMGTT)

14 No mountains with snow to ski on. No major lakes to play on. ( a few man made) Ten miles out of Dallas/Fort worth back to brown and dry. Take a drive across Texas on Interstate 10 as I have many times. All one does is count the miles to get out of this brown and dry country. Drive from Fort Worth to Amarillo and beyond to New Mexico. Beautiful just beautiful, ha, ha. I just figured who doesn't know much about Texas Geography. Texans. Either that or the Texas Sun makes the Texas natives blind as bats. Guess thats why their boots are always full of bullshit. They can't see the bullshit or Texas. I do buy my Beefmaster Cattle from Texas, Alas! They to are brown. Then there beautiful waco. Ha, ha, ha.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 13, 2007 10:34 AM (DMGTT)

15 Fuck you Rooster. Don't come back or I will kick your ass. Don't
believe me? Come to Dallas and I'll make your tired old ass a believer.

You've proven you're nothing more than an asshole looking to better yourself by putting others down.

You're pathetic, and just so ya know dipshit, you're also wrong about the geography. You haven't been to Texas.

Posted by: Dick at June 13, 2007 11:14 AM (XlQVK)

16 Sorry rooster. You just demonstrated you don't have a fucking clue about Texas. Our "little" green belts are bigger than your entire state and we have more beach than you have border. Poor old jealous bastard.

Posted by: Randman at June 13, 2007 12:05 PM (Sal3J)

17

But you Texas bullshitters refuse to name these beautiful green belts: Where they at? In your minds. Texas will soon again be part of Mexico. Why?  because texans obviously can't tell green from brown. They're also easy to fuck with. Maybe that's why so many muslims move there.

I don't need to put others down to make myself look better. I look down the hill every morning.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 13, 2007 12:18 PM (DMGTT)

18

For you in Dallas. I often google the girls at hooters in Mesquite. My favorite hooters in the country. Only problem is you must go outside coming and going. Why do I go there. Follow i-20 aroung to Lancaster, Texas. There is a company there called FFE. Frozen Food Express. I lease 5 trucks, refers and drivers to them. Oh yea! I know texas. And every meat packing company in the state. We also know laredo (formerly a part of Texas, now belonging to Mexico) as we haul Texas meat to Washington State and then apples back to Laredo. Then Texas beef to Florida and Florida Citrus back to Texas/Okla. We also haul for Nestles out of Benson, Texas to various Wal-Mart distribution centers. I would venture to say I probably know and have been more places in Texas than any of you. We even haul donuts from Clydes delicious donuts in Chicago to your biggest grocery chain. Apparently, Texas is to brown and dry to make donuts. But they do make good tortillas, burritos, tacos and such. True brown and dry Texas dishes.

Randman: Yes Texas has some good beaches. Problem is that if you live anywhere north of Houston you must take a two weeks vacation to get to one. Takes me twenty minutes.  A beach in Galveston is a few miles from someone living in Dallas, Amerillo, Lubbock or El Paso.  Yep! Those Texans in El Paso spent a lot of time at the beach. Sorry guys. You lose. But keep the bullshit coming. It's fun.  As far as the ass kicking you boys would have about as much a chance as a one legged Texan in a self ass kicking contest.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 13, 2007 12:59 PM (DMGTT)

19 Three legged Willy was good at ass whooping. Interstate 10 huh? Ever use 35? Have you been to the hill country or piney woods or edwards plateu? I swore your description of Texas was of Nevada. I moved to Central Texas because of the lush greenery and lakes galore. The mediums on the freeways are mowed because of the lushness. Unlike Sacramento and area on I 80, it doesn't turn brown in summer and stink with untold hotsprings. Arrive at S.F. and behold the sites of crazies releaving themselves on the streets. I swear I never seen so many people talking to themselves than S.F. Throw in the old bath houses during the sixties that started the spread of aid's and you have California at it's finest. You go to the beach and end up having your body covered with sticky oil because of the polluted ocean. San Luis Obispo is a bright spot though, I loved it there. Clean beaches. Greyrooster you have more crazieness going on in your state that I can list here.

Posted by: allahakchew at June 13, 2007 01:57 PM (m2p07)

20 Rooster, you're a gay liberal troll and nothing more. Doesn't FFE have
a bad safety record?. Oh, Mesquite is full of poor white trash, so
yeah, I can see you fitting in nicely there.

Nice picture of you though.

You're the one on the left.

http://lemonparty.org/lemonparty.jpg



Oh, tell you momma not to burn my breakfast anymore if ya would. She was pissed cause I only left a $2 tip for last night.

Posted by: Dick at June 13, 2007 02:10 PM (XlQVK)

21 I forgot to add...Never in my life have I ever came across such friendly people as the people in Texas. When we moved here all the neighbors came out to help. It was unbelievable. Texan's are special people in my book.

Posted by: allahakchew at June 13, 2007 02:13 PM (m2p07)

22 allahakchew: Once again airhead on the loose. I live on the gulf coast of Missississi. And yes I've traveled 35 many times. Real high tech prisons you got there. Aparrently Texans only go out in April and May. Tired to buy acreage in Sonora back before Interstate ten was finshed. Can't be done.  Lush my ass. You must have moved there from central Nevada to make that comparison.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 13, 2007 02:14 PM (DMGTT)

23 First thing I teach my driver went they go to Texas. Si Hablo Ing'les (yes, I speak English).

Posted by: greyrooster at June 13, 2007 02:15 PM (DMGTT)

24 Missississi

ROFLMAO! Your from the armpit of the South. You are just a bitter old man.

Posted by: Randman at June 13, 2007 02:28 PM (Sal3J)

25 (1) Yes FFE has a terrible driver record. But on the other hand my drivers are not part of FFE's company drivers. And FFE makes money. So much that they are self insured by their parent company. Notice how all their trucks and trailers are tagged in Oklahoma. Texas isn't smart enough to collect the tag fees. And Dick. You couldn't get into the neighborhood and you know it. We go to Hooters in Mesquite because my drivers claim they have the best looking girls in Texas. Theirs a shit kicking redneck bar up the road where they like to get shit faced and pull their wranglers up between their ass and dance the stupidest country shit dance in the world. They call it dancing. I call it walking/stumbling. I know your wife works there. She must be the one without the teeth that keeps taking the guys out back.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 13, 2007 03:06 PM (nZNiU)

26 allahdickchew: Once again your a fucking airhead. There is a difference between live there and from there. Airhead. I swear you must take stupid pills everyday.  Bitter? Bitter about what. I have better than you serving me.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 13, 2007 03:09 PM (nZNiU)

27 Ha ha! Just look over this thread. Methinks thou protest too much. Only someone who really gave a  shit about such a subjective silly subject would of spent so much time responding to said subject at such length ya bitter old fart. You just like Pississippi cause of all the Klan meetings.  

Posted by: Randman at June 13, 2007 03:29 PM (Sal3J)

28 Rooster, tell your momma to wipe her face off. She's been working the truckstops again.

Oh, and my wife? Not married you moron.

Posted by: Dick at June 13, 2007 03:43 PM (XlQVK)

29 Randman: Don't believe it was me who when over board. Just having my fun. Yes the Klan meetings are fun. Crawfish, beer and fellowship with ones own kind.  Sometimes turkey shoots and more beer. You see blacks are not the only ones who have groups that only allow their own race to join. Of course, I can't be a full member as I'm not a Christian. You must be a Christian to be a Klan member. Please note that during hurricane Katrina the French Quarter didn't flood. Now those boys must know exactly where to puch a hole in the levees. Why not? They made them.
 
 
 
 
 
Dick the dick: Correct none of you faggots are married.
 
 
 
 
Allahdickchew: I think your dumbass doesn't understand the situation. (1) I only have two neighbors. One owes a shipyard and has 199 acres to the east and south of me. The other owns a chemical company in Houston and has 160 acres to the north of me. He flies in on his private plane on weekends. You see, when my three moving vans arrived it really wasn't neccessary for my neighbors to pitch in. We employed a moving company to place every item where my wife wished.  We then invited the neighbors over for a house warming party. I realize you probably arrived in Taxas with a U haul behind your 10 year old car. Nice of them to help. Anytime I need help I've found the boys at the boat launch standing around drinking beer will always volunteer. I'm sure they are as helpful to their neighbors as anyone in Taxas.  You just don't get it do you? Oh well, some airheads never do. And now I must go do some chores. Which consists of yelling at the Mexicans, don't know why as they take care of everything. Just tradition I guess. Learned it in Taxas. By the way this armpit part of Mississippi is a few minutes from the Gulf beaches, The Casinos, The French Quarter of Nawlins and the absolute best fishing in the United States. Oh yea. We must mow our highways 12 months a year.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 13, 2007 04:44 PM (hhFCG)

30 Anyway. The subject matter was Texas Senator turning the wrong way.  Don't feel bad about it.  Trent Lott turned traitor as far as Mississippians are concerned.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 13, 2007 04:47 PM (hhFCG)

31 I only have two neighbors. One owes a shipyard and has 199 acres to the
east and south of me. The other owns a chemical company in Houston and
has 160 acres to the north of me.



You're a vagrant. That's cool ya worthless old bastard. When was
the last time you saw a dentist? Oh by the way, I'm impressed that your
ignorant ass could spell Mississippi correctly 2 out of 3 times in the
last comment.

Now, go send Obama a nice email of support you Liberal troll.

Posted by: Dick at June 13, 2007 07:39 PM (XlQVK)

32 Now that greyrooster has spilled the beans on who he does business with, and what business he does with them, it should be easy to figure out who he is...
 
A racist will be exposed...

Posted by: Bigot Watch at June 13, 2007 09:42 PM (b0FZu)

33 So..he is going to expose himself. Won't be the first time. Heh heh heh!

Posted by: Randman at June 13, 2007 10:33 PM (Sal3J)

34 Bigot watch is without a doubt a lefturd. As that is exactly how they think. Probably a black or brown lefturd. And everyone knows me. Just go into FFE's drivers lounge and say your here to report that Greyrooster is a racist. Are you going to get a surprise. Now get out of my conversations you asshole bigot, crybaby, lefturd piece of Al Sharpton hugging shit.
 
 
 
 
Wouldn't recommend exposing oneself around dick the prick grapper. He'd want to keep it. 

Posted by: greyrooster at June 15, 2007 01:57 AM (Dzjn/)

35 Stupid ass Bigot Watch: The friggin lefturd asshole is going to expose a person as a racist. The same person who has been saying he's a racist for the last three years. Boy , that's really go to hurt. You dumb shit. I'm proud to be a racist. But I'm not the only one in this nation. All you fucking minorities are racists. Difference is you're racist crybabies becuse as a group you're a bunch of incompetents living off the white race. So there. Fuck you and have a nice day.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 15, 2007 02:04 AM (Dzjn/)

36 Can't believe some La Raza prick comes on here and called himself bigot watch. Those brain dead greasy beaners of La Raza are the bigots. Their problem is stupidity. But good for the county. As more of them profess to be members of La Raza to sooner we kick the peons butts back to the dirt fields of Mexico where they came from.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 15, 2007 02:10 AM (Dzjn/)

37 Well Bigot watch: Where you at ghetto rat.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 16, 2007 11:37 PM (AsTKg)

38 Greyrooster is a horse's ass.  I guess that's why he knows so much about brown bullshit.  In Lubbock, they call it 'money'.

Posted by: Rep J at June 17, 2007 10:50 PM (kJzpR)

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Michelle reports that these ten GOP senators are close to cutting a deal with George Bush and Harry Reid on the Amnesty and Permanent Democrat Majority Bill of 2007:

* Alexander (R-TN)
* Cochran (R-MS)
* Coleman (R-MN)
* Collins (R-ME)
* Cornyn (R-TX)
* Craig (R-ID)
* Domenici (R-NM)
* McConnell (R-KY)
* Smith (R-OR)
* Warner (R-VA)

At last vote, the bill was 15 votes short of cloture. If even a majority of these guys hold rank, the bill can't move out of the Senate without their support. In other words, they don't have to do anything to prevent this bill from passing.

According to news reports, the deal is that they'll make a "Gang of 14"-style mutual pact against any filibuster if Reid will agree to allow them the privilege of discussing a few more amendments before the final vote

This is madness--but not the "This is SPARTA!!!" type of madness. This is more of the "please tie me up and anally rape me with a frozen burrito" type of madness. Hey, if that's what the senators like doing in their spare time, they can knock themselves out (literally), but when they insist on doing it to the ENTIRE DAMN COUNTRY, we have a serious fucking problem.

Was the much-lauded "defeat" of the bill just a ruse to get their phones to stop ringing for a couple days?

What part of "KISS YOUR RE-ELECTION GOODBYE" do these guys have trouble comprehending???

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I'd love to say that the headline was misleading or an example of over-the-top yellow journalism, but it's not. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) is sponsoring a bill that would give assylum to a convicted child killer who was part of a 1975 coup aimed at making Bangladesh an "Islamic Republic"--as Pakistan, which it broke from (remember, Bangladesh was then East Pakistan), would later become.

McDermott's private bill declares unequivocally that Mohuiddin A.K.M Ahmed is not guilty of the crime that he was convicted of, an assertion that the liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected.

Michelle has the details. I'd say something Sullivenesque like "I'm disgusted" or "heartache", but I'm just passed feeling anything anymore when it comes to the immigration issue.

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Geraldo sets the record straight on amnesty...or not.

It's abundantly clear that Geraldo, like George W. Bush, is able to think about an inch deep on this issue, if that. Neither Geraldo or Bush can contend with the facts and the nightmare provisions of this bill. The answer is all super-simple in their minds. The facts are unimportant. It's 100% emotion. I'll wager Geraldo doesn't have the slightest idea as to the substance of what's in the bill. To him, it doesn't matter. To Geraldo, if it will give one person a chance to emerge from the shadows, that is enough. If a child thought that way, we'd forgive her. Geraldo Rivera and George Bush have no excuse.

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...into Mexico.

In this case, the "illegals" are weapons.

Hey, Patricio--it's called "quid pro quo."

That there's some Latin right there, fella. Maybe you should go look that up.

See also: "what goes around comes around," Maxwell's demon, Schrodinger's Mexican.

h/t : Glenn

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Congress's shameful attempt to ram down our throats an unpopular bill legalizing tens of millions of borderjumpers and adding them to the welfare rolls and public dole, has been defeated.

Niiiiiice. Reid threatened to bring it back in a few weeks.

Bring it on. NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS.

PS - Is Lindsay Graham crying here? Maybe Michelle had it right.

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Via The Politico:

Subject: RE: TIME TO CALL RADIO
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 22:15:22 -0400
From: David Nix
To: ‘Adam Temple’
CC: Mike Gibbons

Adam,

Please consider this my resignation as Aiken County chair for McCain. I am too far from him on the Amnesty Bill. I was hopeful that he could keep his nose clean this time around, but he can’t read the pulse of the American citizens.

Please pass my regrets on to Henry McMaster.

David Nix
Aiken County

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UPDATE ; I see that Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) also voted against the Coburn Amendment.

Thank God for Michelle. She's all over the amnesty bill:

Sen. Dodd is babbling about an amendment to allow naturalized citizens to bring over parents, arguing that Congress shouldn't have any role in "dictating the terms" of family reunification...

GOP Sens voting NAY on the Coburn amendment - that is, voting against full enforcement of existing immigration laws: LUGAR, KYL, CRAIG, VOINOVICH, COLLINS, MURKOWSKI, BROWNBACK, HAGEL, STEVENS, DOMENICI, WARNER, SPECTER

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Yup, that's "trillion"--with a "T.":

he increase in taxes and fines paid by amnesty recipients may initially exceed slightly the increase in government benefits received. In the long run, however, the opposite will be true. In particular, the cost of retirement benefits for amnesty recipients is likely to be very large. Overall, the net cost to taxpayers of retirement benefits for amnesty recipients is likely to be at least $2.6 trillion.h/t : Rob Bluey

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1 The amnesty bill is not going anywhere. No way it's going to pass.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 07, 2007 12:07 PM (wWnfQ)

2

Fax your congress-critter and tell them Just say no.....

http://www.numbersusa.com/faxcenter

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From the very smart (and very connected) Rob Bluey:

Well-placed sources tell me that activists are focusing their attention on the following list of senators: Sam Brownback (R.-Kan.), Richard Burr (R.-N.C.), Saxby Chambliss (R.-Ga.), Larry Craig (R.-Idaho), Pete Domenici (R.-N.M.), Byron Dorgan (D.-N.D.), John Ensign (R.-Nev.), Mike Enzi (R.-Wyo.), Judd Gregg (R.-N.H.), Johnny Isakson (R.-Ga.), Jon Kyl (R.-Ariz.), Mary Landrieu (D.-La.), Trent Lott (R.-Miss.), Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.), Claire McCaskill (D.-Mo.), Ben Nelson (D.-Neb.), Mark Pryor (D.-Ark.), Debbie Stabenow (D.-Mich.), John Sununu (R.-N.H.), Jon Tester (D.-Mont.), George Voinovich (R.-Ohio), Jim Webb (D.-Va.), and John Warner (R.-Va.).

And if you have already called him, now, would probably be a good time to call him again.

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.

As you probably know, Kansas Senator Sam Brownback has his eye on the White House. Wherever you live, you might want to consider calling Sam Brownback's office and letting him know there's really no reason his political future needs to go down the tubes over John McCain's personal political death wish. You can reach Sam Brownback here.

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I've done this now since 1992, and I've gone up to New Hampshire, and I'm proud to say I haven't gotten it wrong.

I've never seen any group turn on somebody like they turned on Senator McCain, and that's because this issue of immigration is so powerful, so destructive, so divisive, and John McCain's on the wrong side of that issue....

...they're not listening. And for me, it's not just a general negative. When I hear people who define themselves as 'Christian conservatives' using four-letter words to describe the bill, I know that there's intensity.

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On May 29, in Glynco, Georgia, George W. Bush made the following statement, hammering hard against the opponents of his immigration bill, most of whom are on the Republican side of the aisle:

"If you want to kill the bill, if you don't want to do what's right for America, you can pick one little aspect out of it, you can use it to frighten people. Or you can show leadership and solve this problem once and for all."

...if you don't want to do what's right for America...

The inference: No matter who you are, Republican or Democrat, if you are against the President's way, you are against the best interests of this country (or maybe this continent). (MORE BELOW THE FOLD) more...

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I called Senator Cornyn's office today. I was able to get through using the pro-amnesty hotline. In any event, I asked for the Senator's position on the bill now that his amendment failed and Ted Kennedy's amendment passed by a huge margin.

The very nice young lady who answered the phone provided me with the following information:

STAFFER : "Senator Cornyn does not support amnesty."

ME : "President Bush, Senator Kennedy, Senator Specter, Senator McCain and Senator Kyl also oppose 'amnesty.' Can I conclude from this that Senator Cornyn is in agreement with these individuals as to amnesty?"

STAFFER : "No. Senator Cornyn is definitely not in agreement with those Senators."

ME : "How is his position different?"

STAFFER : "Well, Senator Cornyn does not support any bill that repeats the mistakes of the 1986 bill."

ME : "Well, OK, then. What were the mistakes of the 1986 bill?"

STAFFER : "The 1986 bill was amnesty."

ME : "OK... that's a just little bit circular. How is this bill different from the 1986 bill?"

STAFFER : "Can I transfer you to someone in our office more familiar with this bill?"

ME : "Yes, thank you. That would be wonderful."

STAFFER: "Hold please."

"ADIOS."

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