Byron York at The Washington Examiner made a top ten list of the dumbest things people have said about the new law to fight illegal immigration in Arizona. It must have been tough to pick only ten. In the interest of bipartisanship, he might have included this bit of hysterical idiocy from Republican Congressman Connie …
President Obama vs. Strawman (Again)
At a commencement speech today at the University of Michigan, President Obama said, “…what troubles me is when I hear people say that all of government is inherently bad…” Some enterprising professional journalist, if there are ever any around the president some time, ought to ask President Obama for a specific example of someone who …
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AP spins Republican debate
You can always count on the AP to show some of their liberal bias when they report on a Republican event, and their report on the debate held last night in Miami by the Univision Spanish language network is no exception. The debate was upbeat, reaching out to the audience without (too much) pandering, touching …
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Republicans to debate on Spanish Univision network
Tonight, the Republican candidates for president (except, thankfully, for Tancredo) will participate in a debate on the Spanish language Univision network: Foro republicano por Univision Luego del histórico foro presidencial demócrata realizado por Univision el pasado 9 de septiembre, el turno hoy es para los aspirantes presidenciales republicanos, quienes este domingo 9 de diciembre debatirán …
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Nothing wrong with caring about culture and language
Ruben Navarette, a columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune, writes in his latest column (via Real Clear Politics) “Let me be clear. There is nothing inherently racist or nativist about opposing illegal immigration. There are plenty of good people who just want secure borders and who could care less about the culture or language of …
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Amnesty, minus five years
Kathryn Jean Lopez at National Review Online finds a good quote from Reagan’s Attorney General Ed Meese, comparing the 1986 amnesty to the McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill from last year: In the mid-80′s, many members of Congress – pushed by the Democratic majority in the House and the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy – …
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Sen. Graham: We’re not going to run people down (unless they disagree with us)
One of the problems with being elected to high office is that is seems to strip away any self-awareness or sense of irony. It has a tendency to turn people who appear to be otherwise decent, normal Americans into arrogant, out-of-touch gasbags. Illustrating the point, Republican Senator Lindsay Graham, speaking in March to the liberal …
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Will deporting illegal aliens separate families, or reunite them?
Opponents of enforcing U.S. immigration laws have lately been using the canard that deporting illegal aliens caught in workplace raids is inhumane because it separates families. This is obvious nonsense on its face, since no one suggests those deported should be forced to leave their families in the United States. If a citizen of Mexico, …
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You say Tequila, we say Scalia!
From CNN’s website: Justice Antonin Scalia opened the Supreme Court’s new term Tuesday by questioning whether a man deported to Mexico after a drug conviction would be “abstaining from tequila” for fear of violating his U.S. parole terms. The remark came as justices heard an immigration case involving a Texas man, Reymundo Toledo-Flores, who was …
Washington Post campaigns against another Republican Senator
Having experienced some success in their work in favor of the Webb campaign in Virginia, the The Washington Post has a couple of new Republican targets in its sights: A new video released this week by his Democratic challenger, Jon Tester, shows Burns, 71, joking to a crowd in June about how a “nice little …
Dem candidate: Illegal es no problemo
From the San Diego Union-Trib, congressional candidate Francine Busby tries and fails to clarify her remarks, essentially saying she was not encouraging vote fraud, but only encouraging participation of illegal aliens in her own campaign: If an election can turn on a sentence, this could be the one: “You don’t need papers for voting.” On …
Foreign Ministers of Mexico and Central America – just looking out for the American taxpayer
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Via Yahoo News: Mexico and four Central American nations condemned the U.S plan to build hundreds of miles of triple-layered fencing on its southern border, saying it would not stop illegal immigration. …. “The position of Mexico and the other countries is that walls will not make a difference in terms of the solution to …
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