Two things to take away from this San Francisco Chronicle article (H/T: The Other McCain) on Jerry Brown’s Gloria Allred’s nonsensical attacks on Meg Whitman:
First, this sentence: “Lawyers said an employer’s obligation upon receiving a no-match letter from the Social Security Administration is to check their own records for typographical or other errors, inform the employee that the records do not match and tell the employee to correct them.” Which is pretty much what the scrawl on the letter told Diaz to do (please see Greta van Susterin’s disembowelment of Gloria Allred for further details on said letter). In fact, the action that Allred is apparently demanding would… wait for it, wait for it… have put Meg Whitman in danger of a discrimination lawsuit! Translation: Whitman followed the law.
Second, it’s kind of contemptible that Jerry Brown can’t fight his own battles, isn’t it? – Because let’s not pretend that this isn’t being done for Brown’s benefit. I’d also make some commentary on whether Brown would try something this cheap against a male candidate, but for some reason it’s considered uncouth to point out that male Democratic politicians don’t consider any blow to be too low when it comes to dealing with their female opponents. Still, I see no reason to let Brown get away with this: he’s Attorney General, so he knows the law. And he knows that Whitman followed it, so he needs to come out and disavow it.
Which he won’t. Because Jerry Brown is a coward. And a sneak.
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Jerry Brown isn't half the attorney Greta is
reverelth (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 11:13AM EDT (link)Mark Levin didn’t do half bad throwing Gloria in the chipper-shredder, either.
http://www.marklevinshow.com/Article.asp?id=1970739&spid=32364
http://www.libertytreehugger.com
Don't you just love "All Red's" comment that her
throwback59 Saturday, October 2nd at 11:37AM EDT (link)client wasn’t an illegal alien she was an “undocumented worker.”
Gloria is the white female version of Al Sharpton.
What seemed to tick off Levin,
chaney (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 12:20PM EDT (link)and me as well, is that Allred is exposing her “client” to federal charges and possible deportation just so she can hurl some silly accusations at Whitman.
So, there’s no evidence that the housekeeper was taken advantage of by Whitman, and there’s overwhelming evidence that she’s being used and abused by Allred and company.
Ahh, just another case of the libs looking out for the little people.
Greta reamed All Red out over the same thing,
throwback59 Saturday, October 2nd at 12:36PM EDT (link)actually yelling at her. I’ve never seen Van Susteren so angry .Great TV.
GVS is all class
proudmarinemom (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 9:42PM EDT (link)and she is a very seasoned legal technician.
As I mentioned on another thread, it is not offensive to refer to an immigrant as an “alien”.
The “green card” is actually a pink-colored, laminated i.d. card, the official name of which is “Resident Alien Identification” card.
Gloria Allred has no case.
If you think Greta ripped Allred up
TNJim (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 10:35PM EDT (link)I hear she’s going to be on Megyn Kelly’s show Monday. That’s gonna be a popcorn moment to beat them all. Megyn came within a hair’s breadth of throwing Kirsten Powers off the show just a few weeks ago, and Powers is a Fox contributor.
Man, I wish I had DVR.
Jerry Brown is a Contemptible Puke...
conservativecurmudgeon (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 11:16AM EDT (link)And was a loathsome, loathsome Governor. And his behavior vis-a-vis Meg Whitman is just another example that, even though Brown has cultivated this image of an outsider reformer, willing to go through anything (even the ignominy of being a lowly MAYOR for cryin’ out lout) to carry the ball of Progressive politics forward, he is really his Father’s Son, willing to scalp anyone standing in his way of… whatever the heck his ultimate goal is.
I blame Brown for California’s, and thus the whole nation’s, embrace of Avory Lovins and the stupid-ass “soft energy path”, which lead to the brownouts California experienced in the early ‘oughts, and whose policies have been foisted on the nation as a whole, that will ultimately starve our nation of cheap energy for no reason other than egalitarian fantasy and aesthetics. What a moron that man has been, and continues to be, forty years after his apogee.
That his fingerprints aren’t all over this housekeeper thing is tenuous political fiction. Let’s turn Linda Rondstat’s house upside down, and see what kind of filth tumbles out of Jerry Brown’s past, shall we?
This jerk was
america1st (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 8:57PM EDT (link)a weaseling tinsel-toed twit forty years ago – and like spoiled wine, has only grown worse with age (a characteristic common of the left).
I was amazed to see it still in politics. Absent a social climate in the PRK which glorifies inverse Darwinism and recreational overdosing, this two-legged sewage would have been processed into sterile fertilizer decades back.
Logic in the mind of a liberal is like a snowflake in the desert: lost, alone and soon destroyed by a hostile environment.
SEIU was running radio ads about this
reverelth (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 11:21AM EDT (link)*in Spanish* before the foam on Gloria Allred’s mouth was even dry.
http://www.libertytreehugger.com
Three things...
rbdwiggins (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 11:25AM EDT (link)Gloria Allred is a Democrat Party* operative who occasionally plays the part of a lawyer on TV or in front of a microphone.
*- Because there’s nothing about the progressive’s Party that’s democratic.
“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
Who paid her?
refudiateobama2012 Saturday, October 2nd at 11:29AM EDT (link)How did this poor mistreated woman manage to hook up with Allred?
Did she look her up in the yellow pages?
Did the Brown opposition research turn up this woman’s name?
Allred admitted this case won’t go to court, so who’s paying Allred?
Who’s paying this woman to come forward and putting herself in jeopardy of prosecution and deportation?
Why is no one in the media asking these questions?
If it's pro bono...
rbdwiggins (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 11:38AM EDT (link)shouldn’t the manufactured lawsuit be considered an “in-kind” contribution to Brown’s campaign?
“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
God question. We may never know,
Locke (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 12:51PM EDT (link)“How did this poor mistreated woman manage to hook up with Allred?” but it is easy enough to guess.
The Brown opposition research unit learns Whitman has a latina maid. They engage a latina sympatica operative to win the trust of the maid, turn her against Whitman, and dig for dirt. They learn she is illegal. After the operative searches the maid’s files and finds the letter at issue, she tells the maid that she should go to Whiman and admit to being illegal and that Whitman will then help her. Whitman discharges her, as required by law, and the maid’s reaction completes the turning process. The operative then introduces Allred.
Brown the Clown
banzaibob (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 11:32AM EDT (link)I was stationed in California when the vote for Prop 13 was going on. Then Governor Brown claimed the whole world would collapse if it passed. It did and behold all was well until spending got out of hand.
If Californians can’t remember what this clown did back then and what he will do if he gets back in the Governor’s office they deserve everything they get.
Taxes go up
Economy goes down
Prefiero morir de pie que vivir de rodillas
It’s better to die upon your feet than to live upon your knees!
Emiliano Zapata
This is a very
timchgo9 (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 11:33AM EDT (link)thin thread for the Dems to be grasping. Is this all they have? The Dems are usally better than this at pulling 11th hour, just-before-the-wire “flamethrower” type scandals to burn their opponents with…
Apparently Ms. Allred (I have always considered her last name quite appropriate for her) and the Brown campaign had the flamethrower pointed the wrong way…..
“Chairman of the Awkward Squad”
Jerry Brown is
caboose Saturday, October 2nd at 11:34AM EDT (link)Attorney General of Ca. This Illegal Alien is a criminal who Brown has undisputable knowledge has broken State, and Federal laws. What has Brown about it?
Wasn't the "note" on the Soc. Sec. notification letter a post it?
renny (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 11:41AM EDT (link)Wasn’t the supposed Mr. Whitman’s remarks on the Soc. Sec. warning letter merely a post it note?
Do we know if the post it note originated with this pol. “time bomb” letter or could actually have come from a grocery list: look into this–could be the price or kelp or arugula.
And if the allegation is “true,” who would keep a letter six years with a post-it note on it? Was the maid waiting for Godo?
CA voters may not be the geniuses that the libs. think lefties are, but I cannot imagine anyone takes this krap really seriously except CBS News, and it should be an expert on forgeries and fake allegations.
The employment docs
texasgalt (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 12:44PM EDT (link)http://scr.bi/cVlXbs from @ewerickson tweet
the letter to Whitman
texasgalt (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 12:57PM EDT (link)H/T Hotair
http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0930_gloria_3.pdf
GOP Wake up to 3rd world politics
sundesy Saturday, October 2nd at 11:51AM EDT (link)I came to this country from a socialistic/democratic country 21 years back. The dems have taken the play book from the 3rd world. Politics there are not about issues such as objective economic matters, rule of law or policies. It is all about political stunt, name calling, class warfare, bribing, voter intimidation, vote stealing and some time downright murdering of opponents. Draw your own conclusion on the imaginary sliding scale where America is today.
1) Clinton lying under oath
2) Senate bench warmer Kerry lying about his Vietnam record
3) John Edwards – Talk about chutzpah, literal zero aspiring for presidency
4) Shocker – A zero becoming the president
No one can deny; Jerry brown has a consistent failure track record across all level of government. Unfortunately in a two party system since he is the nominee, he automatically gets the vote of people who always vote for the donkey party. Perfect candidate to represent the donkey party. Since he cannot win on issues he needs his minions to do the dirty job.
I hope the people of America can see thru it. GOP better wake up to the new paradigm in American politics.
Come out swinging for EVerify
SteveLA (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 11:59AM EDT (link)Future Governor Whitman needs to come out swinging hard for new laws in CA that push hard for every business in the state to use EVerify.
If anyone and anything illustrates the mess that is immigration in this country and the ability or rather the inability of people who hire employees to be tricked with false documents, Future Governor Whitman has first hand experience now and the right to make such demands because of this mess.
In CA we have the initiative process, hopefully Future Governor Whitman will start pushing for an EVerify use initiative in the Golden state.
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About Gloria Allred
kilowattradio Saturday, October 2nd at 12:48PM EDT (link)I disagree that GA was acting as Brown’s Agent. If you follow her she has her own agenda. Usually she is getting huge hush settlements for her clients, but she likes to stick her toes into politics, mainly to get an Republican candidate unelectable. JB’s campaign is not upset about GA’s actions, they just didn’t play a role in it. IMHO.
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its the same thing
Doc Holliday (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 12:55PM EDT (link)Run as a lefty dem, you get the dirty tricks for free. Brown knows allred is there, it doesn’t matter if he personally hired her. Her job is to do things like this.
Molon Labe!
If Jerry Brown didn't know this was coming...
securitymom (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 1:29PM EDT (link)If Jerry Brown didn’t know this was coming he would have been out condeming the dirty tactics, and stating that California didn’t need this in the election. Allred has given to his campaign in elections past. He has sat with her at conferences, and the unions had TV ads up within hours of Allred’s first news conference.
I don’t think it is going to work this time. Who here is looking our for the housekeeper? Whitman and her husband fired her when they found out she was illegal (undocumented), but choose not to exploit her during a campaign. Brown is the Atty General of California, and knows this housekeeper is now subject to deportation and possibly felony convictions. Gloria Allred has committed the most egregious by making an example of her without any protection. We don’t know how much education this woman has, or what was her motivation for going along with this stunt. Does she actually know how much trouble legally she could be in?
“Security Mom/Grandma”
If its Brown . . .
shermantank Saturday, October 2nd at 1:10PM EDT (link)Allred is a long time, personal friend of Brown. She’s worked with him on many occasions. The problem here is BROWN not ALLRED. Allred was theinstrumentality for Brown to accomplish his smear.
Brown needs to be held accountable for this. Can you just imagine how this went down?
Brown: Yo! Gloria! Need a little boost in the polls.
Allred: Dude! Whatssup?
Brown: Got the goods can you deliver?
And the beat goes on. The rest is history.
PROBLEM: It backfired. The so-called victim is not looking like a victim at all. She’s actually made the situ worse for others in a similar situation.
I go back to the original Jerry Brown Senior bumper stickers: “If its Brown, Flush it.”
We used that for Brown, Jr, too....
knitwit (Diary) Sunday, October 3rd at 5:32PM EDT (link)n/t
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”–Nathan Hale
Compromise: The art of giving to your enemy that which he is not powerful enough to take.
Sneaky Jerry and Gloria
pamela1631 (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 1:17PM EDT (link)I’d say there is some behind the scenes quid pro quo happening.
Jerry gets elected and Gloria gets a State gig.
I remember the last time he was in the Governor’s chair.
He kept writing checks and raiding our wallets.
Then there was this that raised a few eyebrows:
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073509,00.html
This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. ~~Elmer Davis
I am stone forged from the fires of creation into flesh ~~Pamela1631
The greatest civilization is one where all citizens are equally armed and can only be persuaded, never forced.~~Maj. L. Caudill, USMC (Ret.)
If Brown's poll numbers start dropping...
chbroussard (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 1:47PM EDT (link)I expect that he’ll come out and throw poor old stupid Gloria under the bus. If there’s no change in poll numbers, he’ll stay mum.
i almost laughed out loud at Allred's accusing Van Susteren of defamation.
GCBWI (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 2:41PM EDT (link)Gloria Allred is the personification of every negative stereotype about lawyers.
How is it possible to defame anyone like Gloria Allred? i suppose it’s possible, but it would take a lot more and a lot worse things than Van Susteren said to lower my opinion of Allred.
The party of adults
SteveLA (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 4:24PM EDT (link)Here’s a good reason to vote for Meg Whitman, she asks the adult question that has to be asked in today’s CA Governor’s debate in Fresno. I will be very happy to vote for Meg Whitman, she asks real questions about this issue which only the adults in the room know how to.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman asked Democrat Jerry Brown in today’s debate what he would have recommended she do regarding her housekeeper controversy, saying she “played by the rules.”
She said, “What would you have had me do?”
Well Moonbeam, what’s your answer as an officer of the court?
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I hope the Whitman campaign is doing opo research on everyone Brown has ever hired to work for him
AceInTX (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 4:25PM EDT (link)In his Private life, his business life, and as governor over the last 30 or 40 years….I GUARANTEE you there will be people he hired that will open him up to the same questions…and charges of hypocrisy
There’s only a couple weeks left…so they’d better get cracking…
Oh..I’d be investigating Allred as well
To My Good Friends In California...
franklin50 Saturday, October 2nd at 4:27PM EDT (link)If you elect Brown you will get just what you deserve. State bankruptcy. Don’t come crying to MY republican congress for a bailout either. You’re on your own!
Debate
proudgop (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 4:51PM EDT (link)did anyone watch the debate ( yes it was on Spanish channel) but how did she do? nt
As an Arizonan...please, California, elect Jerry Brown because of this.
smagar (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 8:00PM EDT (link)Businesses will flock out of your state—into ours!
“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)
This from the no borders,amnesty crowd.
johnt Saturday, October 2nd at 5:27PM EDT (link)The crowd that calls Normal People bigots & racists for wanting enforced borders, that enables illegals to receive free medical care, welfare, and with a wink, to vote??
And these scum say Whitman doesn’t deserve public office because she employed this immigrant? Gee, another leftist insane turn around, total contradiction & more slimy hypocrisy ? Does it ever stop?
We’ll see a lot more slime before November, it’s all these vicious degenerates have.
“a man’s admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him”. Tocqueville
From my vantage point, thia Alinsky tactic has worked marvelously
civil truth (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 7:11PM EDT (link)For several days, now the newspapers have been talking scandal, painting a picture of cover-up, and demanding answers from Whitman, while totally ignoring any issues with Allred.
How convenient this was timed just before the debate scheduled for Spanish-TV that would be the main gateway for Whitman to make inroads into the Hispanic community.
Instead, the Democrats have hijacked the event, with the media’s help, to give an air of damaged goods around Whitman. By the time these interviews and the charges are refuted, no one will be around to hear it and the papers will cover it minimally – and the damage will have been done.
Here’s the Fox report on today’s debate – and if this is how Fox is covering it, imagine what the other networks are doing:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/02/whitman-blames-opponent-housekeeper-flap/
Key paragraphs:
Meanwhile, Brown is able to position himself above it all.
Very uncanny parallels to the credit crisis – how Obama was allowed to stay above it all – and how it hijacked the debates.
Score: Alinksy 2, Whitman 0
The greatest evil…is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern. -C.S. Lewis
Has anyone checked out Brown and Allred?
doncorleone Saturday, October 2nd at 9:41PM EDT (link)Whilst everyone was condemning that kid who was trying to “punk” that complicit news network operative, maybe they should sic him on these two, “pure as the wind driven snow”, individuals and their hiring practices of domestic help. When will republicans and Conservatives learn that politics is a street fight?
You know the left is scared
theBlur (Diary) Saturday, October 2nd at 11:40PM EDT (link)Right now, they are throwing everything they have against the wall, a month out from the election, because they know in their souls that their little adventure in socialism is heading into the crapper. It is no wonder they try stuff like this, in years past they would get away with it.
I am not a fan of Greta, but she simply made All-Bad look like a fool in her interview.
Whitman should use this
georgeinla (Diary) Sunday, October 3rd at 12:48AM EDT (link)to drive a stake through the heart of the whole illegal immigration scam. It’s just a ripe target waiting for her to move forward . . .
. . . first, she did absolutely nothing wrong, and that’s actually a very difficult thing to do. If she had suspected that the documents presented originally were fraudulent, she could be sued for discrimination and immigration document abuse. By the U.S. Department of Justice in fact.
If she had used the Social Security letter to fire her housekeeper, she could’ve been sued for discrimination and immigration document abuse. By the U.S. Department of Justice. The letter itself explicitly states that it has nothing to do with immigration status, and should not be used in that fashion.
If she had not fired the housekeeper when the housekeeper informed her that she was not legally in the country, she could have been sued for knowingly employing an illegal immigrant. By the U.S. Department of Justice.
The housekeeper on the other hand has admitted to the following: (1) entering the country illegally; (2) working in the country without proper authorization; (3) fraudulently obtaining and presenting documents to her employer and to the federal government; (4) attempting to blackmail Meg Whitman into pulling some (probably illegal) strings to obtain a green card for her; (5) remaining in the country illegally, even after acknowledging it to her former employer; and (6) vindictively targeted Whitman for personal destruction because of Whitman’s insistence on following the law.
Even worse, this housekeeper is Exhibit A of the kind of entitlement present in the mindset of a person who is in the country illegally and feels comfortable admitting that fact in front of literally millions of people on live television. And of a mindset that is willing to blackmail her way into citizenship, and who is waiting for the Democrats to deliver on their promise of amnesty for all illegal aliens such as herself.
Meg Whitman should explain this story over and over to the voters, every detail, just harp on it. And all the while demanding that Ms. Santillan and anyone known by the authorities to be in the country illegally be deported from the country post haste. She’d be elected in a landslide, and America would have finally a enjoyed a truly enlightening “teachable moment” in the debate on illegal immigration. Unfortunately, she’ll more likely continue to cow . . .
Hi. I am a moby Greenie lawyer from Los Angeles who was not nearly smart enough to hide my tracks. Please assess my opinions accordingly.
Yes, of course we need Whitman to win.
longrangedeath Monday, October 4th at 7:22AM EDT (link)NO COMPRENDO: TRANSLATION BREAKDOWN AT WHITMAN, BROWN DEBATE…
However, do you know what I’m hearing?
I’m hearing that “hedging,” so common with politicians of either ilk, when asked a question, the answer upon which the politician is aware, his or her electibility depends heavily.
Why not make that bold and Constitutional answer?
The one which says, “I’m fully aware of the power and weight of the 25% Spanish electorate. It is to those VOTING citizens who have moved methodically and Legally through the immigration process to achieve said priviliges of American Citizenship, that I say, ‘no one will step ahead of a Legal Resident Alien’s place in line with blanket amnesty. No amnesty at all-period.’ We dont reward illegal behavior with a prize. American Citizenship is earned and not for barter or sale at any price. If a person enters this country without the proper procedure, that individual has automaticaly committed a crime.
For the students who have somehow managed to game the system so as to obtain a degree at American Taxpayers’ expense- now it’s time to pay the piper. This is a nation of laws and just because it may not play compassionate in feel-good politics, there is no wiggle room on my stance. You will need to return to your country of origin and begin the process anew.”
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
–James Madison– speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788
Except that what I'm hearing is that she is saying this....
acat (Diary) Monday, October 4th at 8:08AM EDT (link)in that she’s pointing out that it’s Brown (via his flying monkey Allred) who has put the former housekeeper in the INS crosshairs, and specifically the quote “This is a very tough situation, but I don’t think it’s fair to the people who are here in California legally,”
I don’t think you can parse that in a way that says Whitman isn’t making the constitutional answer, but she’s doing so in a way that’s not as directly confrontational as you apparently would prefer.
Mew
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You're right...
longrangedeath Monday, October 4th at 8:17AM EDT (link)Political Correctness is and has been a scourge on this country for far too long. Liberals and Conservatives both have this disease to some degree.
It manifests itself in the erroneous conflation of courtesy with truth.
The glaring truth is steadfast…the majority of those individuals advocating for amnesty, open borders, and any other progressive immigration policy(ies), are non voters. You see, Voters are Citizens…(one can only hope 100%).
Citizens whether Natural Born or Naturalized have gone through the gauntlet and as such have an either greater, or new found understanding of the VALUE of being an American. They don’t appreciate others getting in front of them after a two hour wait at Disneyworld-metaphorically speaking.
Pandering to people who DON’T vote is just foolhardy. I want Constitutional Conservatives…not quasi-RINOs.
We’re past the point of, “settling for close enough.”
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
–James Madison– speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788
You're right...
longrangedeath Monday, October 4th at 8:17AM EDT (link)Political Correctness is and has been a scourge on this country for far too long. Liberals and Conservatives both have this disease to some degree.
It manifests itself in the erroneous conflation of courtesy with truth.
The glaring truth is steadfast…the majority of those individuals advocating for amnesty, open borders, and any other progressive immigration policy(ies), are non voters. You see, Voters are Citizens…(one can only hope 100%).
Citizens whether Natural Born or Naturalized have gone through the gauntlet and as such have an either greater, or new found understanding of the VALUE of being an American. They don’t appreciate others getting in front of them after a two hour wait at Disneyworld-metaphorically speaking.
Pandering to people who DON’T vote is just foolhardy. I want Constitutional Conservatives…not quasi-RINOs.
We’re past the point of, “settling for close enough.”
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
–James Madison– speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788
Because that position has played so well at the ballot box before, eh?
acat (Diary) Monday, October 4th at 11:22AM EDT (link)Seriously.
2010 will be different, but elections and statements during the campaign do have to be tuned to the voting audience. That’s not “political correctness”, that’s called winning.
Also, the time to bitch and moan about RINOs is during the primary, not the general.
Mew
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One more thing...
longrangedeath Monday, October 4th at 8:36AM EDT (link)This is the specific catalyst for my post…
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/la-me-1003-brown-whitman-debate-20101003,0,4777097.story
Copied and pasted from the, Los Angeles Times: Whitman was repeatedly pressed on whether, once the border is secured, she would allow a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants here; she refused to answer and instead repeated her campaign platform of securing the border and creating a temporary guest worker program.
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
–James Madison– speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788
First, the Reply button is your friend. Second, the LA Times? Really?
acat (Diary) Monday, October 4th at 11:34AM EDT (link)Third, what do you really expect her to say?
If she says what you want, that is “go back home and play by the rules next time”, Brown will turn it on her and the “racist” shouts do still scare some of the more stupid moderates.
If she says what you fear, “path to citizenship, sure, fine, whatever”, the conservative vote is suppressed.
In any case, you’re looking at a single issue – Perhaps you should ask yourself who you want signing off on the inevitable redistricting based on the 2010 census .. Moonbeam Brown, or Meg?
Mew
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