It’s an Open Question. See I think a lot of the people who make up a large part of the “Conservative Majority” we hear so much talk about actually do think Geraldo Rivera *is* one. And that’s where all the extrapolation about “Conservative Majorities” runs right off the rails.

People hear things like that, they think: “Oh, we’ve got more than 50%!” In reality, 40% of that 50% are people who think Geraldo Rivera is Conservative because of his facial hair.

Not to take anything away from Geraldo, really. I’d prefer him light years over Lautenberg. But man, the doppler shift is just amazing. Let’s see how badly Lautenberg and Cory Booker are willing to fight each other. It could be the Geraldo Rivera Comeback of the New Century!

Been living in one of the most Rep counties in the PRNJ for 30+ years, by Jersey standards Geraldo is pretty moderate. Real conservative wouldn’t stand a chance in a statewide election (think Scott Brown). BTW Christie is not much more conservative than GR.
Really like the open thread idea, so much stuff going on that people may only have time for a link and a couple lines.

He does put the “Q” in Qwazy.

Oh, you gave me a great idea for the title each day. RedState’s Watercooler Daily Open Thread.

Great idea, wcp! Glad you tried it today. Look forward to interesting posts!

Random thought on e-verify: As someone who processes multiple payrolls several times a month, I never understood how all of these illegal immigrants keep getting paid for jobs. In order to deduct wages/salaries as an expense, an employer is generally required to have a social security number to deduct and report taxes that are withheld. You can get away with “paying cash” (i.e. no taxes) for some jobs for limited time but it seems like the rules are set up to force an employer to make everyone an employee instead of a contract cash worker. I asked my CPA how companies get away with this a few years ago and she said many times the employers are unknowingly given a fake social security number. Until the first payroll reports are filed, the employer has no way to know that the SSN is not legitimate. It usually takes the government several months or close to a year, depending on whether it’s the state or Feds, to get a notice to the company. When they confront the employee, they just leave and move on to the next job. I realize some of these illegal immigrants are paid cash by individuals to clean houses, babysit, yard work, etc. but those kind of jobs are certainly not employing 11 million of them. I assume forcing e-verify will help stop some of this abuse of the system? Why have we not done this decades ago? What are the objections? Are both parties in Congress not supporting this or is it just one of them? Seems logical to me that if the jobs aren’t here there wouldn’t be nearly as many people wanting to cross that border.

rbdwiggins, come again. I’ve put images in my diaries, still a bit tricky to left-center and wrap text, and it takes multiple attempts. But you were able to insert that MP3 into a diary that wasn’t yours. Do tell although I’m more interested in inserting images from Flickr or videos from YouTube.

Another good one! So many clever God-loving, gun-loving, American-loving patriots out there! Oh, if you can, given an opportune time, post the first one, the “it’s too heavy to carry a policeman”…that’d be great!