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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:53 PM Original message |
Why did w's immigration bill piss off the repubs when nothing else did? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Racism |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Bingo. Their base. n./t |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Yes. They also got mad when he was going to "allow" a company bought by non-Anglos to operate some |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I think there were "a few" here at DU that opposed the Dubai ports |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Yes, the Birch Society talking points were going around this place too |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Or perhaps it the last vestiges of a party which used to support us workers. n/t |
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Alpharetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a great question |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. He's taking away a wedge issue |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Ding...ding...ding! We have a winner! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. chimpy let them down by letting corporate interests trump bigotry. |
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jedicord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yard, you nailed it. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. It took away a talking point |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, not pardoning Scooter has 'em pissed, too. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. Their xenophobia must trump their hero worship |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because their belief system is rooted in keeping people oppressed |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Social conservatives are |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. ........... |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. Aren't there two questions |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. They're afraid of losing their low wage job. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. Why now? |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. The 25%ers, the guest workers, & the captains of industry & repub voters. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. The truth is, they like keeping Latinos illegal. Illegals will work cheaper! |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That's what I'm thinking |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. If that is their plan, they had better hope that it fails in the Senate. |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. The rhetoric of border enforcement |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Right on |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Woop. There it is. |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Woop, there it is. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. No. You misdiagnose the problem |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. The only options to "amnesty" are for the 12 million to remain here |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. They'll return home if prospective employers fear jail for illegally employing them. n/t |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Indeed, that is the point I made in my first paragraph. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Republicans didn't get power by relying upon the moneyed elite alone. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I was just thinking along the same lines. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. For every push there is a pull |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
19. You are talking in circles |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I unhypocritically agree, no need to apologize. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. awww, did I sound apologetic? |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Why the fuck are you people putting up with it? |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Theres a segment in Sicko |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Ouch. Uh... we got Tivo? |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Because of no-fly lists, detention, tasers..... |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. But I think we are getting Tivo here shortly |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
32. If a Democrat pres. failed to get Osama for 5 yrs.... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
36. Some of it is "prideful rat/sinking ship" syndrome... |
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