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December 03, 2005

Howard Dean: Heartthrob of the RNC

The Republican Party will use the immigration issue to divide the country, he says.
See if you can find the funny in this snippet:

"Once again, the Republicans created problems so they think they can come in and solve them," Dean told DNC members meeting in Phoenix.

Thousands of illegal immigrants cross America's borders each year to work better-paying jobs.

Heh, as the man says.

Dean said the government should have an "earned legalization" program in which immigrants who contribute to society and pay taxes should be able to earn the right to become citizens.

So the incentive to legally enter the country is...?

The DNC chairman also criticized Bush for not working with Mexico to confront America's immigration problems. "Work with Mexico to improve economies in rural America and rural Mexico, and you will stop the flood of people wanting to come to America," Dean said.

DAMMIT. If he weren't so dreamy, I'd almost be getting angry with him here.

Mexico has a successful economic model to follow if it chooses, right here in plain sight, where it has been for a couple centuries. We aren't exactly keeping it a secret, guys.
And yet Mexico's government is quasi-socialist, corrupt as all get-out, and prints pamphlets on how to illegally cross into the U.S.
And we give them aid money.

What, precisely, are we supposed to help them with?

Howard, can you get a little more specific?

Seriously, you're losing me. I'm just a small businesswoman. Speak slowly and use the little words.

posted by LauraW. at 09:13 PM

Comments

I have read several reports (all of which I can't find now-- typical) that state money sent back to Mexico by illegals outpaces the country's income in cement and oil. We're their ATM; why should they change? They certainly don't have to, irrespective of their vast resources and, what, the 10th largest economy in the world (?).

Posted by: ArmChair in sin on December 3, 2005 09:46 PM

Use little words, and lots of colorful pictures. All to make the majority of the populace realive that their interests are not with the Democrats.

Boo-Yeah! Thanks, Howie!

Posted by: Mikey on December 3, 2005 10:13 PM

I see. When Republicans design and push a program like NAFTA over the objection of most Democrats they are trying to screw the American worker and send jobs to Mexico. But when they get serious about border security they are racist.

It takes some serious mental gymnastics to be a Democrat.

Posted by: JackStraw on December 3, 2005 10:22 PM

You still think Howie is dreamy Laura?

I though you had transfered your affections to another lefty--and dang I can't remember who it was.

Posted by: Lipstick on December 3, 2005 10:24 PM

Dean said the government should have an "earned legalization" program in which immigrants who contribute to society and pay taxes should be able to earn the right to become citizens.

And don't forget to vote Democrat, kids. Several times in each election, if you can swing it.

Posted by: Sean M. on December 3, 2005 10:29 PM

Was the funny "thousands" instead of "millions?"

Posted by: Knemon on December 3, 2005 10:53 PM

More interesting to me in this story, is that our dear Governor Janet Napolitano, again left town for Howie's visit. She flew the coop the last time he came to town!

The local talk radio hosts were wondering if this was a coincidence, or if she's avoiding Howie...I wonder too!

Posted by: JannyMae on December 3, 2005 11:55 PM

another dem hypocisy is thast if we did close the borders to illegal imm, then wages for usa workers would go up - something dems usually campaighn on - higher wages.

but then the dems are in a bind on imm: they don;t want to lose the hisp vote, and they fear if they seem to tugh on mex imm that it will cost them this bloc.

conservatives are not hypocrits on this; they're simple and their policy is understandable: let's enforce the laws and protect the border.

which is why it shold be FRONT BURNER between now an nov 2006.

IOW: it ain't just howeird dean's problem; it's a dem thing. and we should HAMMER it home.

Posted by: reliapundit on December 4, 2005 12:24 AM

It takes some serious mental gymnastics to be a Democrat.

Pick an effin' topic at random. It's no less true.

Posted by: VRWC Agent on December 4, 2005 12:34 AM

"I'm just a small businesswoman"

5'2" in heels ain't so bad. And I know a little German.

Posted by: skinbad on December 4, 2005 01:15 AM

Howard Dean is great for Republicans...

Karl Rove does it again!!!

Posted by: Leo on December 4, 2005 04:44 AM

Apparently no one told Dean that free trade was the best way to help those people.

Posted by: TallDave on December 4, 2005 04:45 AM

Well that would turn off the antiglobalization crowd. Gotta keep those assholes happy, you know.

God forbid a brown person should work in a factory in their own country.

Posted by: lauraw on December 4, 2005 10:34 AM

Hard to imagine that Howie was an MD before he left his malpractice to go into politics in the People's Republic of Vermontistan.

Posted by: Border Reiver on December 4, 2005 10:48 AM

When I was a kid, Vermont was still at least 60% hillbilly, the way God intended.

Now mostly cute antique stores and faux-rustic summer homes for college professors.

Blech.

The men still wear flannel shirts in Vermont, but now they do it ironically.

Posted by: lauraw on December 4, 2005 10:57 AM

Help them? WTH?

Sheesh, the dems are all over us for "helping" Israel, but now they want to take the position to help....

Oh, of course. Helping the Mexicans get here provides the democratic base with all those illegal votes and voter fraud. How else could Nancy Pelosi stay in office?

Posted by: William Thrash on December 4, 2005 03:51 PM

The People's Republic of Mexico is nearly the place people like Dean wish to take our country. If the country wasn't so corrupt, if the politicians would allow the people to make a reasonable wage (linked to the economy in general, not to an "Ivory Tower" concept), and if the people could trust the government enforcement people (all the way from Federales to local gendarmes), then our country wouldn't be bleeding economically like a stuck pig.

"They only take the jobs even a black man wouldn't do." That is the newest Big Lie. In virtually any city, town or village in our country there are illegals in jobs ANYONE else would love, but they take them at such a reduced rate no one else will do the same work for the same (reduced) rate.

So, they use our schools, hospitals and emergency services; they cause unemployment to be artificially high; they force citizens onto the public dole; they have significantly higher arrest and incarceration rates, and recidivism; and they send a ton of dollars out of our economy to their own.

Tell me again how much they aren't hurting the United States by being here illegally?

Posted by: Carlos on December 4, 2005 06:38 PM

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Correction: I wrote that Labour is losing 88% (now 87%) of the seats it is "defending." I think that's wrong. The right way to say it is the seats they are contesting -- that is, they don't necessarily already hold these seats, but they have put up a candidate to run for the seat. It's still very bad but not as bad as losing 87% of the seats they already held.

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🚨ED MILIBAND [a Minister in Starmer's government] SAYS KEIR STARMER WILL RESIGN AS PRIME MINISTER

He has reportedly reassured Labour MP's that Starmer will be resigning following the disastrous results tonight

It's over

"The end of the two party system in the UK" as first the Fake Conservatives and now Labour chooses political suicide rather than simply STOPPING THE INVASION
Incidentally, the only reason this didn't already happen in the US is because of the Very Bad Orange Man (who is right on 85% of all policy calls and extremely, existentially right on 15% of them)

No political party that is NOT also a doomsday religious cult would EVER choose a cataclysmic loss -- and possible extinction as a party -- to support a toxically unpopular favoritism of NON-CITIZEN ILLEGAL MIGRANTS over actual citizen voters.

Only a cult does this.

Now they've lost 84%.

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If this continues Labour loses 2,148 seats tonight.

That is much worse than the worst case predictions I’ve seen.

Cataclysmic

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Yup, Labour is losing 80% of its seats...

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br> If this continues, Keir Starmer will be out of office next week.

Reform has surged and projected to pick up between 1700-2100 seats.

Wow, up to 1700-2100 seats. It's not incredible that this is happening. It's incredible that the Davos crowd is so absolutely determined to privilege Muslim "migrants" over the actual native population who elects them, no matter how loudly the natives scream that they want to be prioritized, that they will gladly self-extinguish as a party rather than simply representing the interests of their own voters. Astonishing.
Remember, when they call other people "cultists" -- they are the ones so imprisoned in their social reinforcement and discipline bubbles that they will choose political death rather than dare upset the Karen Enforcement Officers of their cult.
Update: Now they've lost 83% of the seats they were defending.

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