The Pink Flamingo :: Lou Dobbs as George Wallace

“…If anti-Hispanic sentiment is allowed to keep growing, we will soon have an underclass of 12 million immigrants that will feel not only frustrated by not having a legal path to citizenship but increasingly insulted by mainstream media.I am a fourth generation American Hispanic with family roots in Arizona dating back to the late 1800s. I have traveled to 19 counties. While culture and beauty can be found around the globe, the genius of the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights and of utmost importance, the 14 amendment, provide for equal protection of all persons residing in the United States. This is what places America at the pinnacle of world nations — past and future. No other country has a blindfolded Lady Justice that mandates justice is blind. This is why I choose to be an American. Each day I receive 200-300 hate emails bashing me as an Hispanic migrant with the usual message — go back to Mexico. Each time I write an article or editorial on immigration reform, the number of hate emails increase dramatically. Last year during the marches, there were even threatening phone calls I reported to the FBI….”

TANCREDO OUTRAGE OF THE DAY
Tancredo demands kids testifying about The Dream Act be immediately arrested.

“…they were stunned when Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), a presidential candidate who has made a name for himself as a hard-liner on immigration, called for the three students - all of whom have been in the United States for over a decade - to be arrested. The Democrats are promoting legislation known as the Dream Act, which would give permanent residency status to certain children of illegal aliens, but only if they came to the country before age 16 and had graduated from high school. Supporters say the measure, which will see a vote tomorrow in the Senate, is very narrowly tailored.Tancredo has obviously seen a political opening with the situation. "I call on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to detain any illegal aliens at this press conference," said Tancredo, who claims to have alerted federal authorities about the well publicized press conference. "Just because these illegal aliens are being used for political gain doesn’t mean they get immunity from the law. If we can’t enforce our laws inside the building where American laws are made, where can we enforce them?”…”

LOU DOBBS = GEORGE WALLACE
Morris Dees of the SPLC said that Lou Dobbs will be remembered like George Wallace.

“…Latino workers, as well as other immigrants, come to the United States primarily for jobs, Dees said, sometimes migrating here because failed U.S. policies adversely affected conditions in their own countries. If there was a 30-day work stoppage by every undocumented worker, he said, the effects on the U.S. economy could be staggering. They are part of the fabric now. “America is great because of its diversity and differences, not in spite of them,” he said.

One day, Dees said, CNN’s Lou Dobbs “will be depicted like George Wallace,” the Alabama governor who preached segregation and fanned the flames of racial animosity and division. Dobbs has been a leading voice in arguing against any form of amnesty or refuge for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants already settled in the United States….”

LOU DOBBS VOTER TO DECIDE!
Christopher Gacek at the Politico said the Lou Dobbs voter will help decide this election (God help us all!)

“…The politics of the Lou Dobbs voters are still fluid, because neither party has moved to gain their support. The Democrats are too busy kowtowing to immigration interest groups as they look to import future voting blocs, and the Republicans are too beholden to big business globalists, trade ideologues and open-border libertarians…”

Read the comments. They are terrifying. Then, add the information about the Tsongas victory in MA and some questionable polling and this is a bit scary.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
The “Lou Dobbs Voters” have created a climate of fear and oppression in Prince William County.
What you might want to note is the fact that the economy in Prince William County seems to be on a down-tick, so they are turning on Hispanics.

Hispanic racism is growing.
WPost
THE CLIMATE OF FEAR

“…Few Hispanics believe statements by rabid anti-immigration radio and television hosts who say they only oppose ''illegal immigration.'' When asked what fuels the current anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States, 64 percent of Hispanics in the poll mentioned one factor: ''racism against immigrants from Latin America.''

Every day statements are made on radio and television that go far beyond the boundaries of fair debate over the need to fix the U.S. immigration system, and that twists the facts in ways that make it difficult to believe in the good faith of those who make them.

Carlos Oppenheimer writes, ''It's not just what fear mongers such as CNN's Lou Dobbs or radio talk show hosts Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage allow to be said in their shows, which systematically blame Hispanics for many of America's ills. Prominent academics such as Harvard University political scientist Samuel Huntington are getting away with sweeping statements such as America's Hispanic immigration deluge . . . constitutes a major potential threat to the cultural and possibly political integrity of the United States.''

Oppenheimer further writes, ''While the 44 million Hispanics are the biggest minority in America, you don't see the kind of nationwide protests, legal actions or calls for boycotts on a scale that you would probably see if these statement were directed against African Americans or Jewish Americans. When you visit the website of the NAACP, one of the first things you see is an NAACP 'Stop' Campaign headline, which is a call to action against racism in the media. The NAACP and other African American groups regularly launch name-and-shame campaigns, and most recently forced the firing of radio host Don Imus over an April comment calling the Rutgers University women's basketball team 'nappy-headed hos.'"

"On the National Council of La Raza's website, you don't find a similar emphasis on fighting bigotry. The group's main theme is 'Ya es hora!,' a voter registration drive conducted alongside the Spanish-language Univisión network and other Hispanic organizations aimed at adding two million new Hispanic votes for the 2008 election."

La Raza President Janet Murguia conceded in an interview with Oppenheimer, ''Hispanics need to do more to fight back against bigotry in the media.''

Yet, Janet Murguia is a frequent guest on Lou Dobbs' Broken Borders. Each time she visits Dobbs, she contributes to the television program's ratings and Dobbs viewers chuckle as to how inept an Hispanic leader can be for being ambushed time after time and continuously smiling as Dobbs bashes Hispanics. The Dobbs Murguia comedy duo has Dobbs playing the straight man and Murguia portraying the funny, unintelligent and unorthodox comic foil. The better choice for Murguia would be to boycott the show and not provide a platform for Dobbs each day attacking migrants for being responsible for the demise of the United States….”

JIM GILCHRIST AGAINST SOLVING CRIMES!
I love doing a ‘hit’ head line like this against Gilchrist. There is a new visa program that is just starting. It allows illegals who are victims of violent crime and will testify against those who perpetrated the crimes to stay here. Naturally Gilchrist is against it.

“…People who apply for the visa must submit a letter from the law enforcement agency handling their cases that states they are assisting investigators, Upson said. They can obtain work permits while their case is investigated. The law also allows people who stay in the country continuously for three years to apply for permanent residency, Upson said. A total of 10,000 of the visas will be available each fiscal year. Some groups oppose the visa.

"I'm against it," said Jim Gilchrist, founder and president of the Minuteman Project. "The trade-off is we allow people to violate one set of laws in order to enforce other laws."