Rohrabacher: "I have no comment" on "foul odor" emanating from president

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House Conservatives Blast Immigration Bill
- By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON, (AP) -- House conservatives criticized President Bush, accused the Senate of fouling the air, said prisoners rather than illegal farm workers should pick America's crops and denounced the use of Mexican flags by protesters Thursday in a vehement attack on legislation to liberalize U.S. immigration laws. "I say let the prisoners pick the fruits," said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California, one of more than a dozen Republicans who took turns condemning a Senate bill that offers an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants an opportunity for citizenship.

"Anybody that votes for an amnesty bill deserves to be branded with a scarlet letter A," said Rep. Steve King of Iowa, referring to a guest worker provision in the Senate measure... Not a word was spoken in defense of the Senate bill and even Bush was not spared criticism. "I don't think he's concerned about alienating voters, he's not running for re-election," said Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado... Referring to a wave of demonstrations in recent weeks, Rep. Virgil Goode of Virginia said, "I say if you are here illegally and want to fly the Mexican flag, go to Mexico and wave the American flag."

King analyzed the issue in class terms. "The elite class in America is becoming a ruling class and they've made enough money by hiring cheap illegal labor that they think they also have some kind of a right to cheap servants to manicure their nails and their lawn, for example. So this ruling class, this new ruling class of America, is expanding a servant class in America at the expense of the middle class of America, the blue collar of America that used to be able to punch a time clock, buy a modest house and raise their families. ... Those young people are cut out of this process." ...

Rohrabacher said Americans should be able to "smell the foul odor that's coming out of the U.S. Senate." Asked a few moments later whether the same odor was emanating from the president, he said, "I have no comment."...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/30/national/w141912S10.DTL

[babylonsister]

1. This from the guy who wrote a letter of support for Abramoff? Oh,

the irony! :rofl:

[rucky]

2. But his shit has a distinctively different smell.

according to him.

[Vidar]

6. Brimstone & putrifying flesh.

[muntrv]

3. Uh Steve King,

you're the one that enables the ruling class. And regarding your talk of blue collar America, I'm betting that you are one of the many hypocrites who oppose paying living wages while yapping about illegal aliens.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Hold on to your wallets, everybody

When a Republican like King starts trying to sound like populist to promote racism, it's time to hold on to your wallets.

[LiviaOlivia]

5. Lest we forget: "Dana's Great Adventures With The Taliban"

[951-Riverside]

7. Nice try Rohrabacher/Rove but Bush is still an Idiot that shouldnt be Pres

[LiviaOlivia]

8. kick this back up!

[LastDemocratInSC]

9. If they ever read about Teddy Roosevelt and the robber barons ...

... all these Repuglicans will end up forming a new Democratic Party. Back to the Future, baby!

[standup]

10. The Bush cult is falling apart

[Supersedeas]

11. Isn't saying no comment under the circumstances like saying "I'm a coward"

[Ufomammut]

12. Sulphur? Fire and brimstone?