Gov Dean: 'In 2006 the Repub Strategy is Scapegoat Immigrants'

[kpete]

Dean says Bush 'scapegoating' Hispanics
SCOTT LINDLAW
Associated Press

................

"This is a nonsensical proposal put out by far right-wingers in the Republican Party who have been endorsed for re-election by the president of the United States," Dean said. "The president has a moral obligation to rein in the right-wing extremists in his party and stop this divisive rhetoric about immigrants."

................

Bush has spent much of his career courting Hispanic voters, the nation's fastest-growing voting bloc, and he has helped double the GOP's share of the Hispanic vote since 2000.

Nevertheless, Dean accused Bush and fellow Republicans of demagoguery in the immigration debate, saying it fit with a long-standing pattern. He cited the president's opposition to the University of Michigan's affirmative-action program and Bush's decision to "pick on" homosexuals - an apparent reference to the gay marriage issue in the 2004 election.

"In 2006 it's immigrants. That's what their strategy is on the Republican side: divide people, scapegoat them, set them aside, point the finger at them," Dean said. "Well, that may be good for the Republican Party, but it's bad for America, and we're not going to do that."

During his remarks criticizing Bush, Dean was interrupted by a shout of "Impeach!"

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/14234812.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

[Greeby]

1. Note to the heckler

If Dean starts calling for impeachment, the Congresscritters will never do it.

Honestly, how many times has Dean been on TV saying what Democrats should be doing, and most of them go and do the exact opposite? Except for the Black/Progressive/OutOfIraq caucus members in the House who were going to do it anyway