How to put the immigration issue back in the box

[Joe Fields]

Back in the box, or bag of republican tricks, is where the issue of immigration belongs right now.

If it were a food, immigration would be an appealing side dish, one that would distract you from your main course of meat and potatoes. You could skip the meat and potatoes and concentrate wholly on your scrupmtuous looking side dish. The dish eventually fills you up, and you have no room for the main course. What a pity.

Immigration IS AN INTENTIONAL SIDE COURSE ISSUE, PEOPLE, designed by the republicans to distract you from the main course that is giving most Americans indigestion right now. This fact was made obvious a couple of days ago, when it was made known by republican leader Dennis Hastert that any legislation most likely would not become voted on until after the mid-terms. In other words, they want this side course to simmer as long as possible. Can't you smell the aroma?

So , how do we put this issue back in the box for the time being, and concentrate on the main course, which is shining a kleig light on all of the administrations failures, tying republicans up for re-election to those failures, and revving up an impeachment campaign?

We are most likely to have to stage protest marches that not only rival those recent marches by latinos, but far exceed them. Marchers in the hundreds of thousands. We must outdo what has recently been done, and not by a little bit. We will have to stage the largest marches known to Americans since the 1960's.

The way I see it, that's how we put this immigration issue to rest for the time being. For so far, no matter what we have done to this point, the media has given us short shrift.

I still advocate an accellerated letter writing, e-mail, call-in, contact a politician campaign, but to get the world's attention, we have to march like Parisians, minus the violence, of course.

[AndyA]

1. I agree, we need to get off the immigration issue and focus

on the real issues. This was rolled out as a diversion, so we must have been getting close to something sensitive. We need to get off the immigration issue, and focus on the real issues this year. Have we learned nothing?

Don't let the Republicans divert our attention again - focus on the bread and butter issues, and leave the other fluff alone!

[Joe Fields]

2. If we don't we will surely get indigestion!

[KharmaTrain]

3. Leave It Alone...Short Attention Spans Prevail

Every time this issue comes up, it divides Repugnicans further. A year ago, you'd hear Repugnicans bitch about this issue but it wasn't enough to split with their manchild over...now that's not the case...and if it continues to bubble up now and then, it will do even more damage.

The Repugnicans are chasing their tails...as you have two camps that aren't going to give quarter. There's the Rohrbachers and Minutemen who want to coral every last Mexican up and ship them back, then build a 5 mile high fence, moat and drawbridge. On the other side you've got the ranchers, farmers, meat packers and other "booosh pioneer" donors who want the "guest labor" without the responsibility for their welfare, paying a decent wage and to find other tax loopholes. The money will win out. In the meantime, the Repugnicans are trying to play this issue into codewords that are supposed to scare up the base. Democrats didn't create this issue and should sit back and watch these two sides beat each other up...and they will.

Be assured the next scandal or "big thing" is just a newscast away. There's more Abramoff goodies on the way, Fitz is still working hard on his cases, the media's slow awakening to this regime's abuses means new stories will constantly pop out...and to counter those, Rove is sure to have his own slate of pot boilers. Right now this issue distracts from the security fuck-up regarding the Dubai port deal...soon the focus will be shifted onto something else...like gay adoption or more tax cuts for the rich or some meaningless "lobbying reform".

Manipulation of the media is what this regime does very, very well...we can't be sucked in and play or be played by it.

[Joe Fields]

4. I think you have mis-interpreted the intent of my post.

This issue is not going away. It is fuel for the fire of republican sleight of hand, much like the gay marriage issue a couple of years ago.

Whether repubs are divided on this issue or not, it fuelds the republican base and throws off the scent of scandals.

Repubs are desperate these days, and anything that takes the voters minds off of their complicity to the failed and illegal policies of this administration is most welcome.

I want more than anything for this issue to go away, but it doesn't seem to be. I see too many repub talking heads and politicians willing to have their faces plastered all over TV, in order to keep this debate simmering.

Like I said, if we don't change what we are chewing on, we will get indigestion from it.

[snappyturtle]

5. K&R I'm surprised your thread......

hasn't received more attention!!!!!!!!!!!! It's so-o critical that we don't lose this immigration issue. Our entire way of life is at stake. Last night on "REAL TIME" Bill Maher interviewed a Hispanic News anchor and he said that Americans don't realize the demographic changes that are enveloping our country. Also, that in 120 years the United States of America will be overwhelmingly of Hispanic decent.......better brush up on my Spanish! Do we want this?

I feel sorry for the poor in Mexico BUT, I think we need to take care of ourselves first.....THEN we can help persuade, whatever, better ways for the Mexican people IN Mexico!!!! I'm 58 years old and I feel that I will live long enough (good genes!) to see the merger of the United States with Mexico and Canada....wonder what the flag will look like? There will probably be some sort of contest in the fuedal state to design such flag! Where are my crayons?