The South Carolina Republican Debate has brought out some of the worst racism of any debate so far. Rick Perry decided to recall the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War by telling the applauding audience that “South Carolina is at war with the Federal government” over voting rights and immigration. He said the Feds...
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The latest indication that Rick Perry’s re-enactment of the Hindenberg disaster is nearing its fiery conclusion came this week when he named America’s most racist sheriff head of his Arizona presidential campaign. Joe Arpaio is supposed to rescue the Texas zeppelin. Perry, who once accused Mitt Romney of not having a heart on immigration,...
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Rick Perry’s Oops! Moment, or moments, last week came when he said there were eight members of the Supreme Court and denounced the only Latina member, without knowing her name. We have a citizenship test for immigrants, why not for presidential candidates? Question Number 39 on the test asks how many members of the...
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The question after last week’s Republican debate was whether Newt Gingrich had destroyed his candidacy by advocating a partial legalization of some undocumented immigrants. The answer in polls conducted this week is that he hasn’t (yet). In fact, in one early state he may have significantly helped himself, and his critic-in-chief Mitt Romney may...
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The New York Times reports that Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio has just endorsed Rick Perry for President: Gov. Rick Perry of Texas on Tuesday said he would back a federal law “to detain and to deport every illegal alien that we apprehend.” Mr. Perry, in his most expansive comments about illegal immigration since last...
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Steve Colbert’s take on the Republicans who don’t have a heart on immigration and the new practice of chaining undocumented women to their beds while they are in labor. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive
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Rick Perry’s devastating loss in the Florida Straw Poll is being blamed on his moderate position on immigration, particularly his support for the Texas DREAM Act. Last year, many of us, including myself, believed that Republican opposition to any immigration reform could be overcome by focusing on granting legal status to young people brought...
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Michael Shear at the  New York Times analyzes Rick Perry’s tough spot on immigration. As with John McCain in 2008, Perry is drawing Republican boos whenever he calls for even a tiny bit of moderation on immigration. Here is a bit of what Shear had to say: At the debate here on Thursday night,...
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Tonight’s loudest boos at the Google-Fox News Republican Debate were directed against Rick Perry when he defended DREAMers. Michele Bachmann opened on Perry telling the audience that the U.S. needed to end tax funded “benefits” for the children of the undocumented. Mitt Romney dug into Perry’s Texas DREAM Act saying “I don’t see how...
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Steve McMahon says immigrant college students are on welfare
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