Newt Gingrich has become, frankly, a hate-mongering bigot
Newt Gingrich went on Fox last night to peddle more of his hateful, vile garbage regarding the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” which is not at ground zero and is not a major mosque, but an Islamic community center.
“The idea of a 13-story building set up by a group many of whom, frankly, are very hostile to our civilization — and I’m talking now about the people who organized this, many of whom are apologists for sharia, which is a form of law that I think we cannot allow in this country, period,” Gingrich said.
Once again, my longstanding Gingrich Rule proves valid. Whenever the man utters the word “frankly,” what follows is almost always the opposite of frank speech. It is instead absolute baloney. In this case, he alleges that many of the people involved in the proposal to build the Islamic center “frankly, are very hostile to our civilization.”
That’s a serious charge, and neither Gingrich nor anyone else has provided any evidence whatsoever that it is true. With inflammatory remarks of this sort, Gingrich makes Joe McCarthy look measured and responsible.
Any grudging respect I once held for the man is now gone.
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josef nix
July 28th, 2010
1:43 pm
Normal
I simply cannot abide half-literates who come up with this thing that Southern is an exculsive appelation only to a certain element of the so-called “white” population! But then you have been doing some reading elsewhere…
Jay
July 28th, 2010
1:44 pm
Frankly, md, I already have:
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2010/07/21/in-some-ways-feisal-abdul-rauf-is-arabic-for-shirley-sherrod/
Scout
July 28th, 2010
1:44 pm
Jay:
Well, at least you got the word right this time and didn’t call him a racist !
You’re improving !
Doggone/GA
July 28th, 2010
1:45 pm
“How about proving him wrong before sentencing him…………….”
Nope, sorry…it doesn’t work that way. He made the accusation, let’s see his evidence. Otherwise, you’ll have to prove me wrong when I say you murdered that woman who disappeared last week. Come on, prove you didn’t.
theyeshaveit
July 28th, 2010
1:45 pm
moonbat betty,
Obama did NOT fire Sherrod. And don’t worry about old Newt. He will self-destruct.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
1:46 pm
Josef: “For the love of G-d! There are plenty of synagogues in Iran. The Irani Jews are a long established part of the Persian culture…yes, they have been under a great deal of stupid persecution under the current regime and I’m not at all out to defend that pack of lunatics, but the Iranian people do not have a tradition of anti-Semitism.”
yes… I lived in Great Neck, NY (on LOOOG GUYLAND) for part of my youth… I also lived there when I first left NYC after getting married…it is THE Persian Jew Capitol of the East Coast.
Know what I learned from them? How forward thinking and SMART most Iranians are (not just the Persian Jews)… it’s sad that most here in the US think they are camel riding cave dwellers in Iran… yet they are truly one of the most Westernized cultures in the Middle East…and NO…not all of them agree with their leaders…
Seems to me… not all of OUR citizens agree with our leader as well.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
1:47 pm
P.S. to Jay:
“Any grudging respect I once held for the man is now gone.”
But you continue to have respect for Islam (a front for Sharia Law and world conquest) and that doesn’t seem to bother you.
Interesting ………………..
TGT
July 28th, 2010
1:48 pm
Judge blocks key portions of AZ law: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_arizona_immigration
Yes! Along with gay marriage and radical Islam, let’s make the HUGELY popular AZ law even more of a significant topic for the fall election!
josef nix
July 28th, 2010
1:49 pm
Doggone
Why would we need a Confederate Heritage Museum…we already have one at 10th and Peachtree even if the hate mongers do try on occasion to burn it down…we’ve got Stone Mountain…etc. etc. What we DON’T have IS a Southern Heritage Museum and, quite frankly, that’s what we need…it might help to take away some of the hateful, mean-spirited and bigoted clap trap from left and right…
Abrazos
July 28th, 2010
1:49 pm
I do not believe for a minute that Newt is a genuine hate-mongering bigot. He is, however, an amoral hate-mongering OPPORTUNIST looking for an opening to exploit the weakest of human emotion, fear, for his own political gain. He knows fear and reason cannot coexist, so maybe his plan is to keep Republican primary voters so off-balance they won’t think about the unfortunate personal baggage he’s been carrying around, a cynical ploy he calls “leadership”.
The first poster got it right. The guy really is a d-bag.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
1:49 pm
popeye
July 28th, 2010
1:39 pm
And all this time I thought he was saying…”honestly Honey, Frank is just a friend”…
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
1:50 pm
And speaking of hate — suck it all you immigrant haters — the feds won the lawsuit.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
1:50 pm
I agree, and I have an outline to go by…
papagrump
July 28th, 2010
1:51 pm
A mind can be so open that it actually cannot contain anything. Does a country need to be attacked in a very defined moment or event before a liberal will react in it’s defense. You can see the heart attack, but not the cancer. Is their anything about America that is worth defending. If so, how would you do it? All things deemed as “rights” and “freedoms” in this country are usually extrapolated by those would use them only as tools destroy the said same rights and freedoms.
TGT
July 28th, 2010
1:52 pm
Just as the Dem Gov’s feared: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/us/politics/12governors.html?_r=1
“It is such a toxic subject, (at) such an important time for Democrats.”
Yeah, because it is such a losing subject for the Dems.
theyeshaveit
July 28th, 2010
1:52 pm
Saul,
Yes, most of the Iranian Jews had to bail on their country with the revolution in 1979. Lest we forget, Iran is not an Arab country and its language, Farsi, is a member of the Indo-European language family.
godless heathen
July 28th, 2010
1:53 pm
“the weak minded and brainwashed.”
Excellent tag line for an Obamanaut.
TGT
July 28th, 2010
1:53 pm
Whoa there Bosch: “U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled that those sections should be put on hold until the courts resolve the issues.”
It’s not a victory yet.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
1:54 pm
And what the hell is Newt talking about Christianity for — is he one? Oh, yeah, I forgot he suddenly found the Lord a year or two ago.
stands for decibels
July 28th, 2010
1:54 pm
The first poster got it right. The guy really is a d-bag.
A handy tip for times like this, when the correct terminology is critical: Jay’s Blog Bluenose is ok with “douchebag.”
And speaking of hate — suck it all you immigrant haters — the feds won the lawsuit.
Dear me. Where is #1 FOXY LADY when you need her?
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
1:55 pm
Doggone/GA,
“Come on, prove you didn’t.”
I am not saying that Glenn Beck raped and killed a girl in 1990, but I do find it interesting he won’t deny it. Some say he desecrated her remains in a ecstasy induced wiccan ceremony. Some say.
I also find it interesting that I cant find a single entry/item/article ANYWHERE that says Mr. Beck is not a rapist.
I just find it all interesting:
http://gb1990.com/
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
1:56 pm
Uh, no Bosch, the feds didn’t win the AZ lawsuit. They got a temporary INJUNCTION until the legality is settled.
And the issue of whether a state has the right to trump Federal law was specifically NOT settled in the ruling today. Everything was just pushed upstairs.
Nice try, though.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
1:56 pm
josef nix,
“we already have one at 10th and Peachtree even if the hate mongers do try on occasion to burn it down…”
The Federal Reserve Bank?
md
July 28th, 2010
1:56 pm
“Nope, sorry…it doesn’t work that way. ”
Actually, it does work that way or it is known as a “he said she said”.
And Jay, that piece doesn’t prove anything other than you think the gentleman is legit.
Proof – not opinion – from you and Newt.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
1:56 pm
TGT,
Just a matter of time — people need to realize xenophobia, while popular, doesn’t cut it in court.
Outhouse GoKart
July 28th, 2010
1:58 pm
Paint the horse anyway you like. Bottom line is all the spewing of nastiness will still not change the fact that Obama is gonna cost the Dems dearly.
tee hee.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
1:59 pm
papagrump,
“Is their anything about America that is worth defending.”
Uh yeah..the Constitution…why don’t you read it. Start with the Bill of Rights…1st amendment…
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Normal
July 28th, 2010
1:59 pm
papagrump
July 28th, 2010
1:51 pm
So what would you do? Restrict those “rights and freedoms”, in order to preserve them? Do we really need another witch hunt in this country?
Outhouse GoKart
July 28th, 2010
2:00 pm
Paw paw is correct.
godless heathen
July 28th, 2010
2:01 pm
“the feds won the lawsuit.”
Actually four sections of the law were put on hold until courts resolve the issue. It will probably go to the Supreme Court.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
2:01 pm
Jew Cowboy,
You’re in my Bbbrrrraaaaiinnnnnn….
tin can
July 28th, 2010
2:02 pm
THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE IS VERY, VERY NAIVE!
THE IMAM OF THIS MOSQUE WANTS TO IMPLEMENT SHARIA LAW IN THE U.S…..AS STATED IN THE BOOKS HE HAS WRITTEN.
SHARIA LAW STATES THAT:
THERE CAN BE NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THERE IS NO FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
THERE IS NO SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT IS THE STANDARD.
TO READ MORE ABOUT WHAT SHARIA LAW IS, GOOGLE: TOP TEN REASONS WHY SHARIA IS BAD FOR ALL SOCIETIES.
theyeshaveit
July 28th, 2010
2:02 pm
Dave R,
If my defense has just stopped the other team from scoring, I’m feeling pretty good.
Here is what the Associated Press said:
PHOENIX — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona’s immigration law from taking effect, delivering a last-minute victory to opponents of the crackdown.
The overall law will still take effect Thursday, but without the provisions that angered opponents — including sections that required officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws.
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
2:02 pm
And Bosch, if it were xenophobia, I’d agree with you.
But since it is about the rule of law, it’s still an open question.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
2:03 pm
Jewcowboy,
dark in there, huh?
md
July 28th, 2010
2:03 pm
“And speaking of hate — suck it all you immigrant haters — the feds won the lawsuit.”
Ah, such tolerant language from Mr Boschie…………..
Normal
July 28th, 2010
2:04 pm
tin can
July 28th, 2010
2:02 pm
CAN IT!
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
2:05 pm
“Dear me. Where is #1 FOXY LADY when you need her?”
I’m channeling her.
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
2:05 pm
Eyes, the day that an anonymous writer for the Associated Press is a lawyer, I’ll believe their use of the word “victory”.
But in this case, since only an injunction was issued, nothing was settled. No victory ensued. The game is on hold. Your defense didn’t keep a goal from being scored – the refs stopped both teams from playing.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
2:06 pm
md,
I’m not a tolerant person. I just play one on TV.
theyeshaveit
July 28th, 2010
2:07 pm
tin can,
please tell me that you are not using a tin can for a brain. You want to shout and spout? Let’s hear some facts.
AmVet
July 28th, 2010
2:08 pm
16 years ago it was patently obvious that Newt the Nut was complete slimeball. Why wouldn’t he be an even bigger one now?
Oh that’s right! He found religion!
He should be waterboarded. Just for the entertainment value…
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
Normal,
“dark in there, huh?”
**shudder** This is what I saw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqi5F5MqqTQ
If you were to look inside mine…you would see this no doubt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4
md
July 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
Per the AZ law – either way, it was going to the Supremes – both sides would appeal a “loss” – this is just part of the process.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
“I’m not a tolerant person. I just play one on TV.”
Cosmo? Cosmo Kramer?
See what happens when Jerry goes out and leaves his door unlocked as usual…
Hootinanny Yum Yum
July 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
Jay,
How about some commentary on the SEC claiming that sweeping new financial regulations laws exempt the SEC from public disclosure under the FOIA.
Transparency?
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
2:10 pm
Dave R.,
“if it were xenophobia, I’d agree with you”
Dude, seriously, this is about xenophobia. What they should have done is make the law more about the drugs than about the immigrants, because, in reality, that’s what people are skeered about.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
2:10 pm
md,
“Ah, such tolerant language from Mr Boschie…………..”
Where has Bosch ever posted that he was tolerant…and where does this myth that the right holds onto the left proclaims itself tolerate of everything originate from?
josef nix
July 28th, 2010
2:11 pm
jewcowboy
The Federal Reserve, eh? The Cherokee revenge on Andy J. and the white and black folks!
That O’reilley-Leno one was interesting….just get it over with…
theyeshaveit
July 28th, 2010
2:12 pm
Dave R,
No, the ref upon seeing the video denied Arizona the first down. They have lost a time out and the game goes on. Prospects look good for the Feds. Remember that the most controversial part of the Arizona law cannot be enforced, that is, requiring officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws. That is a victory, and we will continue with the season’s schedule.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
2:13 pm
jewcowboy,
“Where has Bosch ever posted that he was tolerant…and where does this myth that the right holds onto the left proclaims itself tolerate of everything originate from?”
I hope md hasn’t started dating mike.
md
July 28th, 2010
2:13 pm
“and where does this myth that the right holds onto the left proclaims itself tolerate of everything originate from?”
I believe it goes back to the “to each his own” mantra from the left. IF that is the case, toleration would be required……………
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
2:13 pm
jewcowboy@ 1:59 pm:
I’m still waiting for papa or any of the others to tell me which things I can strike from our Constitution with my Sharpie if they want to cross out the “freedom of religion” clause….
Sadly…no takers yet…
Though papa was going to hopefully explain our “christian nation” to us…
papa?
Try http://www.wnd.com... you’ll find everything you need there to rewrite our nations laws top fit your own agenda.
papagrump
July 28th, 2010
2:14 pm
The most bigoted people that I have encountered in this country are:
1. Those minority groups previously seen as the only victims of bigotry.
2. Those who pervert christainity to demonize anyone who doesn’t hold to their absolute beliefs.
3. Those who describe themselves as liberal and defend number 1 and condemn number 2.
Everyone else is just stuck with living alongside the rest.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
2:14 pm
Bosch,
“I hope md hasn’t started dating mike.”
There is a sobering thought.
TGT
July 28th, 2010
2:15 pm
As I’ve already said, the AZ ruling is just another nail in the coffin for the Dems come Nov.
The Dem Gov’s tried to warn Obama.
moonbat betty
July 28th, 2010
2:16 pm
According to anonymous sources, the Obama administration is negotiating with the Target Corporation to sponsor the new world trade center tower or “Freedom Tower”.
The administration agreed to allow the Target logo to be displayed on the Tower and change the name to “Target Freedom Tower”.
In retaliation to bigoted and hateful comments from newt gingrich and walmart, the administration is also considering a request by CAIR to display the crescent moon atop the 300 foot antenna that will adorn the Target Freedom Tower.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
2:16 pm
“I believe it goes back to the “to each his own” mantra from the left.”
I think that is before my time during that whole hippy thing.
md
July 28th, 2010
2:17 pm
“Prospects look good for the Feds. Remember that the most controversial part of the Arizona law cannot be enforced, that is, requiring officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws. That is a victory, and we will continue with the season’s schedule.”
Don’t be singing too soon…..the case will go to the Supremes….the guys that Barry disrespected in his SOTU…….may be pay back time………
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
2:17 pm
“As I’ve already said, the AZ ruling is just another nail in the coffin for the Dems come Nov.”
Oh this is so boring. The backlash against the backlash, and then the Republicans will put in their saviour, and then they will suck and then the Democrats will put in someone else…
And blah, blah, blah, blah………………
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
2:17 pm
Bosch,
Dude, seriously, this IS about the rule of law. Almost 50% of Hispanics polled support the AZ law. Are you saying they’re afraid of their own?
SPQR(laissez Faire)
July 28th, 2010
2:18 pm
I am glad the judge barred sections of the AZ illegal alien law from taking effect today, while it works it’s way thru the court (and no she didn;t “strike down” the law). This is probably THE most popularly supported law in the US, after anti pedo laws (hear that mohammed? you pederast cult leader you..to h*ll with islam..see, still on topic) and this will result is a FLOOD of anger against tarballs hussein and his leftist minions..it helps that it was a lib-tard clinton judge, also.
NOV 2!!!!
md
July 28th, 2010
2:19 pm
“I’m still waiting for papa or any of the others to tell me which things I can strike from our Constitution with my Sharpie if they want to cross out the “freedom of religion” clause….”
There has been precedent, just ask the Mormons about all those wives………….
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
2:19 pm
Bosch,
“I think that is before my time during that whole hippy thing.”
According to iRun a week ago hippies included The Captain and Tennille in 1975….
md
July 28th, 2010
2:20 pm
First “suck it”, then “I hope md hasn’t started dating mike.”
Be careful Bosch, your character is showing…………
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
2:21 pm
I’m not as hopeful as md is on getting this AZ law up to the Supremes.
Kennedy is the dark horse (as usual) on this issue, and I don’t trust him to favor a state over the Feds.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
2:21 pm
What is it about Newt that makes y’all want to rework the Immigration laws?
theyeshaveit
July 28th, 2010
2:22 pm
Dave R,
Where are you getting that 50% figure from? Do you have a link? I hope it is not from some “anonymous” reporter. Don’t Breitbart me, now.
josef nix
July 28th, 2010
2:22 pm
DADDY JAY
Left you an apology last p.m. on the elite circles thingie…Dusty said I was “fawning”–HA! Me, fawning over you?
getalife
July 28th, 2010
2:22 pm
The dems attack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4IQ_kj9eDM&feature=player_embedded
Your move cons.
mm
July 28th, 2010
2:22 pm
“THE IMAM OF THIS MOSQUE WANTS TO IMPLEMENT SHARIA LAW IN THE U.S…..AS STATED IN THE BOOKS HE HAS WRITTEN.”
Another Beckbot.
Sharia Law, coming to a city near you!!!
Morons.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
2:22 pm
md,
“may be pay back time………”
Damned radical activist judges
TGT
July 28th, 2010
2:23 pm
Depressing isn’t it Bosch? You’re “victory” so short lived.
Wyld Byll Hyltnyr
July 28th, 2010
2:23 pm
Let’s llok at some facts. First, I don’t have anything against anyone who geos to church on Friday. Next, the muslim preacher is connected to the rabblerousers who instigated the Gaza blockade. incident Three the developer has ties to Hamas and has said that he will not call it a terrorist organization. These are not decent folk. They are ones who live in the shadows. Thankfully, ol’ Newt, who I personally know and admire, isn’t going to be fooled by these bloodthirsty animals. Heck, all the money to build this thing is coming from the Saudi Wahabis. That ought to tell you all you know.
josef nix
July 28th, 2010
2:24 pm
Normal
“What is it about Newt that makes y’all want to rework the Immigration laws?”
Deport the Carpetbagger scum back where he come from?
mm
July 28th, 2010
2:27 pm
Dave R,
“I’m not as hopeful as md is on getting this AZ law up to the Supremes.
Kennedy is the dark horse (as usual) on this issue, and I don’t trust him to favor a state over the Feds.”
So you’re saying that you’re upset that the supreme court would uphold the constitution? Very telling.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
2:27 pm
papa @ 2:14
Your list…well that makes you a bigot.
Sure some will call me a bigot as well due to my atheist views and past posts here… (I know josef will agree)… but I’ve done my best to “tone them down” (just a bit) here over the past week since getting back from NY….
Yet papa…can you not see how your #’s 1,2, 3 are bigotry?
I’m guessing not…
popeye
July 28th, 2010
2:28 pm
I remember when the little salamander tried to shut down the government (1995) His compatriot in the congress wrote this
“”He told a room full of reporters that he forced the shutdown because Clinton had rudely made him and Bob Dole sit at the back of Air Force One…Newt had been careless to say such a thing, and now the whole moral tone of the shutdown had been lost. What had been a noble battle for fiscal sanity began to look like the tirade of a spoiled child. The revolution, I can tell you, was never the same.
Clinton stared….Gingrich blinked and started crying…..I miss the “Big Dog!”
Normal
July 28th, 2010
2:28 pm
Josef,
One can only hope…
popeye
July 28th, 2010
2:28 pm
Compatriot Tom DeLay
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
2:28 pm
Wyld Byll Hyltnyr,
“ol’ Newt, who I personally know and admire,”
Couples stone massages at the InterContinental in Buckhead last Friday?
Scout
July 28th, 2010
2:29 pm
Bosch:
The Arizona law will wind up in the Supreme Court. Until then, no one can declare victory one way or the other.
Surely you know you can find a judge who will rule it’s Unconstitutional to feed a cat dog food !
N-GA
July 28th, 2010
2:29 pm
Tin Man – Follow the yellow brick road…..you might just get those parts you’re missing!
md
July 28th, 2010
2:30 pm
“What is it about Newt that makes y’all want to rework the Immigration laws?”
And just where does anybody want to rework them? More like enforce what we have.
Kind of like the principal telling the teacher that he/she will do all the disciplining and then does nothing and the teachers must sit in class and keep their mouth shut………….
Normal
July 28th, 2010
2:31 pm
Wyld Byll Hyltnyr
July 28th, 2010
2:23 pm
I’ll be angry if only Muslims are hired, but until then…live and let live.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
2:31 pm
md,
My character? You mean like Batman?
josef nix
July 28th, 2010
2:32 pm
saul
I’ve noted the tone down…keep working on it, Sherrod saw the light, maybe soon you will, too!
mm
July 28th, 2010
2:32 pm
Wyld Byll,
I’ll bet that a republican could walk right up and shoot one of your family members in front of you, and then blame a democrat, and you would still side with the republican.
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
2:32 pm
“So you’re saying that you’re upset that the supreme court would uphold the constitution? Very telling.”
Actually, mm, my copy of the Constitution LIMITS the powers of the Federal government.
Yours does, too, if you’d take the time to actually READ it.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
2:33 pm
md.
“And just where does anybody want to rework them? More like enforce what we have.”
When a state tries to take over enforcement of a federal mandate, I would say that is reworking them…
As someone pointed out in a previous thread, how many Georgians would be happy getting a speeding ticket from an ICE agent?
jconservative
July 28th, 2010
2:33 pm
SHARIA LAW STATES THAT:
THERE CAN BE NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THERE IS NO FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
THERE IS NO SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT IS THE STANDARD.
The above was posted earlier to show why the Islamic center should not be built. I did not realize there were so many believers of Sharia law in the US Congress. I guess those opposed to building the Islamic center are believers of the second point, i.e no freedom of religion.
Just saying.
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
2:33 pm
Eyes, I’ll try to find the poll that showed Hispanic support for the AZ law, but it was more than a month ago.
md
July 28th, 2010
2:34 pm
“My character? You mean like Batman?”
Hardly, Batman has class………….
TaxPayer
July 28th, 2010
2:35 pm
Newtly, there’s likely some correlation between Gingrich’s hate spews and his next divorce announcement.
md
July 28th, 2010
2:36 pm
“When a state tries to take over enforcement of a federal mandate, I would say that is reworking them…”
And please do tell, why that state should even be in a position to feel the need to take over enforcement??
jim ponsoldt
July 28th, 2010
2:38 pm
newt just wants to get attention among republican voters, and this is the way to do it. but newt hasn’t changed. ask people who worked on congressional staffs when he was in congress. or his former wives.
md
July 28th, 2010
2:38 pm
“As someone pointed out in a previous thread, how many Georgians would be happy getting a speeding ticket from an ICE agent?”
If GSP wasn’t doing it’s job, I for one would certainly hope some agency would step in and fill the void………..
papagrump
July 28th, 2010
2:39 pm
Saul,
What I meant by a christian country are two things. Our country was established by those western europeans who were overwhelmingly christian and all polling that I have seen indicates the country is still predominantly christian. I do not consider myself religious. As far as the constitution and religious freedom goes there are now and have always been constraints on what constitutes a religion and what the members of any religion may do in their religions name. The language of the constitution, no matter how well thought out and all encompassing, can ever compete with someone who is truly looking to have it undone. It becomes a weapon of its own destruction. We have had a decent few hundred years.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
2:40 pm
md,
“And please do tell, why that state should even be in a position to feel the need to take over enforcement??
It does not matter why…it is not their responsibility.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
2:41 pm
“why that state should even be in a position to feel the need to take over enforcement??”
md, please, that law should be showcased in the new TV program, “Cons Gone Wild” — it’s a political stunt — there is no way in hell that AZ could prove in a court of law that the feds aren’t doing anything to combat illegal immigration in that state. It’s ridiculous.