What — what the president did, he — he should have worked on this years ago. If he felt seriously about this, he should have taken action when he had a Democrat House and Senate, but he didn’t. He saves these sort of things until four and a half months before the general election.
– Putative GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, on “Face the Nation” on June 17, referring to Pres. Obama’s decision to halt deportation of children of undocumented workers. In this one statement, Romney lies about the history of the DREAM Act and proves conclusively that he is an asshole. First the lying: the DREAM Act passed in both the Democratic controlled House and Senate late in 2010, but it “only” received 55 votes in the Senate, not the 60 votes needed to prevent a Republican filibuster. Second, Republican pols use witch-hunter Sen. Joe McCarthy’s formulation of “Democrat” as an adjective — as in “Democrat Congress” — as proof to their half-witted base that they are assholes who enjoy annoying grammarians and Democrats.
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And #3: Obama has backed the Dream Act from the get-go; he’s not weighing in just before the election. But, as at least one observer noted, Obama can’t even pick out a tie between now and November without being accused of making a political move.
So, I suppose that fact that he circumvented any attempt to properly bring this issue through Congress and in essence pronounced an edict through executive order, in no way points to this halting deportation of “Illegal” immigrants (Those people who have chosen to enter this country in violation of law)as an attempt to bolster his support from the Hispanic populace? Anyone who does not believe this is purely a political move is truly ignorant. regardless of whether he supported the Dream Act in the past, the timing and method points to scoring points to save his election.
Jay, first, these folks didn’t chose to enter this country in violation of the law. They chose, instead, to not run away from their parents when their parents brought them here as children. Second, there is no legal line for these people to get in. Our country’s immigration laws are so outdated that there is a grand total of 5,000 work visas available nationwide. Seriously. And third, properly bringing any issue through Congress is a fantasy at this point in America. The Dream Act has come through Congress, and while it made it through with support in both houses, it doesn’t have the votes to survive a Republican filibuster in the Senate. So it’s all very nice to say that everyone should just keep on waiting for Congress to act but in the meantime, real people are moving ahead with real lives. Including the president. Go Obama!
Jon Ponder is an obvious idiot. Obama could have done this years ago. Not the Dream Act, but this. Instead he waits until he needs to buy more votes. The incompetent clown has no integrity or morals.
bam – Even if what you said here weren’t completely irrelevant to what Romney actually said, it wouldn’t make Romney any less a liar or an asshole. Obama and the Democrats did vote on the issue when they had a “Democrat” majority in both chambers — Mitt was just lying about that.
You guys can only go so far making this election about Obama. Past experience shows that as people get to know Mitt Romney, they quickly grow to loathe him. You’re best hope is that regular folks do not wake up to the fact that the guy you are pushing to replace the president is a soulless, lying corporate stooge who has no core beliefs and no alternative vision — just a return to the same failed Bush/GOP “thimking” that created the multiple crises we’re still digging out of.
To hear Trump talk, he’s the only one
Who’s ever stood trial for crimes he’s done.
But instead of courtroom drama,
We get Trump in his pajamas,
That’s how he earned his new nickname: Don Snoreleone.
“In America today‚ 2024, women have fewer rights than their mothers or their grandmothers had, because of Donald Trump. I don’t think we’re going to let him get away with it, do you?”
— President Biden at a campaign stop in Tampa, reported by Tampa Bay Times.
“Some of the 49 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by the state of Florida are now able to legally work in the United States and have temporary protections from deportation — because they are considered victims of a potential crime. … The migrants are eligible for these protections because they applied for a special kind of visa meant for crime victims who are helping law enforcement, after they said they were tricked into taking charter flights from San Antonio to Massachusetts with false promises of jobs and other aid.”
“We care more about the safety of our staff than a name attached to an article.”
In its panning of Taylor Swift’s new album (3.6/10 rating), Paste Magazine chose to put “Paste Staff” as the piece’s author instead of the individual who wrote it. That’s because following Paste’s negative review of Swift’s Lover album in 2019, the reviewer received threats of violence from fans who disagreed. As for its critique of The Tortured Poets Department, Paste Staff said its “mid-ness” was the result of “when the artist making it no longer feels challenged, where she strikes out looking.”
“The House is a rough and rowdy place, but Mike Johnson is gonna be just fine. I served 20 years in the military, it’s my absolute honor to be in Congress. But I serve with some real scumbags. Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have sex with him at drug parties. Bob Good endorsed my opponent, a known neo-Nazi. These people used to walk around with white hoods at night. Now they’re walking around with white hoods in the daytime.”
“Joe Biden will land a major union endorsement Wednesday from North America’s Building Trades Unions, whose leaders say the president has his infrastructure bill largely to thank for it,” CNN reports. “In making one of their earliest ever presidential endorsements, NABTU leaders are kickstarting an eight-figure organizing program to try to deliver their 250,000 members in the battlegrounds of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin for Biden.”
A new Siena poll finds that by a 54% to 30% margin, New Yorkers say Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial is “legitimate” — the view of 77% of Democrats and 44% of independents — rather than a “witch hunt,” the view of 66% of Republicans.
A new Marist poll finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump nationally among registered voters, 51% to 48%. In a multi-candidate field, Biden is up by five percentage points against Trump, 43% to 38% among registered voters, followed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at 14%, Cornel West at 2%, and Jill Stein at 2%.Among those who definitely plan to vote, Biden leads Trump 46% to 39% in this same multi-candidate field.
NBC News poll: “‘Protecting democracy’ is a salient issue for voters. There’s a difference between what voters identify as the ‘most important issue facing the country’ (on that, “inflation and the cost of living’ registers 23%, followed by immigration/the border, at 22%) and what they identify as the issue most important in determining their own vote (on that, ‘protecting democracy or constitutional rights’ was on top with 28%, followed by immigration/the border at 20% and abortion at 19%).”
And #3: Obama has backed the Dream Act from the get-go; he’s not weighing in just before the election. But, as at least one observer noted, Obama can’t even pick out a tie between now and November without being accused of making a political move.
So, I suppose that fact that he circumvented any attempt to properly bring this issue through Congress and in essence pronounced an edict through executive order, in no way points to this halting deportation of “Illegal” immigrants (Those people who have chosen to enter this country in violation of law)as an attempt to bolster his support from the Hispanic populace? Anyone who does not believe this is purely a political move is truly ignorant. regardless of whether he supported the Dream Act in the past, the timing and method points to scoring points to save his election.
Jay, first, these folks didn’t chose to enter this country in violation of the law. They chose, instead, to not run away from their parents when their parents brought them here as children. Second, there is no legal line for these people to get in. Our country’s immigration laws are so outdated that there is a grand total of 5,000 work visas available nationwide. Seriously. And third, properly bringing any issue through Congress is a fantasy at this point in America. The Dream Act has come through Congress, and while it made it through with support in both houses, it doesn’t have the votes to survive a Republican filibuster in the Senate. So it’s all very nice to say that everyone should just keep on waiting for Congress to act but in the meantime, real people are moving ahead with real lives. Including the president. Go Obama!
Jon Ponder is an obvious idiot. Obama could have done this years ago. Not the Dream Act, but this. Instead he waits until he needs to buy more votes. The incompetent clown has no integrity or morals.
bam – Even if what you said here weren’t completely irrelevant to what Romney actually said, it wouldn’t make Romney any less a liar or an asshole. Obama and the Democrats did vote on the issue when they had a “Democrat” majority in both chambers — Mitt was just lying about that.
You guys can only go so far making this election about Obama. Past experience shows that as people get to know Mitt Romney, they quickly grow to loathe him. You’re best hope is that regular folks do not wake up to the fact that the guy you are pushing to replace the president is a soulless, lying corporate stooge who has no core beliefs and no alternative vision — just a return to the same failed Bush/GOP “thimking” that created the multiple crises we’re still digging out of.