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Huckabee v Hillary

I don't know much about Huckabee, but this sure did get my attention.

Consumers are financing both sides in the war on terror because of the actions of U.S. ally Saudi Arabia, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said Sunday.

The former Arkansas governor made the comments following what he suggested was a muted response by the Bush administration to a Saudi court's sentence of six months in jail and 200 lashes for a woman who was gang raped.

"The United States has been far too involved in sort of looking the other way, not only at the atrocities of human rights and violation of women," Huckabee said on CNN's "Late Edition."

Yes!

"Every time we put our credit card in the gas pump, we're paying so that the Saudis get rich - filthy, obscenely rich, and that money then ends up going to funding madrassas," schools "that train the terrorists," said Huckabee. "America has allowed itself to become enslaved to Saudi oil. It's absurd. It's embarrassing."

Bravo!

 

Huckabee said "I would make the United States energy independent within 10 years and tell the Saudis they can keep their oil just like they can keep their sand, that we won't need either one of them."

Three cheers for Huckabee. Probably too logical for the mainstream, but here's hoping he can keep the big boys honest.

Hillary on the other hand, gets on famously with the Saudis. In fact, her closest aid may be a Wahabbist. Hugh Fitzgerald asks the tough questions that will, of course, not be asked.

(...) one is perfectly justified in worrying about this kind of influence. For if the reports are to be believed, Huma Abedin remains, despite living in the West, a "deeply conservative" Muslim. We are entitled to assume, therefore, that she still regards the Qur'an as the uncreated and immutable Word of God. And we are entitled to consult that "Word of God" to find out what she believes. And that includes 9.5, and 9.29, and another hundred deeply disturbing and hate-filled verses. We are entitled to assume that she is familiar with the most "authentic" Hadith in the most authoritative collections. We are entitled to assume that she regards Muhammad as exemplary, uswa hasana, al-insan al-kamil, and that therefore she finds all of his behavior not only beyond criticism, but to be taken as a model: little Aisha, and the murders of Asma bint Marwan and Abu Afak, the decapitation of the 600-900 bound prisoners of the Banu Qurayza, the attack on the inoffensive Jewish farmers of the Khaybar Oasis, and so on.

Is this close aide, this aide-de-camp, who may or may not be closer and more intimate with Hillary Clinton than anyone else on earth, really a deep admirer of that Muhammad? Is she a deep believer in the Qur'an, and therefore a supporter of the Shari'a, desirous naturally of removing all barriers to the spread of the faith of which she is not only an adherent by birth (born into it through no fault of her own), but apparently by conviction? She is, furthermore, the daughter of a Muslim preacher who went to Saudi Arabia, the place where the most rigorous and unmediated Islam is put into practice, and enforced at every level.

We have a right to know. And Huma Abedin, and her great and good friend, have a duty to tell us.

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Statement on Recall

Cross posted from Mothers Against Illegal Immigration.

Jon Kyl & John McCain signed them and they exist.

For those individuals who did not believe that ARIZONA can recall their senators, please see below the signed statements by both Jon Kyl and John McCain who have signed the “Statement on Recall” which clearly states “that they deem themselves responsible to the people and under obligation to them to resign immediately if not re-elected on a recall vote.”   PLEASE PASS ALONG TO ALL YOUR MEMBERS AND LISTS TO CLEAR UP THIS MIS-INFORMATION.      

 

ARIZONA CAN RECALL.

Trent Lott: Talk Radio is Running America

The more Republicans try to defend amnesty, the more idiotic they sound. The latest gaffe is by Trent Lott, joining President Bush (The Coyote in Chief), Lindsey "shuddap" Graham, John "Recall" Kyl and John "RINO" McCain as the GOP attempts to collectively destroy itself by abandoning it's base.

Sen Lott's statement isn't just insulting to his constituency, the majority of American voters and the millions of talk radio listeners, it's just flat out stupid. Consider the absurdity of the Minority Whip of the United States Senate thinking that he takes his marching orders from Rush Limbaugh. When did Michael Savage ever pass a law?

Comments by Republican senators on Thursday suggested that they were feeling the heat from conservative critics of the bill, who object to provisions offering legal status. The Republican whip, Trent Lott of Mississippi, who supports the bill, said: “Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.”

At some point, Mr. Lott said, Senate Republican leaders may try to rein in “younger guys who are huffing and puffing against the bill.”

One has to wonder if Sen Lott is just confused about which party he is in, talk radio has done more to the Republican message out than all the other media sources combined. America is run by politicians not talk radio, and we know how to deal with politicians.

We Hate Gringos has audio of Laura Ingram's response.

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Letter From Sen Kyl

When I first heard of the Amnesty bill, I was surprised to see my senator, John Kyl, was not just in favor of, but a principal author of the bill. Not just because Kyl is a conservative Republican (though that should be a reason enough), but because his website boasts a secure border stance. He promised no amnesty. In fact, I went back to his site just to make sure I wasn't mistaken. I sent Kyl an email telling him that he had lost my vote forever.

Kyl's office sent me a 5 page response, featuring a lengthy explanation of how great the Amnesty bill is, and how it isn't Amnesty. Kyl twists himself into such a tight pretzel that he manages this little nugget.

The whole point of negotiating with Senators like Ted Kennedy about the shape of the legislation was precisely to take a firm stand in support of my conservative principles.

Liberals call this kind of circular logic "nuance". An open border is more secure, Amnesty isn't amnesty, the unenforceable is better than nothing he says, in fact, it's "enforcement first!"

First, the new legislation learns from the lessons of the 1986 immigration bill, and, in a major departure from last year’s bill, emphasizes enforcement first.  It requires a significant strengthening of  border security before anything else  can occur.

If Kyl and his ilk had any intention of enforcement, they would've built the fence they voted for, the one Kyl pathetically brags about.

One such bill, the Secure Fence Act, requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to build double-layered fencing along 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border.  Construction of fencing and vehicle barriers has already begun, including in Arizona. 

Right. Except the bill still hasn't been funded yet, and it never will as long as fools like Kyl continue to negotiate with open border advocates like Kennedy.

Michelle Malkin: Reading Jon Kyl: Leadership=Licking Teddy Kennedy's boots

Dump Senators Graham and Kyl

Hat tip, MM.

A movement is born. South Carolinians are fed up with Senator "shut up" Graham:

Here.

And here.

And here's a "Lindsey Graham Countdown Clock."

While we're at it, let's dump Amnesty co-author Sen Kyl.

John Kyl is a liar.

Don Surber

But Kyl? In the heart of the border battle? He is in stupor city.

At his press conference to denounce amnesty, Arizona GOP chief Pullen showed a letter from a constituent that showed a hand flipping the bird.

“This basically is the outlook that many of our party faithful are feeling right now about the Republican Party,” Pullen said.

Party chairmen denounce their own senators about as often as it snows in Key West. Jimmy Buffett better get out his parka.

Mothers Against Illegal Aliens agrees to recall.

Patriots and liberty says, "treason doth never prosper".

The Elephant Bar calls him "Vile Kyl"

Tammy Bruce says it's time to punish amnesty Republicans.

You peeps in Arizona have your work cut out for you as well. Isn;t it time to have senators who truly represent your views? I understand Kyl was just reelected and sees another 6 years in front of him, but we in California enjoyed a thing called a "recall" when one of our politicians lost sight of what mattered. Yes, it's hard work, but exciting, and when it works, it's beautiful.

Tammy is refering to the recall of Gray Davis, ushering in the governorship of Arnold.

On the bright side here's Sen Jeff Sessions,

 

I'll tell you who's not there....

 

Right said, Fred.

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Scarborough Attacks Fred Thompson's Wife

Hat tip, STACLU

The left continues to show it's class.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough discusses Fred Thompson's wife on air with CQ's Craig Crawford during the June 1, 2007 broadcast of his "Morning Joe" show and suggests she "works the poll."

SCARBOROUGH: Have you seen Fred Thompson’s wife?
CRAWFORD: Oh, yeah.
SCARBOROUGH: You think she thinks she works the pole?
CRAWFORD: That’s what a Hollywood career will do for you, I guess.
SCARBOROUGH: What do you mean?
CRAWFORD: You get wives like that.
SCARBOROUGH: I mean, look at that guy. God bless him, I love his voice. But I mean, you know. He ain’t Robert Redford in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”
CRAWFORD: Well I would like to see him back into politics because I think he’s a lousy actor

The Dread Pundit Bluto asks,

It's okay, though 'cause Fred is a Republican. I wonder what would happen if Scarborough had said this about, oh, I don't know, Barack Obama's wife?

Scarborough would've already been fired.

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Mc Cain v Romney

I'm starting to like Romney. It's good to see a mainstream GOP candidate speak in favor of a secure border. But is he a true believer like Tancredo or Hunter?

Speaking in politically crucial Florida, with its heavy concentration of Cuban and Haitian immigrants, McCain argued that while the bill is imperfect, it is an attempt to secure U.S. borders, help the economy and identify those who have entered the nation illegally.

The four-term Arizona senator chided rivals who are trying to score points on the issue. McCain never mentioned any names but his target was obvious - Romney.

"To want the office so badly that you would intentionally make our country's problems worse might prove you can read a poll or take a cheap shot, but it hardly demonstrates presidential leadership," McCain told members of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.

As opposed to Mc Cain, who can't read a poll, and takes cheap shots anyway.

Romney answered back.

"The immigration approach proposed by Senators McCain and Kennedy falls short of a workable solution to an important problem," the former Massachusetts governor said in a statement. Romney said he respected McCain, but his opposition was based on a "principled disagreement about policies and priorities related to enforcement of our immigration laws."

I wish Romney or another front runner would say what the people want to hear, secure the borders first, then we'll talk amnesty.

Romney has not offered a detailed plan on how he would handle illegal immigrants, but he said recently a priority would be to deport criminals and remove illegal immigrants from government assistance programs.

Deportation without a secure border is just "catch and release". But Giuliani is no better;

Another GOP rival, former New York city Mayor Rudy Giuliani, also opposes the bill, but has said he is willing to compromise on how to deal with the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States as long as he is satisfied all security issues are addressed.

Here's a video of Giuliani with former US Senator and Governor of California Pete Wilson of Prop 187 fame. The video is 12 years old, but Wilson is remarkably cogent.

"It's unfair, as state taxpayers and needy legal residents to suffer the unfairness that has flowed from the federal failure to secure the border."

He goes on to say that California taxpayers were required by federal law to use state revenue to provide services for illegal aliens. Despite the fact the federal government is Constitutionally bound to secure the border in question.

Wilson was considered a moderate Republican at the time (1995). Giuliani (about 16 minutes into the video) talks about how the INS's inability to deal with even criminal Illegal aliens, and laments the fact the only 776 aliens had been deported for the entire year.

The video is interesting on several levels. Only 12 years ago, Wilson was considered a moderate Republican. But now, Wilson's words could only be uttered by mavericks like Tancredo. Yet prop 187 passed by 58% in 1994, and the public's frustration with an open border has deepened since then. The modern GOP isn't just ignoring conservatives, they are ignoring a clear mandate from a broad political spectrum, all the while pulling the race card and pointing a finger at even their  devout followers.

Conversely, Giuliani seems to be comfortable atop an anti-crime platform that is critical of only illegal aliens who have committed a crime other than their resident status. He goes on to say that aspects of 187 are "inhumane". His picking and choosing on this issue seems to reveal more of a political pragmatist than than a secure border crusader. Want to look tough on crime while still embracing a welfare state, even for illegal aliens.

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Bush's Border Blunder

Peggy Noonan sums up my feelings about Bush's open border policy.

But on immigration it has changed from "Too bad" to "You're bad."

The president has taken to suggesting that opponents of his immigration bill are unpatriotic--they "don't want to do what's right for America." His ally Sen. Lindsey Graham has said, "We're gonna tell the bigots to shut up." On Fox last weekend he vowed to "push back." Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff suggested opponents would prefer illegal immigrants be killed; Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said those who oppose the bill want "mass deportation." Former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson said those who oppose the bill are "anti-immigrant" and suggested they suffer from "rage" and "national chauvinism."

Bush can't put together a logical argument for an open border during wartime, but he can attack his dwindling support. Nice.

Noonan ends with this;

Now conservatives and Republicans are going to have to win back their party. They are going to have to break from those who have already broken from them. This will require courage, serious thinking and an ability to do what psychologists used to call letting go. This will be painful, but it's time. It's more than time.

TB and the Fort Dix Six have been in the news this month alone, The open border cult is beyond rationale and needs to be quarantined for the public good.

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Giuliani v Edwards and Amnesty

A few days ago,  Edwards claimed that the War on Terror was just a bumper sticker slogan.
Giullani responded with this;

"If you think there's a global war on terror as a slogan for George Bush, you are not facing reality," Giuliani said of Edwards, a potential rival for the White House. "It kind of makes the point that I've been making over and over again, that the Democrats, or at least some of them, are in denial."

(...) Edward's speech, in Giuliani's hometown no less, allowed Giuliani to return to a favorite theme in recent weeks, that only the Republicans, and he in particular, understand the true nature of the terror threat, while the Democrats would return the country to being "on defense" against terrorism.

"I guess this Democratic senator doesn't remember it -- bin Laden declared war on us," Giuliani said. In contrast, Giuliani said of terrorists, "I don't get fuzzy and romantic about it. I understand there are people in this world who want to come here and kill us."

We know that Edwards doesn't want to fight terrorism abroad, but how does he propose to fight terror at home without secure borders? On the other hand GOP candidates seem to understand that homeland security starts at home.

In White River Junction, Vt., Giuliani derided the legislation as an inadequate "hodgepodge" that "kind of goes in 10 different directions without any central focus." And Romney, who says the bill amounts to amnesty for illegal immigrants, said in Tulsa, Okla.: "Let them apply like everybody else in the world."

Let's hope that this is more than just campaign rhetoric.

 

 

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