Hillary taking a stand?!?

[Army_of_One]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/wa...igration_bill/

By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer | March 8, 2006

WASHINGTON --Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a potential White House candidate in 2008, said Wednesday some Republicans are trying to create a "police state" to round up illegal immigrants. Round up illegal people...what a concept?!?

Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke out on the U.S. immigration policy after largely staying away from an issue that has roiled Congress in recent months and spurred a number of conflicting proposals.

Speaking at a rally of Irish immigrants, Clinton criticized a bill the House passed in December that would impose harsher penalties for undocumented workers. AKA...ILLEGAL's which is another name for CRIMINAL

"Don't turn your backs on what made this country great," she said, calling the measure "a rebuke to what America stands for." Immigration DID make and IS making this country great..LEGAL immigration. Illegal immigration is sucking our systems dry

The House measure would make unlawful presence in the United States, which is currently a civil offense, a felony.And this is bad why???

Clinton said it would be "an unworkable scheme to try to deport 11 million people, which you have to have a police state to try to do."

She called instead for immigration changes "based on strengthening our borders in order to make us safer from the threat of terrorism." And forget the 11 million criminals that have flooded our country???

The senator also sent a four-page public letter to constituents outlining her views on immigration. In the letter, she shied away from specifics IMAGINE THAT....but said she does support allowing at least some of the estimated 11 million undocumented workers to earn citizenship.If these people wanted to EARN citizenship they would have done it in the first place....

Such changes should include "a path to earned citizenship for those who are here, working hard, paying taxes, respecting the law, and willing to meet a high bar for becoming a citizen," Clinton wrote.Yeah..and what about the other 10,500,000?

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has offered legislation that would create separate worker programs: one for illegal immigrants already in the country and another for future immigrant workers.

President Bush has argued for a temporary worker program that would allow illegal immigrants to keep their jobs in hotels, restaurants, nurseries, agriculture and other businesses that depend on low-wage laborers.

Neither effort has gained much momentum, partly due to fierce resistance from others within the GOP.

Last week Specter said emotions on the immigration issue are running high and he has seen "virtually no agreement on anything."

[Highwayman]

Even that left-wing idiot Molly Ivins is trash talking Hillary. The Right hates her, the Left hates her, and trying to move to the middle and appeal to everyone is appealing to no one.

Mah fellow progressives, now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of the party. I don’t know about you, but I have had it with the D.C. Democrats, had it with the DLC Democrats, had it with every calculating, equivocating, triangulating, straddling, hair-splitting son of a bitch up there, and that includes Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Damn Miss Molly, this is the first time you wrote anything that I can agree with.

http://progressive.org/mag_ivins0306