Andrea Mitchell Slams Angle's 'Halloween Show' Immigration Ad; It's 'Beyond the Pale'
Andrea Mitchell on Thursday made no secret of the contempt she held for a new ad Republican Sharron Angle is running in Nevada, deriding it as "beyond the pale." The MSNBC host announced that so many people are "outraged" over the campaign spot she slammed as a "Halloween show."
The commercial, which the senatorial nominee just began airing, features images of illegal immigrants crossing the border and complains about Harry Reid record. Mitchell, interviewing the Washington Post's Dan Balz, fretted, "A lot of people say that this is the closest thing we have this year to a Willie Horton or the Jesse Helms white hands ad from that North Carolina race back in the day."
Video after the break.
The comparison to Helms is not surprising as Mitchell openly attacked the then-Senator back in the early '90s. On November 6, 1990, election night, she lamented the North Carolina conservative's reelection: "This has really been a heart-breaking race....What happened here was a very strong racial message from Jesse Helms in the closing ten days of the race and it focused on something that we've found, found previously in Louisiana with the David Duke campaign."
On Thursday, Mitchell played a clip of the Angle spot and scolded, "I mean, it looks like a Halloween show. It is just beyond the pale by most lights." Perhaps getting to her real concern, the journalist worried, "Is it going to work?"
A transcript of the October 28 segment, which aired at 1:02pm EDT, follows:
1pm tease
ANDREA MITCHELL: In Nevada, Sharron Angle sparks outrage among Hispanics and others with her latest attack on illegal immigration.
ANGLE AD: Waves of illegal aliens streaming across our border, forcing families to live in fear. And what's Harry Reid doing about it?
MITCHELL: Has she gone too far?
1:02
MITCHELL: And in Nevada, the Tea Party Sharron Angle has a slight edge over Harry Reid as she rolls out a controversial closing ad. Dan Balz is national political reporter for the Washington Post and joins us today. Let's talk about the ad in Nevada. A lot of people say that this is the closest thing we have this year to a Willie Horton or the Jesse Helms white hands ad from that North Carolina race back in the day. What is your assessment of this kind of attack and this kind of racial appeal this close to the election?
DAN BALZ (Washington Post): It's a very- as you suggest, it's a very controversial ad but I also think that it says that Sharron Angle has decided the strongest message she has in the final days is back to the issue of illegal immigration, which we have seen in a number of cycles is a very volatile issue and particularly in areas of the Rocky Mountains and southwest. And she has gone back to that in these closing days in an effort to try to pull this race out.
MITCHELL: Let's take a look at the ad itself and why so many people are outraged over it.
ANGLE AD [Video of illegal immigrants appear onscreen.] Waves of illegal aliens streaming across our border, joining violent gangs, forcing families to live in fear. And what is Harry Reid doing about it voting to give them Social Security benefits, tax breaks and college tuition. Voting against declaring English our national language twice.
MITCHELL: I mean, it looks like a Halloween show. It is just beyond the pale by most lights. Rachel Maddow was in Nevada and asked Harry Reid about it and you won't be surprised by his reaction. Rachel tried her best to get to Sharron Angle but, of course, Sharron Angle wasn't having anything.
HARRY REID: All she does is cause people to be afraid. There's no reason to be afraid. We've got to work our way through the issue. She has not issued one positive statement, one constructive statement about what we do with the issue of immigration. It's something we have to fix and we're willing to do that. But we can't do it with people like her demagoging the issue. And now they are passing out literature in areas heavily Hispanic saying don't vote. That's about as un-American as you can get.
RACHEL MADDOW: Now, was that- in the television advertisements which I'm aware of, that was not a Sharron Angle campaign effort, but you think she had something to do with it?
REID: But, wouldn't you think that something as negative and irresponsible and unpatriotic as that, wouldn't you think somebody would denounce it? She has never said a single word, it's wrong what they are doing. She's in the background urging them on I'm certain.
MITCHELL: Is it going to work?
BALZ: Well, I don't know whether it's going to work. We know this is one of closest races in the country. We know there's about as much outside money has poured into that as anywhere as well as money in her campaign coffers. It is not clear who has a real edge at this point. When you talk to people about that race, they think the Reid operation has a pretty good turnout organization they can employ. We don't know how effective hers will be but we know she has Tea Party enthusiasm. I think this race goes right down to the wire.
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But if the ad was so bad for
Submitted by eaglewingz08 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:20pm.
But if the ad was so bad for Angle's campaign, that libtard 'reporter' would not be grousing so badly about it. The fact is Angle's ad hit right on target. Andrea Bitchell didn't have one unkind word to say about all of Reid's horrific distortions and smears against Angle, but Angle tells the truth about Reid and his policies, and that's 'beyond the pale'. Tough luck Andrea. The truth hurts, and the truth about liberals like Reid hurts them even more.
Eaglewingz, of course telling
Submitted by MikeB on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:30pm.
Eaglewingz, of course telling the truth about a Democrat is beyond the pale. Holy voting record, Batman, do you want the people to know how a Democrat actually stands on an issue? The term "Swiftboating" actually means exposing a Democrat for what he/she is. My word, a Democrat never wants the people to know his stands on the issues.
Issue v. It's You
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 8:58am.
The Democrats' preferred asymmetry of political discourse --- Issue v. It's You ...
When Republicans talk about Democratic candidate, the Dems insist the focus must be: ISSUE
When Dems talk about a Republican candidtate, the Dem focus is: IT'S YOU
shine a light on the issue...
Submitted by ds7 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:24pm.
the libiots would have us believe that all the illegals are here to do the "jobs americans won't do"...
always remember, for every $1 an illegal contributes in taxes, they remove $3 in services.
look at mexifornia, that is america's future if the people don't rise up and fight the "enlightened" view of diversity and multi-culturalism.
Detroit Tigers
Submitted by the mad pole on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:29pm.
The Willie Horton I know and love is emblematic of race relations not a denigration of it. I'll keep my memory race free as it was pre-Kenyan era.
GREAT
Submitted by RichardM on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:30pm.
Hey, if the maroons at MSDNC don't like it, it must be a GREAT ad. All we need is for Media Matters to condem it and we'll know it was the Political Ad of the Week!!!! Way to go Sharon!!!
How insane do you have to be...
Submitted by Phryj1 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:31pm.
...to think it's okay for people to sneak into the country instead of immigrating legally? Attepting to legitimize illegal aliens is a sick vote-buying attempt by the left. And they call Sharron Angle's ad fear-mongering WHILE TRYING TO DRUM UP FEAR AND ANGER from latinos! Hypocrisy!
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
If you lock the doors of your
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:31pm.
If you lock the doors of your home or car you are racist. After all, only people of color commit crime. You betcha!
Did you notice how the "olds"
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:38pm.
Did you notice how the "olds" media hasn't been talking about illegal immigration or Arizona's law for months now?
Illegal immigration is a sore spot for liberals and Angle is hitting it. And liberals respond like they always do, they whine and drop the race card.
I just saw the ad and it shows Mexicans who look like Mexicans crossing the border and Mexican drug gangs that look like Mexicans. The shock of it.
Reading a racist message into this ad seems a bit of a stretch.
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"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. -James MadisonNow hold on.
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 10:34pm.
Do you mean you couldn't see some pale skinned playing the part of the Mexican Illegal as convincingly?
What was wrong with the
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:41pm.
What was wrong with the Willie Horton ad, anyway???
Other than the fact that liberals didn't like it?
Was it false? Did Willie Horton NOT commit assault and rape while on weekend furlough? And was that furlough NOT decreed by Michael Dukakis??
Here is the ad.
Someone want to point out why it's false or racist or whatever Dan Balz thinks was so horrible about it?
Frankly, I think Angle's ad IS over the line, because it plays to fears by making generalized assumptions of violence by illegal aliens.
The Horton ad was specific and dead-on accurate.
Willie Horton is all they got MB
Submitted by exLib on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:56pm.
The Willie Horton ad is the only thing the Dems have to hang their hat on in order to justify losing that Presidential elections.
They can't admit that Dukakis was a bad candidate and that Bush was just a better candidate and was riding the Reagan wave.
It's like "Swiftboating" The left just can't admit that Kerry was a horrible candidate and deserved to lose for any number of reasons. But the Swiftboat vets were successful in showing Kerry's duplicity and hypocrisy in trying to win votes on his 'Support for the Military" despite the media's efforts to attack them every chance they got. So the left using that as their scapegoat.
I recently saw a frontline episode that still trotted out the Willie Horton ad as examples of who the right wins elections on "dirty tricks". Of course it said nothing that the number one "dirty trickster" for the right is now working for the left at Media Matters and the media not only is not worried, but constantly goes to MM for material to attack conservatives on their shows with.
Gored by Gore -- the man behind the Willie Horton issue
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 9:05am.
The candidate who brought the Willie Horton case into the political debate was then-Presidential candidate Al Gore. He used it it as a weapon against rival Dukakis.
Once Dukakis won the Democratic nomination, Bush-41's campaign analyzed the weapons used by Dukakis' Dem opponents, locked onto the Horton case, and turned it into an effective TV ad.
But the Dems and their MSM allies will never cite guru Gore as the originator of the Willie Horton ad.
Huh? What about ILLEGAL aliens don't you get?
Submitted by TheHistorian on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:12pm.
If you don't think there is a presupposition of violence, then go ask the sheriff of Pinellas County in Arizona what is being done to make his county safer from the drug cartels roaming Federal lands in his county. When all you get is to post signs within 30 miles of Phoenix that American citizens should not enter American territory for fear of physical harm, you don't call that a presupposition of violence? When you look at the fact that a large fraction of the LA crimes are committed by illegals, I guess we have to assume that citizens are really the problem?
They are here because they BROKE THE LAW! Tell me about non-violent criminals, please and how we should have a presupposition that criminals are a non-violent class. .
Dennis Prager
Let Me Tell You About Willie Horton
Submitted by Maestroh on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 6:27pm.
You know why the Left doesn't like the Willie Horton ad? Because they LOST the election - and it could not possibly have been THEIR FAULT!!
Keep in mind that nobody whines quite like a liberal. Consider their excuses: the racist Southern strategy (68),Watergate (72), October Suprise (80), personality over policy (84), Willie Horton (88), Bush stole it (00 and 04). NEVER will a liberal EVER admit he got beat on the issues.
Note that conservatives could scream hysterical over the Daisy Ad of 1964, which was so far over the line it only ran once. But I've never heard any of them bring it up.
Here's the funny thing about Willie Horton: their argument is that Bush appealed to racial prejudice by running a commercial showing a vicious face of a black man. Only problem is that Bush NEVER ran the commercial they're talking about. It was run by an indepdendent group chaired by Floyd Brown (whom Bush sued in 1991 during the Clarence Thomas hearings - betcha didn't hear that one reported, either).
Now let's apply their method. If a candidate shows a picture of a felon convicted of murder and that guy is a non-white, then the ad is by definition racist. Now here's what they NEVER tell you - Dukakis' own campaign ran an ad showing the picture of a HISPANIC felon who murdered a mother of two.
That's right - Dukakis ran a RACIST ad against Hispanics in the same race Bush did NOT run an ad with Horton's picture.
My blog covers the REAL story about this and if you click the links you can see the Dukakis ad. Go to:
http://musingsfromdts.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-exactly-is-willie-horton.html
Maestroh, if you please...
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:09pm.
Maybe the reason you haven't heard conservatives bring up the Daisy Ad of 1964 is because you have only been here four weeks. I can assure you it has been explicitly cited in the past at this website. And, I have heard it referenced elsewhere on a number of occasions. In fact, the ad was brought up by Hannity on his Fox show during the 2004 campaign.
In any event, thanks for the interesting reflections here and at your blogsite, and for reminding me of the Bush "Revolving Door" ad [the one you describe as "woefully short of the truth"] which had such a significant impact on the 1988 election and was produced by the president of "fair and balanced" Fox News, Roger Ailes.
Jer
"fair and balanced" FOX News, Jer?---
Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:46pm.
compared to anything put out by the liberal puke media, you bet your arse FOX is fair, AND balanced.
The fact that liberals continue to whine and complain about FOX, proves it.
I'm surprised you don't cast the liberal troll stone and accuse conservatives of being "hannitized".
The worse the the liberal Democratic machine headed by purple-lips does, the louder the cacophony produced by you libs.
Liberals are currently at the "screeching like a cat whose tail got slammed in the door" phase.
It is anticipated that on the night of November 2nd, 2010, the caterwauling on national media will reach a decibel level that will not only shatter the glass in the television camera lenses, but will likely cause the deserved cranial implosions of all leftist liberal media talking heads.
It's gonna be beautiful, I tell ya!
MD
Let Me Qualify
Submitted by Maestroh on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 8:48pm.
Jer,
I've read here for awhile on I Phone, but I just got registered a little while back. When I say conservatives don't bring up the Daisy Ad, what I mean is that you don't hear every stinking election in this country during the RNC about "those nasty Democrats" and "how they ruined Goldwater with the Daisy Ad." Now - did they? Yes. Was it a distortion? Yes. But so what?
What I'm saying is that for every reference to the Daisy Ad there are 100 references (always in a whining tone) about Willie Horton. Dukakis DID NOT LOSE because of Willie Horton; he lost because he was a tax increaser who was unwiling to actually come out and say he was for homeowners having firearms and yet also opposed the death penalty and thought first-degree murderers deserved furloughs. He lost because he was - quite simply - a bad candidate. He won the elimination contest of liberals because they were terrified of what Jesse Jackson at the head of the ticket would mean.
Maestroh...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 5:29pm.
Let me get this straight: The 'Daisy Ad' which ran a single time (after which it was pulled) ruined Goldwater's chances for the presidency, while the 'Horton' and 'Revolving Door' ads [the latter conceded to be a serious distortion] which ran thousands of times had little impact on the public perception of Dukakis--who lost because he was a bad candidate. Do I have that right?
Franky, in my opinion--and I say this as one who generally takes a very dim view of negative political ads--the hyperbolic outrage in reaction to the Daisy Ad was considerably and unjustifiably overblown. After all, my recollection is that Goldwater advocated the thoroughly senseless utilization of tactical nuclear devices in Viet Nam to establish a cordon sanitaire. What was so inappropriate about showing the potential consequences of such lunacy? It's not as if we were the sole proprietor of the "Bomb".
Let's face it. Barry Goldwater was a fine man as well as an important political figure who occupies a well-deserved niche in the conservative pantheon...but a lousy candidate for president..
Jer
Goldwater---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 11/02/2010 - 1:06am.
alive, made a far better candidate than Dukakis did in his time, and dead, would have made a better president than Obama has.
MD
Beyond the pale ... ironic she would use that phrase
Submitted by KC Mulville on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:42pm.
"Beyond the Pale" means where the real people live.
In Ireland, the English confiscated Irish land and gave it to their political cronies. Concentrated near Dublin and the immediate surrounding counties, the Pale was simply the area where English troops could guarantee the cronies' safety. If any English traveled outside that perimeter, they were vulnerable to attack.
So, to the English inside the Pale, the Pale meant safety. But beyond the Pale was dangerous, because that's where the native Irish were.
If you were an elite protected in a small cocoon, having imposed oppressive policies on the people (sound familiar?), you'd be afraid of going among them, wouldn't you?
This is why I admire you, so, KC
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:23pm.
You, too, are a collector of fict and fact.
And word and phrase origins.
A totally fascinating topic....and isn't it interesting how the so-called "elite" press toss these phrases about, without having a clue?
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Encyclopedias
Submitted by KC Mulville on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 6:28pm.
The trick was to put the family encyclopedia near the bathroom. I can't tell you how much trivia I learned ...
Great. Someone forgot to lock her sarcophagus again.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:44pm.
Let's review the real Halloween Show of the last 24 hours:
Granted, these were in Mexico, but it's just a matter of time.
And unlike you, Mummy, we don't have the freedom of hanging around for a few thousand years to see how things work out.
Now get back to the Valley Of The Kings and STHU.
I cry for Mexico
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:28pm.
The drug lords are going to destroy it. Or give it the old college try.
We Americans don't understand anything at all about Mexico.
It's very unfortunate. The Mexican people are incredible. Kind, wonderful, gracious, and for the most part, adore America and Americans.
When we were there, almost every Mexican who spoke fluent English had been here, illegally, but it wasn't anything to be remarked upon. They knew it, they knew we knew it. It was fine. They get it. For the most part, it's a way to make a little nest egg, and they don't want to stay here.
But I digress.
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It is very sad Blonde.
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:38pm.
It is very sad Blonde. Unfortunately I don't see much of a solution in sight. If the U.S. tries to do anything but give money we'll be accused of "empire building" and vociferously attacked.
It's a difficult topic
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:52pm.
Mexico really doesn't need our money. It is one of the richest countries in the world, in terms of natural resources.
The problem is, it's an oligarchy, wherein the ruling class (which has ruled forever) is not willing to give up their power. The middle class is trying very hard to emerge. But the structure of their government is such that change is glacial.
Enter the drug lords, who are running a parallel economy. And who are now, unfortunately, now trying to gain precedence over the government.
It's going to get worse before it gets better. The drug violence is real. The human trafficking is real. Our (USA) culpability in Mexico's problems is real.
We need to do a couple of things. Prosecute to the fullest extent the drug cartels on this side of the border. Enforce our borders and immigration laws. If we at some point in the future, need an "immigrant class" of workers...i.e. the gardeners, nannies and maids....legalize it, regulate it, issue the appropriate guest worker papers, and enforce them.
Trust me, the Mexican people don't want a handout. They are hard working, proud people. They are merely taking advantage of the holes in our laws right now. If we enforce what we have, things will change. And I don't believe there will be any ill will, on their part, at all.
Of course, for the scofflaws who are here and being spoon fed by the leftists....different story. We need to run their asses back across the border, post haste. They've been corrupted by the liberal mindthink.
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I used to take fishing vacations on the---
Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 8:19pm.
Sea of Cortez, a sectional part of the Gulf of California.
Stayed on the mainland side coast about an hour west of Hermosillo, and because of a flexible work schedule, generally stayed for a month, one year for forty-five days.
Spent a lot of time interfacing with the locals, and everything Blonde says is spot on.
Hers is a great post and contains good, solid, common sense info and advice.
MD
The people who really care about the Mexicans
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 6:23pm.
should be the ones screaming the loudest about border enforcement. The less we do about it, the more powerful the drug lords become and the more horrific the average Mexicans lives become.
Unfortunately for them, it's our "compassionate" libs over here, like The Mummy, who are contributing to their misery.
SOL and Blonde*
Submitted by cajun2 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:49pm.
Both good posts. May I add that most of the polls indicate Americans are more than willing to "reform" our immigration laws but also demand the Feds enforce the existing laws. Lack of enforcement is what has led to an influx of the criminal element of Mexican society into the US.
The libs however only want "amnesty" in the thinking it will increase their voter base. Safety for American citizens and "working" immigrants is secondary to the political agenda of the Bush and Obama administrations.
Politicians like McCain, Graham, and Obama dont give a d**n about people, just their ideology forced upon us, the ignorant unwashed masses.
Immigration Reform & Amnesty
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:57pm.
Will be Obama's next big push once the electoral tsunami overtakes him Tuesday.
Grahmnesty and McCain better sit down & STFU on this issue.
If these clowns think people were mad about Health Care, wait until they try to shove Amnesty down our throats.
Jan Brewer in Arizona....I hope she joins Palin & Bachman as one of the national "mean girls". She's got the brass ones to be in that club, for certain.
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I'm confused
Submitted by katiejane on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:46pm.
Aren't most illegal immigrants coming across our southern border Hispanic? And don't the southern states have problems with crime being committed by illegals?
Who cares? Andrea has no
Submitted by samhermanmd on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 4:59pm.
Who cares? Andrea has no audience. Even the studio technicians are probably bored having to watch her.
Whining is so annoying
Submitted by cestes on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:20pm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVsr-_-v2sI
Illegal is a crime not a race. I can't fine anything improper about the add. Andrea can't vote in Nevada so why is she so disturbed? She will certainly have a prozac moment next Tuesday.
You have to love Harry's observation.
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:22pm.
"She has not issued one positive statement, one constructive statement about what we do with the issue of immigration. "
Neither have you, Harry.
Neither have you.
And that's one reason why you must depart the Senate.
--Mike
Truth is beyond the pale to
Submitted by mattm on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:23pm.
Truth is beyond the pale to libs.
This ad is obviously not
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:36pm.
This ad is obviously not racist, which is why the libs are trying so hard to convince people it is. The more they say, the less they are believed.
"So Many People Were Outraged With This Ad"
Submitted by Bourbeau on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:49pm.
Really? Who were they? Name ten people you spoke to that expressed this outrage? Oh, I forgot; you canvassed the libtards in the NBCU control room and got their reaction, and that accounts for the "so many people". Here's a fact; Andrea Mitchell is about as incompetent a reporter as her blabber mouth husband was incompetent in running the Federal Reserve. So what she thinks should be taken with a grain of salt.
There she goes again ...
Submitted by JakeMo on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:53pm.
Andrea Mitchell once again pulling out the old, "A lot of people say ..." claim.
Just be honest Andrea. When you're tempted to use the phrase "A lot of people say," just replace it with the more honest "This is what I think."
Halloween - Busy Night for Andrea
Submitted by BW222 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:55pm.
Halloween is always a busy night for Andrea Bitchell - so many places to fly on her broom and so little time.
Who bought Harry Reid? Reid, circa 1993 on immigration
Submitted by Gary Hall on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 6:19pm.
If Sharon Angle's ad upset Andrea Mitchell, she should revist what Sen. Reid, who was pushing for Tancredo style immigration reform at the time, had to say about 'those people:'
First of all, Reid doesn't like immigration. He said of his "Immigration Stabilization Act of 1993,
" [it] overhauls the nation's immigration laws and calls for a massive scale-down of immigrants allowed into the country from approximately 800,000 to 300,000."
His old views on illegal immigrants..
"Our borders have overflowed with illegal immigrants placing tremendous burdens on our criminal justice system, schools and social programs," Reid said
"If making it easy to be an illegal alien is not enough, how about offering a reward for being an illegal immigrant? No sane country would do that, right? Guess again. If you break our laws by entering this country without permission and give birth to a child, we reward that child with U.S. citizenship and guarantee full access to all public and social services this society provides."
"Safeguards like welfare and free medical care are in place to boost Americans in need of short-term assistance. These programs were not meant to entice freeloaders and scam artists from around the world."
"Americans have seen heinous crimes committed by individuals who are here illegally."
"Recent terrorist acts, including the [1993] World Trade Center bombing, have underscored the need to keep violent criminals out of the country."
His 1993 bill also aimed, he said, to "change asylum laws to prevent phony asylum seekers," and "the U.S. open-door policy was being "abused at the expense of honest, working citizens."
Reid noted, "But this bill closes the door to those who want to abuse America's inherent generosity and legal system."
Gee, I'd vote for that man.
I guess that Sharon Angle is carrying the torch for the old Harry Reid - the one the people of America could support.
This is what Andrea Mitchell should be expressing.
(;~/ gary
Happy Halloween!!!
Submitted by rammingspeed on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:29pm.
It's already working, thus the high volume hysteria. And it's working because it's the truth, and liberals can't have the truth polluting the sewer they stake out and call a battleground. Legal hispanics who came here across the Mexican border will not be against Republicans for this ad, for they know better than anyone that it is absolute, gosh awful truth.
Is your Halloween candy bar tasting like a sh*tpie, Ms. Mitchell?
take it with a grain of salt
Submitted by dostrow57 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 9:50pm.
when was the last time ugly face ever critisized an ad from a democrat?
Did I read that right?
Submitted by Denny Crane on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 12:53am.
Holy rusted metal Batman!!!
Did Harry Reed really say that?
And now they are passing out literature in areas heavily Hispanic saying don't vote........She has never said a single word, it's wrong what they are doing. She's in the background urging them on I'm certain.
What a lowdown lying piece of crap he is. "Lib free or die"
We Are The 53%
The arrogance astounds
Submitted by telecaster on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 12:24pm.
It's so convenient, when you're shilling for Liberals, to have the insight and credibility to define what is and what is not beyond the pale. These liberal talking heads have apparently cornered the market on wisdom and socio/ political definition. It just must be a coincidence that Liberal always equals mainstream,compassionate hipness and conservative always equals radical, racist ignorance. How is that do you think? And how is it that talking heads like Mitchell think we're buying what they're selling? Especially when what they're selling is about to be repudiated at the polls.
"Beyond The Pale"? How
Submitted by RealVet on Sat, 10/30/2010 - 10:33am.
"Beyond The Pale"? How utterly heartless! The ad should immediately be pulled and Angle should hold a national press conference denouncing herself for being an "Illegalphobe". She should then apologize to Reid on "The View" and withdraw from the race after kissing WhoopiCushion Goldberg's oversized a$$.
Gimme a break.
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