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The Xenophobic Democratic Party? - Part 2

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Other Politics
Posted on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 10:12:46 AM EST
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The ugly side of "populism" is rearing its head in the Democratic Party. Kos writes about Rahmbo's enabling bigotry:

Is Rahm racist, or merely scared?

It's got to be one or the other, because Rahm Emanuel is behind efforts to build Democratic support for the Shuler/Tancredo "enforcement-only" bill currently winding its way through the House.

Think about it -- our House leadership is strong-arming Democrats into backing a bill which is the central agenda of the biggest racist xenophobe Tom Tancredo.

Sadly, as Jane Hamsher documents, Speaker Pelosi is backing these efforts:

Tensions between Hispanic Democrats and House leaders exploded Friday when a bloc of Hispanic lawmakers voted to derail a major tax bill, relenting only after an angry confrontation on the floor with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md. The rebellion was a response to votes by 36 Democrats Thursday night in favor of a non-binding Republican motion Hispanic members called offensive. It instructed House conferees on an appropriations bill to accept a Senate-passed provision prohibiting the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from suing employers over certain English-speaking requirements.

This is outrageous AND idiotic. More.

And we see more tell tale signs of Pelosi letting the Speaker's position go to her head:

That same Hispanic lawmaker reported that Pelosi said, “You see this on the board? This is against me, this is against me personally.”

Actually Speaker Pelosi, it is against people like me, Latinos, personally.

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    why are (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by taylormattd on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 10:42:21 AM EST
    there so many co-sponsors of this bill? Looks like there are 95 co-sponsors, and many are democrats, including:

    Paul Hodes, Patrick Murphy, Jerry McNerney, Ciro Rodriguez, Jason Altmire, Mike Arcuri, Nancy Boyda, Chris Carney,  Joe Donnelly, Brad Ellsworth, Kirsten Gillibrand, Baron Hill, Steve Kagen, Nick Lampson, Ed Perlmutter, Heath Shuler, Zack Space, Tim Ryan, Mark Udall, Brian Baird, John Barrow, Melissa Bean, Marion Berry, Sanford Bishop, Dan Boren, Leonard Boswell, Rick Boucher, Allen Boyd, Jim Cooper, Bud Cramer, Artur Davis, Lincoln Davis, Bart Gordon, Brian Higgins, Tim Holden, Paul Kanjorski, Jim Marshall, Mike McIntyre, Charles Melancon, John Murtha, Mike Ross, Bart Stupak, John Tanner, and Gene Taylor.

    Is this just fear?

    Will Obama denounce this? (5.00 / 2) (#2)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 10:53:26 AM EST
    Will the Left blogs start to focus on this with commitment?

    My hope is they will. My expectation is they will not.

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    We're on day 3 of tipgate (5.00 / 3) (#3)
    by andgarden on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 11:00:42 AM EST
    But a discussion of issues? No way!

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    You know why (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 11:06:27 AM EST
    Kos wrote that post.

    We all know why.

    It was an embarrassment for him.

    But let let it die a slow death. Thankfully, the other LEft blogs are sort of awkwardly looking away from that dkos car wreck.

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    Hi Armando (none / 0) (#22)
    by Plutonium Page on Sun Nov 11, 2007 at 03:39:47 AM EST
    Got tired of lurking, decided to sign up.  A blog that discusses issues - amazing!

    This is a great post, btw.  As always, I am struck by how out-of-touch our representatives (on either side of the political fence) are when it comes to immigration.

    It's not exactly comparing apples to oranges when one looks at how the right (and far right) hijacked the immigration debate in multiple countries in Europe.  The left is stuck compromising with them now, when they could have started rational reforms many, many years ago.

    There's more to that... sorry for such a general statement.  I'll have to think about it.

    p.s. off-topic, but could you start calling Huckabee "Dobson's Sockpuppet"? :-D  It was your term for Frist, and maybe you could recycle it.

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    Welcome PP (none / 0) (#23)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sun Nov 11, 2007 at 05:23:13 AM EST
    Good to see you here.

    MB pops in once in a while.

    Thanks for the kind words.

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    I'm so, so busy these days (none / 0) (#24)
    by Plutonium Page on Sun Nov 11, 2007 at 06:18:02 AM EST
    Also, I don't multitask well, but I grabbed the RSS feed, so I'll be reminded to read you guys.  I greatly appreciate the depth and variety of the posts here.  I'll try to comment more.

    Please keep talking about the immigration stuff... and Frank's been thrilled with "Armando's equal-opportunity smackdowns of the candidates", LOL!

    Balance is always good.

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    I hate everybody (5.00 / 1) (#25)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sun Nov 11, 2007 at 07:10:39 AM EST
    You remember that no?

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    It doesn't (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by taylormattd on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 11:02:21 AM EST
    look like anyone will denounce it to me. The list of co-sponsors appears to be large, and I have a feeling it will grow if leadership is pushing this as some kind of wink-and-not to the xenophobics.

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    How about some leadership? (5.00 / 1) (#8)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 11:07:09 AM EST
    From anybody. Anybody at all?

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    Including lots of freshmen (5.00 / 2) (#9)
    by andgarden on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 11:07:45 AM EST
    from Pennsylvania and one latino member from Texas:
    Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D.

    Curious.

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    Netroots Ciro? (none / 0) (#10)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 11:08:23 AM EST
    Amazing.

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    The very same (5.00 / 2) (#11)
    by andgarden on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 11:10:48 AM EST
    Rahm: "Sign this!"

    Freshmen: "OK!"

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    And you know who isn't there? (none / 0) (#12)
    by andgarden on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 11:17:30 AM EST
    Henry Cuellar.

    Politics is funny sometimes, isn't it?

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    I deleted a comment (5.00 / 1) (#20)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 03:39:22 PM EST
    that made an unsubstantiated charge against someone.

    Not allowed here.

    Silly (1.00 / 2) (#14)
    by jarober on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 12:09:47 PM EST
    "Actually Speaker Pelosi, it is against people like me, Latinos, personally."

    That's just idiotic.  My grandparents were immigrants, and I don't take this personally.  How is enforcement of the law something you take personally?

    You could not be a bigger idiot imo (5.00 / 1) (#15)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 12:13:16 PM EST
    The rebellion was a response to votes by 36 Democrats Thursday night in favor of a non-binding Republican motion Hispanic members called offensive. It instructed House conferees on an appropriations bill to accept a Senate-passed provision prohibiting the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from suing employers over certain English-speaking requirements.

    It is about attempt to STOP ENFORCEMENT of the law.

    But we know the rule of law matters to you only when it is convenient to your prejudices.


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    Usually You Are (5.00 / 1) (#16)
    by squeaky on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 12:21:47 PM EST
    A good judge of people, but here you miss the mark:

    You could not be a bigger idiot imo

    As idiotic as this comment was, you are underestimating the guy imo.

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    Yes (none / 0) (#17)
    by Edger on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 12:30:23 PM EST
    Idiocy on purpose is pretty hard to top on the idiocy scale...

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    Hate to admit this, but when I first (5.00 / 1) (#18)
    by oculus on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 12:33:31 PM EST
    scanned this, I thought, o.k., just enforcement, no amnesty.  But, I've learned the hard way not to venture a comment until I've read EVERYTHING!  

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    his mistake (none / 0) (#19)
    by Edger on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 12:59:06 PM EST
    was not "not" reading everything...

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    Watch the language (none / 0) (#6)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 11:05:03 AM EST


    oh! (none / 0) (#13)
    by taylormattd on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 11:17:46 AM EST
    so sorry, I totally forgot!  :(

    I wouldn't mind if you deleted . . .

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    Out Bigot RayGun and Nixon !!! (none / 0) (#21)
    by seabos84 on Sat Nov 10, 2007 at 06:10:18 PM EST
    oops, no

    that is bush the fascist we need to out bigot.

    how did I forget?

    this dlc / hillary wing REALLY needs to join the fascists.

    rmm.

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