Thread: Washington Post / Newsweek dirty politics

The Washington Post owns Newsweek Magazine..
Slamming Romney for being anti-illegal..Smearing him just like they did Tancredo..
If you want this Dirty Politics in the Media Stopped Send an email to the editor and call the advertisers..
This is not factual news ..it is electioneering intended to influence voters
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02633.html

From xyz's link

Mr. Romney vs. Mr. Romney
On immigration, the candidate is tying himself into knots while proposing no real solutions.





Tuesday, January 8, 2008; Page A18

MITT ROMNEY, struggling to revive his floundering candidacy and to stiff-arm a surging Sen. John McCain in New Hampshire's Republican presidential primary, has pushed his plan for dealing with illegal immigration to center stage. Unfortunately, it is no plan at all. That has become clear in recent days, and particularly at the GOP candidates' debate Saturday, when Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, contradicted himself repeatedly, as well as his own TV advertisements, while stumbling in rhetorical figure-eights around the immigration debate.

Mounting his attack on Mr. McCain, Mr. Romney has blanketed New Hampshire television stations with ads deriding as "amnesty" the senator's plan to provide an eventual pathway to legalization for America's 12 million undocumented immigrants -- the same plan he once called "reasonable." But in the debate Saturday, Mr. Romney twice said the McCain plan is not "technically" amnesty because it would sock undocumented immigrants with a $5,000 penalty if they wanted to remain in the country. He also denied that his own ads describe McCain's program as an "amnesty," which in fact they do. He then managed to double back on himself by asserting that "most people" would consider the McCain plan an amnesty.

In fact, Mr. Romney's approach is name-calling masquerading as policy debate. For as he made clear, he has not formulated a coherent approach to dealing with a central fact of the immigration problem: the 12 million undocumented foreigners already here. Challenging Mr. McCain on the 12 million, he asked: "Are they sent home? Are they sent home?" But minutes later, when Mr. Romney was asked by Charlie Gibson of ABC News whether it would really be practical to sweep up 12 million people and send them home, he answered with another couplet, this one more honest: "The answer is no. The answer is no."

Almost a quarter of the verbiage in the Republican debate Saturday was devoted to illegal immigration, which is saying something. But for the most part, Mr. Romney and his rivals are really saying something about only half the problem -- the prospective part. They tend to agree on tightening the border and cracking down on employers. But they skirt dealing with the 12 million, and with the economy's future demand for several hundred thousand more low-skilled workers annually, while suggesting that those already here can be hounded, harassed and wished away.

The facts are these: Twelve million illegal immigrants will not disappear, no matter what measures are taken at the border; 40 percent of them entered the country legally and overstayed their visas. Five percent of the American workforce is now undocumented. In certain sectors of the economy -- services, construction and especially agriculture -- they represent an even higher proportion of workers. Many of them are experienced and longtime employees; many pay taxes; some are in managerial positions; some have children who were born here and so are citizens. Screaming the word "amnesty" will not change any of that.

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I'm so fed up with the MSM and pro-amnesty people degrading Romney.

hmmmm

So they pound on Romney yet not a word
about McAmnesty and his plans ?

Of course the msm is going to slam Romney hard

they want open borders

Mod Note - I edited the thread title to clean it up for display in the left overview column. No problems, just tidying up.

Well what about the Demacrates, people are not even allowed to ask them a question on illegal immigration, why is the public not demanding it...are all those Americans for open borders and amnesty?

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Well what about the Demacrates, people are not even allowed to ask them a question on illegal immigration, why is the public not demanding it...are all those Americans for open borders and amnesty?

You can bet they will have to answer many Questions on criminal Immigration
come the time after the primaries and before the election and when they start moving around the states with other primaries...

Phred ..Not a problem with the clean up..I just post things to help the cause..of a safe sane America..
I don't have a candidate or an agenda beyond that..
Anyone who agrees with me on how to fix it..fine..Anyone who disagrees..fine

Originally Posted by GREGAGREATAMERICAN

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Well what about the Demacrates, people are not even allowed to ask them a question on illegal immigration, why is the public not demanding it...are all those Americans for open borders and amnesty?

You can bet they will have to answer many Questions on criminal Immigration
come the time after the primaries and before the election and when they start moving around the states with other primaries...

Right now they still have time to squirm between the holes

Once the field is narrowed down the serious stuff will start
and you can bet illegal immigration will be high on the list
and no one will get a "pass"

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Well what about the Demacrates, people are not even allowed to ask them a question on illegal immigration, why is the public not demanding it...are all those Americans for open borders and amnesty?

And............

During the debate on Saturday night-----they indicated that "illegal immigration" was 3rd on the list of importance for Dems!!

They NEVER ask them about illegal immigration!!!

I bet that the Dems say-----we will not do the debate unless illegal immigration is off of the table!!