"There were a few things that I found interesting, and disingenuous, about Harry Reid’s little press conference. First, he opened up with a complaint about the Tea Party ‘minority’ calling the shots and basically being too much in control. As a conservative who happens to be black, the first thing that came to my mind was, “Wait a second. I thought Democrats LOVED minorities and frame themselves as fighting for the ‘rights’ of these minorities?’” Of course, the stark reality is that Democrats love racial minorities that they can control with promises of big government being the mighty provider because the left sees these racial minorities as unable to provide for themselves. They demonstrate on a daily basis how they feel about ‘minorities’ who don’t buy into their big government snake oil. Conservatives such as Mia Love, Allen West, Tim Scott, and Ted Cruz are seen as fair game in attacks by the left because they dare to leave the Democrat Party’s big government plantation and be a Republican. That rationale by the left explains Harry Reid’s disdain for those who he deems as ‘political minorities.’ How DARE they try to have a voice counter to the progressive left! If you won’t go along to get along, Reid would rather you just go away. Second, Reid continued his attack against the Tea Party by accusing ‘those unreasonable Tea Party folks’ of trying to control things. It takes an incredibly elite narcissist to accuse others of trying to exert control when that is the very thing they are trying to do as they speak. But, that is the hypocrisy that we have come to expect from the left. The most glaring and disgusting distortion of fact came when Reid cited, or should I say misrepresented, a FOX News poll. He repeated more than once that Americans overwhelmingly want us to fix our broken immigration system. That fix, according to Reid, translates into Americans overwhelming supporting amnesty. Let’s face it, no matter what they say, that is what the Gang of Eight bill boils down to. Reid climbed even higher atop his soap box as he cherry-picked the portion of the FOX News poll that he wanted others to hear: 74% of Americans want Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform now, this year. So, the American people elected people to work across the aisle and get things done for them. This bill has been a model of bi-partisan cooperation. This is a perfect opportunity for Republicans to do the right thing and put the interest of their constituents ahead of unreasonable Tea Party folks. Reid conveniently left out a key component to the poll question that those 74% said they support. The full question is as follows. Do you favor or oppose the 11 million illegal immigrants to remain in the country and eventually-years down the road-qualify for U.S. citizenship as long as they meet certain requirements like paying back taxes, learning English, and passing background checks? The problem? The Gang of Eight bill, despite the Obama talking points that Harry Reid regurgitated, requires no such thing."
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:11:09 +0000
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