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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
John McCaslin :: Townhall.com Columnist
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Will the Dems' health care Christmas Present to America be an improvement or detriment to our health care system?


A female caller to C-Span admitted Tuesday that she approached an illegal alien living in her state of Georgia and called him a "wetback" [-] an offensive term for a person of Mexican descent.

She said the alien shot back: "I'm not a wetback, I walked across the border."

DOCTOR TOM

Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price of Georgia says the decision by former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to withdraw his nomination to become Health and Human Services secretary "provides a glimmer of hope" -- and not because of Mr. Daschle's overlooked taxes.

"While the fact that he failed to pay his taxes is completely unacceptable, the greater danger of Mr. Daschle's nomination was his intent to create a national government-run health care system," says Mr. Price, who was an orthopaedic surgeon before coming to Capitol Hill.

After nearly 20 years in private practice, he headed the orthopedic clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, teaching resident doctors in training.

FARMER BARACK

The call for a "White House Farmer" was first made by Michael Pollan, the Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California Berkeley and author of "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto."

There's a White House chef, he figures, so why not a White House farmer?

Spurred by Mr. Pollan's proposal, published last October in the New York Times Magazine, the Internet site "White House Farmer" was launched by the Brockmans, a farm family in central Illinois. It proposes transforming "five prime south-facing acres of the White House lawn" and planting an "organic fruit and vegetable garden" for harvesting by the White House chef and area food banks.

Bountiful crops worthy of a president's table don't grow by themselves, so for three months the site accepted White House farmer nominations (56,000 were submitted) from all 50 states and the District, followed by 10 days of polling that ended Jan. 31.

The top three vote-getters: Claire Strader of Troy Community Farm in Madison, Wisc.; Carrie Anne Little of Mother Earth Farm in Puyallup, Wash.; and Margaret Lloyd of Home Farming in Davis, Calif.

As for plowing the lush green White House South Lawn, Ms. Strader and Ms. Little said jointly they would be "thrilled by the possibility of converting a portion of the lovely White House lawn into a lively vegetable farm. As vegetable, fruit, and flower growers, we know that a well-managed organic farm can be at least as beautiful as a lawn and certainly more engaging, productive, and inspirational."

Farmer Lloyd adds: "By raising food at the White House, President Obama's promise of change can include the most fundamental thing to Americans: the food they eat." Continued...
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Reply # 1
Date: Feb 6, 2009 - 5:37 PM EST
the oryuckle pipe dream:
"The reason that Hispanics vote about 2:1 for 'Crats is that they are more likely to be poor and undereducated... and they are likely to remain so, uniquely among immigrant groups."

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If they were all poor or ignorant, your yucks would seem reasonable. The truth is, all your fringe hate-speech and the interference of your so-called Minute Men, together with daily excoriation of Mexicans who came illegally (by radio talk hosts and their knee-jerk listeners)

--Served to convince every LEGAL hispanic voter we're all just racists on the Right. This was borne out on the O'Reilly Factor by two guests, Geraldo and Dick Morris.

We proceeded to blow the 2006 mid-term elections and this November the White House. Hispanics and Mexican-American voters would have backed McCain, otherwise. He at least seemed amenable to the idea of amnesty.

But overall, we were perceived by the whole hispanic voting bloc as unworthy of their support. Too much racist hooting and cursing for the longest time. We branded ourselves racists of the GOP. Thanks in part to loons like you.



" . . . the left wants to make voters of 12-20 million ILLEGALS, who are mostly Hispanic and would assure the hegemony of the left in perpetuity, because they would morph into 60-100 million new Hispanics here over the next 20 years per Heritage:"

Yeah; thanks to racists like you.
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Date: Feb 5, 2009 - 8:40 PM EST
the myth of turning the Hispanic vote

It is indeed the pro amnestia ilk which is braying that Hispanics are alienated by opposition to ILLEGAL aliens. Fully half of LEGAL Hispanics voted for tough new anti-ILLEGAL state laws in Az. in 2006.

The reason that Hispanics vote about 2:1 for 'Crats is that they are more likely to be poor and undereducated... and they are likely to remain so, uniquely among immigrant groups. This is why the left wants to make voters of 12-20 million ILLEGALS, who are mostly Hispanic and would assure the hegemony of the left in perpetuity, because they would morph into 60-100 million new Hispanics here over the next 20 years per Heritage:

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm1076.cfm
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/SR14es.cfm

It is also true that it was the alienation of conservatives and the failure of RINOS to be true republicans that served up this loss. Amnesty John was the candidate of the RINOS.

The turnout in this election was LOWER than in 2004, despite all of the new voters signed up by the left. It was conservatives who were disheartened that made the difference.

People voted more AGAINST neoCON RINOS Presidente Jorge Bush and Amnesty John than FOR Obama... in that sense, the ObaMessiah was a lucky guy-- he was following and opposing misguided boobs.
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