Is Angle just crazy in addition to be racist? New ad sez "uh, yeah"

This has to be either one of the most bone-headed moves in the final crunch of a heated political campaign - or a flagrant slap in the face directed at the already Angle-queasy Hispanic voting block.

Either way, the newest ad from Angle (‘The Wave’) seems to fly right in the face of the hub-bub just a short while back where she made some clueless statements when speaking to the Hispanic Union students group at a Las Vegas high school, and then proceeded to revise her own history be declaring previous ad hadn’t featured Hispanics - when it so obviously was, and then suggesting that the students looked Asian. Why, she even declared that she was mistaken for Asian.

Then her campaign pulled the offending ad. They’re making up for it now with one even more disgraceful.

“Sharron Angle has decided to run one of the ugliest anti-illegal immigrants ad campaigns in history,” said Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, Christian Science Monitor

I want you to go to the YouTube site where this ad is - take a look at the Comments section. Comments have been disabled. She and her staff - plus her Karl Rove handlers - know what a firestorm this ad is likely to ignite.

This is just like her sneak attack campaign stops where she hides from the media, only taking the risk of public appearances where she’s among true-believers or completely insulated by goons from uncomfortable questions. The only interviews she’ll grant are those where she can fund raise among friends. Informing and educating Nevadans about important issues of the day, apparently, isn’t an objective. That’s surprising for somebody that keeps reminding us that we was a ‘teacher’.

Is Sharron Angle the kind of public servant Nevadans want? In the biggest downturn since the Great Depression, does Nevada need a legislator that can’t even stand up to a few questions from reporters? How will she stand up for Nevada?

There will always be a comfortable block of true believers for Sharron Angle - those people simply can’t challenge their own deeply held beliefs.

For the rest of Nevada though, how could you not vote for Harry Reid?

Take a listen at the ad again.

Where are the ‘waves of illegal immigrants, streaming in’ … into Nevada? WTF? “Joining violent gangs ...” or just schlepping dishes in the casino buffet, and mowing the lawns in the gated communities.

Are you living in fear of the waves of illegals? Sharron sez you are.

Did Harry Reid vote to extend social security benefits to illegal aliens? No. I blogged about this as have others.

Does Harry Reid want to vote against making English the official language? You may not like Reid, but he’s not stupid. No politician worth his salt would even consider such a stupid, impolitic move.

Is Reid against Arizona’s unconstitutional anti-immigration law? Uh, I hope so. Angle is such a supposedly strict constitutionalist, she ought to be against it as well.

Yes, it’s clear which side Harry Reid is on: Nevada’s

Sharron Angle appears to be on the side of whomever is paying for her crazy, racist ads.

-maven

Question of the Day: BP vs illegal immigrants?

Mr. Maven and I were sitting across from each other over the breakfast table, when he came out with this:

“I wonder who has done the most damage. Illegal immigrants or BP?”

Last night, I read this - from economist and former Labor Secretary, Robert Reich - on my Kindle before turning out the light. I think this could be the right answer for the Obama Administration, the environment and the American people.

Why Obama Should Put BP Under Temporary Receivership

By Robert Reich

It’s time for the federal government to put BP under temporary receivership, which gives the government authority to take over BP’s operations in the Gulf of Mexico until the gusher is stopped. This is the only way the public will know what’s going on, be confident enough resources are being put to stopping the gusher, ensure BP’s strategy is correct, know the government has enough clout to force BP to use a different one if necessary, and be sure the president is ultimately in charge.

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Irrational anti-immigrant screed dissected and exposed

Don’t you sometimes wish the right wingnuts would understand that bold face with lots of !!!!!!!!!!!!!, and in different colors in an email doesn’t make up for poor or ‘cherry picked’ data, insufficient logic and gross generalizations. Oh, and providing hyperlinks to websites that are blocked to all but paying subscribers, or linked to well-known right wing foundations with an ‘agenda’ aren’t very helpful, simply serving to widen the credibility gap.

I’ll dissect this one on illegal immigration.

First, the nonsensical email:

Perhaps you have already seen this, but it really spells out the reasoning behind the AZ bill

This article will open your eyes as to what is really happening to our country’s economy.  Read it if you wish to be informed so you can make the right decisions when it comes time to vote!

It’s easy to dismiss individual programs that benefit non-citizens until they’re put together and this picture emerges.  Someone (AZ) did a lot of research to put together all of this data. 

Often these programs are buried within other programs making them difficult to find.

A Real Eye Opener   
WHY is the USA BANKRUPT?

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True, false and the in-between of health reform: Illegal immigrants

A large part of the noise provided by opponents of health care reform has been in reference to claims that illegal immigrants would be getting open access to health care.

One of the best ways to prevent this, is to have provided for a robust form of photo I.D. that anybody applying for health care benefits must show in order to prove citizenship. You’d think that the Republicans would have been all in favor of this, but instead opposed it at every turn. They believe that a national identity card will be the next step to ‘big brother’.

May I also assume that these same folks have burned their drivers licenses, passports, military ID,  Medicare and social security cards? Uh, probably not. Logic rarely enters into these sorts of discussions.

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