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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:36 AM Original message |
After Protests, Backlash Grows |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. i do not know who chose it-but it is here. |
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purduejake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. It is a VERY good wedge issue. |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. doesn't matter which side of the issue you are on |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. I'm not seeing that - Here are Polling Results |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. the dem/rep part of it |
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Singular73 (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. Anyone not see this coming? |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Baited the Democrats |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. Puts a wedge in the Repug Party, too, tho. The have Repugs vs the have-not |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 03:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. The wedge is driven by and against W himself |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
54. Thanks, Salin! (nt) |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. i just caught the tail end of a story on CNN about the demonstrations |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. In Mexico, there is the 'Spanish" heritage (Pres Fox)--and then there are |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. the natives are being driven out of the country into the USA , they lose |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yeah -- The Mexican government started all this when they |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. they lured them up to the Boarder and created a hell for them.. the only |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. You're citing MORE reasons to build a wall |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 05:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. America will be a third world country in no time |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. I think that time has already arrived. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Got a link? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. I read that 1/3 of the mexican economy is money sent home |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. Let the republicans fight it out. Neither side is right. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. We're in it too |
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Kixel (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
61. I think you are right! |
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BadGimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. This is the Rovian plan playing itself out |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
57. When you look up hypocrite in the dictionary it says "see republican" |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. The protesters can match backlash with backlash. Bring it on. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Perhaps. But only those who can vote matter in the long run |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. My only thoughts |
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CPMaz (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. Some things never change... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 08:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Why "lose the openly anti-Catholic stuff"? |
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CPMaz (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. I haven't heard that stuff specifically, |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. As an objective fact, |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Thanks for the confirmation... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. I pegged it in March...and LAST JUNE |
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w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. Dean warned about this last year... |
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nicknameless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
18. I see this as primarily being fought between reich-wing factions. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
63. It has caused major bruising right here in DU. |
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nicknameless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 06:19 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Definitely true. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
20. An earlier poster thinks this won't hurt the Democrats. |
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NWHarkness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Those were not all "illegals" |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Your right Vinca |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Dems will lose if they're seen as coddlers of illegal aliens |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
21. Ha ha! This is poetic justice for the repukes. A wedge issue |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
22. What backlash? |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
23. Voters began the backlash at the polls yesterday in Virginia - |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
27. The Washington Post decided to run an article titled.... |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. There is also the polling data |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
51. The backlash will happen at the polls |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
28. this is a lose lose situation for the repugs- |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Take away the working class |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Do your working class buddies share your anger at the protests? |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I would not call it anger at the protest |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. I've lived in Texas a long time and I still do not understand |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Exactly |
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Doctor Venmkan (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I agree... |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I have a different view with the same results |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Two words, cheap labor |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. Well, you can't have it both ways |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Higher wages at the bottom of the scale will raise all wages |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Exactly! Unions are a good thing and |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Nonetheless, Service Workers and the Teamsters are pro-illegal. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. What is UP with WaPo? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yeah, they sure are upset. |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
60. K&R |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
62. This wedge will help Dems because many Latinos voted Repuke |
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neuvocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
65. These people want a backlash? Fine. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. thank you |
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