RNC runs ads in Spanish against Harry Reid?

[medeak]

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/


Emerging RNC bamboozle...

The RNC is running Spanish-language ads against Harry Reid arguing that Democrats were behind the bill the House passed to treat illegal aliens as felons.

That of course is the GOP-backed bill Republicans are now running away from in droves.

Figure the ad will get taken off the air? Will the cable nets feature the bamboozlement?

[medeak]

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The argument is really pretty egregious even by GOP standards. House Republicans put up a bill to make being an illegal alien a felony. An amendment was proposed that would have made it a misdemeanor. As the AP reports, "Democrats, including members of the Hispanic Congressional Caucus, voted against the amendment, arguing they did not support criminal penalties. Nevada Republicans Jon Porter and Jim Gibbons also voted against the amendment, which failed. The felony provision remained in the bill, H.R. 4437, and it passed the House on a largely party line vote."

So Democrats wouldn't vote for criminalizing at all. Ergo, they're for making it a felony.

This sort of bald-faced lying really should be called out.

Late Update: Apparently the DC GOP is really in full bamboozle mode here. And the word has gone out to blame Democrats for the felony provision the GOP passed through the House like a week ago. I wonder if someone will ask Ken Mehlman about the ad he's running.

-- Josh Marshall

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Senator Harry Reid was behind the GOP House immigration bill?

[AndyA]

3. Reid should sue the RNC for defamation, and issue a cease and desist

order immediately! Democrats need to start putting their foot down, and holding the Nazi Republican butts to the fire! They need to nip this shit in the bud right now!!

It's only going to get worse as we get closer to November, so might as well set the precedent early.

[fooj]

4. Fucking cowards.

I hate these rat bastards more every day.

[NVMojo]

5. I'm sure it's a pack of lies. Can this be taken up under the FCC?

false advertising and all? or is that allowed under this administration? ooops, forgot about the Swift boat jerks.

[medeak]

6. who's in charge of FCC?

LOL!!!

[countryjake]

9. And the MSM!

[chaumont58]

7. who will believe them? The pukes have shot themselves just like they..

did with prop 187 in California.

[countryjake]

8. Lou Dobbs is doing the same thing on his show.

He's saying that Sensenbrenner tried his best to amend his bill, to reduce the felony charge to a misdemeanor, but his attempt was "blocked by the Democrats". The conservative Republicans are aghast that their little plan backfired on them and they're losing what little Latino support they had, so now they have to do damage control.

The GOP is desperate to undo the wreck that their esteemed leader has made of their party; it's evident all over the MSM, as they highlight the distinctions between the "White House" and other "All-American Republicans". Watch Dobbs, he's the expert at it, spewing his "Proud Conservatism".