cspan - the crazies are out in force

[ChairmanAgnostic]

did you know that real, normal americans are a minority compared to illegal aliens?
Or that Jesus picked our nation to lead the world, and that with immigration the real white person will disappear?
Or that all of our wars are due to liberals, homos, and gays?


That is just a sample from this morning's discussion on immigration.

[malaise]

1. I'm drinking coffee and cracking up

with laughter. Rethugs are pissed. The one I loved best so far was complaining about the price of bananas if the Mexicans weren't allowed in. Someone should tell him that not one single banana is produced in the US. That slave labour is in Central America.

[Cassandra]

18. That got a laugh from me, too.

I was thinking, bananas? That idiot thinks we grow bananas here? Actually, I think Americans would be more willing to pick bananas than other produce. It's heavy but not stoop labor.

[formercia]

20. I think there's soneone in So. CA that grows exotic bananas

for the upscale crowd, otherwise your point is well made. :)

I don't think he's a threat to Chiquita Brands.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. The old "white man will disappear" junk has been floating around for years

I wish I could find it, but there was a political cartoon about the "Last Real Yankee" with a white man surrounded by Asians, Italians, Germans, etc, each spouting garbled versions of English as they pulled him down--this was a cartoon from the 1840s.

[Mist]

7. I love it that these folks often refer to themselves as "native Americans" with no

acknowledgement that that term has come to mean something else entirely in the last 40 years or so.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. I guess all those tribes, the trail of tears, and the Nations

are just wasting space for us "natives", huh?

dumbasses. but they vote.

[DrDan]

3. I agree

and I am quite embarrassed being from the south myself . . .

but I am sick and tired of hearing "I am sick and tired . . . " - every second caller includes that proclamation (or a phrase very close to that)

ut it really is quite funny listening to this unibrow crowd . . .

[mrcheerful]

4. These people show just how ready america is to have a black president

I'm sorry but A choice between a black man or a white woman, I just don't think america is at that level yet. Sure we at DU and the smattering of liberals across the country are ok with the ideal that sex or race don't matter. But the rest of america, the ones who voted for shrub twice and Reagan is their hero are nothing but racist, sexist assholes who hate everyone that they think is getting something they feel their skin color entitles them to get first.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. you make a great point.

pure statistics proves that these "morans" are not a simple-minded, small, unmeasurable minority.

While it is amusing, it also makes one cry for our country.

[malaise]

13. That simple n/t

[Toots]

23. Prepare yourself for a big shock then

The next President of the USA will be a white woman and the next Vice-President will be a black man. Get used to it....America is more advanced than you believe it to be..

[Nunyabiz]

5. The 28%ers are crazy as they can be

and 99.99% are Fundamentalist Christian, coincidence? I think not.

"Life and Liberty for All Who Believe"

[meegbear]

15. And the one's who help *'s poll numbers in double digits ...

low double digits, but double digits all the same.

And ... :party: WELCOME TO DU!! :party:

[B Calm]

17. I call them THE RELIGIOUSLY INSANE

[salin]

9. one caller wishes "Ron Paul, *David Duke*, or Pat Buchanon"

to come to the rescue - my emphasis on the guy who WANTS grand wizard Duke to lead us. :eyes:

[fasttense]

10. The stupid white man does need to be saved but he needs to be saved

from himself. I don't think more stupid white men is the answer.

[salin]

14. then there was the guy

we were trying to get welfare but everyone in the building - all jobs were held by Mexicans - and the form was handed was in "Mexican" - er "Spanish". That guy made me chuckle - and I don't quite buy his story.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. my job's harder 'cuz they dodn't speak good english and everything

my dad fought in three wars, and all this money invested we built to build this country, and they come here and turn it into a third world country.

[hootinholler]

12. Liberals and homos and gays, OH MY!

Never mind 2 of the 3 are the same thing, it has a certain ring to it. Would make a nice chant for a protest. It sort of rolls off the tongue, liberals and homos and gays, OH MY!

Cue the flying monkeys!

-Hoot

[Cassandra]

16. Not that immigration isn't important but...

do you notice that C-Span will do anything to avoid talking about the US attorney scandal and Comey's testimony? They showed the testimony but nothing has been asked about it on Washington Journal.

[mwb970]

19. I never watch these C-SPAN call-in shows.

But from the comments that often crop up here, it sounds like a festival of wingnuttery! Does anyone ever call in with anything sensible to say or is it entirely knuckle-dragging Fox Noise viewers? Is it actually fun to watch these shows?

[Skidmore]

21. Scoff, but I will tell you this much.

My husband is a naturalized American citizen who has faithfully voted for every Democratic candidate since he became a citizen. He is furious right now. Absolutely furious and talking about not voting Democratic this time. He and his brothers and sisters all came here using the immigration system under the law. They paid the sponsorships and filled out the forms and made the trips to the immigration office. He is beside himself. Last night while we watched as this bill was discussed, he was literally shouting at the television set. I have been married to two different immigrants--one who did not become a citizen and my current husband. I have lived abroad for an extended period of time and followed the rules of the nation where I lived in regard to the necessary criteria for my continued sojourn there.

I will tell you this. I'm not happy with this bill either, and it is not that I begrudge people wanting a better life. I'm sure my bona fides as a Democrat will now be questioned and the flamethrowers are being fired up. However, we do have a legal system which governs labor, commerce, and immigration. The laws have not been enforced, and free trader gluttons have been allowed to run amok. As a result, the American worker and infrastructure is suffering. It seems to me that this bill has been drafted by California, Texas, and Florida senators, the states whose labor polies have allowed this assault on the American worker to balloon.

My allegiance is to this nation. I am a citizen of no other nation. This is the one issue I disagree with the Democratic Party on. I expect the laws of this nation to be upheld and obeyed. It is well past time to rein in the freetraders and start dealing with very real problems of facing the citizenry in the labor market now.

[cooolandrew]

22. Given climat e change alone we'll all be a lot browner whether they like it or not...

... I say this as a black person to clarify. Why does their colour mean so much to them a colour doesn't make a supreme being never understood this thinking. One race human race onc we make that connection globally we'll be on the way.

Stuart Wilde '' Any ideology that says we are superior in any way is a false ideology, as it disconnects us from humanity''

[ChairmanAgnostic]

24. from your lips to -----

if only most people on this world felt like that.

We used to pretend to be like that. If you ignore Irish, Blacks, Chinese, Japanese, Poles, Turks, etc. etc. etc.
now our nationalistic myopia and racism seems much more obvious and on the surface.

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. Or paler, if we live underground or only come out at night. I know I would

not be out in the sun in 100+ temps, that is for sure!

[Catherine Vincent]

26. I can't wait to hear them.

Check this one out from last Sunday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=901886&mesg_id=901886