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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 06:30 PM
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Chris Matthews: They are talking about abolishing aspects of the 14th Amendment.
Edited on Thu Aug-05-10 06:34 PM by vaberella
This is ridiculous. Imagine what would happen to me and my sister. My mum was an immigrant who did marry an American when she got to the US (my daddy). But the way they're talking they want me to leave the nation---myself and my sister would not be Americans.. Who are these people? Republicans are assholes. Are they imploding yet?! These sorts of topics, are going to cost them every single minority in this nation.

I'm about to lose my citizenship (the way they are talking it's retroactive) and so will my sister because my mum was an immigrant. For fuck's sake!


I know they lost a good number of Hispanics (and a good portion of Haitians). But if they play this game---they will lose all Hispanics (and Haitians included). This is ludicrous.

This country was built on IMMIGRANTS and now these fuckheads are going to war with immigrants. This is affecting many people from the Caribbean and South America and Africa. They also say people on student visa's can get their citizenship. But I would lose mine. Ugh.

I truly hate Republicans now. I disliked them immensely but I hate them for this proposal. They ARE racist and prejudice assholes and this also goes to any Dem who supports this shit.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 06:37 PM
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1. You are being too hard on Gingrey.
:sarcasm:
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 06:58 PM
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4. ~sigh~ He actually was able to scare me too.
How far back are they going to go? They might as well kick us all out of the country. Ahh...I see now, this is a way to get rid of Obama. This is all about Obama.
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bigdarryl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 06:37 PM
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2. And yet people like Tweety keep predicting BIG wins in November for the rethugs
I think they might be surprised at how the Hispanic voters will be motivated and there not voting for Republicans that's for sure
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 06:57 PM
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3. utterly. Why would they when Repubs have done everything in their power to get rid of them?!
This is unbelievable, I'm truly shocked by this proposal.
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Jensen Donating Member (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 07:09 PM
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5. I can not wait for this video to be posted... I will send it out far and wide!!
I'm American... I'm American... Well maybe??
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 07:30 PM
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8. You need to see it. A ton of people are not American the way this congressman was talking. n/t
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 07:09 PM
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6. All "they" can do is talk
To do away with part or all of an amendment would require another another amendment. And I just don't see that happening, despite all the hot air Tweety can blast.
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 07:30 PM
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7. You're right..however the Republicans have managed to get a lot of things done.
I think many people said the same in Arizona and look what they're dealing with and if anything goes wrong in November, I'm not putting this past them.
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D-Lee Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 07:50 PM
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9. Lou Dobbs even thinks this idea is looney! nt
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 07:52 PM
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10. By that statement what you've said to me is that I've officially found myself in the Twilight Zone.
nt
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 07:53 PM
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11. This is war
And that's how we need to treat it.

Bipartisan = treason.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-10 10:35 PM
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12. I here you vaberella. I wouldn't be in the US without my Great-Grandparents immigrating from Italy
Edited on Thu Aug-05-10 10:38 PM by Jennicut
into Ellis Island and then settling in New York City where they had my Grandfather. He moved to Connecticut from NYC, got married and my mom and aunt were born and the rest is history. I just looked up my Great-Grandpa's info on the Ellis Island website yesterday with my mother and we saw his ticket and the ship he came in on and everything. Immigrants are the United States....the Irish, the Italians, the Hispanics, the Asians. So many more from so many other countries came to this country in search of a better life. How far do they want to go back? Arlen Specter said the other day his parents were immigrants and was outraged!
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chrisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-10 09:18 AM
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13. This is all about PNAC / Neo-Con traitors who want to make their racism the law.
Mexican immigrants are being used as a scapegoat, when in reality, they're some of the hardest working people out there.
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