So, I largely remained quiet during the recent presidential campaign. Those of you who know me, know where I stand. BUT, in the waning days of the campaign something struck me as completely outrageous. I was watching TNT several nights before the November 4th election and an ad came on (actually almost every commercial on TNT for the last two weeks of the campaign seemed to be political) which was very clear to say that it was sponsored by National Republican Party (and not any candidate -- more on that in a minute). The ad explained how "extreme" (then) Senator Barack Obama's views on immigration are and why we shouldn't vote for him.
Warning: You have to couch this whole entry with the realization that I'm a total C-SPAN geek.
I thought to myself, "immigration, that's one of the areas where there's the least difference between Senator McCain and Senator Obama." The things the ad was suggesting were things that I know were included in the McCain-Kennedy Immigration Reform Bill. I read the small print and it said that it "sourced" Senator Obama's positions by the fact that he supported S.2611. "S.2611," I thought to myself, "That sounds familiar..." (Did I mention that I'm a total C-SPAN geek?). S.2611 -- that's the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 the direct decendent of the McCain-Kennedy Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act (S.1033) of 2005. S.2611 was introduced by our own Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter and immediately co-sponsored by Sen. Hagel [NE], Sen. Martinez [FL], Sen. McCain [AZ], Sen. Kennedy [MA], Sen. Graham [SC], and Sen. Brownback [KS]. Let's see... in addition to the Republican sponsor, Mr. Specter, I see five Republican co-sponsors including the Republican Senator from Arizona and Senator Obama's opponent, John McCain. And by the way, you don't need to be a C-SPAN geek to figure that out.
I'm glad Senator McCain didn't "Approve this message." How stupid does the national Republican Committee think the Pennsylvania voter is? I'll leave that answer to you... Someone should be ashamed.
Warning: You have to couch this whole entry with the realization that I'm a total C-SPAN geek.
I thought to myself, "immigration, that's one of the areas where there's the least difference between Senator McCain and Senator Obama." The things the ad was suggesting were things that I know were included in the McCain-Kennedy Immigration Reform Bill. I read the small print and it said that it "sourced" Senator Obama's positions by the fact that he supported S.2611. "S.2611," I thought to myself, "That sounds familiar..." (Did I mention that I'm a total C-SPAN geek?). S.2611 -- that's the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 the direct decendent of the McCain-Kennedy Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act (S.1033) of 2005. S.2611 was introduced by our own Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter and immediately co-sponsored by Sen. Hagel [NE], Sen. Martinez [FL], Sen. McCain [AZ], Sen. Kennedy [MA], Sen. Graham [SC], and Sen. Brownback [KS]. Let's see... in addition to the Republican sponsor, Mr. Specter, I see five Republican co-sponsors including the Republican Senator from Arizona and Senator Obama's opponent, John McCain. And by the way, you don't need to be a C-SPAN geek to figure that out.
I'm glad Senator McCain didn't "Approve this message." How stupid does the national Republican Committee think the Pennsylvania voter is? I'll leave that answer to you... Someone should be ashamed.
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