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http://proudtobeafilthyliberalscum.com/2014/07/08/humanitarian-crisis-border-turning-disaster/How The Humanitarian Crisis At The Border Is Turning Into A Disaster For The GOP
by Justin Rosario July 8, 2014
Right now, the conservative media is drooling over the humanitarian crisis at the southern border. Its not immigration! Its invasion! Its all Obamas fault all these kids are bringing their filthy disease to our country! Etc. Etc. Its the perfect story to rile up the base ahead of the midterms and the demagoging is about to ramp up to a fever pitch now that President Obama has asked for $4 billion from Congress to deal with it:
The financial request, which is almost twice the amount officials had previously signaled might be necessary, would boost spending on border patrol agents, immigration judges, aerial surveillance, and new detention facilities. Nearly half of the money would be used to improve care for the children while they are moved through the deportation process.
The GOP already wants to use this issue to hammer Obama. The chances of them giving him the money to fix it is pretty much zero. Theyll find all kinds of excuses and make all kinds of demands but it wont matter what the president offers, theyll still say Hell no you cant! And then theyll try to blame him for it.
The problem with this short sighted strategy is that the right wing media will have exactly zero control over their base. Already, the visual of a mob of angry white people in Texas screaming USA! USA! USA! at a busload of Latino children and the people supporting them is deeply imprinted on the mind of Latino voters. Hell, one of these rabid bigots patriots actually spit in the face of a popular Mexican musician with 798,000 followers on Twitter:
LUPILLO RIVERA (@LUPILL July 2, 2014
Yeah, THATS going to work wonders on the Latino vote. And essentially calling a bunch of kids disease ridden vermin? Why ever would Latinos think that right wingers are racist pigs?
As long as Obama makes every effort to deal fairly with these children, preferably by reuniting them with their families here or, at the very least, not sending them back into harms way in the countries they are fleeing, hes going to come out looking like the reasonable one. Meanwhile, the GOP, wallowing in the intense racism of its base, will continue to look like what it is: The party of angry white bigots.
Keep appealing to the hate of your base GOP, youre doing great!
Abouttime
(675 posts)Thousands of these children will end up United States citizens, they will never vote GOP.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)One day, the GOP will be vindicated. They will show you! They will show you all!
malaise
(269,157 posts)Remind the ReTHUG base daily.
babylonsister
(171,090 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Wasn't that a lame duck bill after the election?
babylonsister
(171,090 posts)people are all over this!
malaise
(269,157 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,879 posts)If we flip the House this November - and the Democratic Party leadership starts taking advantage of the xenophobia and racism on the right - to help flip said House.
dickthegrouch
(3,184 posts)EarlG and others have produced brilliant, easy to read, short ads that should be all over the M$M come October and November. We need to fund that. All those "Pic of the moment" posts and the ones like the bullet points above need to be in front of the voters when they are deciding.
Take away people's ability to say they didn't know, and cause a rout in November.
*WE* (DU) could fund that.
JustAnotherGen
(31,879 posts)Need to check and see if they are under copy right.
I'm thinking leaving them as flyers around the area - folks making their own yard signs. Force our incumbent to respond to them.
I.E. It would probably be better if we all could get local with them. We are being very targeted - the 7th District Mean Girls
Yeah - we are literally calling ourselves that.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)sarge43
(28,945 posts)Brilliant. If shit were brains, the GOP couldn't fart.