This time the Texas cowboy came riding hard — with guns blazing, aimed squarely at the flip-flopping maestro, the multiple-choice liar, Mr. Massachusetts — Willard Mitt Romney. The “Texian” came close to stepping over that fine line separating measured aggression and unchecked aggression….but stopped short of punching Willard.

The hot issue this time: IMMIGRANT BASHING! …and of course, the usual dose of venom aimed at that DARKIE occupying THEIR White House!

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Bashing helpless people (immigrants) is a Republican staple:

“Mitt, you lose all of your standing from my perspective because you hired illegals in your home,” Mr. Perry said. “And you knew for — about it for a year.”

He went on, “And the idea that you stand here before us and talk about that you’re strong on immigration is, on its face, the height of hypocrisy.”

Mr. Romney at first sought to deflect Mr. Perry’s attack by giving a stage laugh and saying: “Rick, I don’t think that I’ve ever hired an illegal in my life. And so I’m — I’m looking forward to finding your facts on that.” Mr. Perry snapped back, “It’s time for you to tell the truth.”

As the two continued to speak over each other and Mr. Perry kept pressing his attack, Mr. Romney turned to his opponent and said sharply, “This has been a tough couple of debates for Rick, and I understand that, and so you’re going to get — you’re going to get testy.”

Mr. Perry’s eyes narrowed and he licked his lips, before yielding the floor to Mr. Romney.

The exchange drew from a Boston Globe report in 2006 that found that illegal immigrants were among the members of a crew hired by a company working on Mr. Romney’s lawn. A year later, the newspaper found that the yard workers still included illegal immigrants. At the debate, Mr. Romney said the company had hired the workers and that he had eventually stopped using it because of the lapses.

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Riding along, with a roll of quarters tucked in his pants, buoyed by contender poll numbers — was uncle ruckus, the pizza-man Herman Cain.

Nigger came to the “lynching” swinging a 9-9-9 RUNGU, and frothing FRAUD in the mouth.

Alligator Moat!!…That’s an Apple!!…That’s an Orange!!…Electric Fence!!…Kill Immigrants!!…9-9-9!!…Obama The Kenyan!!…To Hell With The Jobless!!…There is No Racism in America!!…9-9-9!!…9-9-9!!…, sung nigger Herman, while sambo-dancing.

Peering from the far end of the podium, cuckoo doodle Michele Bachmann pooped in her thong, while scam artist Newton Leroy Gingrich bounced his fat belly like a weight on a trampoline — as the racist tea-bagger audience cheered enthusiastically, biting and sucking in the ugliness — with the gusto of a hungry lactating hyena.

Republican-on-Republican Cage Match in Vegas

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Herman Cain Blames The Unemployed, GOP Debate Audience Cheers

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Obama Bashing

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FactChecking The Las Vegas Smackdown:

Summary: Republican candidates hammered each other for 2 hours in a lively Nevada confrontation — and often strayed from the facts. •   Cain denied that his tax plan would boost taxes for 84 percent of Americans, or fall heavily on those with lower incomes. A new study by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center says just that. •   Santorum and Bachmann denounced Cain’s 9 percent “business flat tax” as a European-style “value-added” tax, which Cain also denied. The TPC study agrees with Santorum and Bachmann. •   Romney claimed his Massachusetts health care plan “[doesn't] have a government insurance plan” and relies on private insurance. Actually, his plan expanded Medicaid, and relies on that state-federal government program to cover many of the state’s previously uninsured. •   Perry and Romney clashed on job creation. Perry was mostly right in claiming Texas saw a greater number of jobs created than Massachusetts. But he was wrong that his state created more jobs in the last two months than Massachusetts did in four years under Romney. •   Romney relied on a disputed study from an anti-immigration group when he said “almost half” the jobs created under Perry were for illegal immigrants. Perry called that “an absolute falsehood.” But more neutral estimates support the idea that some portion of the Texas job gains were due to illegal immigration. •   Perry accused Romney of hiring illegal immigrants, to which Romney said, “I don’t think I’ve ever hired an illegal in my life.” In fact, there’s no evidence that Romney knowingly hired illegal immigrants — but he hired a lawn service that did, and was slow to fire the contractor. •   Santorum and Perry were both off base in claiming that Romney once touted his Massachusetts plan as a model for the nation. He didn’t. He said it wasn’t necessarily right for all states. Note: This is a summary only. The full article with analysis, images and citations may be viewed on our Web site: Desktop users go here: http://factcheck.org/2011/10/las-vegas-smackdown/ Mobile users go here: http://m.factcheck.org/2011/10/las-vegas-smackdown/

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Sam Seder calls out New Mexico Gov. Martinez for immigrant bashing: “Countdown” guest host Sam Seder reviews the latest immigration rights issues in New Mexico, where Gov. Susana Martinez is using claims of terror threats to justify her immigrant bashing calls for proof of citizenship for the issuance of licenses in her state. Just last week she slammed supporters of the Dream Act, which would allow for the children of undocumented immigrants — here by no choice of their own — to become citizens if they go to college or serve our country in the armed forces. Gov. Martinez herself has admitted that her father’s father entered the U.S. “without documents,” which allowed her to be born as a U.S. citizen.

In Other Right-Wing Nonsense……

The Racism & Bigotry At Washington Times — The Washington Times published an illustration of President Obama’s face on late singer Amy Winehouse‘s body to illustrate a column by Jeffrey Kuhner that claimed Obama is “injecting the heroin of class warfare and socialism into our national bloodstream,” which will lead to “insanity and death.” This is just the latest outrageous Photoshopped image or illustration published by the Times to attack Obama. [ READ MORE ]

Lies, Damn Lies, And Statistics: Social Security Edition [ READ MORE ]

“Poll Fixer” Frank Luntz Says 9-11 Anniversary “Allows Us To Appreciate [ CRIMINALS ] George Bush And Dick Cheney For Keeping Us Safe”

Memo To [ DINGBAT ] Gretchen Carlson: Economists Say Cutting Payroll Tax Would Boost Employment, Economy [ READ MORE ]

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   By: Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez
John McCain said there was ‘substantial evidence‘ linking wildfires in Arizona to illegal immigrants. The Arizona senator accuses Mexican immigrants of starting wildfires, but he is fanning the flames himself – of prejudice.

Does it surprise anyone that Arizona Senator John McCain has blamed undocumented immigrants for the wildfires in his state?

Hard economic times drives desperate people to do desperate things. Throw in the subject of immigration and a little bit of xenophobia … and shazzam! You have the recipe for a political ideology: blame the Mexicans! Send that recipe into Arizona and you have the perfect storm:

•   Uneducated and unable to find a [high-paying] job? Blame the Mexicans.

•   Social security and Medicare going broke? Yup, it’s the Mexicans.

•   Terrorism in the Middle East has you up at night? Blame the Mexicans for your insomnia, send troops and wall the US-Mexico border.

•   Crime, drug usage and communicable diseases on the rise? You know the answer.

Blaming Mexicans, or “illegal aliens”, is a tradition here; and in Georgia and Alabama, too … the whole country, really. Last year, McCain claimed that “illegal aliens” were intentionally causing accidents on freeways.

McCain’s charges read like comedy but here in Arizona, immigration is serious business – and so is scapegoating. It is [Sheriff Joe] Arpaio country, where racial profiling is American as apple pie. It is this state that gave us SB 1070 – based in large part on the unproven allegation that Arizona rancher Robert Krentz was killed by “illegal aliens”. Amazingly, another whopper was conjured up one week after SB 1070 was signed – that a Pinal County sheriff’s deputy had been shot by Mexican drug smugglers (the incident was self-inflicted). And two weeks before SB 1070 was set to go into effect, Governor Jan Brewer began to warn people about finding headless bodies in the Arizona desert. But the fantastical tales don’t end there: in this state, it’s not even that Mexican migrants are falsely blamed for real problems; they are also blamed for invented problems. Dana Milbank from the Washington Post writes about this:

“Border violence on the rise? Phoenix becoming the world’s No 2 kidnapping capital? Illegal immigrants responsible for most police killings? The majority of those crossing the border are drug mules? All wrong.”

Per the FBI, we know that the border region is safer than it was a decade ago, and that many of the safest US cities are along the US-Mexico border. But when it comes to fueling xenophobia in this country, facts never get in the way.

For example, Tucson’s highly successful Mexican American Studies programme is on the verge of being eliminated because our current attorney general, Tom Horne, has long maintained that the classes foment revolution (“Viva Che!”). A recent independent audit found all the charges against the programme to be false.

“Illegal aliens” causing Arizona wildfires? While the US Forest Service has made no such claim, McCain and his ideological supporters would have us accept his speculation as fact. What’s next? Blaming Mexicans for increased sun spot activity?

Reckless ‘Psycho Talk‘: 2008 Loser John McCain Blames Immigrants For Arizona Wildfires

Playlist: ‘Apartheid’ States in The U.S.

Playlist: American Anti-Immigrant Xenophobia

Playlist: American Anti-Immigrant Xenophobia — Immigrants For Sale

Aliens vs. Senator: Puppet John McCain blames illegal immigrants for starting the wildfires in Arizona, hiding his remote and taking his reading glasses.

“Sen. John McCain said today that he’s ‘not sure what all this controversy is about’ surrounding his unsubstantiated claim that illegal immigrants caused some of the wildfires raging across eastern Arizona.

Cochise Co. ‘Sheriff Larry Dever will tell you that the Monument Fire was started when the park, the forest was closed. So anyone who was in there is illegal,’ McCain said in an interview on ‘Good Morning America.’” — ABC.News

Racists have blamed undocumented workers for increasing crime rates, drug trafficking and crowded schools, but this is the first time anyone, let alone a respected politician, has blamed immigrants for wildfires.

McCain attempted to glibly dismiss the controversy by saying “The fire was started when the forest was closed. So anyone who was in there is illegal.” McCain is being disingenuous, he knows that he was referring to undocumented workers, and not to citizens who were camping illegally.

Pardon the pun, but McCain’s words are inflammatory and reprehensible. As a political leader McCain should be focusing his energy on helping the victims of the fire, instead of scapegoating hardworking and law-abiding undocumented workers.

I have my opinion, but I will leave it to my readers to decide if McCain is senile or a racist.

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Reckless ‘Psycho Talk‘: 2008 Loser John McCain Blames Immigrants For Arizona Wildfires

Playlist: ‘Apartheid’ States in The U.S.

Playlist: American Anti-Immigrant Xenophobia

Playlist: American Anti-Immigrant Xenophobia — Immigrants For Sale

As immigrants, activists and supporters of immigrants rally against the new Arizona law, constitutional lawyer, President Obama and Democrats are scheming.

The GOP lost the 2006 and the 2008 elections because of lack of support from Latinos and other naturalized citizens, disgusted by the racist rhetoric-excretions of Republicans.

The GOP is cornered once more, and Obama and the Dems should seize this opportunity to alienate bigot America forever.

If all Latinos switched to the Democratic party, permanently — Republicans would never win another major election again, and they know it.

Like with blacks in the 1960′s civil rights movement, the Democratic party should seize this moment and make “immigrant America” a permanent feature in their quest to control government at all levels.

In the 1964 presidential elections, Arizona Senator, Barry Goldwater rejected the legacy of the New Deal and fought through the conservative coalition to defeat the New Deal coalition. He lost the 1964 presidential election to incumbent Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson by one of the largest landslides in history, bringing down many Republican candidates as well. His defeat allowed Johnson and the Democrats in Congress to pass the liberal Great Society programs.

History might be repeating itself — selfish Arizona politicians, hoping to energize their racist bigot-base, are going after immigrants — a scapegoating act during tough economic times, expressly to get votes in the upcoming 2010 elections and onto 2012.

Democrats need to seize this opportunity with their arms and legs, and to relegate Republican America into permanent “division 2” status.

This is the time!

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References:

1. (Reuters) Arizona immigrant law energizes Hispanics, Democrats – U.S. Hispanics and Democratic lawmakers furious over Arizona’s harsh crackdown on illegal immigrants expect huge weekend rallies across the United States, piling pressure on President Barack Obama to overhaul immigration laws in this election year. [ READ MORE ]

2. What Immigrant Crisis? What’s Really Threatening Arizona? — Arizona’s governor says she had to sign a harsh anti-migrant bill to combat a state of siege. While Arizona has more than its share of thorny problems, something very interesting has been happening with illegal immigrants that got obscured in the debate. They’ve been leaving. Given that all arrows are pointing out, why would anyone think that we’re in the grip of an immigration crisis? [ READ MORE ]

3. Immigrant Deaths in U.S. Detention ‘Gulags’ Go Unnoticed

4. Immigration Stories, From Shadows to Spotlight

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