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June 27, 2007 11:11 PM UTC
3 Comments
First, let’s not forget that Rob Witwer is in just about the safest R district on the planet. He inherited the seat from his father (‘Doc’ Witwer), and basically had to mail it in to win his 55-60%. In fact, all three won handily, even in the face of a Democrat landslide. As a precinct committeeperson in Rob’s district, I know him (and Doc) personally and got his mailers, and I don’t ever recall him expressing xenophobia — either personally or in print.
(But as far as Italians and organized crime are concerned, let us not forget La Cosa Nostra. The Sopranos wouldn’t have worked with a Danish or Polish crime family….)
That having been said, there is an enormous difference between immigration and ILLEGAL immigration. I have no problem whatever with guest worker programs, provided that we genuinely need the guest workers (see, the H1-B visa scandal). However, I am rather insistent that we send the illegals home — if not by force, by taxing the snot out of those who would choose to employ them.
Even Mexico has an official language: Spanish. Why can’t we have an official language, too? And why do we have to be the only country in the entire world which can’t have an immigration policy that excludes illegals — just because you make facile and arguably racist charges of racism?
riogrande. Thank you for your comment. Not being a emotional, loud-mouthed liberal nor a narrow-minded conservative, I appreciate dialog and can take away value from other points of view.
While I agree that English should be our national language and that illegal immigration is a problem, my assertion is that the campaigns of many Littleton based Republicans went beyond what is reasonable in addressing those issues. I stand corrected, however, in my comments directed toward Representative Witwer. I don’t live in his district and shouldn’t have assumed that since he is a Republican in a district adjacent to mine that the same sort of propaganda I talked about would come from his camp.
While Witwer may just have had to “phone it in” to win in his district, Kopp and Summers were in tight races and the Republican 527s did indeed send out tons of literature and even television ads to put their guys over the top. Kopp, in particular, was nasty with his ads even in the primaries, going after his Republican opponents with things that were mean-spirited at best, and downright lies at worst. His campaign (and the 527s that supported him) without a doubt played upon those negative stereotypes that have plagued every immigrant group that has ever come to America.
The bottom line is these men got elected after their campaigns and the 527s made illegal immigration “the issue” in their districts yet showed no leadership or legislation on the subject once elected. Isn’t that saying something? Senator Kopp focused his attention on other things down at the Capitol (namely keeping Democrats in check with their silly “anti-war statement”), and I’m wondering if Representative Summers was even there (Is his name attached to anything important? I can’t find it.)
Campaigns need to focus on issues, not perpetuate lies and fears – racist or not.
Negative campaigns work; just ask “Both Ways” Beauprez. 🙂
I’ve only talked with two of the other gentlemen briefly (Kerr and Summers, at Jeffco Central Committee meetings and other functions; I don’t think I’ve even met Kopp at all), but what is it that you would have them do? Rob Witwer has told me that he has about enough power to sneeze if the Dems give him permission, and I watched as one of Summers’ bills on judicial reform went down in flames in committee.
Illegal immigration is a valid issue, and the Republicans have every right to run on it. What would you say about those who are behind this abomination we find in the Senate? And why is it fair that those of us who oppose it are labeled as racists and xenophobes?
If we need immigrants, all we have to do is raise the legal quota. New Zealand is currently aggressive in this regard (if you’ve seen their weather, you understand why they have to be), while Australia is bearish (has a lot to do with a lack of water, and that Aus is only capable of supporting about 20 million people). But let’s not reward lawlessness.