tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post114778388591854169..comments2024-03-26T09:25:02.198-04:00Comments on Hey Jenny Slater.: President Bush wears Bad Idea Jeans.Astronaut Mike Dexterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01498197770701096363noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-1147886373830142032006-05-17T13:19:00.000-04:002006-05-17T13:19:00.000-04:00Gotcha.And I should have also said I agree with th...Gotcha.<BR/><BR/>And I should have also said I agree with the other part of your post - I don't get the point of the speech from a political point-of-view. He's never going to succeed pandering to the left, and the speech just pushed his base farther away. Of course, and I like to still give him the benefit of the doubt once in awhile, maybe it was a speech about what he really felt and it wasn't poll-driven........ Ok, that's not true.Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04054764121030646400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-1147803022193871212006-05-16T14:10:00.000-04:002006-05-16T14:10:00.000-04:00I didn't say only hard-core rigties and racists we...I didn't say only hard-core rigties and racists were paying attention to this issue. What I meant was that (at least as far as I've been able to ascertain) only the hard-core right-wingers are focused enough on immigration for that to be their single issue when they go to the polls in the fall (or to determine <I>whether</I> they go to the polls). Plenty of people have an opinion on this subject, no doubt, but for most of the people on the left side of the spectrum and even a great deal of moderates, this is just one of many issues they'll be taking into account in addition to Iraq, the economy, health care, et cetera. Immigration by itself is not a deal-breaker for them, in other words -- but for a lot of right-wingers, it's starting to look like it is.Astronaut Mike Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498197770701096363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-1147802244166070052006-05-16T13:57:00.000-04:002006-05-16T13:57:00.000-04:00I disagree with the fact only hardcore righties an...I disagree with the fact only hardcore righties and racists are paying attention to this issue. Trust me, I work in a primarily Hispanic school (with multiple illegals in my class), and I spend my free time hanging out with mostly middle-of-the-road whites, not a hardcore rightie or racist among them. <BR/><BR/>EVERYBODY is talking about this issue right now, and EVERYBODY has or is forming an opinion.Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04054764121030646400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-1147801746222617482006-05-16T13:49:00.000-04:002006-05-16T13:49:00.000-04:00Not to disagree with you, because I don't. But th...Not to disagree with you, because I don't. But the Chicago Tribune sported the interesting stat today that 90-ish% of the Army National Guard is actually still kickin' it stateside. I can't seem to find the nifty pie-chart in the electric edition of the Trib, though, sorry...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com