Close to Home, Part II--the Immigration Conflation Conflagration
I was driving home from work today on Rt. 1, and noticed a few new political signs inviting me to visit "CaseyforAmnesty.com" and saying (in scary looking black and red) that umpteeen million illegal immigrants were counting on him.
So, I took a look.
Wow. And a sad, sad, sick, sordid, sorry site it is, too. Not to mention, it's paid for by the Santorum campaign.
Click on the title link to read an article outlining the more nuanced differences between the candidates.
Senator Specter, simply put, supports the same bill as Casey said he would have voted for had he been a sitting senator at the time--a bill that Santorum voted "NO" for. Both Casey and Specter, being reasonable sorts, recognize that it's not an ultimate solution to a difficult problem with many competing interests, but feel that it is important to begin addressing the situation sooner rather than later. It may very well be that there could be a better bill, but you notice that Santorum's little hit-man website doesn't bother to tell you that the other (and far more popular) Republican Senator from our state SUPPORTED it.
Senator Spector, in case you are scoring this one along at home, supports Senator Santorum's re-election bid as a fellow Republican would be expected to do.
And how does our Junior Senator repay our Senior Senator's support? By using a bill Specter SUPPORTS to distort Casey's view on immigration.
Hey, Senator Specter, here's mud in your eye.
This is obviously an issue that is of keen interest to Ox-Grove area residents. You cannot live here and not understand that a large part of our local economy and southern Chester County agriculture and industries are sustained by immigrants from Mexico and Latin America. This is an issue that deserves more serious consideration, and a balanced, nuanced approach.
There is little evidence on the face of it that Senator Santorum is capable of anything of the sort. Link
So, I took a look.
Wow. And a sad, sad, sick, sordid, sorry site it is, too. Not to mention, it's paid for by the Santorum campaign.
Click on the title link to read an article outlining the more nuanced differences between the candidates.
Senator Specter, simply put, supports the same bill as Casey said he would have voted for had he been a sitting senator at the time--a bill that Santorum voted "NO" for. Both Casey and Specter, being reasonable sorts, recognize that it's not an ultimate solution to a difficult problem with many competing interests, but feel that it is important to begin addressing the situation sooner rather than later. It may very well be that there could be a better bill, but you notice that Santorum's little hit-man website doesn't bother to tell you that the other (and far more popular) Republican Senator from our state SUPPORTED it.
Senator Spector, in case you are scoring this one along at home, supports Senator Santorum's re-election bid as a fellow Republican would be expected to do.
And how does our Junior Senator repay our Senior Senator's support? By using a bill Specter SUPPORTS to distort Casey's view on immigration.
Hey, Senator Specter, here's mud in your eye.
This is obviously an issue that is of keen interest to Ox-Grove area residents. You cannot live here and not understand that a large part of our local economy and southern Chester County agriculture and industries are sustained by immigrants from Mexico and Latin America. This is an issue that deserves more serious consideration, and a balanced, nuanced approach.
There is little evidence on the face of it that Senator Santorum is capable of anything of the sort. Link
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