A Stupid Liberal DemocRAT Over the Line.
Publication:The New York Sun; Date:Apr 12, 2004; Section:New York;
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A DemocRAT Over the Line
ALICIA COLON
It's not often that I get absolutely boiling mad, but my level of
tolerance for DemocRATs is fast approaching an all-time low.
It's bad enough that their efforts to regain control of power in
Washington is driving irresponsible senators like Edward Kennedy and
Robert Byrd to make ludicrous public statements that embolden those
attacking our military in Iraq.
Now it appears as if some ambitious local politicians have completely
lost all sense for the need to maintain national security.
City Council Member Bill Perkins has actually proposed legislation to
allow legal immigrants to vote, and when I first read about it, my
reaction was to ask: "Is he crazy? "This blatant grab for the
Hispanic vote is over the line even for a DemocRAT.
To make sure I wasn't overreacting I called up every member of my
family (all DemocRATs), every Hispanic friend and neighbor, and then I
polled every reader on my e-mail list who is Hispanic. All questioned
his sanity.
That this is even considered a serious proposal is beyond belief.
Mayor Bloomberg issued a statement that immigrants should go about
becoming a citizen before getting the right to vote. Naturally, Mr.
Perkins, a DemocRAT from Harlem, blasted him.
"The essence of citizenship is not simply the right to vote," Mr.
Perkins said."The right to vote is the essence of democracy. To me,
the responsible thing to do, the right thing to do...is expand the
franchise and to be inclusive."
Mr. Perkins, America is not Mc-Donald's, a Burger King, or any other
franchise. Do you think you'd be able to go to work in any foreign
country and be expected to vote in their elections?
This is just the latest effort to influence the so-called Hispanic
vote. Freddie Ferrer, a potential mayoral candidate, reportedly has
expressed support for this legislation. May I remind the DemocRATs that
just because a politician is Hispanic does not necessarily mean he
represents all Hispanics.
It becomes tiresome to insist that we are not a monolithic community.
Hispanics come from many different nations. Some have been here for
many years; some, like myself, were born here. Some are citizens, some
are not. The largest group of immigrants may speak one language, but we
do not all think alike and it is infuriating when one politically party
insists that we do.
The idea America should make it possible for anyone with a green card
who is not a citizen to vote for the president is mind-boggling,
especially post-September 11.
My husband works at a large Midtown hotel, which has a multi-ethnic
staff. So I asked him to conduct a mini-poll to test the staff's
reaction to Mr. Perkins's legislation. His query turned into quite a
firestorm of heated debate.
Those immigrants who were naturalized citizens were definitely opposed
and charged that this legislation would dilute the entire
naturalization process. It took one bellman from Haiti 10 years to
become a citizen.
But then a woman housekeeper from Guatemala, who is a green card
holder, remarked that if you come to this country and pay taxes, you
should be able to vote. She was severely rebuffed by the naturalized
citizens who informed her that those taxes were for the services
provided by the government such as police and fire protection,
sanitation and schools.
Why, she was asked, should immigrants who come here and send their
wages back home to buy land in their homelands have any say in how this
country is run?
The DemocRATs have been exploiting the Hispanic vote for quite a while.
Does anybody remember the Citizenship USA program in 1996, which waived
security requirements for naturalization of more than
75,000 immigrants with criminal records. This scheme to subvert the
1996 election (which worked) is reported in detail by David Shippers,
in his book "Sellout."
Mr. Shippers, a lifelong DemocRAT who voted for Clinton/Gore twice,
writes that Team Gore pressured the INS to suspend background
investigations on applicants for American citizenship. This program was
an effort to naturalize a million immigrants who might be more likely
to vote DemocRATic. Twenty percent of the convicted felons who were
naturalized committed crimes within two years, meaning these new
citizens robbed, raped, and murdered thousands of Americans. About
168,000 immigrants were naturalized without proper fingerprinting and
FBI criminal history checks.
The hosts of that new liberal station Air America, which, incidentally,
bumped a local black station, WLIB, to air a daily diatribe against
President Bush, never fail to mention how he stole the 2000 election.
They never mention the other DemocRATic voter-fraud allegations such as
giving away cigarettes in Milwaukee, touring the jails to register
misdemeanor crooks, signing up feeble nursing home residents
as DemocRATs, and the mysterious disappearance of a 50,000-vote Bush
lead in Florida late on election night.
The voter registration form makes it clear that only citizens may vote.
Penalty for making a false statement is a fine of $5,000 or up to four
years in jail. This needs to be enforced!
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