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Harry,
Give the head a shake already. Just because these union workers were booing progression, booing their leaders attempts to keep factories in California, the ones that you union dummies chased overseas. You have no clue of economics do you there Harry, oops, sorry, I knew the answer before answering the question, its a dead giveaway. Ya, and all the gays in the crowd booing, come on Harry, give the head another shake. Your dingbatting a thousand this morning there dummy, or harry. "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... How utterly delightful! http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...nes-california Rifts Show at State GOP Event Anger over illegal immigration and high spending shakes up the convention. Bush and Schwarzenegger are heavily criticized. By Michael Finnegan LA Times Staff Writer February 22, 2004 BURLINGAME, Calif. — An uproar over illegal immigration roiled the state Republican convention on Saturday as party leaders struggled to keep the rank and file united behind Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Bush. Hundreds of GOP loyalists booed the president at a rally where U.S. Senate hopeful Howard Kaloogian and his allies denounced Bush's plan to give temporary legal status to undocumented workers. "Enough is enough!" the crowd shouted. "Enough is enough!" A Kaloogian supporter, Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, told the crowd he knew a gynecologist who surveyed patients about the plan and found it rated "right below genital herpes." Schwarzenegger fared no better than Bush. Even staunch allies of the governor distanced themselves from his effort to strike a deal with Democrats on a bill to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa of Vista warned that the move would "empower criminal aliens." "If we find an illegal, we have an obligation to deport them; it's that simple," said the San Diego County car-alarm tycoon, who bankrolled the recall petition effort that led to Schwarzenegger's victory. "As long as people are here illegally, to give them the ability to further cover their status is to empower Al Qaeda." And Mike Spence, leader of one of the party's biggest conservative activist groups, the California Republican Assembly, shouted, "Resist the compromise, and let your legislators and the governor know they'll end up with Gray Davis: Out of work and starring on sitcoms," alluding to the ousted governor's cameo next week on the CBS show "Yes, Dear." Also sparking dissent at the state GOP convention here beside San Francisco Bay was Schwarzenegger's plan to borrow $15 billion to balance the state budget, a measure that appears on the March 2 ballot as Proposition 57. Schwarzenegger forces rounded up support for the measure from every county GOP chairman and were poised to secure the full state party's endorsement this morning. "This isn't a question of whether it's good or bad," said state Senate GOP leader Jim Brulte of Rancho Cucamonga. "The other options are all worse." But more ideological Republicans balked at the break from the GOP's tradition of taking conservative stands on fiscal issues, saying sharp spending cuts are a better choice for California. "Six billion in interest is not a good deal; that's a lousy deal, and Arnold wouldn't take that deal in his own business," said Millbrae Republican Barry Fellman, who wore a "No Way Jose" sign around his neck to display dissatisfaction with his party on immigration. |
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