June 19, 2007
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06/18/07
- A Pennsylvania Reader Explains the “Real” Cause of the
Civil War
A Virginia Reader Tells “An
Economist” That Arizona Congressional Defeats Were NOT
Immigration Related
From:
Deena Flinchum
[e-mail
her]
Re: An Economist’s
Blog:
Amnesty Loses for Republicans---Immigration Restriction
Wins For Democrats
“An Economist” wrote:
"Two of the defeated Republicans
(Graf, Hayworth) were in Arizona."
Indeed they were.
Graf
ran in the 8th Congressional District which
Rep. Jim Kolbe had held since 1984. Kolbe did not
seek re-election.
Kolbe,
who is gay, had a history of voting more liberal than
conservative on
social issues. Graf was hard right on a number of social
issues, positions not likely to please a district
socially liberal enough to elect a gay Congressman.
As
for
Hayworth in the 5th District, he had been tied to
Jack Abramoff, a link so toxic that it took out
more Congressmen than
Tony Soprano could have.
Neither Graf nor Hayworth’s losses should be attributed
to taking a strong stand on restricting immigration.
Joe Guzzardi
comments: Flinchum, whose previous letters to VDARE.COM
are
here,
makes a good point. But the biggest lesson of the Graf-Hayworth
defeats is that immigration reform must be the
number one issue
at the polls. Had it been, Graf and Hayworth would be in
office today instead of Democrats
Gabrielle Giffords
and Harry Mitchell. The former is terrible on
immigration; the latter, above average.
