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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/rip-our-arms-and-beat-us-the-bloody-ends?CID=sm_fb_maddowHillary Clintons remarks on immigration policy this week left quite a few people surprised. For reform proponents and other liberal activists, the Democratic candidates vision was far more ambitious than anyone expected. For pundits expecting Clinton to run to the middle without a credible primary rival, her increasingly progressive platform is far from predictions.
And then there are the Republicans hoping to run against her, some of whom werent sure what to say at all. The Washington Post reports today:
Hillary Rodham Clintons fighting words on immigration this week, designed in part to provoke Republicans into a reactionary counterattack, instead drew an unusual early response from several top-tier GOP presidential candidates: silence. [ ]
The relatively subdued GOP reaction illustrated a dilemma for a Republican Party still wrestling with the hot-button issue of immigration three years after Obama routed Mitt Romney behind overwhelming support from Latinos and Asian Americans.
Some of the Republican contenders, most notably Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, blasted Clintons position, but some of the top GOP contenders whove been heavily engaged in the immigration debate former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio, Im looking in your direction had literally nothing to say.
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Fergus Cullen, a former chairman of the Republican Party in New Hampshire, explained this in an even more colorful way: his partys intransigence on the issue on Capitol Hill has created an obvious opportunity for Hillary to rip off our arms and beat us with the bloody ends. Shes expertly exploiting our partys internal problems.
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‘Rip off our arms and beat us with the bloody ends’ (Original Post)
OKNancy
May 2015
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I dispute whether consequence-free illegal immigration is a progressive principle.
lumberjack_jeff
May 2015
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trumad
(41,692 posts)1. Fantastic quote
Thanks for making my day Nanc...
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)2. You are welcome.. I got a chuckle
It's always good to make Republicans squirm.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)3. Rip their arms off and beat them bloody, Hillary!
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)4. I dispute whether consequence-free illegal immigration is a progressive principle.
It undeniably is a corporatist principle, though.
spanone
(135,861 posts)5. 'Fergus Cullen' now there's a name!