Can I just say our candidates are amazing for not flipping on the refugees?

[joshcryer]

It'd be so easy to do a flip and no one would give two shits about it. Some might even applaud it.

[jberryhill]

1. +1

If we are going to ban refugees, if only we could have started with the families Rubio and Cruz.

[joshcryer]

3. That should be a TV spot.

[Cha]

2. Yes!

[Kalidurga]

4. Yes you may

Many refugees are refugees from terrorists and/or extremely harsh economic conditions.

[McCamy Taylor]

5. You can. But you will be thrown under the bus if you do not add "I still don't trust Clinton".

And then assign her nefarious motives for her failure to flip, while assuming that the other candidates are being honest.

[joshcryer]

8. I don't give two shits about that.

There are some DUers who insult our candidates for this move, including those sporting Sanders' icons. See this locked thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027351860

[Scootaloo]

10. Oh for fuck's sake.

[pinstikfartherin]

6. Agreed! nt

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Yes, you can say that and I'm proud of them. But the Republicans haven't flipped, either

They've always[/i[ been flipping off refugees, never flipping on that, Governor O'Malley only got it part right the other night. It's not just Der Donald who is an immigrant-bashing carnival barker. There's a whole stage full of them when the GOP candidates get together.

[Scootaloo]

9. I don't think that makes them amazing.

That's baseline shit. it's like calling them amazing for being mammals or metabolizing glucose. Support for admission of refugees ought to be factory default setting for any of our candidates.

[joshcryer]

13. I would've expected at least one to flip.

But maybe the copy-testers said "don't worry, let it die down," I don't know.

This is a very polarized atmosphere, with all the major media outlets only focusing on the refugee thing, being sure to remind everyone that one of the attackers supposedly snuck in with the refugees, etc.

We have DUers, supporting candidates, saying it was a bad move, for crying out loud. It should be basic shit, no question. Perhaps I'm too cynical thinking at least one would back off.

[Douglas Carpenter]

11. yes, this does show just how removed from basic enlightenment values the modern Republican

Party is.

[Hekate]

12. They show humanity, perhaps not forgetting that drowned 3-year old. Millions are desperate....

....to get out of that hellhole and away to a better life. That half the governors in the country (and counting) want to keep all Syrians out because a few of them are evil, even saying they all should be subject to a religious test so that only Christians be admitted ... Well, as President Obama said bluntly, that is shameful.

[joshcryer]

14. Jeb! did not think that means test through at all.

Even among hard line Christians Obama's rebuttal made him look like the utter fool that he is.

[sheshe2]

15. Yes!