It's Time to Boycott Arizona

SuperFemme · 05-13-2010, 12:49 PM

Most Americans approve of Arizona's law on illegal immigrants

By Margaret Talev, McClatchy Newspapers Margaret Talev, Mcclatchy Newspapers – Wed May 12, 5:12 pm ET

WASHINGTON — A strong majority of Americans support Arizona's controversial new immigration law and would back similar laws in their own states, a new McClatchy-Ipsos poll found.

Sixty-one percent of Americans — and 64 percent of registered voters — said they favored the law in a survey of 1,016 adults conducted May 6-9 .
Strikingly, nearly half of Democrats like the law, under which local law enforcement officers are tasked with verifying people's immigration status if they suspect them of being in the country illegally. While the Democratic Party generally is regarded as more sympathetic to illegal immigrants' plights, 46 percent of Democrats said they favored the law for Arizona and 49 percent said they'd favor the law's passage in their own states.
More than 8 in 10 Republicans and 54 percent of independents favor the law.

In addition, about 69 percent of Americans said they wouldn't mind if police officers stopped them to ask for proof of their citizenship or legal rights to be in the country; about 29 percent would mind, considering it a violation of their rights; and about 3 percent were unsure.

A separate Pew Research Center poll on the Arizona law released Wednesday found similar sentiments.

In the McClatchy-Ipsos poll, almost two-thirds of Americans said illegal immigration was a real problem that hurt the country; they were evenly split as to whether the jobs illegal immigrants take are ones that Americans don't want.

The McClatchy-Ipsos poll had an error margin of plus or minus 3.07 percentage points for all those surveyed and 3.26 percentage points for registered voters.

These results speak to the political land mines that immigration policy presents for President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats. Obama has called the Arizona law misguided. The Justice Department is considering a lawsuit to block it, concerned about the implications for civil rights and for police, who might be diverted from basic public safety-tasks or find it harder to talk to potential witnesses in criminal investigations.
The poll results also illustrate the uphill battle that immigrant-rights activists face in pushing Congress to pass legislation that would pair tougher border enforcement — which is universally popular — with a path to citizenship for immigrants who are here now illegally.

While many Democratic politicians, including Obama, favor such so-called comprehensive legislation, they lack the bipartisan support needed to make it law.

Heading into this year's congressional elections, they also face an electorate that's sensitive to losing jobs or diverting services to undocumented laborers, because of the economic crisis.

The nonpartisan Pew survey found that 73 percent of Americans approve of requiring people to verify their legal status and two-thirds support police detaining people who can't. Pew's survey of 994 adults also was conducted May 6-9
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The Pew survey identified an age gap: Just 45 percent of people younger than 30 approve of the Arizona law, while three-fourths of Americans 65 and older approve.

The Pew poll had an error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points for the overall sample.

AtLast · 05-13-2010, 01:53 PM

I'd like to hear what other's see as constructive things I can do in response to this legislated bigotry as an individual. I attended the SF rally, written things to Senators, but what else???

LOL... have a great image of filling up my RV van with B-FP members and heading to AZ to kick up some shit!! Snow can ride shot-gun... maybe have to trade off with Superfemme. Toughy would be good at forming our proclamation.... We could meet-up with EZ & a pretty for a stategy session....

SuperFemme · 05-13-2010, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AtLastHome

I'd like to hear what other's see as constructive things I can do in response to this legislated bigotry as an individual. I attended the SF rally, written things to Senators, but what else???

LOL... have a great image of filling up my RV van with B-FP members and heading to AZ to kick up some shit!! Snow can ride shot-gun... maybe have to trade off with Superfemme. Toughy would be good at forming our proclamation.... We could meet-up with EZ & a pretty for a stategy session....

Ha. Great idea. I'm in.

The_Lady_Snow · 05-13-2010, 02:03 PM

Yo tengo varias pistolas.....

SuperFemme · 05-13-2010, 02:07 PM

That's not a gun, it's a chainsaw. Here, have one of these:

apretty · 05-13-2010, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AtLastHome

I'd like to hear what other's see as constructive things I can do in response to this legislated bigotry as an individual. I attended the SF rally, written things to Senators, but what else???

LOL... have a great image of filling up my RV van with B-FP members and heading to AZ to kick up some shit!! Snow can ride shot-gun... maybe have to trade off with Superfemme. Toughy would be good at forming our proclamation.... We could meet-up with EZ & a pretty for a stategy session....

PARTY! --i mean.. what a great way to be politically and socially active.

Toughy · 05-13-2010, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AtLastHome

I'd like to hear what other's see as constructive things I can do in response to this legislated bigotry as an individual. I attended the SF rally, written things to Senators, but what else???

LOL... have a great image of filling up my RV van with B-FP members and heading to AZ to kick up some shit!! Snow can ride shot-gun... maybe have to trade off with Superfemme. Toughy would be good at forming our proclamation.... We could meet-up with EZ & a pretty for a stategy session....

Road Trip!!!!!!!!!!

I think Snowy and SuperFemme should write the proclamation in both Spanish and English.............I wanna ride shotgun in my boots, 10 gallon hat and string tie...........I got me some issues I need to work out......PTSD can be my friend sometimes ......laughin....

The_Lady_Snow · 05-13-2010, 09:29 PM

We will bring.......... the Patron and limes!!

the supplies for signs!!

apretty · 05-13-2010, 09:35 PM

great because ez's one and only mission this weekend is to 'stock the bar' --i don't know, i think he just wants to get a stainless shaker.

oh and we've got a hot tub with butt-jets (i try to just sit on one cheek-side so as to avoid a high-colonic)!!

-onward christian soldiers!

The_Lady_Snow · 05-13-2010, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apretty

great because ez's one and only mission this weekend is to 'stock the bar' --i don't know, i think he just wants to get a stainless shaker.

oh and we've got a hot tub with butt-jets (i try to just sit on one cheek-side so as to avoid a high-colonic)!!

-onward christian soldiers!

Who doesn't like a stocked bar and a stainless shaker.....?

apretty · 05-13-2010, 09:40 PM

...and butt jets.

AtLast · 05-13-2010, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toughy

Road Trip!!!!!!!!!!

I think Snowy and SuperFemme should write the proclamation in both Spanish and English.............I wanna ride shotgun in my boots, 10 gallon hat and string tie...........I got me some issues I need to work out......PTSD can be my friend sometimes ......laughin....

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

We will bring.......... the Patron and limes!!

the supplies for signs!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by apretty

great because ez's one and only mission this weekend is to 'stock the bar' --i don't know, i think he just wants to get a stainless shaker.

oh and we've got a hot tub with butt-jets (i try to just sit on one cheek-side so as to avoid a high-colonic)!!

-onward christian soldiers!

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

Who doesn't like a stocked bar and a stainless shaker.....?

KEWL!!! We're gonna stir up shit! And yes, a stocked bar and hot-tub sounds great! Hummm, could be some interesting strategy arising....

Hell yes, Snow & Super should do the proclamation, you are right, T. I will wear my new western boots... have to break them in. OK, you are shot-gun... a string tie and 10 gallon hat??? Oh, what the hell....

Ya' think we can get in to see the Gov? Ha!!!

Diva · 05-14-2010, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toughy

Road Trip!!!!!!!!!!

I think Snowy and SuperFemme should write the proclamation in both Spanish and English.............I wanna ride shotgun in my boots, 10 gallon hat and string tie...........I got me some issues I need to work out......PTSD can be my friend sometimes ......laughin....

Don't forget Chinese and French for the illegal immigrants from China and Canada, too...

Diva · 05-14-2010, 11:07 AM

Not that I'm supportive of the GOP, but AZ just lost the chance to host the 2012 Republican convention to Tampa.

Read that on Yahoo News.

MsDemeanor · 05-14-2010, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diva

Not that I'm supportive of the GOP, but AZ just lost the chance to host the 2012 Republican convention to Tampa.

Read that on Yahoo News.

The repugs had three choices:

1) Salt Lake City - pain in the ass to buy alcohol
2) Phoenix - hotbed of controversy (plus, in August, just damn hot)
3) Tampa Bay - lap dance capital of the world linkyloo

Gee, color the choice obvious......

AtLast · 05-14-2010, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

The repugs had three choices:

1) Salt Lake City - pain in the ass to buy alcohol
2) Phoenix - hotbed of controversy (plus, in August, just damn hot)
3) Tampa Bay - lap dance capital of the world linkyloo

Gee, color the choice obvious......

Oh.... ROTFL!!!

Why is it that one can usually follow the pee-pee tail in politics?? I swear, much of the time, I am reminded of adolescent boys (mine, especially back then- at 6, no one could see it, at 16- the whole world was invited to take a gander) with this stuff!

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