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So...on the Immigration issue...what do the Democrats want and what would -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2018 08:26AM It isn't only dems who won't compromise. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/22/2018 1:52PM As you can see, the board liberals don’t know. -- ryno hoo 06/22/2018 11:00AM It just goes to show -- Faz d. Hoo 06/22/2018 3:09PM Maybe a check-in with some reality about the "issue" would be a good start -- NJHoo 06/22/2018 10:22AM Re: Maybe a check-in with some reality about the -- Chuck Taylor 06/22/2018 10:57AM It would be his own "Reichstag fire" moment. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2018 11:06AM Riiight. Because so many reasonable immigration policies were put forth -- TpkeHoo 06/22/2018 10:51AM DREAM Act was killed by the GOP in 2001, 2007, 2009, and 2011. ** -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 11:00AM Ah, the Dream Act is the measure of reasonableness. Gotcha -- TpkeHoo 06/22/2018 11:10AM Hollow, uninformed platitudes as usual. Maybe try reading up on its history -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 11:30AM Is that what the CBO said? ** -- TpkeHoo 06/22/2018 11:58AM Soooo, any specific criticisms? -- SchmHoo 06/22/2018 1:07PM I'm not Tpke, or that Capwater guy, but I'll ask you how the Dream Act -- Hoodafan 06/22/2018 1:39PM Correct and a lot of the same bullshit arguments permeated the GOP prior -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2018 11:02AM He certainly fans the flames. But he isnt the reason nothing got done ** -- TpkeHoo 06/22/2018 11:16AM Didn't say he was. However, if he really cares perhaps he should be leading -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2018 11:19AM Donald has done a 180 in the last several days on this. -- Chuck Taylor 06/22/2018 11:40AM Trump has no coherent policies. Shock. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2018 12:06PM Couldn't agree more. The entire Trump campaign was based on lies like that. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2018 10:45AM Yep, terms like infest don't help the discourse -- Faz d. Hoo 06/22/2018 10:36AM Those voters are a lost cause and have chosen their own white trashionalist -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 10:58AM You really think "white working class" or even "working class" concerns are -- BocaHoo91 06/22/2018 12:36PM No, I think the notion that the so-called "white working class" voted for -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 1:01PM Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. -- Faz d. Hoo 06/22/2018 2:20PM I think you glossed over the "because" part of my post. I get that more -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 4:28PM The myth in your post is that poor rural whites are the white working class -- Faz d. Hoo 06/22/2018 4:40PM This 100% ** -- BocaHoo91 06/22/2018 6:29PM I don't know. If you accept that their economic conditions are a problem, -- BocaHoo91 06/22/2018 1:11PM Trump got the same percentage of the white vote Mitt Romney did in 2012. -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 1:29PM What do you make of this article. Granted it's -- BocaHoo91 06/22/2018 1:40PM Would be interested to see how those counties compared in 2004 and 2012. -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 1:58PM How about this? This actually is 2016 vs. 2012. And while -- BocaHoo91 06/22/2018 2:13PM I get it -- but my point is that has been a trend for 20+ years (which your -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 4:07PM Right, but that trend through 2012 just took us back to the levels -- BocaHoo91 06/22/2018 6:28PM I should have said "pink" not "red" ** -- Faz d. Hoo 06/22/2018 11:39AM Is it that they're disorganized or that people are merely subject to -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2018 10:49AM For the past three years, Trump has had a stranglehold on the narrative. -- Faz d. Hoo 06/22/2018 12:16PM Let's call them the unpersuadables. -- Chuck Taylor 06/22/2018 11:11AM Trust your cynicism. ** -- Hoodafan 06/22/2018 10:05AM It's all very vague -- Beerman 06/22/2018 09:58AM Vagueness is the only luxury of being out of power. -- Chuck Taylor 06/22/2018 10:38AM Ha! That's what the GOP promised with repeal and replace. And we got nada. -- Hoodafan 06/22/2018 10:15AM No on both counts. First we did not get "nada" from the GOP. they did a -- 111Balz 06/22/2018 10:25AM If I were in Congress I can't see voting for any immigration proposal that -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2018 10:40AM It's unfortunate, but what is more important... wasting $ on a wall, or liv -- Hoo05Dave 06/22/2018 1:18PM False dichotomy. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2018 2:35PM You 2 sound like the inverse Freedom Caucus. This used to be called -- Hoodafan 06/22/2018 11:06AM Written by someone who has no idea what was actually in that "compromise" -- 111Balz 06/22/2018 11:24AM Umm, you realize I'm talking about the "compromise bill" just put forth and -- Hoodafan 06/22/2018 11:35AM The bill that is still being revised and re-negotiated? Let's see what's in -- 111Balz 06/22/2018 12:58PM Is it too much to ask to make policy based on reality? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2018 11:09AM That's what you're getting. You yourself said you could see strengthening -- Hoodafan 06/22/2018 11:22AM Actually what I was suggesting is that I would vote for that as a -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2018 11:32AM I would guess it's more of a spike than the "crisis" many of my fellow -- Hoodafan 06/22/2018 11:46AM It's only a spike in relation to traffic last year, which was WAY below -- 111Balz 06/22/2018 1:04PM Not at all unreasonable. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2018 11:50AM And TBC there are too many GOPers that want to keep this issue alive to -- Hoodafan 06/22/2018 12:03PM Immediate voting rights. -- CobhamHoo 06/22/2018 08:59AM The immigration form must contain a checkbox question, -- Shenhoo 06/22/2018 09:05AM Please, Stephen Miller -- Hoo TV 06/22/2018 09:08AM The illegals went from Phoenix Arizona all the way to Tacoma ** -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2018 09:15AM He’s a liar, he’s a cheater, he’s a midnight Tweeter. Trolling the liberal -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 09:18AM Sanctuary ISIS/Al Qaeda/MS-13 cities. Better yet, colonies in red states. -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 08:33AM They're in solidarity with Trumpies that Mexico pay for the wall. ** -- Shenhoo 06/22/2018 08:33AM The Wisenheimers are out early...guess my cynical inclination is correct ** -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2018 08:34AM You could always look at 30 years of proposals instead of asking a dumb -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 09:11AM They could not fix it in Barry's first two years of term 1? ** -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2018 09:27AM House voted on version of Dream Act -- DanTheFan 06/22/2018 10:18AM And, if I recall, that was the fourth try. Killed twice when Dubya was -- WahooRQ 06/22/2018 10:42AM He had real problems to deal with then. Illegals were LEAVING the country -- 111Balz 06/22/2018 09:38AM 2008 wasn't that long ago, but some forget the environment at the time. -- Chuck Taylor 06/22/2018 10:05AM And millions of people were losing health care coverage on top of -- 111Balz 06/22/2018 10:22AM Yep, losing jobs, healthcare, and homes. ** -- Chuck Taylor 06/22/2018 10:27AM 700,000 jobs a month. Poof! -- Shenhoo 06/22/2018 10:40AM Your cyncism detector seems to have overlooked the fact.................... -- Chuck Taylor 06/22/2018 09:01AM Your overlooked the fact that his question was about setting aside -- HokieDan95 06/22/2018 09:08AM No, I addressed it directly. -- Chuck Taylor 06/22/2018 09:15AM Just trying to figure out what they currently want ** -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2018 09:16AM Ok, fair enough. -- Chuck Taylor 06/22/2018 09:31AM Second to the last paragraph of a position short on detail..."Improve -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2018 09:57AM That is more or less a mission statement. -- Chuck Taylor 06/22/2018 10:21AM What do you expect when you add, "My cynical side thinks they really do -- Hoo TV 06/22/2018 08:45AM I am not close minded to the point of completely discounting the Democrat's -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2018 08:48AM So, you are opposed to Mexicans paying for the wall? ** -- Shenhoo 06/22/2018 08:37AM Love for the Mexicans to pay for the wall...maybe we take a surcharge off -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2018 08:40AM