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Mitt Romney just touched the Republican third rail

Republicans generally favor a “three strikes you’re out” approach to crime reduction, but I wonder if Mitt Romney is going to get a third strike.

First strike: A year ago, we find out his yard is maintained by a company who employs people who are in the country illegally.  He talks to the company owner who says he’ll do better.

Second strike:  The Boston Globe checks in a year later, only to find out that the same company still has employees working on Romney’s yard who are in the country illegally.

Well, luckily for Mr. Stepford, the voters he’s going for don’t care about immigration, do they??  Oh, wait a minute….  ooopsie daisey for the Mittster… They’re the ones in a lather about it (well, according to the Wall Street Journal)! 

Hey Mitt, hope it all goes well at your speech about your faith Thursday….


Posted by Sam on Dec 05 2007 under Immigration, Politics, Republicans




3 Responses to “Mitt Romney just touched the Republican third rail”

  1. Mitt Romney just touched the Republican third rail Says:
    December 5th, 2007 at 12:57 pm

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  3. JimFarm Says:
    December 23rd, 2007 at 11:25 am

    The Republican Party is caught in a contradiction between its electoral base and it supporters in the business community. Much of the business community likes the present setup concerning illegal immigration because illegal immigrants can be underpaid and are easy to exploit. Indeed, we have whole industries that have become dependent upon the labor of illegal immigrants such as the construction industry, agriculture, food service industry, etc. In the United States, like much of western Europe, illegal immigrants constitute a growing portion of what Marx had called the “reserve army of labor.”

    On the other hand much of the Republican Party’s electoral base is extremely hostile to illegal (and often legal) immigrants, and indeed, tends to be nativist. Poor Mitt Romney got himself caught up in this contradiction.

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