Why NOT to vote Republican

[frugal-one]

I mostly worked in local government finance.

You may be confusing me with Alan, which I consider a bit flattering.

No. I knew Alan was in law enforcement. You are not similar but thought you had the same occupation.

[LDAHL]

Desantis did not win by much but unfortunately Andrew Gillam, who he ran against got involved in some crazy hotel room nude drug situation which was a huge blow to Democrats. And he was a well spoken, well educated black man so that only serves to fuel the fires of racist leaning people.

Gillum was indicted earlier this year on multiple federal charges related to campaign finance fraud and other irregularities.

[JaneV2.0]

As always with Republicans, cruelty is the point. These poor people who Desantis is playing politics with are no different than the Cuban refugees Florida has long championed. I wonder again if any of the party's fake Christians have ever read, let alone followed, the Bible.

[Teacher Terry]

I have a good friend that loves heat and humidity so loves it there. Personally I went in April and thought I was going to die.

[Tradd]

No they’re not. They are happy because it gets some further into the United States, further north. At least, that’s what I heard in the radio interview yesterday..I heard an interview with a mayor of a Chicago suburb yesterday on NPR, so you know that it’s all correct because it’s NPR! Anyway, the mayor seemed pretty even handed in talking about the bus loads of illegal immigrants his suburban city received. Maybe is was Burr Ridge? Sorry I can’t remember for sure.

He said they had been tested for Covid, monkeypox, and then tested a second time for covid. He said that even tho he was told they were getting families in their busloads of 100 illegal aliens, they got some thing like 65 single men 22 single women, a pregnant woman or two, and a few children.
he was irritated with the state of Illinois because he thinks it’s at the state level that’s a deal was made to send illegal aliens to Chicago suburbs. He was annoyed because he couldn’t get any Illinois state officials to talk to him on the phone about it, and apparently that’s true with other suburbs receiving illegal aliens.


He said they had already put two or three of these busting people to work, they found a job for them.

Yeah, it was Burr Ridge and Elk Grove Village that have gotten illegals. Apparently JB Prickster and Groot (Lori Lightfoot) knew about bus loads and didn’t bother letting the burbs know. The Burr Ridge mayor went after both of them publicly and Groot actually apologized. Nothing from Prickster yet. EGV and BR are both pretty nice, well off suburbs. They may lean right, so I’m not surprised Prickster and Groot sent buses there.

I have no problem with what the TX gov is doing. The feds refuse to do pretty much anything about the border situation and TX is overrun with them. The blue states support anyone coming in, so let them shoulder the burden. I heard on a mainstream radio news (CBS?) that the illegals on any given bus pretty much vote where they want to go of the choices available. Chicago is a sanctuary city. They want illegals, they can deal with them.

[JaneV2.0]

How are they "illegals" if the are registered and vetted at the border? Now they're awaiting a hearing and may very well be denied immigrant status anyway. We need more border agents so people can be processed quickly, and they shouldn't all be assigned to a few border states. Our immigration system has been problematic for years.

[Tradd]

Did they enter the US legally? As in with a visa, etc.? Highly doubt it. Pretty much catch and release. Who knows if they’ll ever show up back for any court dates.

[iris lilies]

How are they "illegals" if the are registered and vetted at the border?
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so now putting their (?real?) names on a bus list and doing the equivalent of spraying them down with DDT now makes them legal residents?

haha, ok. I’m never interested in sparring about labels because I find it to be a bore, so you can consider them to be whatever legal status you wish to assign to them. You and President Biden. I don’t think that will play well at the polls but we shall see.

[flowerseverywhere]

Gillum was indicted earlier this year on multiple federal charges related to campaign finance fraud and other irregularities.

Yes he was. He is claiming it is political and he is innocent although he has not claimed it is a witch hunt (yet).
DeSantis got mad at Disney and wants to dissolve their special Reedy creek tax status. Kind of playing with fire to punish such a big employer who draws an enormous amount of dollars here. But have no doubts, DeSantis is very smart and knows exactly what he is doing. And he is far more clever and charismatic than many of the MAGA type politicians. As I said, he is very popular. And not enormously Wealthy like many candidates who are very far removed from what ordinary people want.

Regardless of whom the democrats run he could very well be our next president. He knows how to work a crowd without inciting violence too.

[JaneV2.0]

They legally registered at the border in hopes of securing refugee or immigrant status, which, as I understand it, is the appropriate process.

Spraying them with DDT? Isn't that a poison?

In your eyes, apparently, anyone seeking to enter the country at the southern border is basically vermin. Nice.