By: BlogRunner: Doing the jobs Americans aren’t willing to do

BlogRunner: Doing the jobs Americans aren’t willing to do — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:30:47 +0000

[...] Doing the jobs Americans aren’t willing to doGiven the recent rhetoric in Republican circles about immigration policy, I found this story spectacularly amusing. BLOG POST »Steve Benen The Carpetbagger Report Thursday, June 14TAGS: • BlogRunner > Immigration • Authors > The Carpetbagger Report > Steve Benen Who's Blogging Most Relevant First Most Recent First Hot Tidbits Christy Hardin Smith firedoglake elap('1181916133');Some tidbits from the blogs and beyond: – Even though online registration has expired, you can still register for the Take Back America Conference at the door in DC ... – And, finally, this is just completely hilarious.The California GOP Hires...a Canadian? Kicking Ass elap('1181861629');This is hilarious ... After all the Republican rhetoric around immigration, check out this story from the Carpetbagger Report...Aliens Take Over California GOP James Joyner Outside the Beltway elap('1181909489');Steve Benen passes along the latest example of foreigners "doing jobs Americans aren’t willing to do." California is apparently having a heck of a time finding qualified native-born Republicans. Hillarious Cernig NewsHog elap('1181862420');By CernigSteve Benen is right, this is freaking funny.Despite extremist Republican rumblings about immigration policy being a code for a quiet invasion, the California Republican Party has decided to hire a Canadian citizen, Christopher Matthews... Foreign California Republicans cactus Angry Bear elap('1181852700');Via Steve Benen, this story...Given the recent rhetoric in Republican circles about immigration policy... 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The closed-border policy there leaves businesses unable to fill important jobs and threatens to scupper the country's economic recovery.BlogRunner > Immigration OPINIONMajor Provisions of Minor Import RealClearPolitics elap('1181801693');There's a way in which journalists insert how they think Americans should stand on an issue, and you see it in stories on the Kennedy-Kyl immigration bill that tanked so spectacularly in Washington last week.BlogRunner > Politics BlogRunner > Immigration Stories > Immigration Agreement OPINIONDon’t you get it? It’s a jobs surge we need The Times elap('1181778622');Few of us can even bear to look at what is happening in Iraq. But I am told that a distinctive feature of the landscape is the concrete slabs that now protect every hotel and government office.BlogRunner > Iraq Related Blogs"Of course I’ll respect you in the morning" BILLY HOLLIS QandO elap('1181886866');As I suspected, the immigration bill is looking more undead by the day.BlogRunner > Immigration Stories > Immigration Agreement Debra J. Saunders: Major Provisions of Minor Import DEBRA J. SAUNDERS TownHall elap('1181880060');There's a way in which journalists insert how they think Americans should stand on an issue, and you see it in stories on the Kennedy-Kyl immigration bill that tanked so spectacularly in Washington last week. Many...BlogRunner > Immigration Stories > Immigration Agreement Illegal Immigration Watch: Reid and McConnell Revive Senate Immigration BillFLAP FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog elap('1181874520');Republican Policy Lunch with President George W. Bush on Capitol Hill in Washington June 12, 2007.BlogRunner > Immigration Stories > Immigration Agreement Immigration TomPaine.com elap('1181833200');Stealing Our Jobs, Huh? Republican landscaper Cathy Gurney needs workers, but only "illegals" apply. She thinks the solution is giving immigrants a chance to work. Learn more about Cathy Gurney and visit Dreams Across America for others' stories....BlogRunner > Immigration White House’s Top 15 Targets on ImmigrationROB BLUEY Bluey Blog elap('1181791741');A lobbyist on Capitol Hill confirms that the White House and Senate Republican leaders Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Trent Lott (R.-Miss.) are working frantically to convince 15 Republican senators to support the immigration bill.BlogRunner > Immigration Stories > Immigration Agreement Not Making the Grade Kicking Ass elap('1181774269');Thompson not ‘right’ enough on immigration: But Thompson is viewed somewhat poorly by conservative activists on immigration and campaign-finance reform.BlogRunner > Immigration Stories > Immigration Agreement Fineman Is NeitherBILL QUICK Daily Pundit elap('1181772962');Fineman: Bush's Suicide Mission on Immigration Policy - Newsweek Howard Fineman - MSNBC.com As always, conservatives, who thrive on alienation, are spoiling for a fight. Now they have found it.BlogRunner > Immigration On Immigration and Jihad DISCERNINGTEXAN The Discerning Texan elap('1181764980');Robert Spencer points out how Lebanon’s get-tough policy on immigration is preventing jihadis from entering that country, and thinks America ought to be taking notes.BlogRunner > Immigration FDT on the incomprehensible Immigration BillMICHAEL Fred File elap('1181737943');Excerpts from commentary aired at ABCRadio.com on May 18, 2007: Most Americans know that we have an illegal immigration problem in this country, with perhaps as many as 20 million people residing here unlawfully.BlogRunner > Immigration Stories > Immigration Agreement Aren’t You Glad…?CHUCK DUPREE BAD ATTITUDES elap('1181730271');At least we got rid of a tyrant.BlogRunner > Iraq Republican senators push emergency spending on border securityMERV PrairiePundit elap('1181727720');Houston Chronicle:The Senate Republican caucus, deeply conflicted about immigration policy, pushed President Bush on Tuesday to demonstrate a greater commitment to border security and enforcement inside the United States.BlogRunner > Law BlogRunner > Immigration Stories > Immigration Agreement Steve BenenFriday’s political round-upelap('1181923114');PBS to promote religious right-style history lessonelap('1181920516');Leave the candidates’ church attendance (or lack thereof) aloneelap('1181917826');Going, going, Gonzo-Meterelap('1181915121');Reid and the Generals, Day Twoelap('1181912451');BlogRunnerHomeMost Blogged 24 HoursFull Coverage blogrunner.com ... e: feedback(AT)blogrunner.com ... 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By: G.A. Phillips

G.A. Phillips — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:25:37 +0000

Supredestroyer, anyone interested in a "career in politics" should be stopped at all costs.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:38:34 +0000

Another reason why the Republican Party of California is irrelevant to politics in that state.

It is also a sign that anyone interested in a career in politics will not be going into Republican politics.

By: ken

ken — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:03:40 +0000

The Republican Party cannot find US citizens for hire?

There may be more than one kind of field work Americans are not willing to do, more than one way Americans are unwilling to dirty their hands.

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By: BlogRunner: Doing the jobs Americans aren’t willing to do

By: G.A. Phillips

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