Democrats Plan Pro-Illegal Immigration Protests
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RUSH: There are other troubles within the Democrat Party as well. Two parts of the Democrat Party coalition -- illegal immigration activists and the civil rights bunch -- are feeling ignored. They're mad that the immigration debate has fizzled as a campaign issue. Luis Gutierrez, head of a Chicago pro-illegal immigrant group, said, "[I]t's a touchy subject." So his organization and others are planning a series of public demonstrations that they hope will revive their movement. I think some of them I've seen on television today. Big mistake. Hey Luis? Your sense of timing is horrible. Rallies took place today.
In coming days, they'll take place in Miami and Houston, Los Angeles, and other cities. Representatives from the Reverend Jackson's Operation PUSH and Calypso Louie's Nation of Islam are expected to join the struggle for the first time, and they've also invited a bunch of gay activists. So the whole kitchen sink of the Democrat Party protest arm is being brought into this illegal immigration debate. You have to admit, if you look at this objectively, these guys have a point: Illegal immigration has been largely ignored during the election cycle.
But you guys on the immigration side and the civil rights side -- your plan is too small! Nobody's going to care. We got the Kentucky Derby coming up this weekend. The baseball season is in full swing, the NBA playoffs. Plus we got the campaign between Hillary and Obama. Nobody's going to notice your pathetic little protests in these towns. You have to organize better than this! There's limited value here in these demonstrations, only a thousand people at best are going to show up.
Listen to me. I cannot believe how much help that I am offering the Democrat Party, and I'll tell you what this means. All of you people that think that the Democrats are invincible and that they're always a day or two or week or two ahead of us and that they're just brilliantly organized? This is the most disorganized group I've seen in a while in politics. They are in total disarray. Mr. Gutierrez and the rest of you forming this group -- the big political story this year is going to be the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Every liberal worth his or her salt is going to be there. You activists ought to be there, too. Bring Louis Farrakhan. This guy by himself can pull off a Million Man March! You need somebody that can gather a million people to protest whatever it is you're mad about, and the only place to do this is Denver in August.
Bring Jesse Jackson, bring the gay activists. Bring every leftist group that you can think of. Put millions of people out. You have a presidential convention here. You're upset that illegal immigration is not part of the presidential campaign? There's one place to take this grievance: Denver, August, Democratic National Convention. Bring Reverend Wright! This guy can light up a crowd! We have seen this. I'm so disappointed in the way the Democrats are running their affairs these days, and it's really pathetic that I have to be the one to give them advice on how to do it right. |
