Friday, November 4, 2005
I heard this interview.
Boston Globe: Healey's immigration stumble by Scot Lehigh
On Tuesday, Healey, the early favorite for the Republican nomination when and if Mitt Romney exits, found herself in an impromptu radio debate with Democratic front-runner Reilly, the leading Democratic candidate, over whether children of undocumented [ILLEGAL -S] immigrants should be granted in-state tuition rates at state colleges.
Now, if you were a public official whose spouse's company has just been forced by bad publicity to give back a $1.2 million tax break obtained for its nugatory contribution to fighting blight up in bucolic Beverly, one might think you'd tread lightly for a bit. [Cheap shot alert!]
Not our lieutenant governor. Healey was fielding softball lobs from WRKO host John DePetro and criticizing Reilly because he supports in-state tuition for those students when Reilly called in. The AG pointed out that, as kids brought here by their parents, these young people themselves had done nothing wrong.
Healey was having none of it.
''They are illegal immigrants, attorney general, who need to be returned to the countries from which they came," she said. She proceeded to give the career prosecutor a lecture on law and order.
''They are illegal immigrants, and you should not be advocating illegal behavior," she said...
Kerry Healey was exactly right, Tom Reilly was exactly wrong and the Boston Globe is horribly, painfully predictable.
Reilly kept talking about "immigrants." They're ILLEGAL immigrants. Tom Reilly kept repeating, like the good little Massachusetts liberal demagogue he is, "Where's your compassion?" He did it in this smarmy, "I'm oh so concerned" tone, too. Over and over.
I have a question. Where's the compassion for THE BELEAGUERED MASSACHUSETTS TAX PAYER Mr. Attorney General? Huh? Why are we giving subsidies of ANY amount to illegal residents? They want to go to college? Good! Pay the full rate. Where's the compassion for ME, MY wallet and the family that relies on it?
Why is the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts out on the stump for law breakers? Why is he out campaigning for legislative issues at all? Oh yeah, he wants to run for Governor, I forgot. This one plays well to the Globe's limousine liberal constituency -- it's only a few more dollars, it's "compassionate." Never mind the disrespect for the law, never mind it's always another dollar here, another dollar there.
Where's the goddamn compassion for the law-abiding tax-paying family that only has a single child because that's all they can afford? Where's the compassion for me?!
Sometimes I think the Commies have it right. We could use a good tax-payer's revolution. Maybe they'll have it when they get to see Tommy-boy's name on the ballot.
Other than that I don't have a strong opinion on the subject.
