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The title comes from the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie and alludes to how many times Tea Party members will have to take abuse from counter protesters before the media notices the difference in tone.
When an anti-tea party protester can reportedly can call a Jewish relative of Holocaust victims a Nazi and nobody bats an eyelash there is something seriously wrong.
Even funnier than the headline are the reasons that the organizers give for dropping them:
Andrew Chavez, a professional petition circulator involved in one of the efforts, said its backers pulled the plug after concluding they might not be able to time their petition filings in such a way as to put the law on hold pending a 2012 public vote.
Jon Garrido, the chief organizer of the other drive, attributed its end to a belief that the law would have been subject to legal protections under Arizona’s Constitution if approved by Arizona voters.
The actual reason. People in Arizona support the law by 70% and throughout the country by 60%. Plus you have stuff like this going on. They would not only lose, they would lose spectacularly!
When you have the Suns trying to remove fans who disagree with their political views these guys are getting nervous.
The last thing they need is to show just how little support they actually have.
…but PJTV picked my link as the blog of the week although EXJon should get the majority of the credit.
That and your help will get me to Pa-12 to cover that race.
Here is he breakdown among democrats on a few questions in that poll:
Q: Do you think Arizona was right to take action by passing it’s new immigration law?
Yes 43% No 41%
Q: Who deserves to be targeted by demonstrations over the immigration issue. The US or Mexico?
Mexico 60% US 17%Q: Do you favor building a wall or fence across the border?
Yes 46% No 47%
Q: Do you favor using US troops to patrol the border?
Yes 53% No 41%
Q: Do you favor using the National Guard at the border?
Yes 73% No 22%
Q: Do you favor fines and criminal charges against employers who hire illegal immigrants?
Yes 71% No 23%
Remember these results are all among DEMOCRATS who were a plurality of those polled by a margin of 41% to 37% of republicans with 18% independents.
Democrats please please please keep bringing this up. Protesters please please please keep protesting this law. Rachel Maddow, earn more flowers!
Update: Glenn makes a very important point:
Forget the Arizona bill itself. What this poll says is that despite weeks of national-media coverage that was unrelentingly negative, calling the bill racist, drawing Nazi analogies, etc. — only 15 percent are really against it. Sorry guys — you’re still talking, but people aren’t listening.
When you only talk to yourself that’s all you ever hear.
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