Adios, America: The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole (67 page)

42
.
    
“Washington Post-ABC News Poll.”

43
.
    
From “Fact Sheet: The State of American Public Opinion”:

         
New York Times
/CBS News Poll

         
Immigration is a serious problem: 89%

         
Very serious: 59%

         
Somewhat serious: 30%

         
FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll

         
Immigration is a serious problem: 91%

         
Very serious: 63%

         
Somewhat serious: 28%

         
Time
Magazine Poll

         
Immigration is a serious problem: 89%

         
Extremely serious: 32%

         
Very serious: 36%

         
Somewhat serious: 21%

         
Quinnipiac University Poll

         
Immigration is a serious problem: 88%

         
Very serious: 57%

         
Somewhat serious: 31%

44
.
    
“Salience of Immigration Rising.”

45
.
    
Ibid.; and “Fact Sheet: The State of American Public Opinion.”

46
.
    
Jeffrey M. Jones, “Majority Says Population Growth Is Major Problem for U.S. Future,” Gallup, July 14, 2006,
http://www.gallup.com/poll/23770/majority-says-population-growth-major-problem-us-future.aspx
.

47
.
    
“Conservative Leadership Declaration Opposing Amnesty/‘Guest Worker’ Proposals,”
HowardPhillips.com
, June 19, 2006,
http://www.howardphillips.com/archive0606.htm
.

48
.
    
Julian Aguilar, “A Young Bush Works to Nurture Hispanic Roots within the Republican Party,”
New York Times
, March 4, 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/us/george-p-bush-works-to-nurture-hispanic-roots.htm
.

49
.
    
“Young Voters Supported Obama Less, but May Have Mattered More,” Pew Research Center, November 26, 2012,
http://www.people-press.org/2012/11/26/young-voters-supported-obama-less-but-may-have-mattered-more/
. See the chart “Among Young Whites, Men Backed Romney, Women Were Divided.” Among eighteen-to-twenty-nine-year-old black men, 19 percent voted for Romney, and somewhat contrary to the chart’s title, more white women supported Romney than Obama, 49 percent to 48 percent.

50
.
    
Walt Harrington, “On the Road with the President of Black America,”
Washington Post
, January 25, 1987. (Jesse Jackson: “Reagan’s politics are racist.”)

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: MOST OF OUR CHAMPIONS ARE SELLOUTS—HALF OF THE REST ARE INCOMPETENT

1
.
      
“Florida Senate Debate,”
State of the Union with Candy Crowley
, CNN, October 24, 2010. (Rubio: “First of all, earned path to citizenship is basically code for amnesty. It’s what they call it. And the reality of it is this. This has to do with the bottom line that America cannot be the only country in the world that does not enforce its immigration laws.”)

2
.
      
See “Video: Marco Rubio Immigration,” YouTube video, uploaded by user “CONREPALLIANCE,” March 25, 2009, starting at 2:19,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfmLR2l4cR4&feature=youtu.be&t=1m29s
; and “Rubio in 2010: I’ll Never Support Amnesty,”
WND.com
, April 9, 2013,
http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/rubio-in-2010-ill-never-supportamnesty/#svp8IHvwAbLROHtV.99
.

3
.
      
“North Korea Least Favorable Among Nations,” Gallup, February 19, 2014,
http://www.gallup.com/poll/167489/north-korea-least-favorable-among-nations.aspx
.

4
.
      
David McCabe, “Poll: Americans Dissatisfied with Immigration Levels,”
Hill
, January 29, 2015,
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/231107-poll-americans-dissatisfied-with-immigration-levels#.VMppa98SXrQ.twitter
.

5
.
      
Steve Bousquet and Alisa Ulferts, “Hijackers Got State IDs Legally,”
St. Petersburg (FL) Times
, September 16, 2001,
http://www.sptimes.com/News/091601/State/Hijackers_got_state_I.shtml
.

6
.
      
Jeff Zeleny, “A Florida Bush Stays Silent, and to Many, That Says a Lot,”
New York Times
, January 30, 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/us/politics/jeb-bush-remains-silent-on-endorsement.html
.

7
.
      
Michael Luo, “Walking a Tightrope on Immigration,”
New York Times
, November 18, 2007,
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E1DD1530F93BA25752C1A9619C8B63
.

8
.
      
Peter Baker, “Jeb Bush Talks Approach If He Runs for President,”
New York Times
, April 7, 2014,
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/us/politics/jeb-bush-outlines-campaign-strategy-should-he-choose-to-run.html
.

9
.
      
Trip Gabriel, “Stance on Immigration May Hurt Perry Early On,”
New York Times
, September 24, 2011,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/us/politics/rick-perrys-stance-on-immigration-may-hurt-his-chances.html
.

10
.
    
Gabriel, “Stance on Immigration.”

11
.
    
Peggy Fikac, “Perry’s Border Fence Quip Rings a Bell,”
Houston (TX) Chronicle
, October 3, 2011.

12
.
    
Robin Abcarian and Maeve Reston, “Perry’s View on Border Issues Is Migrating Rightward,”
Los Angeles Times
, August 21, 2011, available online under the title “Perry Moves Right on Immigration,” at
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/20/nation/la-na-0821-perry-immigration-20110821
.

13
.
    
Adam Nagourney et al., “Immigration: Complex Test for 2 Parties,”
New York Times
, April 28, 2010, available online under the title “Immigration Poses Complex Test for Democrats and Republicans,” at
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/us/politics/28immig.html
.

14
.
    
See, e.g., Ashley Parker, “Paul Spells Out His Plan for Immigration Overhaul,”
The Caucus
(blog),
New York Times
blogs, March 19, 2013,
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/speech-by-paul-expected-to-support-citizenship-path-for-illegal-immigrants/
. (Paul said he wanted illegals to “join the workforce and pay taxes.”)

15
.
    
Raul Reyes, “Running Out of Time,”
Daily Record
(Morristown, NJ), April 13, 2014,
http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/opinion/2014/04/13/gop-running-out-of-time-on-immigration-reform/7553743/
.

16
.
    
Jeremy W. Peters, “G.O.P. Groups Offering Cover on Immigrants,”
New York Times
July 2, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/us/politics/gop-groups-offering-cover-for-lawmakers-on-immigration.html
.

17
.
    
Jonathan Martin, “Tea Party Aims at Incumbents, but Falls Short,”
New York Times
, April 5, 2014,
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/05/us/politics/tea-party-challenge-to-republican-incumbents-fizzles.html
.

18
.
    
Dave Montgomery, “Senate Approves Immigration Overhaul,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, May 26, 2006,
http://articles.philly.com/2006-05-26/news/25401366_1_illegal-immigrants-immigration-law-senate-plan
.

19
.
    
James O’Toole, “Santorum Tries Immigration as a Key Issue,”
Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette
, July 9, 2006; and Brett Lieberman, “Immigration Surfaces in Senate Race,”
Patriot News
(Harrisburg, PA), July 30, 2006.

20
.
    
See, for example, the transcript of the February 22, 2012, presidential debate. “Full transcript of CNN Arizona Republican Presidential Debate,” CNN, February 22, 2012,
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1202/22/se.05.html
; and Jeremy Duda, “Romney, Santorum Battle, but Little Focus on Arizona Issues,”
Arizona Capitol Times
, February 22, 2012,
http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/22/romney-santorum-battle-but-little-focus-on-arizona-issues/
.

21
.
    
Jay Root and Julián Aguilar, “Cruz Tries to Claim the Middle Ground on Immigration,”
New York Times
, September 12, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/us/cruz-tries-to-claim-the-middle-ground-onimmigration.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
.

22
.
    
“Sen. Cruz Opening Statement on Immigration Legislation,” press release, Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator for Texas, May 9, 2013,
http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=140
.

23
.
    
“Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, Intvd on Bloomberg TV,” Analyst Wire, January 30, 2014.

24
.
    
Ashley Parker and Julia Preston, “Immigration Bill Allies Aim for Added Support,”
New York Times
, May 23, 2013, available online under the headline “Allies of Immigration Bill Aim for Added Support,” at
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/us/politics/allies-of-immigration-bill-aim-for-added-support.html
.

25
.
    
Rebecca Fater, “Romney: State Troopers Should Have Power to Arrest Illegal Immigrants,”
Lowell (MA) Sun
, June 22, 2006,
http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_3967655
; and Fater, “Feds Say State Can Bust Illegal Immigrants,”
Lowell (MA) Sun
, December 6, 2006,
http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_4788846
.

26
.
    
Evan Lehmann, “Immigrant Rights Advocates Denounce Romney Order,”
Lowell (MA) Sun
, December 15, 2006.

27
.
    
Steve Leblanc, “Reilly, Romney Spar over Immigrant Tuition Bill,” Associated Press, November 1, 2005.

28
.
    
So you know that I’m not tricking you, his full statement on immigration the Sunday before the midterm elections was: “You’re going to see a provision, first of all, to secure the border. Second of all, to deal with those who come here illegally. And third, to make sure our immigration policies are more open and transparent. . . . That’s going to happen. You’re going to see a bill actually reach the desk of the president if we finally have someone besides Harry Reid sitting in the Senate. So, we’re going to get it done.”

29
.
    
Tony Lee, “Exclusive: Sarah Palin: Romney in ‘Never Never Land’ on Amnesty,”
Breitbart.com
, November 2, 2014,
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/11/02/exclusive-sarah-palin-romney-in-never-never-land-on-amnesty/
.

INDEX

A

Abdel-Rahmen, Sheikh Omar,
235

Abouhalima, Mahmud,
234

Acapulco,
171

Acevedo, Elias,
182

activist groups,
33

Acuna, Rebecca,
266

Adamkus, Valdas,
40

Adelson, Sheldon,
79
,
219
,
226
,
270

affirmative action,
63–64
,
86
,
107
,
141

Afghanistan, Afghans,
15
,
60–61
,
93
,
95
,
97
,
241
,
248

Africa, Africans,
53–55
,
58
,
70
,
76–77
,
83–84
,
86
,
93–94
,
221
,
233
,
237
,
248

African Americans,
6
,
23
,
32
,
54–55
,
63
,
83–84
,
161
,
175
,
262
.
See also
blacks

African Development Center,
86

A. G. Currie Middle School,
67

Ahmed, Shirwa,
96

Ahmedzay, Zarein,
95

AIDS,
167

al-Awlaki, Abdulrahman,
40

al-Awlaki, Anwar,
40
,
98

al-Awlaki, Nasser,
40

Albania, Albanians,
28
,
111
,
248

Albany, NY,
154

Albion’s Seed
(Fischer),
143

Aleman Cruz, Salvador,
147–48