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n CNN last night, Max Cardenas, an Iowa-based ethnic identity agitator from Mexico, accused ProjectUSA of "spreading lies" on our billboards.
The billboards, which read, "Congressman Leonard Boswell supports amnesty for illegal aliens," are, of course, absolutely accurate, since Rep. Boswell is a co-sponsor of the Cannon AgJOBS amnesty -- a massive amnesty and a whole lot more (under AgJOBS, for example, foreign nationals can apply for the amnesty at consulates anywhere in the world).
Cardenas on CNN objected to the term "illegal alien," which is the legally accurate term used by federal authorities, saying "we" find the term hurtful.
"We?" the host, Lou Dobbs, asked. "Are you saying you are an illegal alien?" he asked Cardenas, who sputtered and avoided answering.
Most Americans, of course, understand the difference between, say, "Bangladeshi" and "illegal alien," and are happy that Dobbs is tough enough to challenge those who don't.
Unfortunately, one American who doesn't understand the difference is Boswell's challenger, Stan Thompson, a Republican who has already lost once to Boswell.
In a letter to the Des Moines Register denouncing ProjectUSA's billboards, Thompson wrote, "Scare tactics that make any group or culture feel unwelcome serve no useful purpose."
How pathetic and weak and doomed.
Compare that response to the response by Republican challenger Kris Kobach, faced with precisely the same situation concerning our billboards in Kansas, as reported in the Kansas City Star:
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"The billboard is what it is," [Kobach] said. "It says the truth. It's a fact about the votes in Congress about an important issue, and, as Americans, we should be talking about it."
Kobach said the billboards were factually correct. "If there was anything on the board that was racist or false, of course I would repudiate it," he said.
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I have a question to every Republican out there: Who represents the future of the Republican Party? Kobach or Thompson?
In his self-destructive letter to the Des Moines Register, Thompson wrote, "This is an attack on my opponent that is unfounded, and I call on Project USA to take those signs and billboards down."
Well, we're not going to take them down. In fact, six more went up in Des Moines last night.
Now is the time to press this issue. I'd like to run radio spots next week that begin, "Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell and presidential candidate John Kerry are both sponsors of the AgJOBS amnesty for illegal aliens..."
But the spots will cost $100 each and we're tapped in the funding department despite record-breaking support from our supporters.
The Republican establishment is apparently too terrified Max Cardenas will call them names to take advantage of this golden opportunity in the crucial swing state of Iowa so, unless we can get an immediate infusion of cash, the opportunity will be wasted.
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