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Libertarian Radical
November 18, 2015
Oops! Smarter lefties realize they have a losing hand on Syrian 'refugees'
By Thomas Lifson
Kevin Drum of Mother Jones is an old hand on the left and has seen enough politics that he realizes what a big looser of an issue the Syrian “refugee” inflow is for the Democrats and the left. He cautions his fellow progs:
Over the past 24 hours, almost half of the nation's governors — all but one of them Republicans — have said they plan to refuse to allow Syrian immigrants into their states in the wake of the Paris attacks carried out by the Islamic State....That stance has been greeted with widespread ridicule and disgust by Democrats who insist that keeping people out of the U.S. is anathema to the founding principles of the country.
....Think what you will, but one thing is clear: The political upside for Republican politicians pushing an immigration ban on Syrians and/or Muslims as a broader response to the threat posed by the Islamic State sure looks like a political winner.
I pointed out this out a couple of days ago, in fact. And Chris Cilizza of the Washington Post agreed:
The political upside for Republican politicians pushing an immigration ban on Syrians and/or Muslims as a broader response to the threat posed by the Islamic State sure looks like a political winner.
The Pew Research Center did an in-depth poll looking into Americans' view on Islamic extremism in the the fall of 2014 — and its findings suggest that politicians like Cruz have virtually nothing to lose in this fight over how best to respond to ISIS's latest act of violence.
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The first terrorist attack linked to one of these "refugees," and the democratic party is done forever.
Obama can lie that it's workplace violence or any other bullshit, but a couple of Tsarnaev "refugees" brought in by Obama and the democratic - socialist, and the DNC brand will never recover.