February 02, 2008

Joel Achenbach/WaPo: opponents of illegal immigration, John McCain are racist Nazis

Joel Achenbach of the Washington Post offers yet another slab of pro-illegal immigration, pro-John McCain propaganda in "Immigration Battle Divides Ariz. GOP". It tries to portray all those opposed to McCain and illegal immigration as not just pistol-packin' yahoos, but worse:

...a contractor [protesting a day laborer site...] keeps his pistol in an inner vest pocket...

The protesters are members of the Minutemen, Riders USA, United for a Sovereign America. They find a common bond in their rage, their fury at the government, their loathing of Hispanics who have come to the United States illegally. They say that many immigrants carry disease, and kill cops, and rape children.

1. He's falsely claiming that all members of those groups are not just motivated by negative emotions, but that they "loathe" Hispanic illegal aliens.
2. Certainly, even the hacks at the WaPo wouldn't seek to deny that some illegal aliens do have those issues, yet the last sentence gives the impression that Achenbach thinks those are false claims. The use of "immigrants" may be correct in that some legal immigrants and visitors aren't checked for diseases, but the concerns of the protesters are with illegal aliens, thus Achenbach is being misleading.

He then offers this article's instance of the "moderate, responsible Republican" in the person of Grant Woods, someone who helped lead the charge against Prop. 200. He was also fined for employing an illegal alien nanny.

Then, it gets even worse:

Nearby sat a man wearing a McCain button -- no slash. Horst Kraus, 77, said he immigrated from Germany in 1960. He owns a nudist camp in Arizona (and says the conservative Republicans outnumber everyone else by 2 to 1). The immigration rhetoric scares him.

"I see 1938 all over again," Kraus said. "Back then it was 'Jews, raus' " -- Jews, out.

"Now it's 'Mexicans, out,' " he said. "I am very disturbed by it."

If you don't support McCain and illegal immigration, you might as well be smashing shop windows? Achebach then says that "that fear is shared by the many Hispanics" in the area. In other words, Achenbach is saying they're afraid of being sent to death camps. The Washington Post has really jumped the shark in their support for illegal activity.

What Achenbach left out is a discussion of McCain's various lies and misleading statements, and any attempt to point out that, yes, some illegal aliens carry diseases and engage in crimes. He's not a serious reporter, he's just a propagandist.

UPDATE: The author has a site that accepts comments; when he discusses immigration matters please point out how he's wrong: blog.washingtonpost.com/achenblog

Posted to Immigration2008a at February 2, 2008 12:46 PM