I'm thinkin' this Republican from Iowa is about to become the latest victim of those terribly unfair leftist smear campaigns painting Republicans as racist.Speaking at a Tama County Republican forum Monday, six candidates for the GOP nomination to face seven –term Democratic Rep. Leonard Boswell opposed amnesty for illegal aliens and called for tougher enforcement of border security.Being that he's from Iowa, maybe Mr. Bertroche is also familiar with how they brand cattle to keep track of them.
“I think we should catch ’em, we should document ’em, make sure we know where they are and where they are going,” said Pat Bertroche, an Urbandale physician. “I actually support micro-chipping them. I can micro-chip my dog so I can find it. Why can’t I micro-chip an illegal?
“That’s not a popular thing to say, but it’s a lot cheaper than building a fence they can tunnel under,” Bertroche said.
Don't tell Leonard Pitts about this guy otherwise he'll write one of his wild, far left diatribes accusing another Republican of being a racist. You know, crazy talk.
-via Media Matters
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5 comments:
Oh, Richard, another MediaMatters zombie.
1. Bertroche's follow up:
http://globegazette.com/news/local/article_68e077e8-5273-11df-8835-001cc4c03286.html
"Bertroche did not deny making the comments when asked about them Tuesday by The Associated Press. But he said he never meant to suggest he advocates illegal immigrants be microchipped like dogs, which can have chips placed beneath their skin.
``I don't support microchipping anybody and it also didn't occur to me I was comparing dogs to illegal immigrants,'' he said by phone.
Instead, Bertroche, a physician, said he was trying to ``illustrate a social commentary on how radical'' the immigration issue has become."
2. His micro-chipped blue card idea, which had been on his web site all the time:
http://www.bertroche4congress.com/general-issues.html
3. And of course, let's hold Republicans responsible for every single self-appointed candidate, even before anybody ever elects that person into office. Never mind that Bertroche is just some quack who has thrown his hat in the ring, somehow we can use him to accuse all Republicans of racism. After all, one example proves the rule.
Of course, Mustache Bobby will argue we can all read between the lines and yada yada yada.
Let the troll-bashing begin! (Please, first things first, insult my momma! Always a good way to fire up a healthy debate.)
A Republican denied that what he said was what he said. Now there's a first. And he's a quack or maybe a lone wolf or...you know, just the victim of another smear campaign.
This shocks me.
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We can avoid addressing the whole immigration problem by pointing out one obscure Republican candidate who put his foot in his mouth! We can deny MediaMatters misled by not publishing the guy's response! We can also call all Republicans, all conservatives, all non-Progressives racists!
Yes we can!
P.S. Marco Rubio called. He's very concerned about your derogatory comments about him, given how many open-minded people are drawn to your even-handed blog. Yes, he's very concerned. He's especially concerned about garnering Mustache Bobby's and SquatHole's vote.
You Ricky, are making the world a better place with your rhetoric! Yes you can! Yes you can!
Yuck, another King of Cats.
You spotted him a mile away, too, Anon @3:23. :)
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