The Urban Grind

Rep. D. Rodrigues, (D-Texas) recently ousted Republican. Rep. Henry Bonilla, which now gives the Democrats 30 House seats.

And we have the Supreme Court to thank for this.

?where a court-inspired runoff resulted in still another pickup for the Democrats. Rep. Henry Bonilla, a seven-term Republican, was upset by a former congressman, Democrat Ciro Rodriguez, 54-46 percent. The result was a shocker, and the fact that it wasn’t even close made it more so.

The special election was mandated when the Supreme Court ruled in June that the district, part of a vast congressional district redrawing plan conceived by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), was unconstitutionally drawn because it excluded Hispanic voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Seven Democrats jumped into the Nov. 7 election, hoping at the least that they could keep Bonilla from attaining a majority. Mission accomplished: Bonilla finished a clear first, but with 49 percent of the vote; his failure to break the 50 percent threshold necessitated Tuesday’s runoff. That gave Rodriguez, the second-place finisher on Nov. 7 with 22 percent, the opportunity to rally Democratic voters, of which he took advantage. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, still on a high from its success of retaking the House last month, decided to pour money into the district on Rodriguez’s behalf.

It’s possible, since South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson was hospitalized for stroke-like symptoms.

In case Senator Johnson is unable to continue working, Governor Rounds could appoint a conservative Republican to take his place.

South Dakota Secretary of State Chris Nelson said the appointment would fill the vacancy until a general election could be held in November 2008. There are no restrictions on who the governor can appoint, beyond meeting the legal requirements for Senate membership, he said.

I just hope Governor Rounds doesn’t go all mushy. Then again, this was a man who approved one of the country’s most restrictive abortion laws, so there’s hope.

That’s essentially what he’s saying when he says that his goal as chairman of the RNC will be to “undo the damage” caused by the enforcement only House Republicans.

Martinez offered the following rationalizations:

“I think we have to understand that the election did speak to one issue, and that was that — it’s not about bashing people, it’s about presenting a hopeful face,” said Mr. Martinez, who won his seat in 2004.

Now what’s wrong with bashing people who brazenly break our laws? The problem is that we don’t bash lawbreakers enough.

“Border security only, enforcement only, harshness only is not the message that I believe America wants to convey,” Mr. Martinez said.

Martinez is obviously delusional if he believes that. And frankly, the man is in no position to pontificate about “what America wants to convey” being that Republicans lost big time in this election.

So if you haven’t already done so, call, fax and email your congress critters and let them know that you don’t want Mel Martinez as chairman of the RNC.

In other illegal alien news, the Nevada town of Pahrump has followed in the footsteps of Hazleton and Farmers Branch by adopting an ordinance declaring English as the town’s official language, restricting the display of foreign flags and denying belefits to illegals.

As usual, the ACLU is threatening to sue.

It looks like Senator Mel Martinez, the author of the dreadful Hagel-Martinez amnesty bill, will now be the head of the Republic National Committee.

I guess these idiot Republicans haven’t learned a thing from their well deserved defeat last Tuesday. They are obssessed with creating a North American union, despite the fact that most Americans want them to put a stop to illegal immigration. And he gets to keep his Senate seat!

However, according to Emperor Misha, this still needs to be voted on in January, so everybody write or call your elected representatives and let them know where you stand.

Harry Reid!

And just like John Murtha, he is obssessed with cutting and running out of Iraq.

“Three Americans killed yesterday, four British; 150 Iraqis taken out of that building and kidnapped; 1,800-plus went through that one Baghdad morgue but that doesn’t count all the dead,” Reid recounted. “My displeasure with the president, he doesn’t understand the urgency of this. It’s all victory for him, but I don’t know what that means anymore in Iraq. I do know what we are doing now doesn’t work.”

In other words, all these people can think of when they see their soldiers getting killed is to run back home with their tails between their legs. And never mind that if our troops leave Iraq, the image of America as a paper tiger will be cemented in the minds of all terrorists and their fledgelings, all these Democrats can think of is running away. But then again, it’s not just the Democrats who want us to lose in Iraq. President Bush and John McCain are also guilty culprits.

Finally, my blog mother Karol of Alarmingews.com has an exellent commentary about why we have to stop tying our soliders hands behind their backs.

Future Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has endorsed John-U.S. Troops Are Cold Blooded Murderers-Murtha as the next House Majority Leader.

And the thing that endeared him to her, vs. current House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer was Murtha’s obssession with cutting and running out of Iraq.

But in her first real decision as the incoming speaker, Pelosi said she was swayed by Murtha’s early stance for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. Her letter of endorsement yesterday made clear that she sees Iraq as the central issue of the next Congress and that she believes a decorated Marine combat veteran at the helm of the House caucus would provide Democrats ammunition in their fight against congressional Republicans and President Bush on the issue.

Notice that the only military people the Democrats like are the ones that stab our troops in the back. And as for Murtha being a decorated Marine, that still doesn’t make accusing our troops of murder any more acceptable. But the Democrats will use military service as just another shield, like losing one’s child or spouse. Anyone who criticizes these people is cold, uncaring and just plain wrong.

Anyway, her selection has drawn a furor, being that Murtha is known for his corruption.

Via Numbers USA

Despite what the open borders right and left would have people believe, the issue of illegal immigration was not what cost Republican candidates their Senate and House seats. Here are some numbers to consider:

11.5% of all Republican seats in Congress were lost as Democrats took back control of Congress

But only 6.7% of the Members of Tancredo’s Immigration Reform Caucus lost their seats.

And here’s a look at the Republican losses based on the grades (for illegal immigration) given to them by Numbers USA:

9.6% with an A grade lost

25.0% with an F grade lost

9.2% with a B grade lost

6.4% with a C grade lost

9.5% with a D grade lost

Furthermore, some good news from Arizona:

Sen. John Kyl (R-AZ) was re-elected easily in the statewide race in which he clearly opposed McCain’s amnesty and the (extremely well-funded) Democrat clearly supported McCain’s amnesty. Kyl was particularly vulnerable because he has been a loyal supporter of Bush’s war effort which Arizonans apparently hate. But voters there apparently gave him a pass on his Bush ties because of his other qualities, one of the most known of which is his law and order approach to immigration.

In another statewide show of support for the immigration-reduction position, Arizona voters overwhelmingly approved ballot referenda that further toughen some already tough state laws against illegal aliens. The approved referenda will deny some state benefits to illegal immigrants, declare English the state’s official language and bar illegal aliens from collecting punitive damages in civil lawsuits and from getting out of jail on bail if they commit serious crimes.

And good news in Ohio:

For example, Sen. DeWine (R-OH) was defeated, a tremendous victory for our side, as he has been one of McCain’s chief tools on the Senate Judiciary Committee in pushing the open borders agenda. I will not claim that his horribly anti-Ohio-worker immigration stance was the reason he lost. But the somewhat higher incidence of McCain-type Republicans losing than Tom Tancredo-type Republicans losing ought to put a stop to claims that tough immigration positions were behind the Republicans losses.

Still, I think President Bush is happy that the Democrats won back the House, as it gives him the opportunity to push through his illegal alien amnesty.

Those lemming like Republicans have lost control of the House.

Too bad they have no one to blame but themselves for Nancy Pelosi becoming second in line to the Presidency. They squandered their majority, and as a result, conservatives will suffer for it. Last night I was at an Election Day party watching Fox News, and President Bush was quoted as saying that he looks forward to working with the new House people on his “guest worker” program.

In other words, all El Presidente can think of, despite now being a llame duck with the House lost (and most likely the Senate) is how he’ll be able to open up our borders and destroy America’s sovereignty. Maybe now conservatives will finally get it through their heads that Jorge Bush has never been one of them, and never will be.

So when there is a choice between a party that is honest about where they stand (the Democrats) and a party that pretends to uphold conservative values, people will go with the party that practices what they preach. It’s either that, or the fact that Americans have become lazy, complacent and envious of their neighbors. So rather than working hard and aspiring to make something of themselves, they prefer having politicians who will decimate our military and our borders in order to make one big welfare state.