June 7, 2007

Hot Air Takes on the WSJ over Immigration (Also: Link to Infamous WSJ 1984 ‘Open Borders’ Editorial)

Filed under: Economy, Immigration, Taxes & Government — TBlumer @ 10:41 am

Michelle Malkin’s “gorilla warfare” Vent video at Hot Air is a rout.

I can’t imagine how the WSJ thought it would be helping its cause by showing video of individual Editorial Board members going after immigration bill opponents with gems like these:

  • “The right isn’t even rational about this any more.”
  • “The nativists at the National Review are just foaming at the mouth on this.”
  • “Their objection is fundamentally cultural ….. and they can’t say that ….. It’s the biggest unspoken truth at the center of this debate.”
  • “They don’t even want legal immigration” ….. “and when we call ‘em on that, they go crazy.”

But I’m glad they did it. It will probably be replayed, and regretted at WSJ, for years.

Also: Those who want to read the Journal’s full July 3, 1984 “There Shall Be Open Borders” editorial referred to in Hot Air’s vid can go here (actually entitled “In Defense of Huddled Masses”; scroll down a bit at the link; provided for fair use and discussion purposes).

2 Comments

  1. Is there a transcript of the WSJ 5/22/07 bash NR video available anywhere outside the WSJ $100/yr subscription?

    Arn Nelson in Chicago (The Democrat-occupied west bank of Lake Michigan (IL 9th CD, repped by Nancy Pelosi’s evil twin, Jan Schakowsky))

    Comment by Arn Nelson — June 8, 2007 @ 7:44 am

  2. #1 good question. I do not know if a transcript is inside the WSJ either. I looked briefly and could not find anything.

    This will give you a flavor of the Journal’s thought process. It is from the Fox News Journal Editorial Report TV program. Go about halfway through, and you will see some real gems.

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274441,00.html

    Here is just one example:

    ROB POLLOCK, WSJ EDITORIAL FEATURES EDITOR: Our current immigration laws are silly and impractical, it is hard to get outraged about the fact people are breaking them. I am about as outraged about that as when people drove over 55 miles per hour. It’s just — who cares.

    Comment by TBlumer — June 8, 2007 @ 8:27 am

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