NBC Uses Che Guevara-Loving Illegal Immigration Activist to Denounce Arizona

In a report on the recent Supreme Court decision reversing parts of Arizona’s immigration law, NBC’s Matt Taibbi gave extensive airtime to an activist for illegal immigration. The woman was shown sitting in a room prominently featuring a poster of Cuban communist, terrorist and murderer, Che Guevara, and among other activists wearing “Legalize Arizona” t-shirts. Yet, NBC labeled this woman a mere housewife and mother without noting her status as essentially a lobbyist against America’s immigration laws.

Taibbi sympathetically portrayed Mrs. Leticia Ramirez as “a mother” who just happens to have “been in this country illegally for over a decade,” and a woman just trying to be a good citizen.

Mrs. Ramirez, wearing an activist t-shirt that says “Arrest Arpaio, Not The People; End Police and ICE Collaboration,” said she is worried that the Supreme Court decision will cause fear in her illegal community.

It’s going to affect the whole community because they’re not going to be able to go out, have a normal life. They’re going to be afraid that if we go out they might – we might get stopped just for your color.

Of course, the fact is that laws governing immigration are supposed to do just that, make lawbreakers fear their status. Tougher laws are successful in making illegal entrants self deport. That is why they work.

Taibbi did include a few words from what he calls “supporters of 1070,” granted, but the fact is he labels them as such while he never says a word about the activism of Mrs. Leticia Ramirez. She is presented as a suffering mother and wife, not the activist she is.

So an activist fighting to be allowed to break our laws is given the benign label of “mother” and “wife” while those hoping to strengthen our laws are labeled as “supporters” of a crack down that hurts poor mothers, children, and widows everywhere.

That’s more Old Media “balance,” I suppose.

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Posted by on June 30, 2012.
Filed under Barack Obama, Big government, Constitutional Issues, corruption, Cuba, Culture Of Corruption, Democrats, Douchebag Of The Day, Immigration, Law, Liberals, Media.
Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago-based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, RightPundits.com, StoptheACLU.com, Human Events Magazine, among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events.He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book "Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture" which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of PubliusForum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions, EMAIL Warner Todd Huston: igcolonel .at. hotmail.com"The only end of writing is to enable the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it." --Samuel Johnson

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  • GarandFan

    Why don’t Ramirez and the rest of the “activists” just draw up a list of ALL THE LAWS that illegals can break and not be arrested?

  • jim_m

    0bama is working hard on making illegal immigration a moot point. another 4 years and the economy will be such a disaster that Canada and Mexico will be sealing their borders to keep the Americans out.

    • Guest

      Good point, Jim. Once Canada and Mexico seal their borders 4 years from now you’ll look like a real rock star for making this prediction. Yes sirree…

      lol.

      • jim_m

        Thousands of leftists like you claimed they would flee to Canada if Bush won in 2000 and again in 2004. I won’t look as stupid as they did since they had direct control of the outcome and I will not.

        • Guest

          (no links from jim, as usual – he just makes this crap up anyway so how can he link to it? lol)

          Oh, you mean Rush Limbaugh saying he’d go to Costa Rica if ObamaCare was upheld?

          http://threesonorans.com/2012/06/28/video-rush-limbaugh-to-leave-us-for-costa-rica-after-obamacare-upheld/

          And has Bill O’Reilly “apologize for being an idiot” now that SCOTUS upheld ACA?

          http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201203260005

          Hmm?

          • jim_m

            What I said was public knowledge and anyone who read what I wrote can very likely think of at least one public figure on the left who made the statement that they would leave the country.

            Too bad you are such a prissy dumbass that you cannot even admit that took place.

          • warnertoddhuston

            Again, you are a lair. It IS public knowledge and he DID NOT SAY what your lies claim he said. Try the truth just once.

          • jim_m

            Ummmm. I think you meant that for Grumpy.

          • warnertoddhuston

            I did. I hit “reply” and it went to you automatically. Sorry ’bout that.

          • ackwired

            So are you saying one or are you saying thousands?

          • warnertoddhuston

            You are a lair again. Rush Limbaugh said he might go only to get healthcare in Costa Rica and then only if the private doctors in the US were outlawed by Obamacare. He didn’t say he;d flee to Costa Rica. Try telling the truth for a change.

          • 914

            You can link right to Babs mouth if you wish. I’m sure all the promises to leave the country vanished when Boosh won in 2004.. Then, it was, how do we dare leave our pampered pathetic lives behind ?

    • Commander_Chico

      It’s more likely that the USA will seal its borders to keep people in.

      • jim_m

        And that worked for East Germany so well. But it does happen to be the economic model that obama is following so you have an argument in your favor.

  • 914

    How does one buy license tabs and transfer titles and so fourth with no legal ID??

    Illegally of course.

  • Dave Francis

    ILLEGAL ALIENS WILL BE ARRIVING HERE
    IN THE MILLIONS FOR FREE HEALTH CARE.

    WE ARE ALL FOOLS, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO
    WE MINDLESSLY HIRE THE SAME POLITICIANS EVERY TIME, BUT DO NOT CONTACT THEM
    ABOUT THE LAWS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD.
    ONLY THE U.S. TEA PARTY WILL DO EXACTLY THAT. NOT THE BARACK OBAMA’S OR
    THE MITT ROMNEYS? GET YOUR HEADS OUT THE
    SAND?

    HERE is a summary of the
    Constitutional TEA PARTY ideology, which from its inception has advocated a
    halt to illegal immigration that Democrats, Liberals or Republicans pay lip
    service too. Since the 1986 fraudulent amnesty illegal immigrants and migrants
    has poured into America, through a border that still remains porous. The television
    broadcasts of CNN, ABC and other stations always show the huge steel reinforced
    fences between Mexico and the United States. This is misleading as further
    along the demarcation between two countries, there is nothing more than a few
    thin strands of rusty barbed wire. Go to
    ‘AMERICAN PATROL, to be enlightened about the true length of the border fence
    and other details. For every Democrat, Liberal or Republican incumbent in
    office, we need to replace with an honest fresh face TEA PARTY leadership. We must stop President Obama’s ‘Tax and spend”
    epidemic or Mitt Romney potential to press for better advantages for Wall
    Street and financial institutions.

    Just today with the stunning news the
    Supreme Court in supporting ObamaCare, could be yet another nail in America’s
    economic coffin. This is going to
    further encourage illegal alien absconders from poverty stricken countries, to
    bring their sick by international flight or through state borders ; people
    needing FREE treatment as an appendicitis to major surgeries, will arrive here
    and because of federal mandates American taxpayers will be further raped to pay
    for these unfunded mandates. Millions will try to slip through our Borders or
    fly into America, because of the Democrats and it’s financially in our laps.

    IT is the Time of the PEOPLE’S PARTY. It is
    the time for the moderate TEA PARTY, not the far left or right. The TEA PARTY is
    complimented by man/women; African, White, Hispanic, Asian and other Americans
    of different nationalities. The TEA PARTY is a wealth of different religions,
    faiths, gay and ordinary people of every walk of life. Remember a large perpetual majority who
    votes for President Obama for a second term could are most liable none citizens
    or American citizens who spend their days watching TV, selling drugs, couch
    potatoes, collecting public assistance, food stamps and living off the rest of
    us as parasites. These are the people
    who want something for nothing. THE TEA PARTY BELIEVES IN INDIVIDUAL CHOICE,
    NOT RELYING ON GOVERNMENT FOR EVERYTHING. Illegal aliens don’t just come here
    for jobs but to pilfer state treasuries because elected officials have allowed
    this to happen. As an example of states in big trouble every month the
    Sanctuary State of California–as just naming one haven has a deficit of $15.7
    Billion dollars, with over $1 billion dollars annually soaked up by illegal
    alien welfare and rising. And according
    to the American Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR) another similar
    Amnesty for the 20 plus million already here is estimated to cost the legal
    American population 2.4 Trillion dollars.

    The
    exception is the sick and true disabled human beings, the honest unemployed, so
    think of their dilemma that taxpayer money should be assisting citizens,
    instead of illegal aliens. If you are
    frustrated with feeding the rest of the world, unable to get a decent job then
    join the TEA PARTY. The controversial immigration debate and the problems it
    has brought; it is a theft of your taxes. Obama’s new the rules and regulations
    have been forced on American with its so called ‘Political Correctness’ along
    with its growing taint of a growing Socialism agenda impregnating young minds
    in the schools and universities.
    President Obama has placed obstacles to halt the extraction of valuable
    energy resources in a time of urgent need. This administration has squashed
    efforts to extract oil, natural gas and coal; that we could lower the expenditure
    from transportation and we could sell residual amounts to friendly foreign
    countries. The progressive’s zealots in the environmentalist world have stopped
    the laying of oil pipelines from Canada to Texas, when America could be self
    sufficient and not relying on Saudi Arabia, and other foreign potentates. Shouldn’t we become a creditor again, instead
    of a debtor to China and other investing countries?

    This is the time when every American who believes in the ‘Rule of Law’
    and steps forward to let their Senator or Congress person knows how you will
    vote. Bombard politician’s aide, that you insist the lawmaker sponsor E-Verify
    and the Birthright Citizenship bill (H.R.140). NEITHER PARTY DOESN’T
    SEEM TO CARE THAT THIS COUNTRY IS BEING OVERWHELMED BY THE POVERTY FROM SOUTH
    OF THE BORDER, BUT ALSO A MAGNET TO MILLIONS OF PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ONCE ARRIVE
    HERE CAN STEAL THE WELFARE OF AMERICAN FAMILIES. ONCE SMUGGLED THROUGH THE
    BORDER OR STEP OF A PLANE, 400.000 ILLEGAL ALIEN MOTHERS ANNUALLY CAN REAP THE
    REWARDS OF CRIMINALLY ENTERING THE UNITED STATES. THIS PUBLIC HELP SHOULD BE
    GOING TO OUR OWN CITIZENS NOT TO EDUCATE FOREIGN CHILDREN OR FREE MEDICAL CARE,
    THAT TAXPAYERS EVENTUALLY RECEIVE THE BILL.

    Citizen voters should phone Congress
    at the central Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Insist YOUR CONGRESSPERSON TO accomplish
    their obligation to the oath of office and stop rewarding the businesses that
    use cheap labor or the pro-illegal alien lawmakers that are desperate for
    votes, no matter illegal or legal. By only voting for those who favor the TEA
    PARTY ideology is the veil of corruption going to be lifted from American
    politics. Use the power of your VOTE to demand politicians sponsor good policies
    or we are destined to become like Europe, besieged by the poverty from other
    countries.

    • Guest

      In other Tea Party news, Bristol Palin’s reality show has been trashed after just two episodes, clearly demonstrating that the Tea Party has died and given up.

      Bristol Palin Reality Show: Pulled From Prime Time, Replaced By Dance Moms Re-Runs!

      http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/06/bristol-palin-reality-show-pulled-from-prime-time-replaced-by-da/

      “Sarah and her crew need to realize that America has been trying to
      break up with her for almost four years. It is over. We don’t want to
      see you anymore. Here is your stuff back. Go live your life and please
      stop calling us, or we will get a restraining order.”

      http://www.politicususa.com/lifetime-buries-bristol-palin-bomb-hopes-dont-notice.html

      The Tea Party is dead as a popular movement. Now the racists are free to be out in the open and no longer hiding behind the (usually mispelled) Tea Party banners declaring Obama doesn’t have a birth certificate, and declaring Sarah Palin the Queen of the Doomiverse.

      • Jwb10001

        In other new Grumpy can’t figure out this isn’t a thread about any of the Palin’s.

      • http://wizbangblog.com/author/rodney-graves/ Rodney G. Graves

        DERP!

    • Brucehenry

      Psssttt, Dave.

      No one bothers to read long-ass diatribes that start out with a paragraph written in ALL CAPS.

      It’s considered rude — shouting, you know.

      • jim_m

        And hardly anyone takes cut-and-paste spam comments seriously enough to respond (except grumpy apparently)

        • ackwired

          Actually, we probably should respond to this “free health care” nonsense, A number of people actually believe that Obamacare provides free socialized medicine. I know it’s amazing. But people believe this stuff.

          • jim_m

            If you listen to friends of obama like Jan Schakowsky then you know that this so-called free healthcare is the end game.

          • ackwired

            Oh…I didn’t know about the conspiracy thing. Our enemies never tell the truth about their goals and ambitions. So we have to look for clues where we can find them.

          • jim_m

            There is no conspiracy. It is all out in the open.

            Jan Schakowsky doesn’t strike me as a particularly bright individual. She comes across as a strident ideologue who believes in communism. She openly displays her hatred for private industry and continually advocates for government control over every aspect of our lives.

          • http://wizbangblog.com/author/rodney-graves/ Rodney G. Graves

            She comes across as a strident ideologue who believes in communism. She
            openly displays her hatred for private industry and continually
            advocates for government control over every aspect of our lives.

            One of hackwired’s fellow travelers, in other words.

          • ackwired

            And you think she is leadng the Obama administration on health care?

  • Brucehenry

    MATT Taibbi works for Rolling Stone. MIKE Taibbi works for NBC.

    Maybe Mike didn’t explicitly call Ramirez a pro-illegal immigrant activist because the fact that she was shown wearing her T-shirt, working in a room full of folks wearing similar T-shirts, and speaking for her cause made that explicit mention unnecessary to anyone but the most obtuse.

    I mean, maybe…. But who knows? Maybe she’s Obama’s Immigration Czar, huh, Warner?

    • Commander_Chico

      Matt is Mike’s son.

  • Commander_Chico

    Mrs. Ramirez needs to take off about 40-50 pounds, and get her kids outside and playing, too.

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