I've been trying to figure out the exact point at which incorrect information went national and I think I found it here. E.J. Dionne--arguably the most influential political reporter in Washington--used his "Post Partisan" column to decry Arizona's "Shameful" immigration bill. ... However, most of the factual information that E.J. Dionne used in his analysis was simply wrong. What was the source of these errors? Dionne made it clear that he got his information from an April 22nd Arizona Republic editorial--Dionne included a link as well as a large block quote from the editorial. Unfortunately, ALL of the facts about the bill that Dionne used as the basis of his column--a column that lit a national fire and ended with the President singling out Arizona for ridicule--were wrong.Rich Lowry at the National Review Online puts it much more succinctly:
The Arizona law makes it a state crime for aliens not to have immigration documents on their person. This sounds draconian, except it’s been a federal crime for more than half a century — U.S.C. 1304(e). Has the open-borders crowd forgotten that it calls illegal aliens “undocumented” for a reason?
So it looks like E.J. started the shitball rolling down hill and Hopey and the ACLU couldn't resist the chance to trash their enemies. The rest of the evaporating media baa-aaa'd along as a particularly dense Greek chorus and the illegals hit the streets and airwaves. Notice the chorus sang nothing about the arrests and property damage that were part and parcel of the demonstrations. Too busy accusing the tea partiers of acting Hitlerish, while ignoring the law-breaking in front of their own cameras.
Anyway, go give Greg a good reading. He's now my go-to guy on Arizona....
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Been hearing today how Texas and Utah are looking at implementing Arizona-style reforms. Hopefully a whole bunch of states will follow.
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