America empty boxed: Kennedy immigration press conference

Posted Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 1:12 pm
An old scam is to sell someone something and then to send them a box full of bricks or even an empty box. Along those lines, Ron Brynaert of RawStory finally has a story with which I don't disagree:
Lawmakers were pointing to "empty boxes" at a press conference last Thursday, a Capitol Hill newspaper reports.

"At a pro-immigration rally Thursday, a group of politicians including Sens. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) addressed reporters while picturesquely standing in front of an impressive tower of boxes they said contained letters from a million supporters of comprehensive immigration reform," Emily Heil reports for Roll Call's 'Heard on the Hill.'

According to a press release, the letters were part of the "Por la Reforma Migratoria con Piolín" campaign launched by Univision radio personality Eddie 'Piolín' Sotelo, and was touted as marking "the first time that a letter writing campaign has generated such a large number of letters in support of immigration reform."

"As the Members repeatedly referred to the letters and gestured toward the boxes allegedly containing them as evidence of the support for the immigration bill that is struggling in the Senate, a crack Roll Call photographer on hand at the event began to grow suspicious," Heil continues. "He could see light shining through the handles of the boxes, indicating that they weren't full."
On a sidenote, I tried to post this to FreeRepublic, but I got the message "RawStory not welcome" when I put the URL above in the URL field. So, I removed that URL and put it in the body of the entry. It posted OK, but the thread was pulled immediately with the same message. Hopefully others will not be so dunderheaded; while this is a very minor story if promoted it could help further demonstrate what "reform" is all about. Hearts, minds, and symbolism, you know.

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comprehensive immigration reform
mel martinez
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Comments

Paz (not verified)

Tue, 06/19/2007 - 14:11

so the photographer saw Light shinging thru and reflectinf off of WHITE Envelopes, Out in the Middle of the Day in BRIGHT Sunlight? It's no Wonder Faux News has such "Ace" news reporting to base thier stories off of?

Smitty (not verified)

Tue, 06/19/2007 - 14:53

Free Republic is on the take, they censor immigration opposition discussion and have for several years, you should have been banned several years ago, you must not post very often. FR is pase'

skh.pcola (not verified)

Wed, 06/20/2007 - 03:23

That would be "passe'," genius. And Paz is obviously invested in the proven objectivity of CNNABCCBSNBC, which is a farce. You libtards would be funny, if you didn't hate the US. Damned traitorous scum, every single one of you.

Marc (not verified)

Thu, 06/21/2007 - 21:48

"On a sidenote, I tried to post this to FreeRepublic, but I got the message "RawStory not welcome" when I put the URL above in the URL field. So, I removed that URL and put it in the body of the entry. It posted OK, but the thread was pulled immediately with the same message." Posted on FreeRepublic: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854158/posts I dont know why rawstory articles are banned. I know that its pretty much a left wing source and you can post pretty much from any left wing source you want, but you should have went with Roll Call as your source (which was rawstory's source too anyhow)