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I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of those Republicans who tout the "legal" immigration of their ancestors when their ancestors had built-in advantages. And, no I haven't heard Romney say that but I've heard plenty of other folks say that. If you descended from Western European stock who immigrated at that time, your family got special treatment, and you shouldn't use your family origins as an argument in the current immigration debate.

And, again, the pps were correct. A Welshman could get into the United States at that time much more easily than an Asian or an Eastern European or an Italian. However, it appears, according to wikipedia, that there were no restrictions on Latin American countries so the pp may have been wrong about a Mexican having difficulty entering at that time.

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Anonymous wrote:Ann Romney talked about her dad being an immigrant who came her for a better life. All I could think was, WTF? I guess he was more special then those wanting to come now for a "better life." Oh, my bad - he was Welsh.

Her dad was a child and came over with his grandfather, a miner with black lung AND another mining injury. Quite a catch I can see how he got in. And by that I mean he was WELSH. if he was Mexican he would have been stopped at the border, bounced. Then he would enter illegally to become a drain on our health care system while the son would father Ann. The republicans would then be calling Ann an anchor baby.

Pp is correct. Ann Romney's father immigrated to the United States in 1929, five years after the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924 that seriously limited immigration from non-white countries. Basically, her family benefited from racist legislation. Here is the wikipedia summary:

The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the National Origins Act, and Asian Exclusion Act (Pub.L. 68-139, 43 Stat. 153, enacted May 26, 1924), was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, down from the 3% cap set by the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, according to the Census of 1890. It superseded the 1921 Emergency Quota Act. The law was aimed at further restricting the Southern and Eastern Europeans, mainly Jews fleeing persecution in Poland and Russia, who were immigrating in large numbers starting in the 1890s, as well as prohibiting the immigration of Middle Easterners, East Asians and Indians. According to the U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian, "In all its parts, the most basic purpose of the 1924 Immigration Act was to preserve the ideal of American homogeneity."[1] Congressional opposition was minimal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924

Oh please. So blacks brought here via slavery benefited from laws allowing slavery since they wouldn't have been allowed to emigrate legally of their own volition? I know, bad anaology, but point being that are you going to blame the poor whites who wanted to emigrate for not choosing to stay in Europe out of solidarity for those who wanted to emigrate from other parts of the world and couldn't? You're really reaching here for a reason to not like someone.

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She isn't a politician. The fact that she didn't spend millions on learning to speak like Obama should tell you that she is a real person. She was speaking from the heart. I wonder why people expect so much out of the wife of the candidate. Who cares if she isn't polished. She was pretty brave to get up and speak in front of so many people. Truth is you would hate her speech even if she sounded like Oprah. Because you don't agree with her husbands politics.

Really, Obama spent millions on classes in public speaking? Wow, call Fox News!

I didn't read PP's comment that way. Obama is really a great orator, in terms of tone and ability. Ann is not, and it appears that she did not take lessons in order to become a great orator like Obama. Not that Obama himself took lessons.

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Anonymous wrote:Ann Romney talked about her dad being an immigrant who came her for a better life. All I could think was, WTF? I guess he was more special then those wanting to come now for a "better life." Oh, my bad - he was Welsh.

Her dad was a child and came over with his grandfather, a miner with black lung AND another mining injury. Quite a catch I can see how he got in. And by that I mean he was WELSH. if he was Mexican he would have been stopped at the border, bounced. Then he would enter illegally to become a drain on our health care system while the son would father Ann. The republicans would then be calling Ann an anchor baby.

Pp is correct. Ann Romney's father immigrated to the United States in 1929, five years after the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924 that seriously limited immigration from non-white countries. Basically, her family benefited from racist legislation. Here is the wikipedia summary:

The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the National Origins Act, and Asian Exclusion Act (Pub.L. 68-139, 43 Stat. 153, enacted May 26, 1924), was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, down from the 3% cap set by the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, according to the Census of 1890. It superseded the 1921 Emergency Quota Act. The law was aimed at further restricting the Southern and Eastern Europeans, mainly Jews fleeing persecution in Poland and Russia, who were immigrating in large numbers starting in the 1890s, as well as prohibiting the immigration of Middle Easterners, East Asians and Indians. According to the U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian, "In all its parts, the most basic purpose of the 1924 Immigration Act was to preserve the ideal of American homogeneity."[1] Congressional opposition was minimal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting - as an independent, I really thought she spoke well and so did my democratic husband. The woman isn't a politician, cut her some slack. I really like and respect her - thought she did a fantastic job tonight.

Well, I thought her performance was fine, but the content was so lame and pandering. My Democratic husband was offended by all of her insisting that moms work harder than dads to take care of the family, which in our house (and that of many of our friends) is just BS. Perhaps that's her view b/c she was a SAHM, but she can't really speak on behalf of all the moms and dads who work two jobs while balancing their kids, their home and their marriage. No matter how hard she tries, she just sounds like she has no idea what she's talking about. Because she doesn't.

Anonymous wrote:She isn't a politician. The fact that she didn't spend millions on learning to speak like Obama should tell you that she is a real person. She was speaking from the heart. I wonder why people expect so much out of the wife of the candidate. Who cares if she isn't polished. She was pretty brave to get up and speak in front of so many people. Truth is you would hate her speech even if she sounded like Oprah. Because you don't agree with her husbands politics.