DNC calls on RNC to stop the College Republicans "Catch the illegal immigrant" games.

[madfloridian]

Howard Dean has spoken out on this issue before. For some reason the College Republicans think this is indeed a fine and worthy game for college minds. So now they are doing it again. And the GOP can't or won't stop them.

Democrats Call Out RNC's Silence on "Catch An Illegal Immigrant"

A key paragraph from a letter DNC Chairman Howard Dean and DNC Hispanic Caucus Chair Ramona Martinez sent to Martinez:

"Mr. Chairman, we know that as an immigrant, you have a particularly personal understanding of what it means to come to a new country in search of a better life, by choice or otherwise. When you took the Chairmanship of the RNC you said there was no "question that the tone of the immigration debate was wrong" and that you expected to "be a voice...not an attack dog." Your voice is needed today. The RNC can and should speak out on this issue, but above all proactively engage the College Republicans to stop and prevent these vile activities that do nothing to create a constructive dialogue. Lastly, we call on you to join Democrats in our commitment to achieving the type of comprehensive immigration reform that's consistent with America's best traditions."

More about the very high class game.

"Catch the Immigrant" is the brainchild of an intern with the College Republican National Committee, who lost her post after coming up with this and other campus recruitment gimmicks. Another game, called "Fun With Guns," invited young Republicans to fire BB guns or paint balls at cardboard cutouts of Democratic leaders. Republican Party leaders have tried to distance themselves from the games, but seem to have done little to stop them.

But appealing to Mel Martinez doesn't help. Here is the response.

GOP response

Tracy Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee , said "we find these activities both egregious and offensive and condemn them wholeheartedly." But she noted the College Republicans are independent of the RNC: "We do not control their activities."

If you interested in the sick nature of this, I ran across this blog that is supporting this game. The mindset is something I never thought would happen here.

http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2007/02/22/catch-an-illegal-immigrant-college-republicnas-vs-rnc/

[Ian David]

1. We should have "Catch The Yellow Elephant" Games. n/t

[Cabcere]

2. What the hell is wrong with these people?

:shrug: I really don't get it. I suppose Republicans of all ages must enjoy hurting/belittling/oppressing those less powerful than they are - or at least acting out about it. :scared: Sick. Just sick.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. Same motherfuckers who enjoy dressing up like racial stereotypes at

"make fun of black people" parties on MLK day etc.

Boy this country has really come a long way! Maybe we'll be back to lynching parties soon, those were some fun games eh?

[Cabcere]

4. Ugh. I wish you were kidding...

People actually still DO that shit? That's messed up. :puke: But yeah, it wouldn't surprise me to see lynchings experience a resurgence - sorry, a reESCALATIONnce - in popularity, especially among jackasses like that. :mad:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

6. You didn't read the threads on DU about these parties?

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=46400

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/26/national/main2401728.shtml

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0125071mlk1.html

[Cabcere]

7. Holy crap. No, I must have missed those...

How on earth can people be so ignorant and hateful in the 21st century?! :puke: Thanks for the links.

[madfloridian]

12. I have not seen those pictures. Yuck.

That's awful.

[madfloridian]

5. Read up about this gal who started the game...Morgan Wilkins.

http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2006/09/25/CampusLife/With-Revision.Phoenix.Project.Rises.From.Ashes-2305620.shtml?norewrite200610311406&%3Bsourcedomain=www.michigandaily.com

http://www.hillbillyreport.com/blog/morgan_wilkins/index.html
(scroll down)

And here's one with the College Republicans disavowing the game, yet they are still doing it.
http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2006/09/index.html

I even found this little gal setting up a My Space in the name of DFA. I don't know if it is still there.

[muntrv]

8. You know where they can have real "fun with guns?" It's called the

U.S. Army in Iraq. :evilgrin:

[walldude]

11. Bingo! Nothing but a bunch of spoiled cowards. n/t

[LiberalFighter]

9. If they are an independent organization then...

Why does the RNC have linked to their website?

How many College Republicans were delegates to their National Convention?

Tracy Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee , said "we find these activities both egregious and offensive and condemn them wholeheartedly." But she noted the College Republicans are independent of the RNC: "We do not control their activities."

[guitar man]

10. It's just the damn klan

.....in a different set of robes, and nothing more elegant than that.:banghead:

[Colobo]

13. Can we play "Catch the Racist Republican?"

[madfloridian]

14. The girl that started game was Olbermann's Worst Person last year.

Here's the video.

http://www.fireannenorthup.com/Video/countdown-20060914-worst.wmv

Here's her picture



from this site.

http://www.hillbillyreport.com/blog/2006/09/ron_lewis_did_m.html

She was a field rep for the Leadership Institute:

http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/about/aboutmain.cfm

I am trying to find some of their alumni now..the Alumni link is dead.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200502120002

Jeff Gannon grad of Leadership Institute
The Leadership Institute's annual budget of $8 million has been financed by contributions from wealthy conservatives -- including major conservative financier Joseph Coors, a June 2001 New York Times article reported. Numerous conservative foundations, such as the Coors-funded Castle Rock Foundation, the F.M. Kirby Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, and the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation, have also provided funding to the Institute.

The founder

Morton Blackwell is a former Reagan White House staffer, a lifelong Republican activist and a member of the executive committee of the Republican National Committee. At the 2004 Republican National Convention, Blackwell passed out adhesive bandages marked with Purple Hearts to mock Senator John Kerry. The discredited anti-Kerry group Swift Vets and POWs for Truth (formerly Swift Boat Veterans for Truth) questioned Kerry's receipt of medals for his service in Vietnam, including Kerry's three Purple Hearts. The Navy's chief investigator concluded that all of Kerry's medals were "properly approved." Republican leaders "publicly repudiated" Blackwell's actions, as did the Military Order of The Purple Heart, a wounded veterans organization, according to a September 1, 2004, New York Times article."

(Editing to change the word Gal to girl. I get called gal all the time, even though I am a mother, wife, grandmother, and getting pretty old. Never thought anything of it but two people thought it was offensive. I hope to figure it out someday.)