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County Supervisor Who Supports Boycott Doesn’t Know Arizona Borders Mexico

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When going all out in opposition to something, it’s best to always have your facts straight. It’s a lesson that would have well served Wisconsin County Supervisor Peggy West, who has come out strong against the Arizona illegal immigration law claiming that it doesn’t make sense for Arizona to be so agitated about illegal immigration. It’s not Arizona is like “Texas, which is a state that is directly on the border with Mexico.”

West was commenting in support of a boycott of the state. Her main argument was that the law went to extreme measures to combat an issue that, it appears, she didn’t see as too much of a big deal:

“If this were Texas, which is a state that is directly on the border of Mexico, and they were calling for a measure like this, saying that they had a major issue with undocumented people flooding their borders, I would have to look twice at this. But this is a state that is a ways removed from the border, and it doesn’t make sense to me that when you Google this subject– if you put in Arizona SB 1070– that you see a picture of the governor of Arizona meeting with President Obama in May of 2010. If you have direct linkage to the President, there are already National Guard troops in Arizona.”

A fellow attendee of the meeting let West down gently, assuring her “that Arizona does, in fact, share a border with Mexico.” Meanwhile, the comments landed West a segment on America Live, where Megyn Kelly rolled out the floor map and quizzed Alan Colmes on what territory lay below her stilettos, firmly planted in the Grand Canyon State.

Video of West’s comments, followed by the America Live segment, below:



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  • lazzzlo

    Yikes!

  • ImNotBlue

    HA!

  • TfT

    Thanks for posting this Frances; I’m liking that the site is spreading its wings.

    Rush had a field day with this, as you can imagine…..

    Should make a fun Friday nite story on ALL the cable networks; Olbermann can make her WPITW, Anderson can …well he’ll make excuses for her, and O’Reilly can name her a pinhead.

  • tatboy

    Wow… just… wow….

  • TfT

    Oh and PS:

    She is a DEMOCRAT. I didn’t see the party affiliation in Frances’ article, so I wanted to make certain that fact was provided.

  • RazorThin

    cut her some slack it’s not like she’s a geometry major

  • notsofast

    She sounds just like Napolitano. I mean Eric Holder. I mean BHO.

  • notsofast

    I bet she can see Arizona from her house!

  • http://SailRabbits.com Magister

    While the woman’s gaffe is certainly worthy of blog derision and even if she has an underlying political position, there’s nothing wrong with Ms. Kelly using it to make light, but it’s hardly a national scandal.

    I would put it on par with last year’s “56 year-old virgin“, but when I was looking for the <1min highlight reel from her eight minute testimony, I was surprised to find that YouTube has 112 versions, remixes and parodies. So, it probably won't be long until the Wisconsin clip makes its way into song.

    Funny stuff, indeed.
    Though if you've been to as many meetings as myself, you shouldn't be surprised.

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    She should have known that not only is Arizona bordering Mexico it is also bordering on insane.

  • notsofast

    No, that would be you, BFD.

    Most Americans agree with the AZ law.

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Hey, you wanna hear something REALLY stupid about Arizona….

    “I believe today, under the circumstances that we’re facing, that the majority of the illegal trespassers that are coming into the state of Arizona are under the direction and control of organized drug cartels and they are bringing drugs in,” Gov. Jan Brewer said.

  • Moderate

    Video of drug smuggling into Arizona with armed escorts.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S13oY2nMft8

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Moderate said:
    Video of drug smuggling into Arizona with armed escorts.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S13oY2nMft8

    So THAT’S the majority of illegal immigrants!?!?!

    Cuz I only saw like 6 people. lol

  • Moderate

    Alvin Greene won the election, why not someone like her.

  • Moderate

    A mule train of drug carrying illegals.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmCjg2WwD84&NR=1&feature=fvwp

  • garybridgewater

    I bet she also thinks that Guam will capsize if we put to many new troops on the Island. This is a believe of Congressman Hank Johnson of Georgia. Who lets these people qualify to hold public office and take taxpayers money to pay them!!

  • timzank

    She forget to glance down at the map of the 57 states the dems provide to all important people.

  • murf

    I honestly thought Alvin Greene was unqualified for public office , lately I’m tending to believe he is more qualified for the democratic nomination .

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kam-Fet/572005492 Kam Fet

    Dumbing down of America

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    It is pretty funny. She’s just some poor shlub.

    Can you imagine how embarrassed she is? lol

  • SteveM

    Peggy, congratulations on being the first Latino/Hispanic voted on to the Milwaukee County board.

    Now that the praise is out of the way… it’s obvious. You’re a sheep.

    You graduated from Milwaukee Area Technical College with a degree in Human Services. Too bad that things such as “geography” and “critical thinking” weren’t part of your curriculum. Much less reading comprehension. You certainly weren’t elected due to your intelligence- perhaps it was simply because you had a (D) after your name in your ward, which would explain the lack of critical thinking.

    Arizona’s S.B. 1070 is the reason you want to boycott Arizona’s services. Arizona’s S.B. 1070 is a 10-page state law that matches our federal laws regarding immigration (abeit on a state level, since the federal level certainly isn’t pulling it’s weight in regard to this). SHAME on the federal government for being the first to pass this! Is Milwaukee’s 12th district now going to boycott things from the U.S.A., because it has the same mean, nasty law?

    I am losing all patience with those who can’t think critically.

    – S.

  • Iris

    I remember an elected official who was the leader of the free world who didn’t know what sovereign meant.
    (as in sovereign nation) he was pretty embarrassed too.

  • notsofast

    I know a current one who thought there were 57 states and just yesterday said that Medvedev visited “Twitters”.

  • notsofast

    Big_F-ing_Deal says:
    June 25, 2010 at 6:44 pm Big_F-ing_Deal(Quote)
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    It is pretty funny. She’s just some poor shlub.

    It’s a lesson that would have well served Wisconsin County Supervisor Peggy West, ”

    She is one of YOUR supervisors.

  • rushyoungberg

    Call Michelle. This young lady has eaten too many happy meals.

  • bamman

    Oh to be Megyn Kelly’s map for just one segment…

  • bamman

    notsofast said:
    I know a current one who thought there were 57 states and just yesterday said that Medvedev visited “Twitters”.

    In case you’re confused, you can find “Twitters” on “The Internets” which was “invented” by a “crazed sex poodle”.

  • tiredofbs

    notsofast says:
    June 25, 2010 at 7:23 pm notsofast(Quote)
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    I know a current one who thought there were 57 states and
    just yesterday said that Medvedev visited “Twitters”.
    =========================

    lololol

  • lonestar77

    I wonder if she knows what a “corpse” man is? Maybe Prez. Obama can explain it to her. Then, they can discuss geography. Pres. teleprompter can show her exactly which of the 57 states border Mexico.

  • Integr8d

    Since she now knows AZ is on the border, I wonder if she’ll give it that second glance.

  • TCinAZ

    Try boycotting Apple Fritters by the Truckload First, Magellan.

  • timzank

    It’s obviously easy for us all to make fun of her because of this one stupid statement, but what should be more compelling (or frightening I guess) is the fact that she (as an elected commissioner) is voting and making policy to withhold funds (boycott) from a major county to another state affecting the economic livelihood of potentially thousands of innocent people based on an emotional knee jerk reaction to the perceived persecution of her hispanic heritage. She’s voting to make huge economic decisions for her county.

    If she doesn’t know AZ has a border with Mexico, what are the odds she read the 10 page law, or even remotely understands it?? ZERO.

    Like most dems, libs, progressives etc, somebody TOLD her she is supposed to be pissed about this therefore she is.

    Clueless doesn’t begin to describe.

  • MichelleF

    I ask myself which is worse, her not knowing the AZ is a border state of the POTUS thinking we have 57 states? Hm, I’ll have to think on that one a while!

  • C0nstant

    shes got illegals hiding under her arm fat

  • temple62

    Democrat County Supervisor Peggy West of Milwaukee needs to know that Arizona does border Mexico. She should also know that Milwaukee borders with Lake Michigan. If she travels due East until her feet get wet she will find it. Like Ms. West our illegals in Arizona are also lacking in the knowledge of geography. In Arizona we do not welcome them but California does. So if they want free housing, schools, food, insurance, hospital with no taxes and plenty of jobs take I-8 West and follow your road to paradise.

  • lanquihue

    Integr8d said:
    Since she now knows AZ is on the border, I wonder if she’ll give it that second glance.

    Exactly what I was thinking! It’s easy to make fun of her, because she’s a democrat retard, but I wonder if any of those people on the county commission who were opposed took that opportunity to press her to walk the talk.

  • stevor

    What a MORON. With 143 days experience in Congress, she’d make a fine candidate for President.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Westover/1496648721 Tony Westover

    *LOL* What a stupid bitch!

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