http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/97093164.html?video=pop&t=a&bctid=CLIP_ID_261155
Before I continue, do you think this is dumber than Hank Johnson's recent comments about Guam? I know, it's a tough call, isn't it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqyfWFYBXxI
As other commentators have pointed out, if you had to guess which party West and Johnson belong to, what would you guess? Pretty obvious, isn't it.
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/97093164.html
West claims that she misspoke. "I did get a passing grade in Geography in high school and in college and I do obviously know that Arizona is on the border."
But this is simply not believable given the context of her statement. She compared Arizona with Texas, "...which is a state that is directly on the border with Mexico..." Her point was that she would think twice about supporting a (Milwaukee County) ban on doing business with Arizona if Arizona shared a border with Mexico. Which, of course, nobody believes. She would just make up some other excuse for desiring this ban.
Which brings up another question: Why is Milwaukee County even considering such a ban? What business it is of theirs?
How old is this girl anyway? She speaks like a 12-year-old.
Did you catch the part about "linkage"? What the hell does that mean? Apparently the governor of Arizona talked to Obama so therefore Arizona should not have passed the law in question? It is pretty clear that the federal government isn't doing a damn thing about immigration. So why should a conversation with a man who could not care less about Arizona's problems influence Arizona lawmakers?
Who is Peggy West? She is a Milwaukee County (Wisconsin) District Supervisor. Check out her web page:
http://www.milwaukee.gov/West
Peggy West - 12th District ▪ (414) 278-4269 ▪ peggy.west@milwcnty.com
Peggy West was elected 12th District Supervisor in 2004 and, after being reelected in 2008, is serving her second term representing 50,000 residents on Milwaukee's south side. She currently serves as 2nd Vice-Chair on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. Supervisor West also has the unique distinction of being the first Latino/Hispanic American to be elected to the Milwaukee County Board.
Supervisor West grew up in Milwaukee and graduated with a degree in Human Services from the Milwaukee Area Technical College. Prior to her election to the Board, Supervisor West worked for 10 years in the human service field.
Supervisor West is currently Chairwoman of the Health and Human Needs Committee and is a member of the Economic & Community Development and Finance & Audit Committees.
Active in her community, Supervisor West was named the 2004 Hispanic Woman of the Year by UMOS, Inc.
A committed believer in community service, Supervisor West volunteers for UMOS, Inc. and Mexican Fiesta and serves as a mentor at Notre Dame Middle School.
Peggy serves on the Latina Resource Center Advisory Board, Sports Authority Planning Council, Health Care Policy Task Force, Milwaukee Center for Independence Board of Visitors, Kosciuszko Community Center Advisory Board and Esperanza Unida Board of Directors; she is Co-Chair of the Side Side National Night Out Planning Committee as well as the Cesar E. Chavez Drive Advancement Committee. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Milwaukee Democratic Party.
Supervisor West resides in the Walker's Point neighborhood and is the proud parent of three daughters.
She is apparently Hispanic. She represents a Hispanic district (the near south side of Milwaukee). She is very involved in Hispanic groups in Milwaukee. And yet she is completely ignorant.
Here is some input from Tuscon:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/the-cholla-jumps/2010/06/24/county-supervisor-peggy-west-dumbest-poltician-east-of-the-mississippi/
"In a stunningly ignorant rant about Arizona’s Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (SB1070), Peggy West a county supervisor from Milwaukee WI, states in part 'If this were Texas a state that borders Mexico I would have to look twice at this, but it’s Arizona, a state that is a ways removed from the border…' What adds insult to the injury of her stupidity is that she had listed one of her interests as Mexican history on her FaceBook page. The interest has since been removed."
Also removed is a picture of West in her office with a Mexican flag. According to a local talk radio show host, a constituent asked her about it and she denied it. He pointed to a picture on her Facebook page. So, she either lied about having a Mexican flag in her office or she doesn't know what the Mexican flag looks like (which is completely believable, actually).
Back to one of her quotes: "I did get a passing grade in Geography in high school and in college and I do obviously know that Arizona is on the border." College. As if. She went to MATC, for crying out loud. Know what that stands for? "Milwaukee's Alternative To College." I don't have anything against MATC, but to call it college is a bit strong. If you're from Milwaukee and you say you went to college there, people think Marquette, UWM, or MSOE. Nobody includes MATC in that group.
I wonder if West took the same geography class that Obama did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws
"I've now been in 57 states, I think, one left to go."
Maybe West thinks that some of these additional states are south of Arizona, between Arizona and Mexico.
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