Whitman says her former housekeeper should be deported

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: Los Angeles Times

As Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman tours parts of California that have traditionally been receptive to GOP candidates, she's also appealing directly to conservative TV audiences, hoping to fire up her party's base.

On Wednesday, she appeared on Fox News and took a harder line on Nicky Diaz Santillan, the illegal immigrant who Whitman employed as a housekeeper for nine years. Since the controversy erupted in September, Whitman has said both she and a hiring agency relied on documents that turned out to be false and that she fired Diaz Santillan when the woman disclosed her immigration status last year.

Until now she has declined to comment on whether the former housekeeper should be deported. But Wednesday, in an interview with Greta Van Susteren, Whitman answered the question head on. "Well, the answer is it breaks my heart, but she should be deported because she forged documents and she lied about her immigration status," Whitman said. "And it breaks my heart. Gloria Allred pulled off a political stunt. And you know what? On Nov. 3, no one's going to care about Nicky Diaz. But the law is the law and we live in the rule of law. It's important."

Whitman used the controversy to argue for a stronger electronic verification system for employers. "Gosh, I'm a testament to someone who saw a valid California driver's license, a Social Security card and it was all, you know, was -- she was not here legally. So we've got to do that," she said. "If you hire, knowingly hire undocumented workers, you know, there has to be a penalty for that."

Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/whitman-says-her-former-housekeeper-should-be-deported.html

[Taverner]

1. What an Asshole! eom

[Aramchek]

2. there goes any doubts the Hispanic Community had about Meg's duplicity

[SharonAnn]

35. Well, that sure tells the Hispanics how to vote!

[joeybee12]

3. Is this the same housekeeper she treated "like family?" n/t

[karynnj]

25. Are we 100% sure she likes her family?

She might be all for herself.

[Auggie]

4. Keep going Nutmeg... dig a really deep hole for yourself

[DCKit]

11. She's obviously hoping for a landslide victory.

It'll be so nice to have Governor Brown back.

[Auggie]

34. +1

[LaurenG]

5. Now she thinks so. Now that the housekeeper no longer serves her needs

Shallow Meg, shallow and a backstabbing user. Nice... :eyes:

[tularetom]

6. She's flailing (and failing)

A week ago all I heard was how she was reaching out to the Hispanic community and had moderated some of the harsher statements she made during the primary when she had to prove what a right winger she was.

I guess her internal poll numbers must have shown that it didn't work and she was dead meat with hispanic voters.

So she goes on Fox and starts up with the deportation bullshit. She now realizes her only hope is to get as much of the bigot demographic as possible out to the polls.

I don't think it's gonna work though.

She's toast. She pissed away 150 million bucks to become a political joke.

[KatyaR]

20. After her money's gone,

maybe she can get a job as a housekeeper...just sayin'....

[LynneSin]

7. And on November 2nd, Californian's are gonna 'deport' you too

back to the private citizen world.

[Xipe Totec]

8. Down by the river you called me honey... nt

[liberalmuse]

15. Down by the river, I shot my baby. n/t

[hobbit709]

9. I say we keep the housekeeper and deport Witless.

Society would be much better off.

[CountAllVotes]

10. Whitless pisses away $120,000,000

and proves that she hates her former Latino housekeeper. Sweet stuff Whitless! Keep it up! Approval rating will be at ~.0002% by election day!

:kick:

[county worker]

12. "On Nov. 3, no one's going to care about Nicky Diaz" wrong!

Millions of Latino voters are going to care and so will I. You spent that money for nothing Meg!

[KingBob]

13. Fines????

... and as an employer, will NutJob get fined for hiring an "illegal"?

[liberalmuse]

14. With friends like Whitman, who needs the Stasi?

Cold-hearted, HYPOCRITICAL, lying bitch.

[Kind of Blue]

28. I thought you wrote, "who needs Satan."

Same difference, I guess.

[woo me with science]

16. Isn't she sweet? nt

[madrchsod]

17. where is the marque de sade when we need him?

in one of his works he had a rather interesting punishment for someone just like megs....

[Jefferson23]

18. Slime bucket Whitman. I wish she would spend every last dime she has on this campaign. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

19. What a mean, vindictive asshole

Notice to all friends and associates of Meg Whitman - she'll screw you over in a SECOND if you stand between her and her political goals.

[LiberalFighter]

21. See a driver's license and Social Security card was all she as an employer was required to do?

What about when the IRS sent a notice that the SSN was not valid? Is she saying that she wasn't required to respond?

Or how about electronic verification of SSN? Employers can do that.

[WillParkinson]

22. I can understand why...

After all if she's deported it'll be a lot easier to keep reporters from finding out more dirt.

[w4rma]

23. Oh, I'm *real* sure that it would break this bitch's heart. Treated her like family my butt. (nt)

[diane in sf]

24. what a mean bitch

[Hoyt]

26. Yep, use good people up and then deport or otherwise "dispose" of them.

Folks who have been here that long "contributing" deserve amnesty and a relatively easy pathway to citizenship.

[Kind of Blue]

27. She might as well let it all hang out.

:rofl: At this point she's nothing but white noise in the background.
KnR for a mighty good laugh.

[Historic NY]

29. & Whitman should be severely sanction as her employer.

[pinniped]

30. A few weeks ago this turd claimed that she loved Nicky.

She has a weird way of showing it.

[avaistheone1]

36. What a hypocrite Nutmeg is: She falsely blamed Brown for putting her housekeeper in danger of

deportation. Now Nutmeg is publicly endorsing her deportation.

Meg you are a big-time Repuke liar.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

31. SHE employed an illegal immigrant and then lied about it

[Safetykitten]

32. How does that conversation go?

"So can you clean house well?"

"Yes "

"So are you here legally?"

"No."

"That's OK, let's keep it between ourselves."

AND she's a fucking BILLIONAIRE! So she probably held that over her head so she could pay her cheap.

This is the scum we are dealing with. A billionare that screws people, just because she can. There is NO negotiation with trash like that, you will never convince me otherwise.

[harmonicon]

33. There was "a penalty for that" for Whitman: $140,000,000 (nt)

[Joe Bacon]

37. The $160 Million ROYAL FLUSH!

Oh, to be a fly on the wall when NutMeg wakes up on Wednesday and realizes she flushed $160 million down the toilet... :evilgrin: