How in hell can someone "support" Arizona's anti-immigrant law?

[Atticus]

This is not a "close" call. There is no real doubt as to the immorality and mean-spirited nature of this law. It is thinly-veiled racism propelled by fear that has been carefully stoked by right-wing extremists.

Any doubt as to the motivation behind this bill is quickly resolved when one realizes that the legislature sought to place the enforcement of Federal immigration law under the authority of ---each and every individual citizen of Arizona. If a law enforcement agency fails, in the opinion of any citizen of the state, to properly enforce this new law, i.e., an "obvious" Mexican was not asked to show his or her papers, they can be sued!

Can they sue if the police fail to enforce the speeding laws? The DUI statute? ANY other law besides this one that just happens to target those with brown skin, Hispanic names or that certain indicator of crimiality, an accent?

The Obama administration, on this issue, is on the side of the angels.

The polls which supposedly show over half the country supports the Arizona law are embarrassing, but consistent with the majorities that opposed women's suffrage, school desegregation and the entire civil rights movement. Right is right when no one does it. Wrong is wrong when everyone does it.

The Democrats in Arizona who "support" the law and oppose the Attorney General's recent lawsuit against their state, are either cowards or fools. They are clearly on the wrong side of history and will soon take their place alongside those who opposed black children attending school with white children and supported "whites only" signs in restaurants and stores.

We need to elect people who are NOT willing to do "anything" to be elected or re-elected. Are there any---dare I say it?---statesmen left among us? Are there none willing to draw an idelible line beyond which they will not proceed though that refusal may mean their defeat in the next election?