The head of the Oregon Association of Nurseries apparently is in favor of illegal immigration AND identifying those who aren’t as Nazis like Hitler and Goebbels. In the latest issue of the internal organ of the nursery folk, The Digger, executive director John Aguirre gives his best defense for illegal immigration he can by giving clearly incorrect stats on federal prison populations by illegal immigrants and likens Federation for American Immigration Reform, Dan Stein, to a Nazi (Stein is Jewish) and yelping about why illegal Irish immigrants aren’t being shown the door. We apparently agree on something.
Email me if you want the whole article at victoria@victoriataft.com but here’s the real nut ‘graf:

Many of us learned that the word propaganda describes the kind of political rhetoric Adolph Hitler and his henchman Joseph Goebbels used to stir popular support for the Nazi party and to justify the mass incarceration and deportation of Jews. American history has its own propagandists, such as Sen. Joseph McCarthy, whose skillful theatrics and word choice convinced many Americans the “Red Menace” meant communists were working at all levels of government, the media and in the film industry to undermine American values. With the benefit of time and the analysis of historians, we’ve come to understand how effective and dangerous were the most famous propagandists. Today, we face a propaganda machine as daunting and as chilling as that of Hitler and McCarthy. Anti-immigrant groups like the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) rely on radio personalities … to spew hate-filled rhetoric aimed at immigrants.

Aguirre is no nutball. He’s former army reserve, a Virginia Tech grad, and former congressional staffer. Considering his CV he should know better.