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Will do.

I was lurking here during the massive purge of the “Border Bots” back when George W. Bush, Karl Rove, and Ted Kennedy were working with Juan McCain and Lindsay Graham to pass “Comprehensive Immigration Reform.”

I clearly remember what happened in the 2006 congressional elections (the Republicans lost the House and the Senate) and the 2008 presidential election when Juan McCain won the nomination (Obama won the White House and Democrats picked up seats in the House and Senate).

There is a lesson to be learned in the 2006 and 2008 elections: when Republicans support open borders RINOs like Juan McCain and Newt Gingrich, they fail to win the Hispanic vote, but they succeed in alienating conservatives and independents who defect in droves.

Now, we are poised to go down the same road again. It is a road which predictably ended in disaster in two of the last three elections.

What’s the difference between 2006 and 2008 and 2010? In 2010, the Republicans won back many of their supporters who defected over the Bush-Rome push for “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” and the Juan McCain presidential campaign.

In 2010, Republicans didn’t have to run with the albatross of a pro-amnesty RINO like Juan McCain or Newt Gingrich dragging down the rest of the ticket. They could run against Obama alone who united conservatives and independent voters. The 2010 midterm elections were a landslide victory in the Midwest and South.

But now, having learned absolutely nothing from history, we are gearing up for another yawn inducing Juan McCain-style campaign in which a pushover candidate who will fracture the conservative base will be put against Obama.

It should be interesting here to see the reaction when Gingrich loses to Obama.