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Our country faces a number of critical issues we must address in coming years. The easiest to fix is (a) excessive government spending and (b) illegal immigration – if, and only if, Republicans are in office. Excessive government spending can be weaned down over time with a Republican majority in Congress (and it will in due time). Illegal immigration can be solved with technology, a slight bump in spending, and a determined Republican president. Neither, however, can be fixed unless steps are taken to regain a firm control of Congress and overall politics.

Do I agree with amnesty or excessive spending? No; quite the contrary. But I disagree with – and to a great extent, fear – the radical agenda of the left. It will, and has already begun to, destroy this country.
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Man I sure hope this guy is right. But I'm not sure the guy understands the logic of what's happening. There is an enormous tsnunami of people building behind the current tidal wave of people coming into the country. Much of it would be bootstrapped legally by the current wave--even without counting many more now encouraged to come. Most of the current and future ones will be democrats because they will be largly recepients of government largesse--also being voted in.

Overwhelmingly those given amnesty by Republicans in 1986--voted democrat.

History does not suggest that Bush has all his ducks in a row--except, perhaps, for own administration. The demographics-- if not checked--will go against the pubbies.

Overwhelmingly those given amnesty by Republicans in 1986--voted democrat.

More correctly what explains the shift of the Senate back to Democrat control after the 1986 election did not have to do with amnesty voters, but conservative voter apathy and failure to vote. Fat, dumb, and happy from the prosperous Reagan tax cuts, and a sense of well-being at <$1/gallon gas, conservatives got lazy and self-assured all at the same time.

Conservative apathy abandoned Reagan right at the peak of his success, just like some on FR would have us do for Bush. Such conservatives fail to see the big picture and like spoiled little kids who don't get their way IMMEDIATELY, they pick up their marbles and go home in a self-righteous huff. Then they'll pretend to impress us all here with how they vote their "conscience," even if it happens to result in Democrat victory.

Here's what voting their self-righteousness got us:

I'll just continue to thank every last one of them for the Iran-Contra investigations (1987), Reagan's subsequent inability to get Bork on the SC (1987), Bush 41 forced to compromise the No tax Pledge with a HOSTILE Congress (1990), the DEM. Senate Maj. leader Mitchell-delaying-Capital-gains-Tax-reduction-induced recession of 1991, and lastly the 8 subsequent years of the Clinton presidency which began with conservative abandonment to Perot or not voting for Bush (1992). Big thanks to the lot of you!

I hope you are all proud of yourselves and congratulating yourselves on your personal efforts to promote morality at the ballot box.

Constitution Party = founded by Howard Philips and a pack of digruntled John Birchers. The same Howie Philips who called Reagan a "useful idiot" on Crossfire following the Rekjavik summit where Gorby blinked and the USSR was dead 3 years later. Oh yeah. THAT guy.