Viva la Reconquista!
Posted on 03/25/2006 11:03:30 PM PST by Icelander
In elections one earns political capital. Once spent, c’est tout. Consumed capital cannot be replenished by a cauterized constituency, and today the Republican base boils.
I recently spoke to someone who volunteered for Bush’s 2004 campaign. I asked whether he would work for the GOP in 2008, and he bemoaned “no.” I asked why, and he replied, “It’s a sad day when Democrats like Dianne Feinstein are tougher on immigration than Republicans like Sam Brownback.”
The avalanche of support that has followed Republicans since 1994 we now see slowly evaporating over the issue of a guest-worker program. Impassioned Republicans four years ago now stand out of steam, feeling betrayed by a party leadership that would support a bill so at odds with conservative principles.
This guest-worker proposal, after all, rewards illegal behavior. Instead of requiring illegal immigrants to return to Mexico (or wherever) to apply for a permit, it grants legal status on the spot, thus acting as a “magnet for continued illegal immigration.” And, as Rep. John Hostettler (R.-Ind.) recently said, any guest-worker plan “puts the interest of foreign, illegal workers above those of our own American citizens.”
Newt Gingrich summed up the matter most succinctly on the O’Reilly Factor (March 15, 2006). He has observed a growing divide between Washington GOP elites and the average voting Republican. Somehow, GOP elites have come to believe that a guest-worker program is necessary (although it is not). Your average GOP voter, however, while praising boosts to border security, deeply dislikes any guest-worker giveaway.
Why GOP leadership supports such a lemon remains unseen. In 1986 Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act. It granted green cards to three million illegal immigrants, consequently attracting yet another five million to cross the border to replace their decriminalized comrades. Furthermore, a recent poll taken in Mexico found that at least 46 percent of the population (50 million Mexicans) would cross the border if given the chance. Any guest-worker initiative advertises this avenue.
It is in future forecasts, however, that Republicans really blunder. Illegal immigrants, voting for socialist candidates in Mexico or South America, will become Democrats once gaining full citizenship. Superficial surveys taken in a couple cities show that 9 out of 10 illegal immigrants support Democrats over Republicans. This guest-worker program, on a silver platter, will hand over California, Florida, Texas, Arizona and New Mexico to Democrats.
Is the GOP abating its base and fallowing its future in one fell swoop?
Viva la Reconquista!
It was a joke, sorta. Hence the question-mark... and yes, the truth always hurts, lol
Ah good, we did understand each other...
I didn't set it up. I'm just going and spreading the word.
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No prob. This whole immigration issue is a very passionate one that is going to bring out a whole array of ideas and opinions but all know must be dealt with somehow in the end.
I pasted three copies of that image into a single-page MS Word doc, print 'em on my color inkjet, and every time I get a solitication for donations from the RNC, I mail them one of these, on their prepaid postage envelope.
Hit 'em where it hurts the most -- right in the wallet.
Yep. Not that it will make any difference.
I vote however it never counts for I live in mexifornia shame on me.
You could always move.
However, if you like where you are, at least you're voicing your opinion, so it's not entirely futile.
I agree with you, leave the burning building and then lock the door behind you.
This country does not need any more laws on this. Our leaders are just NOT obeying the ones we already have. The enemy within, Political Correctness is destroying this country and I am sick of it!
My grandparents, my friends grandparents all came to this country legally a long time ago. OK not from Mexico but that is not the bottom line of this. Either laws are obeyed or they mean nothing and if this country does not have the rule of law we are nothing.
It's all elected republicans seem to understand is getting their ass beat at the polls.
They just go native as soon as the hit the beltway. They stay in character for about 15 minutes and then all that steak dinner seems to take over. If it takes another four years of liberal insanity to bring the stick down between their eyes, so be it.
I won't vote democrat, but I won't donate my cash or time either, and I might write somebody in. If you can think of another way to reach the current incumbent idiots other than sending them back into private industry, so be it.
I'll not be blackmailed anymore. Both sides count on this. Newt's been sounding the alarm on this for the last four months now.
There are some generally accepted themes the media keep hammering in that may or may not be true:
1. There are jobs americans won't do. (Maybe not for the wage certain businesses are willing to pay, perhaps, and immigration status has a lot to do with those folks being happy about that wage too!)
2. We can't deport 11 million illegals. Why not? Rush made a point on this today. If we want to be intellectually honest about this, then it may be time to fold the tent on the War on Poverty, the War in Iraq, and the War on Drugs too.
If these guys go with the lobbyists on this issue, regardless of party, they are going to get the lesson of their political lifetime.
You want to talk kitchen-table issues, pocket book issues? How about our health care premiums having to absorb the unfunded mandate of providing health care to illegals. How about the unfunded mandate of our public education system having to accommodate the least restrictive learning environment of illegal immigrants? How about the impact of a judgement-proof litigant getting wasted on a saturday night and plowing into your car. You may lose a kid AND see your insurance rates jacked by the uninsured illegal immigrant.
These morons were even talking, in some states, about college tuition assistance and housing assistance for illegal immigrants.
Between CFR, the Dubai ports issue, and this, you gotta ask yourself whether these guys have what it takes.
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