Boehner hints a back down on 'amnesty'

The Washington Times ^ | March 29, 2006 | Charles hurt

[surely_you_jest]

House Majority Leader John A. Boehner refused yesterday to rule out compromising with the Senate to expand the House border security bill to include a guest-worker program or provisions that opponents call "amnesty." "Let's wait and see what the Senate can produce," he told reporters yesterday when asked whether House Republicans would reject the Senate Judiciary Committee's proposal to allow the estimated 12 million illegal aliens now in the U.S. to seek citizenship after paying a fine.

[tertiary01]

Here we go again ... how long until "xenophobe," "fringe nativist" and "white trash" are trotted out again? Have you seen the polling on this? Way to go with all the slurs, during CAFTA, the Miers debacle, the ports mess and now that-which-we-shan't-call-amnesty.A

With nary a word to the racist BS that is the norm in Mexico.

[Coop]

Is that the one where I called you an asshat troll?

I'm not sure. I was too upset with you interfering with my consecutive string of abuse reports.

[onyx]

LOL!
Pardon me, Coop, I am drunk on my new power!

[Coop]

Wow, thanks for the help.

Say, could you... would you be my mentor?!?

[processing please hold]

I cannot figure out how he keeps getting reelected.God willing, this will be his last term.

[B Knotts]

Well, it's a grant, not a fee. It's designed to reimburse workers for the cost of finding a place to live, traveling, getting a used car, etc.

But, it primarily acts as an incentive to "self-deport," something that I don't think can be realistically done by other means.

Isn't the Senate proposing allowing illegal aliens to apply from here in the U.S., though. I think that's a problem. In addition to being unpalatable to most Americans who don't think people should be rewarded for illegal activity, it is also unjust in that it puts those people first in line, in front of people who may well want to come here, but have not at least in part, because they have respect for the law.

Making them go home first gives those law-abiding people a (slight) leg up for applying for guest worker status, as they're already in their home country. I think that's more fair.

[Coop]

Pardon me, Coop, I am drunk on my new power!

No drinking and moderating! (Don't make me suspend you on your first day)

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/002886.htm

[pointsal]

They all seem to be more concerned about

primping for the next sound-bit on the evening news.

[onyx]

OF COURSE I PINGED THE POSTER I TALKED ABOUT!

[Coop]

My, my, you've been rather quiet. Too intimidated by the big words? One swat on the ol' cybernose and you scurried away like a frightened rodent. Welcome back. I do hope you brung yer posse with ya!

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Well, if that's the barometer, then I suppose McCain already has a head-start.

[processing please hold]

Can you understand that?

Try it once in spanish, we'll see if that helps.

[Coop]

primping for the next sound-bit on the evening news.

Yes, if only we could focus on more substantive areas of conversation... like "Bushbot" or "terrorist lovers!"

[arasina]

Don't waste your time, brohamie. The thread has been hijacked and has spiraled into stupidity.

[Coop]

Try it once in spanish, we'll see if that helps.

Excuse me, but Shapka is teaching all us mere mortals Latin.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

If there were less nimrods like you on this thread, then perhaps it would have never been derailed in the first place.

Ever thought of that, Einstein?

[onyx]

No drinking and moderating! (Don't make me suspend you on your first day)

What? No drinking? I'm resigning!