Posted on 04/23/2006 5:27:56 AM PDT by nj26
When President Bush arrives in Irvine on Monday morning to pitch his immigration reform plan, one of his party's best-known local standard-bearers will be maintaining a respectful — and politically careful — distance.
Dana Rohrabacher, the nine-term Republican congressman from Huntington Beach, generally supports the president, but disagrees with his immigration policies. So Rohrabacher plans to sit out Bush's speech to the Orange County Business Council.
"I don't want to be behind him looking glum and not applauding," Rohrabacher said. "So as not to be rude to the president — which I think is inexcusable — I think I'll just be staying away."
Rohrabacher's remarks reflect deep unhappiness within the GOP toward Bush's immigration stance, particularly in Republican Orange County, which is famous as a caldron of border-crackdown sentiment and where many Republicans criticize his guest-worker plan as amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Bush's decision to speak here might prove an embarrassing miscalculation, said John J. Pitney, a government professor at Claremont McKenna College who used to live in Orange County and worked for the national GOP.
"I'm not sure they had their O.C. antennae up," he said of White House schedulers. "They don't realize how complicated this issue is. It's possible this is a Daniel-in-the-lions'-den moment, but that's not really characteristic of this administration."
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When you run with the banner and rhetoric of the hard left, it's easy to get yourself confused with them.
We don't impeach Presidents for differences of opinion, we impeach them for breaking actual laws. When you can come up with one that he actually broke, let me know.
Once again- George Bush is not on the ballot here in Wisconsin, perhaps he is in Maine- I don't know. But, I am going to guess that he is not on your ballot in November.
George Bush is not responsible for the way you cast your vote- you are!
You are going to be given a choice, and George Bush will not be one of those choices in November.
Sitting on the sidelines in November will result in the Democrats taking back the power. If you are one of the ones sitting on the sidelines, then you are responsible for handing the power back to the Dems. Whether you want to admit that or not- it is true.
Me- I am not sitting on the sidelines, I am going to vote and I am going to work my tail off to convince others to vote. I believe in the Republicans running in my state and local elections. I have actually taken the time to get to know the Republicans running in Wisconsin.
In November, I don't plan on voting for or against George Bush, or an amnesty program. I plan on voting against the Democrats running my state into the ground.
However when all is said and done, My Texas GOP Senators and Reps have all been mostly on the correct side of votes taken so far. They could pay more vociferous lip service to Conservative positions, but, On their records overall, they have a better than average score and, deserve to be rewarded.
The time to change horses is in the primaries.
"If we boot enough of them out of power, maybe, just maybe they will get the message: they are there to serve America and AMERICANS, NOT themselves and agents of foreign governments."
I agree!
I did not vote for a King. I voted for representative government to protect this country's interests.
When that stops, so does my loyalty.
PROSECUTE EMPLOYERS! PUT THEM IN JAIL! SIEZE THEIR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY!
NO AMNESTY! NO GUESTWORKERS!
I have to vote for my Congressman, Ron Paul, who is on our side 100% on this immigration mess. Rino Gov. Rick "Hate Crimes & Taxes" Perry can forget it. I'll vote for "Kinky" Friedman first.
Fair enough. We are caught in a situation where the GOP says "You need us. Therefore we can do anything we please - your wished be damned." And they are most decidedly not representing us on this most crucial of issues.
Well, they need us too. But they don't think we'll dump'em. They need to think again. The odd thing about mutual assured destruction is that it worked for 50+ years - and completely essential to the strategy was each side's belief that the other would absolutely follow through.
We don't have that faith in our seriousness from our GOP leaders. If they find out through polling that we ARE serious - they have a chance for an epiphany. If they're still to dull to learn - all is not lost - the next two years can be a painful yet constructive learning process for both them - and those voters that believe the 'Rats should be in charge of any more branches of government. I don't think the Senate is in danger of changing over - just the House - but House members hold their future in their own hands - via this particular vote.
What's the risk? Gridlock. But the illegal immigration status quo cannot continue, because it's a fast-track to the Third World. Insanity is doing the same thing expecting different results. And in this regard, insanity is continuing to crawl over broken glass to vote any candidate stamped "GOP", in the vain hope that they will represent us on this, but who instead continue with this hugely destructive policy.
The GOP leadership may just figger all this out. Now...or a little later.
That figures.
Mess with the easy targets and ignore the elephant in the room.
Just like going after people with legitimate pain medication needs instead of working on the 3 million pounds of coke and heroin coming over the borders. Go for the easy ones for show.
The people in this country who seem to get the most grief are the people trying to follow the laws.
Be honest. We grudgingly got Alito after the President found out that the moderate Harriet Miers wasn't going to cut it.
If by that you mean we have had about enough liberal Republican BS, I can't speak for #12, but you got me figured out.
Bush is as big a BS'er as scumbag Clinton!
His obvious impression of the average American is, we are a bunch of "numb noggins"!
I know that I was taught about propaganda from a viewpoint that basically narrowed it down to about 5 techniques. I think they were ...
-bandwagon (everyone's doing it),
-testimonial (it worked for me),
-emotional appeals (positive being over-humanizing, negative being guilt-by-association, belittling, dismissive),
-intimidation (name-calling)
-misrepresentation (the majority of yours seem to be about some sort of misrepresentation.)
Oh, I haven't heard a word from our silent Senator, Senator Hutchinson. I have written her office twice asking for her stand on this issue and they will not answer. The only time you see her is in a puff piece for something that is just tooooo wonderful for words.
That's like blaming the victim of a crime.
No, if the pubbies lose the majority in either or both houses, it will be their own fault. They're committing the first action. Conservatives will merely be reacting to their failure to protect this nation against foreign invasion.
Anyone who believes this issue won't affect GOP turn out in the coming elections is delusional.
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