"'The Dog and His Bone' is one of Aesop's many instructive fables. It's about a dog carrying a bone in his mouth. As he was crossing a footbridge over a stream and happened to glance into the water, he saw his own reflection. Thinking it was another dog with a bigger bone, the greedy dog growled and said to himself, "I'll get that bone, too." When he opened his mouth to take the bone, his own bone fell into the water, never to be seen again."
It is true.
The reason the Republicans are going to lose Congress this November is their stalwart refusal to close the Mexican border.
They have looked 15 years down the road and see a huge Hispanic voting bloc, and have decided to pander to it.
Also, they are obeying the business interests that want an open border and cheap, unprotected labor. So, they've adopted a policy that they think will keep that business money flowing now, and will give them good majorities in the next decade.
Trouble is, they have alienated so much of their conservative base right now that they cannot win the NEXT election, never mind the 8th one down the road.
It's a classic "Dog and His Bone" scenario.
Well put!
Yep. They have no idea that if we take care of border security, not only will a lot of Hispanics be 100% enthusiastic about it, but everyone will take a secure border as a fact of life and it will not figure in voting decisions for 95% or more of the electorate.