Posted on 05/18/2006 6:43:57 PM PDT by lancer256
Political commentators -- both right and left -- who think the outrage over the immigration crisis is a conservative fringe phenomenon are sorely out of touch. That may have been true some time ago, but the sleeping giant of American goodwill and apathy has finally been jolted out of her sleep.
It's hard to deny that the catalyzing events were the audacious protests of illegals throughout the country, waving Mexican flags, disrespecting the American flag and demanding, sometimes in Spanish, their "civil rights." Perhaps Sen. Ted Kennedy's pathetic pandering to this burgeoning new constituency contributed to the national wake-up call as well.
I recognize that certain eastern-corridor economic conservatives may have lofty motives in their undying advocacy for open borders. They continue to romanticize immigration as some innocuous boon to our economy with comparatively minor downsides. But they grossly underestimate the magnitude of the angst of mainstream conservatives over this issue and misjudge their motives. They betray their elitism by implying that those roiled about the issue are "anti-immigrant" or "impervious" to facts that only those in their perches of erudition can clearly see.
The overwhelming majority of people exercised about immigration are not remotely racist, prejudiced, bigoted or nativist. They are, however, unapologetic patriots, believers in the American ideal, the American identity and the American culture. They are not slaves to an exclusively capitalistic perspective, realizing that economic considerations -- pro and con -- are only one part of the equation.
(Excerpt) Read more at davidlimbaugh.com ...
"I believe we have to address both aspects of the problem, as they are manifestly interdependent."
You got it David. Exactly what a lot of us have been saying.
Guess what you see frequently in the LA area? A car with one giant Mexican flag on its top, along side of one or more smaller USA flags. The American flags are the fig leaves. True sentiment is coming out of the closet!
You've got right David. I am a "latino/US citizen" and I am not a racist... The U.S. is my first priority.
YES!
And when we inaugurate Pres H Clinton, (barf) I put the blame squarely on those Republican senators who can't see past their 'career' positions.
I will not vote again for Dewine or Voinovich.
Aye!
Did you know that while the press and talking heads today were thoroughly wrapped up over the immigration issue, the House voted to kill any chance of drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico?
Exactly. This will not be solved until our politicians enforce the law.
What is it about "illegal" that they don't understand? What is it about their oaths of office, to uphold the law, that they don't understand?
Apparently oaths of office ceased to have any meaning about the time that 100 senators violated their oaths during the Clinton impeachment trial. It's time to hold them to it once more.
And what about the House?
BILL FRIST, SENATE MINORITY LEADER.
Republicans are already the minority party in the Senate.
I know, (allegedly) there is a GOP Senate majority.
It's not a majority, if it's not used for anything.
Democrats already HAVE THE SENATE.
It's disgusting. What a sellout. What weenies.
I'm PISSED about the immigration debacle. Had lunch with a Mexican buddy today. Another good friend is Chinese (one of the coolest, funniest guys I know). My daughter dates a Korean guy. I have an African-American god child. I'm not a racist by any means.
It just infuriates me that the politicians have allowed this to happen, because it's convenient for them, and because they're gutless. Then they talk down to us, and over our heads as if we're drooling idiots. About which I'm beginning to think they're right.
I'm really fasinated about how the House was able to stick it to us so badly today and no one even cares they're so wrapped up with the immigration issue.
It used to be green.
Even if Rector's projections about the inflow of new immigrants over the next 20 years are substantially overstated, there is no question that way too many immigrants will come in during that period. And there is no question that this nation, given the current state of its laws and its refusal to encourage assimilation and promote a national identity, simply cannot absorb them. With all due respect to the casual elite, we are talking about nothing less than the destruction of America as we know it. This will come about not so much by "foreigners," but through our own complicity in devaluing the rule of law by neglecting immigration enforcement and the disgraceful abandonment of our national identity. This will prevent us from promoting the English language, our own sovereignty, our unique constitutional system and our traditional values.
Some people just know how to say things that need to be said.
ROF
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