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"By bringing the immigration question to the top of the table, they have handed the dems a bat with which to beat us over the head for the next 20 years. Conservative and pub reformists looking for real progress and change will be characterized in the media as meanspirited racists and bigots while the dems nickel and dime the legislation and take the teeth out of any new law. They will be portrayed as the real champions."

Talk about giving up before the fight has even begun! I think you misread the events, my friend! The House Conference commitee has yet to even receive the Senate's bill, and you are throwing in the towel. Do you think that we could have done more, by doing nothing? Just what logic is your criticism of Free Republic's anti-illegal alien stance based on? "Better not speak up, cuz you might get noticed?" The old Racist canard doesn'twork anymore. Ol'd dingy Harry Reid is an idiot, and even members of his party treat him as one. Next you will be jumping in the foxhole when Howard Dean opens his foolish mouth. Frankly, I can't wait until he does! It will further solidify the Pro-conservatitve, anti-RINO sentiment that is rapidly building in this country. Now is NOT the time to give up, as the old days of swallowing anything and everything the imperial senate hands down are gone. Be of good cheer, and keep on with the fight! Send those emails to your Senators and Congressmen, and get the point across... the Status Quo is DEAD!, BUILD THE FENCE... to begin with... then, greatly expand the ranks of the Border Patrol, enforce employer sanctions, and NO pathway to easy citizenship for illegal aliens from anywhere... and we don't need no steenking guest werker program!