There are only two possible reasons. They are either severely mentally ill, or, they have been TOLD how to vote, and are "only obeying orders."
Today, Sen. Jeff Sessions said that he's been approached by many Republican Senators, who confided in him that this is a BAD piece of work, yet, they are voting FOR it -- and, hoping that the House will save them from themselves!
Now, if anyone can come up with any third explanation for that kind of behavior -- something besides "mentally ill", or "just obeying orders" -- I'm all ears.
Frankly, my money's on the latter explanation. It's "how sausage is made" in that town.
We like to think of ourselves as "the base" -- but we kid ourselves. There are two bases -- us, the "voting base", and the other base -- the base comprised of those with political clout. The "money" base, if you will.
The "other base" -- the one with all the clout -- calls the shots. OUR "base" is given lots of rah-rah, and, if we get too uppity, we're told to "Shut up and VOTE!"
Other than that, we really do NOT count.
The Party figures it owns our votes -- and history has pretty much proven them correct on that score. Even Rove jokes about stuff like, "well where are they gonna go?" when asked about discontent among "the base".
The "other base" will continue to exercise its clout, and it's pretty obvious that they want this travesty to go through to completion, they intend to see it through, and they are NOT accustomed to NOT getting what they want.
And "our" Party is likewise not prone to denying the denizens of the "other base" that which they demand. After all, The Party can't very well boss them around like they intimidate us into "voting for the lesser of two evils", or "holding our nose and voting 'R'", or, the ace in the hole, "What are you gonna do, stay home, and let HILLARY get elected?"
Welcome to the gritty side of realpolitik. And yes, it sucks. Bigtime.
"Today, Sen. Jeff Sessions said that he's been approached by many Republican Senators, who confided in him that this is a BAD piece of work, yet, they are voting FOR it -- and, hoping that the House will save them from themselves!
Now, if anyone can come up with any third explanation for that kind of behavior -- something besides 'mentally ill', or 'just obeying orders' -- I'm all ears."
Sorry, it's obeying orders. Aka Rove. Aka "permanent Republican majority." End stop.
"The 'other base' will continue to exercise its clout, and it's pretty obvious that they want this travesty to go through to completion, they intend to see it through, and they are NOT accustomed to NOT getting what they want."
This is the part I don't understand. These illegals are useful to the extent that they are illegal labor, and are paid under the table. Legalising them opens them up to unionisation.
Also, a massive influx of unskilled labor adds to the cost of the welfare state, which the monied interests end up paying a lot into. What then, hire more illegals to help lower the bottom line?
It's the marriage of big government and big business - fascism.
Re mental illness: That might apply for Kennedy. Hard to forget his tirades.
I am stunned at how many of our senators are willing to sellout this country. Since a far higher percentage of Democrats supported this sellout, could at least some of the pressure came from Democrats or perhaps Soros?