Posted on 06/05/2006 4:51:21 PM PDT by Spiff
Good grief. The man is political grandstander. I remember how he used Louisiana to get his 15 minutes of fame last year on the issue. He was the Spokesman for a group of 15 that said Louisiana is so corrupt that no Federal money should come down here after the hurricane. Well he made the rounds of TV news and after that silence. He didnt propose any solution and to my knowledge didnt work much with our Republican Majority Congressional delegation. So people from Slidell to Lake Charles were suffering and we had to hear him make political points while major suffering was going on. We were still trying to find the dead and missing relatives for goodness sake.
That showed me Tancredo's character right there.
And this qualifies you for drama queen of the week. The bill has fleas and needs a serious tweaking but what do you expect from Kennedy & company?
Hey, Deacon, you've got it bass ackwards as usual. It is the Senate that is being the obstacle to a border security bill. It is the Senate that is holding up reform this year by insisting upon a bill that only the most liberal open borders types can support.
I think there were worse bills. The Alien and Sediation act or perhaps the fugitive Slave act comes to mind right off the top of my head. also the legislation to imprison and fund Prison camps For a bunch of Japanesse Americans wasnt its finest hour.
Again, at this point the Senate Bill and all its extras is not the problem. Heck the House bill with its major problems and short sighted attitude is not the issue really. Its all conference now. What comes out of there wont look like either sides bill to a degree
"That's a howler."
Yeah, my favorite FROBL rebuttal is where they slash Reagan to bits with their long knives, peeing on the grave of the greatest president of the last half-century. That really shows us how great Dubya is, doesn't it? If only they could dig up Washington and take a dump in his coffin so they could get Dubya crowned king.
I wish someone can define open borders to me. Open borders to me means all the Mexicans in Mexico can just drive over and work here live here if they want. I havent seen a proposal that says that
Knock off the deacon crap.
Argue your point on its own merit.
So what is your stance on illegal alien law breakers?
No matter how often you repeat that lie, it still doesn't make it true.
If it were true, then the most conservative one third of the Republicans in Congress would not have joined and would not still continue membership in the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus which was founded and is chaired by conservative Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo. The most conservative one third of the Republicans in Congress respects Rep. Tom Tancredo and his principled leadership on this issue. Why can't you? They know him far better than you do and they understand the political risks of associating with him. They take that risk and willingly join and remain members of his excellent caucus. Why are you again siding AGAINST conservative Republicans along with one of the most principled conservative Republicans in Congress? Have you forgotten that this is a CONSERVATIVE web forum which traditionally supports conservative Republicans? Why do you continue to abuse this forum and pollute any thread that mentions conservative Republican Tom Tancredo with your ad hominem attacks against him and his conservative principles and ideas? Maybe you have this forum confused with www.RINOrepublic.com or something.
Don't get logical..it's not in the Tancredo talking points.
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN.
Sorry. No dice. Americans want ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING LAW FIRST. THEN we can indulge in all the talk you want.
Excellent Comments
The House passed their border security bill first. It is the Senate that is being the obstacle by passing an amnesty bill which is a non-starter. We have two equal houses in our Congress. The Senate does not tell the House what to do. The House passed what the people widely support. The Senate passed crap. The Senate needs to cut the crap and seriously consider the House bill. Any bill which includes any form of amnesty is already a non-starter and the Senate knew that. The Senate is the obstacle. Not the conservatives in the Senate, mind you, but the Clinton/Kennedy/McCain/Specter wing of the Senate. You know, the enemies of conservatives and of Free Republic. Yes, that part of the Senate. So, why are you kissing their butts, Deacon?
What would you call the illegal invasion of 12 - 20 million ILLEGALS, if not an open border policy?
They walk across or get transported.
Come on, don't be totally silly.
Tell me, specifically, what will Tancredo gain? Please use factual information from the FEC reporting of his campaign finances and his PAC in order to answer this question. I've seen the databases. Have you? Or are you making false accusations and smears against a principled, conservative Republican who enjoys a 100% "Best and Brightest" rating from the American Conservative Union as well has extremely high scores from other conservative groups?
An outcome I and 70% of America would be happy with, if compromise would enact portions of the Senate disasterpiece into Law. If GOP members of the House can sandbag this thing by refusing to compromise, it WILL, in fact, be viewed as a victory for the GOP in the House.
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