The Great Illegal Immigration Myth of '06

Human Events ^ | 12/27/06 | John Hawkins

[Old Professer]

Bush could have led the tough on campaign but instead left us to assume he would veto it if it passed.

Bush was defeated last month, from now on it will be like watching a walking dead man.

[Ben Ficklin]

Evidently the House Republicans think their position on immgration was detrimental. They removed Sensenbrenner from any position of authority.

[padre35]

I agree, illegal immigration costing the Repubs the majority is a myth, and our losses are trying to be spun into "you had better support amnesty or yo will lose to" nonsense.


I wasn't aware that Kondracke or Barnes ran for office for instance.

[Czar]

"Evidently the House Republicans think their position on immgration was detrimental."

Then why did they vote so overwhelmingly in favor of that position (HR 4437)?

[Ben Ficklin]

Why? I guess they thought it would get them re-elected.

[Czar]

So, basically you're up to your usual pro-illegal alien/OBL flacking, spreading as much disinformation as possible.

Nice try but no tamale...

[Sharks]

If I am mistaken J.D. Hayworth voted against HR4437 ( the house immigration bill )

[Sharks]

If I am NOT mistaken J.D. Hayworth voted against HR4437 ( the house immigration bill )

[truth_seeker]

I think Republicans were harmed because after six years in power, they had little to nothing to claim as immigration reform.

When you are given "power" by the voters, they expect it to be used wisely.

The voters want a better immigration system. They didn't get it. Hence, they throw out the bums that wasted six years, with plenty of earmarks, but no immigration reform.

(IOW many people aren't strongly "idealogical" about immigration. Yet they know it is broken, and they want a better system.)

And for the ones that ARE idealogical about immigration, the Republicans fail on that count; one house one way, the other house the other way.

All around, the Republicans were spanked for doing nothing.

[Ben Ficklin]

Do you think they removed Sensenbrenner because of his work on Net Neutrality or some other issue besides immigration?

[Ben Ficklin]

Give me a plausible reason why Sensenbrenner was removed.

[Rex Anderson]

Since you posted a Hawkins article from Human Events, you should read what he has to say about the Corsi and the NAU conspiracy nuts.

[Kimberly GG]

"Randy Graf, a tough on illegal immigration conservative, who was attempting to retain a seat held by Rep. Jim Kolbe, was torpedoed by the Republican Party."

Expect more of the same in '08. Look how it's already started here...Tancredo for instance...and next they will be attacking Duncan Hunter...the RNC with Martinez as the pointman, thanks to Bush, will be doing everything in its power to 'eliminate' candidates who want to secure our borders and enforce our current immigration laws.

Of course, if the OBL is successful in passing their CIR legislation anytime soon, promoting an anti-OBL candidate for '08, will be a mute point?

[Condor51]

Bookmarked for future reference and use. And I suspect, a lot of 'use'.

:-)

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[jpsb]

House Republican had ZERO credibility on illegal immigration with a Republican President pushing amnesty. That hurt.

[lucysmom]

IOW many people aren't strongly "idealogical" about immigration. Yet they know it is broken, and they want a better system.

Enforcing existing laws would be a start. Unfortunately, the Bush administration has a worse record on enforcement than even Clinton's.

[gubamyster]

ping

[Iwo Jima]

I disagree that Bush was defeated last month. The way that I see it, Bush won last month. He finally has the Congress that he wants and that will allow him to achieve certain key goals that a conservative Republican Congress would not allow.

Just look at how quick and upbeat the administration response was -- that now they will get their immigration bill passed.

[WatchingInAmazement]

House Republican had ZERO credibility on illegal immigration with a Republican President pushing amnesty. That hurt.

And that my friend, is the bottom line!