Posted on 06/27/2007 2:30:44 PM PDT by neverdem
As is its right, the White House is certainly putting up a spirited defense of the Senate's immigration/amnesty bill. The Bush administration is making it quite clear that it has drawn a line in the sand on this issue and opponents cross it at their own peril.
I am a longtime admirer of George W. Bush. He is a good man, the head of my party and someone I had the honor to work with many years ago. Unfortunately, as I'm a Republican who thinks the president's "guest worker program" is really amnesty in immigrant clothing, my president has suggested that I "don't want to do what's right for America."
Going down the GOP line, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina generically suggested I'm a "bigot." Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff (who should be protecting our nation and not attaching his nose to the president's backside) basically said I would prefer to kill illegal aliens. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez suggested that I am in favor of "mass deportation," and former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson said I'm "anti-immigrant."
Wow. All of that invective hurled my way because I want to protect our borders and my country. What these highly educated men practicing lowbrow politics should understand is that nothing could be further from the truth -- both for me and the tens of millions of Americans opposed to this dangerously flawed plan.
In my case, I may have a bit more understanding of the issue than the mudslingers in the administration, as I'm married to an immigrant from Venezuela -- a woman, by the way, who not only stood in all the lines and did all the paperwork asked of her by this country, but who thinks this White House and these "Republicans" are slapping her in the face with their transparent amnesty plan.
My message to my president and his subordinates is this: Not only do I consider myself a patriot, but I'm not a bigot, I don't want to kill my wife or any other immigrants, I am strongly against the deportation of illegal aliens and I am very much pro-immigration.
Americans are sick of politicians because they can't say anything without spin. Every sentence is parsed with an eye toward personal or party advantage. The will of the people rarely matters when it's reelection time.
Knowing that, let's be brutally honest about the subject of illegal immigration. The reason so many Republicans and Democrats are pushing the amnesty plan is partisan self-interest and a blatant grab for the Hispanic vote in 2008. While Republicans like Graham and Arizona Sen. John McCain may actually believe their political rhetoric about losing the Hispanic-American vote forever if they don't pass their "comprehensive guest worker program," in reality what they and the White House are doing is creating a perfect storm that is going to batter the GOP for years to come.
While seemingly impossible to do, in the course of a few months, the Republican Party has managed to push away "white-collar" Hispanic-American voters, "blue-collar" Hispanic-American voters and the conservative base it needs to win local and national elections. How?
Simply and sadly, it has lost highly educated Hispanic-American voters like my wife and her friends -- a group rarely polled by the media or political parties -- who tend to lean conservative on many issues but feel ignored and belittled by the White House and many Republicans because they chose to proudly obey the laws of the United States. The party has lost "blue-collar" Hispanic-Americans who are moving en masse away from the GOP, in part because Republican "leaders" are falsely and suicidally portraying certain conservatives as anti-Hispanic. And finally, they are losing conservative voters who see Republican politicians put party or self-interest before the national security of our country as they shamefully pander for votes.
The White House and its backers are free to defame me and others over this illegal alien controversy, but maybe when they take a deep breath, they can answer these questions from my legal immigrant Hispanic-American wife: "What has happened to Republican principles? When did they stop believing in basic law and order?"
“The fact that she is NOT on the Supreme Court today is the reason the arch-fascist she-devil Ginzburg is still there.”
Rathr laughable claim. Leftists like her never give up power willingly.
She’s nearly dead.
This has a whole bunch of Capitol Hill emails:
http://www.outsourcecongress.org/outsource/congress/schstaffers.html
No, she is not. What scant record she possessed, was revealed as at least on par with O’Connor. From her affirmative action vote back in Texas, to her PC stance on Christimas cards to her liberal speeches. Speeches, btw, as well as her senate questionaire that were a complete embarrassment of thought not unlike o’Conner’s hard to decipher writings. She failed a basic competance level let alone failing to indicate a proper Judicial philosophy.
Nor can you prove otherwise. If you could, you’d have provided evidence to prove your statement.
Give it up.
You lost, you were wrong, you are still wrong, you will always be wrong about this and nothing the few like yourself remaining have to say will change that reality.
Go ahead, continue to argue this point. You can’t change what happened and you won’t prevent us from contesting another nominee should they fail to be competant and not possess the proper Judicial philosphy. We’ve learned from the past failures such as Stevens, Souter, O’Connor and kennedy just as we’ve learned from these amnesty shams. you don’t have the power to restore that naivety we once possessed. Thank God.
“She’s nearly dead.”
Then let’s make sure we win the White House in 2008!
Leftists like that only get removed when they are in the casket.
When they’re an old Stalinist warhorse like Ruthy, it takes one more step beyond the casket ~ you must administer the stake right through the heart just to make sure she stays there!
That's another reason for a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. I think one way to get the ball rolling is to call into talk radio.
Here's how I was able to make the point on the Jerry Agar Show on WABC-AM 770 tonight in NYC. They're paranoid, and properly so, about the resurrection of the Fairness Doctrine. With the McCain-Feingold Act being almost knocked out by the Supreme Court this week, I said that you can expect the neocoMs to really push for reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine. That's why we should push for Congressional term limits.
They take calls to make themselves look good. It was the first call to WABC in years for me. That's one way to make the point that without term limits, we are going to be subject to more BS like this Shamnesty and Senators like Clinton, Schumer, Byrd, Kennedy, Boxer, Feingold, Lott, etc. ad infinitum. Ditto for our Congresspersons. Call talk radio for a Congressional term limits amendment!
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Currently, my Vampire Stake is being used on the Immigration Bill ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1851892/posts?page=269
... with a little luck it will be freed up for other uses soon (where’s that Fairness Doctrine?).
But I can't resist a shot at that judicial philosophy crap. The Supreme Court is not a trial court. The members are politicians with lifetime appointments. They are going to do what they are going to do. It helps our side when you get a Roberts, who is probably the smartest lawyer on the court and a close thing to a real judge we are likely to get.
Thanks for the email addresses!
Hear! Hear! BTTT
Thanks for another argument for a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. You could make an argument for 20 years for members of the Supreme Court as well. Let the Chief Justice accumulate a total of 25 years and out.
My message to my president and his subordinates is this: Not only do I consider myself a patriot, but I'm not a bigot, I don't want to kill my wife or any other immigrants, I am strongly against the deportation of illegal aliens and I am very much pro-immigration.So what is he for? I read the whole thing and it looks like he wants it both ways -- exactly the same complaint he's making.
Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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Courtesy of a pro-amnesty group, no less!!
Term limits and run a conservative against them in the primary
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