Posted on 07/02/2007 3:24:25 AM PDT by Liz
I asked one of the few conservative Republican senators who stuck with President Bush on immigration to assess how Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell handled the issue. Asking not to be quoted by name, he replied: "If this were a war, Sen. McConnell should be relieved of command for dereliction of duty." Not only did the minority leader end up voting against an immigration bill that he said was better than the 2006 version that he supported, but he also abandoned his post, keeping off the floor during final stages of Senate debate.
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Most excellent! Thanks.
Most excellent! Thanks.
Disagree. It was the Republicans [conservatives] that defeated this bill that was supported in the Senate primarily by Dems. Sessions, Vitter, DeMint, and Cornyn became the face of the opposition in the Senate who defied the political leadership of Lott and McConnell and the WH. Although 15 Dems eventually voted no to cloture, there is no doubt in the public's mind that it was the Rep party that stood tall and defeated a bill only 26% of the public supported. On this issue, the Reps looked better than the Dems, the WH aside.
Unfortunately, the ‘Pubbies are going to the blame for the bill; it was pushed by a Republican President and championed by the Republican Senate Minority Leader, and by serveral high-profile Republican Senators. The bill would never have stood a chance if the ‘Pubbies had opposed it in a united fashion.
It may be a Democrat bill, but the ‘Pubbies are going to get the blame.
You make a good point. The reason the backlash was so successful is precisely because it included democrats along with republicans.
In 2006 alot of voters voted for conservative democrats. DNC Rahm Emanuel admitted that for the democrats to have a chance at taking Congress they would have to recruit and allow in conservatives.
The key to stopping Hillary in 2008 is to unite conservatives from all corners including Reagan democrats.
This is getting tiresome.
'Un-American', 'Bigots', 'Racists', 'Nativists', 'Troglodytes' (my personal fav), NAZIS (yesterday's NY Slimes) and now 'Xenophobes'.
Well, sorry oh Masters of The Universe but name calling won't work. As my mama used to tell me, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me'. Plus, I've been called worse by better.
Now enforce the dam laws, deport the ILLEGALS aaaaaand build the freaking FENCE!
“BTW, I hear some Americans have beem forced to witness these hyphenates slaughtering goats in their front yards (a disgusting mehican ritual).”
A couple of years ago, the police were called to an apartment complex in a small suburban town outside of Boston because yes, the residents were roasting a goat in the front yard on a Sunday afternoon.
Beltway Bob Novak, another useless propagandist...yeah he is a useful idiot and should be in a cell along with the rest of the Plamegate Liars, Russert, Fitzgerald, Tenant, Wilson, Plame, Powell, Gonzales ... a veritable wall of shame!
And who is going to get the credit for stopping it? If you were to ask the public, which party represents more closely your position on immigration and securing the border, the majority would say the GOP. It was the Rep House last year that passed an enforcement only bill with most of the Dems voting against it. Last year's senate bill was voted 32-23 AGAINST by the Reps.
I strongly believe that this can be a winning issue for the Reps. Hillary, Oabama, Dodd, and Biden voted for cloture and are supporters of this amnesty bill as they were in 2006. Only McCain among the GOP candidates has supported this bill and it has effectively killed his candidacy. There is a clear difference between the two parties on this issue despite the WH's efforts going against its own party.
I tend to agree with your analysis, but I would make the following comments. Amnesty is a populist issue which cuts into both parties. The Republicans were responsible for putting the deciding votes with the people's will. The problem is neither party is populist and particularly the Republicans. If the Republicans would start representing the small donors in the party and publicly and seriously put forth stronger enforcement against ILLEGAL employers then they might be able to broaden the party's currently dismal appeal. I know of NO Republicans in my small circle of acquaintances, who do not want to see more border fence and more illegal employers taken to account. And oddly I know quite a few Democrats that probably the ONLY political things we agree upon are securing the borders and stopping illegal employers.
FYI! In 1992 Karl Rove was fired from the Bush #41 campaign for leaking to ROBERT NOVAK about Bob Mosbacher, Jr., and his handling of the TX part of the campaign.
Who do you supposed got Robert Novak to write this article? Not to mention Rove leaked to Novak in 1992 and Novak was the author of the column on Wilson’s wife that has now sent Libby to prison. What are the probabilities that Rove was the leaker to Novak in the Wilson deal as well?
I had posted an article on numerous threads I found on 18 June 2007 on KFI radio out of LA from 2004 about Rove withholding money from candidates that were against illegal immigration and amnesty and last night when a Freeper followed a link, the article was GONE!
Connect the dots!
If ANY Republican signs up with Ted Kennedy, they will be destroyed by him.
Reagan Democrats coming back.
EXACTLY!
Bob Novak is a DEMOCRAT!...a MEAN nasty DEMOCRAT.
As far as I can tell nobody is identified with stopping the bill. Weaklings in the Senate “caved in” to pressure from noisy racists inspired by eviiiiiil Talk Show Hosts.
DeMint, Sessions and the others are not getting much credit.
I’d sure LOVE it to be an issue for the ‘Pubbies, along
with the Fair Tax. But they won’t take it up, ‘cuz someone migh call ‘em racist.
Never mind that, last time I checked, “Hispanics” were counted as whites.
I disagree. I think Trent Lott is the one who basically wrote this for old Bob. It reeks of his nastiness!
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