Even NYT 'Conservative' Ross Douthat Calls GOP Establishment Immigration Push 'Perverse'

NewsBusters ^ | February 4, 2014 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat could hardly be considered a conservative in the mold of, say, a Ted Cruz. Most often he has reflected the "conservativism" of fellow New York Times columnist David Brooks who last summer came out in strong support for the Senate immigration bill. Therefore it was a very pleasant surprise that Douthat broke with his fellow "conservative" columnist by recently denouncing the Republican establishment push to pass an immigration bill this year as "perverse":

...the bills under discussion almost always offer some form of legal status before enforcement takes effect, which promises a replay of the Reagan-era amnesty’s failure to ever deliver the limits on future immigration that it promised.

[PJ-Comix]

Another example of why the Republican consultancy class remains stuck on STUPID.

[kaehurowing]

Douthat has written some good articles dumping on the mindless liberalism of the mainline Protestant churches.

[ilgipper]

The fact that anyone with an ounce of conservatism is publicly against this says volumes. Even the National Review and Weekly Standard are on our side here. They are both easily swayed to DC-think on big issues like this.

[brownsfan]

The Dems fell on their swords to expand government with obamacare. The GOPe owes them one, this must be the reciprocation.

[AD from SpringBay]

Tha’s cuz they’s been NSA’d.

[Sam Gamgee]

It’s all about cheap labor for their college buddies.

[Iron Munro]

The republican establishment is determined to screw conservatives into the ground even if they have to aid and abet the democrat party to accomplish it.

[Rennes Templar]

“dumping on the mindless liberalism of the mainline Protestant churches.”

I hope he dumped on the Catholics too.

[so_real]

It's a PR battle. And a clever one. Be careful of this trap, FRiends. The liberal democrats and liberal republicans have teamed up to paint the Tea Party as immigrant haters. The progression is simple : 1) turn the expression "illegal alien" into "undocumented immigrant", 2) use the media shepherds to tell the lost sheep that the Tea Party hates undocumented immigrants, 3) and, indicate the willingness of the dems and repubs to work together against that hateful Tea Party. It's a good gambit. But it's mighty fragile. The best counter offensive is to reinforce the term "illegal alien" and draw attention to the additional cost of health care once the illegal aliens are legally and broadly on the take.