Hi bray!
FNS doesn’t come on here until 8, but I’ll be sure and watch.
Chuck U made a new suggestion for ‘immigration reform’ on DNC Dave’s show. Since the Pubbies don’t trust Obummer to enforce the laws, etc., postpone the bill’s implementation until 2017, when he’s out of office.
Couple of my thoughts on this (and I’m sure all of you will have many more):
1. If the House passes a bill this year, I believe it would go to conference and they’d have to negotiate with the Senate Dims on the bill the already passed (someone please correct me if I have that wrong).
2. This appears to be a brand new meme the Dims have just pulled out (I don’t recall hearing it before). They’re now going to use this to try to take away Boehner’s excuse and say Pubbies don’t want immigration reform, hate minorities, kids, and women (their usual spiel). Boehner, et al should have been talking jobs, etc. like apparently Laura did.
3. Why on earth would we want to pass a bill that doesn’t go into effect for 3 years??? Makes no sense at all unless you’re a Dim and have ulterior motives (see 1 & 2 above and 4 & 6 below).
4. There’s no guarantee that there will be a Republican President in 2017 (in fact, I suspect that Chucky thinks it will be Hillary! (who will do what she chooses to enforce the law or not, since a precedent has been set by the Won) and we’re stuck with the one the Gang of 8 put through (after slight negotiations with House on the 2017 implementation). I still don’t think she’s going to run. I think it might be Jerry Brown from CA or possibly John F. Kerry (who served in Viet Nam, BTW), or, possibly Biden, but I doubt he’d get much support.
5. If the Pubbies drop this issue this year, it gives Rubio a chance to do a “do over” and not agree to what previously was agreed upon this year by the Gang of 8 and he can perhaps get back in good graces with a *few* Republicans/RINOs.
6. If nothing is put through this year, Obummer won’t be able to claim a victory on this issue (which, IMHO he’d really like to do).
My $.02 FWIW
Without a border fence nothing else matters. Right now everyone in South and Central America are Americans if they simply cross the border. Laura was right, why even have a border?