Posted on 08/30/2005 10:34:44 PM PDT by goldstategop
Pat Buchanan, former communications director to President Ronald Reagan, former presidential candidate and WND commentator, has come to the conclusion that a courageous Republican legislator should move a bill for impeachment of President Bush.
I reluctantly agree – and for the same reasons.
President Bush has had nearly six years in office to honor his oath of office and enforce immigration laws in this country.
He has not only failed, he has intentionally neglected this sworn duty, instead claiming he prefers to promote a vague immigration "reform" plan that involved a "guest worker" program that has served as an encouragement to the most massive influx of illegal immigration this country has ever seen.
Some will tell me this can't be done and that it is irresponsible to propose it because Bush is a wartime president.
My response? It is precisely because this nation finds itself in a desperate war declared by a formidable foe determined to use our open borders to destroy this country that we must act now.
Some will remind me I endorsed Bush just two years ago for re-election.
My response? I made it very clear at the time that I was not really endorsing Bush, per se, but seeking the only practical way to defeat his reckless and irresponsible and treasonous opponent. There is no contradiction here. Kerry had to be defeated. Now Bush must go. America can do better.
I don't agree with many of Pat Buchanan's foreign policy ideas. But on the border, he is 100 percent right. Bush has been a disaster. No matter how successful we might be in our campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, we can lose this war against jihadist Islam right here at home.
Our enemies have already used the open border to penetrate this country – and they will do so again.
When Bush placed the old Immigration and Naturalization Service under the new Department of Homeland Security, I actually believed he recognized how critical border security was to the defense of our homeland. I was fooled.
In the current issue of my premium, online, intelligence newsletter, G2 Bulletin, author Paul Williams recounts in extravagant detail how al-Qaida operatives have already used the open Mexican border not only to sneak operatives into the country but to smuggle in nuclear weapons with the help of the MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) street gang.
The fuse has been lit.
The war in Iraq, which I have supported, will mean little when, not if, a nuclear weapon is detonated inside our own country.
When that happens, we will no longer be having debates about who has more culpability for Sept. 11 – Bush or his predecessor. Bush has had ample opportunity to address the mistakes of the past. Instead, he has repeated them. They say hindsight is 20-20. Not for Bush.
Even if the border issue and the tsunami of illegal immigration was not strictly speaking the No. 1 national security issue we face, enforcing the laws of the land would be the right thing to do – the only moral and right thing to do.
Americans are dealing with more joblessness, higher crime, skyrocketing taxes, a crippled medical system, overcrowded jails, an overburdened judicial and law enforcement system, costly and divisive language barriers and changing demographics that are permanently transforming the U.S. culture.
Why?
Bush claims it is because America needs cheap labor. That's what the law of supply and demand is all about. It's not his duty or responsibility to acquire workers for big corporations and other fat cats below what the market will support.
I don't even believe Bush is being honest when he makes this argument. I am convinced there are international agreements behind this. I am persuaded the systematic destruction of the American way of life through uncontrolled and illegal immigration is part of a master plan for merger and global consolidation – first with our neighbors in this hemisphere and later worldwide.
This secretive plot must end here and now.
America was founded on the principle of independence and sovereignty. The president is betraying our most sacred national heritage.
Bush is ignoring the will of the people and he is violating the law of the land.
It's time to turn up the heat.
As Buchanan suggested: Will even one courageous Republican member of Congress have the guts to sponsor a bill of impeachment?
Those who won't surrender to the invasion are "whiners", according to you. I'll keep "whining" then.
Why don't you move to Mexico instead of whining about those who prefer a common language ( English ) in this country?
Simply signing CFR in 2001 was plenty to justify impeachment. But with the disaster playing out right now, today is NOT the time.
"No such thing as an illegal alien sixty years ago"? What a load---I don't debate people who have no concern for the truth either. 'Bye.
My statementis the absolute truth your not liking it doesn't change it. Only in the last few decades has there been a problem since people just came to work and went back home. They didn't cause the problems being experienced now.
Confess, you are really Medea Benjamin aren't you?
That's strange, if there were no "illegal aliens" sixty years ago why did Roosevelt deport millions of them in the 1930s? What was that little operation Eisenhower had in the 1950s all about?
Illegal immigration from Mexico has been a problem for decades, it's just today we have a government that won't do what needs to be done to deal with it. You can either admit to that fact and demand real solutions or hide your head in the sand.
So you do not understand the requirements of Impeachment as laid down in Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution if you accept any of these yahoos blabbering.
What a collection of clowns.
You keep doing that thing.. you know, that thing where you lie, and pretend that I'm defending illegal immigration? Stop doing that. Thanks.
Meanwhile, if we stopped all illegal immigration, you'd still be competing with legal immigrants. Instead of hurting America by artificially driving up wages with some protectionist scheme, why don't you go find something useful to do that will also turn a buck or two? Are you honestly saying that these immigrants outclass you in every conceivable way, and you can never hope to compete with them? I don't believe it. There's something you're good at, that people need and want. Go find out what that is, and do it.
So if you're going to argue that the existence of competition is keeping you down, and you prefer to live in squalor and complain how dem mex'cans is eatin' your lunch, then yes you are a whiner. Go get a better job. This is America, for crying out loud.
Why don't you move to Mexico instead of whining about those who prefer a common language ( English ) in this country?
That's an idiotic statement. English is the official language. If you're saying that speaking Chinese in chinatown, French in cajun areas, and German in Amish areas, should all be banned, then you're loco en la cabeza, or you've had muy, muy mucho cerveza. Learning Spanish is a useful skill in spanish neighborhoods. And while I don't approve of illegal immigration, I don't think we should "run alla dem durn mex'cans outta town", either. After the illegals are rounded up, there'll be plenty of legals left, and there will still be spanish neighborhoods, and you'll still be grumbling that folks have the all-fired nerve to go around speaking spanish with each other. Why not channel all that anger of yours into getting a better job? In this vast nation of ours, there are thousands of neighborhoods where Spanish isn't even spoken, so if it hurts your ears so much, move to one of them.
Remember the little episode called the Great Depression and the enormous movement of people out of the Midwest to California? Those who were previously welcomed with open arms became redundent. At any rate I doubt there were "millions" deported.
Reagan had more sense about these that the yahoos here dancing the One Not Samba. And he understood that it was essentially an insoluable problem as long as Mexico is f.u.
Of course, the same Yahoos are utterly opposed to allowing greater trade with Mexico which could help alleviate the poverty pushing these people here.
Ever hear of "Operation Wetback" circa 1953 under President Eisenhower? In 1949 alone, the Border Patrol seized about 280,000 illegal immigrants---by 1953, that number had grown to 865,000, and our great war hero President Eisenhower acted forcefully and immediately to enforce the law when he got into office. That was back when Republican Presidents enforced the immigration laws. That was back when Republican voters expected Republican Presidents to enforce the law. Seems like only yesterday....
And that stopped what? Not a damn thing. If you are really serious about this then start bitching at the RAT mayors who won't allow Immigration authorities to operate in their Sanctuary Cities. Start demanding that employers be fined or jailed for hiring them. But you won't, preferring to try and undermine one of our greatest presidents with idiotic ideas like this. The fact you take clowns like Buchanan the Hater seriously undermines your credibility from the beginning and using WorldNUT Daily as support make you even more laughable. What next? Your proud support of Hillary?
You do not even understand the first thing about an Impeachment or illegal immigration. Only an absolute Idiot would believe that Cheney would act any different.
THAT is the problem and the Courts which allow them access.
Contrary to your previous statement they were still recognized as illegal aliens and treated as such, depression or not. Same with the 1950s when the economy was booming. And your doubts about them being millions deported are wrong, they were.
As far Reagan: I've gone over that amnesty over and over and I'm not doing it again today except to say we should not make that same mistake a second time. We have laws on the books, Bush simply needs to enforce them. If he did that there wouldn't even be a discussion of impeachment.
The economy was NEVER booming during the 50s it was stagnant.
There is no discussion of impeachment except among Buchanan the Hater's Nut Brigade and Medea Benjamin types.
This is not even a serious issue. Rather a "Let's see what the Kooks are Raving About" thread.
"I'm not going to debate you if you don't care if Bush observes his oath of office to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States or not. Whether or not it is a standard to impeach him is up to Congress and its constituents, the citizens of the United States."
Do you even understand the US Constitution in regards to impeachment? It appears you don't and to call for this without understanding it makes you look foolish.
Joe Farah quoting Pat Buchanan. Joe should just STFU.
AND, while he was governor AND while he is a president...Yeah, he's a great president for doing nothing...Don't take your blinders off, you may get lost...
Presidents are supposed to enforce the laws---this President isn't doing so. Your reference to my "proud support of Hillary" is unfounded personal abuse---please stop it.
You do not even understand the first thing about an Impeachment or illegal immigration. Only an absolute Idiot would believe that Cheney would act any different.
Maybe Hastert would make a good President on the issue then.
Good luck with your effort. LOL!
Only real fools believe that can be stopped but those are the advocates of this insane thread. Is your Vote Hillary button all polished up?
Farah and Buchanan have as much credibility as Laurel and Hardy and are almost as funny.
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