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?
It's the Federal government's duty to protect the states from invasion,a nd we're being invaded. It's just that these invaders aren't wearing uniforms and carrying military weapons.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
That may be, but could you please explain how he is wrong on this one.
He went too far by supporting a call for impeachment.
But, IMHO, he's right about:
[Bush] prefers to promote a vague immigration "reform" plan that involved a "guest worker" program
. . . 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.
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.
My response is to send a message by voting against incumbents of both political parties in local and state elections.
Wow. Impeach Bush. This guy is certifiable. He's like McBrien in the Catholic church - anything goes when it comes to bashing, even if it directly contradicts your position on anything else.
Farah bashes Bush; McBrien bashes Catholics. No news here.
Okay, you don't like Joe and Pat. Does that alter the facts?
Article four Section four states that the President will protect the states against invasion. If three million illegal crossings a year isn't an invasion, please tell us what would be.
We are still allowing people to enter the United States from terrorist states. Is that a fulfillment of Bush's oath?
Sorry guy, but on this issue there is one person off the reservation. He lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Plug the leak.
Bail the dirty water.
Go from there. Impeachment at this point is an asinine idea. However, a particularly brutal mass crime wave or a gigantic terrorist attack on par with 9-11 or (God forbid) worse...that is proven to have come over the southern border? I'll be marching in the streets of D.C. to have every last politician in office that has REFUSED to protect us removed from office. Forcibly if necessary.
That has been my sore spot about Bush all along, I voted for him both times, trusted he'd do the right thing about illegals & the border, but he hasn't.
Who cares? They want to do it because he's Republican. As long as GW is defending America and enforcing the laws and the Constitution, they don't stand a chance. But since he's NOT enforcing the laws or defending the borders...
Look, was Clinton impeached for getting his pole waxed, or because he knowingly committed perjury in a court proceeding? HE BROKE THE LAW---and I couldn't STAND to hear liberals yammer on at the time about how Republicans just wanted to get him for having sex in the White House. Same thing with Bush---I have no problem with him being a Republican because I'm registered as one myself, and I voted for him in 2000. But I'm not going to let my party registration stand in the way of holding him to account for not enforcing the laws he SWORE he would uphold, and not defending the borders he MUST DEFEND IN A TIME OF WAR. No excuses, no equivocation, no partisanship can stand in the way of his accountability for those two things.
This is about the most enlightening, logical, intellectual, and critically reasoned opinion that I have ever been blessed to read. It ranks up there with the genius reply #2, by zarf. Very substantial. (Sarcasm off).
Impeaching President Bush over this issue is simply NUTS
I'm glad you enjoyed, Maybe even as much as I enjoyed reading this pathetic piece by the loon Farah, Good Night and join Cibdy Sheehan's call for impeachment, you'll be welcomed with open arms
Not to mention an unproductive distraction. All the fun we had with Bill and what's-her-name's stained dress might have been better spent pressing Congress to act.
Why wait on George to propose doing the right thing when Congress can do the right thing?
Then, should Bush fail or refuse to be the executive, impeach him.
Ditto that. As the most conservative guy that I know, I am VERY ashamed of W's lack of attention on this issue. He is a good war President, but his domestic polices are... more like Carter, Clinton. I.E.: PATHETIC.
Now, before I get flamed, I stumped with Ronnie in 1964 for Barry AuH20. So I am an Ultra-Right-Wing Conservative. However, I do not understand W's approach on the ILLegal immigrant issue. If they (the ILLegals) are here ILLegally, then they sould be deported.
Can someone please explain W's logic to me?
Far-out Farah strikes again!
If Bush should be impeached for his stance on illegal immigration, Reagan should have been as well.
Then, should Bush fail or refuse to be the executive, impeach him.
What is it you would have Congress do? Re-affirm existing immigration law? Make illegal entry even more illegal? Pass a resolution that the executive branch should enforce the immigration law? That the Commander-in-Chief should use the armed forces of the United States to prevent and repel invasion by illegal entrants?
You're a tool, my friend. The millions that have been crossing the border every year for the last 50 are only reported about when a Republican is in the White House. Go take a look at how much money has been spent on the border since 2001 and compare that against the last 5 presidents and get back to me.....
Good Night, I'm off to bed
Congress? Act? Congress isn't for doing things....
no one will ever take care of the border. as for impeachment thats a joke. Buchie is as nuts as the libs. Now I know why I always cringe when I see or hear him.
You mean the Reagan that said, "This country has lost control of its borders. And no country can sustain that kind of position"---that Reagan? Got even a quote from GW to the same effect?
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