Bush is kicking away his base

Townhall.com ^ | Jan 30, 2006 | Phyllis Schlafly

[ex-snook]

Thanks for ping. It seems from the beginning that Bush wanted to increase his base by positions appealing to Mexican and Jewish voters. His calculus appears to be that these would be additions to his base and the base he started with would have no where to go. Riding these twin horses was a winning strategy in 2004. I don't see any future GOP candidate shooting either of these horses.

[Bullitt]

Why are armed Mexican troops crossing onto our soil?

[FFIGHTER]

Phyllis Schlafly is against big government, unless it comes to what you read, what you watch, what you listen to, what you wear to the beach, how you educate your children, how you raise your children, and what church you attend, where she wants government involvement and oversight. More social communist, than true conservative.

[Bullitt]

GWB saying that Clinton is like one of the family is enough to chase me off. Throw in illegals running rampant and its almost over.

[VU4G10]

Why are armed Mexican troops crossing onto our soil?

AND 20 Million unarmed!!

[kaktuskid]

agreed but weren't 16 or 17 of the 19 on 9-11 here illegally. Allowing people to stay in this nation illegally killed 3000 American citizens on 9-11.

They were here on expired visas-thanks to the Clintoon INS, not crawl-ins from the border

[MikeA]

Oh give it a rest Phyllis. You got Alito. Stop your b-tching you old hag. We cannot afford to divide the GOP in this important election year and put the Party of Evil in charge of the Congress. We may not be thrilled with high spending and lack of border control, but there is finally some movement on both in rectifying the long oversights on these issues. Let's just keep united and let the Democrats cannibalize one another. So untwist your knickers you uptight wretch and let's unite to make some gaines in the House and Senate, then we can have the discussion about what the GOP still needs to get done.

[From One - Many]

don't fool yourself, the 20 million aren't entirely unarmed.

[Howlin]

Nitpick? When you start off your article with a phrase that liberals continually use to denigrate the president, why should I read any further?


If she's so intelligent, why did she use it?

[verity]

[From One - Many]

sorry they came in from Canada...
I don't care if they come in from Canada, Mexico, by air, by boat, from outer space. If they are here illegally, remove them, by enforcing the law.

[marajade]

And Timothy McVeigh was a US citizen. And his accomplice from Kingman, AZ (forget name) is now out of jail.

[Howlin]

People don't seem to understand that ONLY a program like Bush's -- or some variation of it -- is going to pass. No other plan is going to pass the Senate, period.

And it IS a start; unless people don't want a plan, period, they better start seeing it's better to get something than nothing.

[moehoward]

"And we can all see who's doing the backstabbing."

Just who is doing the backstabbing here?
"That evening, the Bush administration sent in its big guns, Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., to insist that RNC members support the guest worker plan or else they would be labeled disloyal and disrespectful of President Bush."

As far as Alito is concerned, I'll contain my enthusiasm until I see how rules.

[DTogo]

We may not be thrilled with high spending and lack of border control, but there is finally some movement on both in rectifying the long oversights on these issues.

Really? And what's that?

[Howlin]

You're upset because the Bush adminstration wants SOME SORT OF IMMIGRATION PROGRAM and had the gall to send out their team to stand up for it?

And btw, as for this statement:

or else they would be labeled disloyal and disrespectful of President Bush

unless Phyllis can provide a quote, I have my doubts Cheney or Brownback would be stupid enough to say that outloud.

[satan]

Kinda like a little bit pregnant?

[SwinneySwitch]

The Crocker-Pullen Compromise Resolution that was ruled out of order:

RESOLUTION URGING IMMEDIATE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

TO SECURE OUR BORDERS AND DEAL WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

WHEREAS, The Republican Party supports legal immigration to our country and acknowledges the tremendous contributions made by legal immigrants throughout our history to our economy and society, and

WHEREAS, The Republican Party Platform specifically states that we must strengthen our Border Patrol to stop illegal crossings and that we will equip the Border Patrol with the tools, technologies, structures, and sufficient force necessary to secure the border, and

WHEREAS, it is reliably estimated that at least eleven million citizens of other countries have entered and currently remain in the United States in violation of applicable immigration and naturalization laws; and

WHEREAS, the ability of such persons to illegally enter and remain in the Unites States presents a grave risk to the security of the United States; and

WHEREAS, in many instances the resources of national, state and local governmental entities are overburdened and depleted or exhausted by attempts to deal with and meet the needs of such persons after they illegally enter the United States; and

WHEREAS, Border security and immigration law enforcement are critical elements in America’s national security, and

WHEREAS, Strengthening the capacity of law enforcement to apprehend persons entering our country illegally is essential to protecting the sovereignty of the United States, and

WHEREAS, Immigration enforcement training needs to be provided to state and local law enforcement agencies to strengthen their enforcement of immigration laws, and

WHEREAS, Withholding United States citizenship from children born to illegal aliens will remove another incentive to enter our country illegally, and

WHEREAS, All employers in the United States should be held responsible for hiring illegal aliens and be subjected to substantial fines for doing so, and

WHEREAS, Working or residing illegally in our country must not establish welfare rights or benefits of any kind, and

WHEREAS, Any guest worker plan that allows illegal aliens to remain and work in our country will only result in more illegal immigration, and

WHEREAS, Respect for the rule of law is a bedrock principle of our country, our culture and our posterity, and

WHEREAS, Republican Party leaders across the country are constantly and vigorously confronted with demands that appropriate legislative action be taken to address and resolve the problems of illegal immigration; therefore be it

RESOLVED that the Members of the Republican National Committee urge that the Congress of the United States, as a matter of the highest priority, take all necessary steps to provide appropriate authority and means to accomplish the following:

(1) Effectively close the borders of the United States to illegal immigration and all other illegal crossings, using our military if necessary;

(2) Identify all persons who are currently in the United States in violation of immigration and naturalization laws and arrange for their return to their country of origin as expeditiously as reasonably possible;

(3) Preclude automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to persons in the United States in violation of immigration and naturalization laws;

(4) Withhold all federal funds from any city, state or local jurisdiction that acts as a sanctuary for illegal aliens and prohibits or thwarts enforcement of existing immigration laws; and

(5) After effectively closing our borders to illegal entry, revise our present work visa program to remove the means by which it is abused and allow workers from other countries with verifiable backgrounds to enter the United States to work for a fixed period of time, requiring a reliable means to continually verify the identity and location of each such worker, and providing no preference for those persons presently in the United States illegally.

Bill Crocker

Republican National Committeeman for Texas

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[Looking4Truth]

Vincente Fox must have some early pictures of Jorge Arbusto with some cocaine and a few mexican hookers.

[SC33]

True. But, on the positive side, I read an article or two which said that Alito is pretty tough on illegal immigration matters, or, at least tougher than our lawmakers have been.