Posted on 09/19/2006 5:51:57 PM PDT by NapkinUser
Republican calls president 'derelict' in duty: 'This is not Ellis Island, this is an invasion'
Author Pat Buchanan says President Bush should be impeached for failing to stop the invasion of illegal aliens across the U.S. border with Mexico.
"I think he's committed an impeachable offense in refusing to enforce the immigration laws and in failing to uphold the Constitution by defending the states against this invasion," Buchanan told radio talk-show host Curt Smith this weekend on National Public Radio stations in upstate New York.
"When you have 6 million people apprehended on the border and several million got in on your watch – and you have the ability to stop it – I think you're derelict in your duty," he said. "And if the president says 'I can't do it,' you need a new president who will do it."
"This is not Ellis Island," said Buchanan. "This is an invasion."
Buchanan, who is a WND columnist, is the author of the best-selling book, "State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America." The book paints a dim portrait of America's future: "The children born in 2006 will witness in their lifetimes the death of the West."
"As Rome passed away, so, the West is passing away, from the same causes and in much the same way. What the Danube and Rhine were to Rome, the Rio Grande and Mediterranean are to America and Europe, the frontiers of a civilization no longer defended."
Buchanan follows Rep. Tom Tancredo's warning shot, "In Mortal Danger," with some sobering statistics and new ways to consider the crisis. He states:
One in every twelve people breaking into America has a criminal record.
By 2050, there will be 100 million Hispanics
concentrated in the U.S. Southwest.
Between 10 and 20 percent of all Mexicans, Central Americans and people of the Caribbean have already moved to the United States.
Every month, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehends more illegal aliens breaking into our country, 150,000, than the number of troops we have in Iraq.
"Concerned about his legacy, George W. Bush may yet live to see his name entered into the history of his country as the president who lost the American Southwest that James K. Polk won for the United States," Buchanan writes.
In addition to charging the Mexican government with plotting territorial reconquest, the former presidential candidate also says elites in Mexico and the U.S. are conspiring to erase America's borders and merge the United States and Mexico into a "North American Union."
To avert disaster, Buchanan's recipe includes:
A deportation program, beginning with all illegal aliens convicted of felonies and every gang member not a U.S. citizen.
A 10-year limit on legal immigration to between 150,000 and 250,000.
Building a security fence along the 2,000-mile border.
Buchanan points out that the illegal alien population of the U.S. today exceeds the total number of Irish, Jewish and British immigrants who ever came to the U.S.
He disputes those who contend illegal immigration has economic benefits for the U.S., saying instead the trend represents a massive drain on the economy.
Yes, and that's when I changed to FR as my home page a few years back. Oh, what a difference a link makes.
Pat makes some excellent points but sullies his message by calling for impeachment. There was no reason for him to throw that one in.
Did you hear that Pat lost a family member at Buchenwald concentration camp?
The man fell out of his guard tower.
We have a winner....
Running third party's no big deal...continually writing editorials making excuses for the Islamic extremists we are at war with is unforgivable.
Pat is just a little ahead of his time....which some around here can't seem to envision.
The impeachment thing is a little much though.
Name me a time in history when we were being overrun by millions of illegals intent on maintaining their own culture and national identity and whom a majority believe that the land they are invading was stolen from them?
Regardless, no time like the present...
"Springtime for Hitler and Germany...."
President Bush has never supported "open borders". That is a lie perpetuated by the Patsies and the rest of the Perpetually Pissed Off crowd who has hated George Bush since before he became President.
If it isn't immigration, you people would find something else to b*tch and whine about.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah, that's a PERFECT place for Pat and his sycophants to go! :-)
His continuing defense of the Islamic extremists we are at war with is behind the times...Quisling made his mark in the 1940's.
Y mus yuo give 3vrone soch hurd tyme?? Demand me an question!
"I think he's committed an impeachable offense in refusing to enforce the immigration laws "
I agree that Bush should put more emphasis on securing the border. BUT law enforcement agencies could choose to step up the enforcement of our already-existing immigration laws. Perhaps Buchanan should complain about them instead of blaming everything on GWB.
Don't be fooled - this is Pat's desperate attempt to stay relevant. Move to Palestine, Pat!!
Allah Akbar!
And share an apartment with Rachel Corrie.
Now you've fallen into the pit of delusional ridiculousness.
FOTFL
A little off subject. I know nothing about Pat and Muslims....do you have a link? Also I am not a supporter of Buchannan....just ideas.
I would like you to mention one item in this article that is not correct. Obviously the impeachment thing is a little over the top.
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