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Is Mitch McConnell shafting the base? (updated)
American Thinker ^ | May 28, 2007 | James Lewis

Posted on 05/29/2007 10:21:32 AM PDT by 3AngelaD

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is one of the smartest conservatives in the Senate. But on the dangerous immigration bill, he has been silent as the grave. His website is conspicuously silent on immigration. This is your Republic Leadership at work. Meanwhile, Kate O'Beirne at NRO The Corner is predicting that the immigration bill will pass by 60 votes (!) That means de facto legalization of at least 12 million illegals, plus their relatives, along with another decade or two of uncontrolled immigration until we get the next amnesty bill. (Unless, of course, another Mohammed Atta terrorist cell manages to slip into the country to wreak havock.)

If US demographics shift leftward only a few percentage points, the Republicans will lose their chance to control Congress and the Presidency. So what's going on? Why is Senator McConnell so silent in the face of imminent disaster? One possibility is party loyalty to President Bush, who is well-meaning but terribly ill-advised on this bill. But another possibility is named: Fred Thompson. Former Senator Thompson hails from next door in Tennessee. Thompson is a Reaganesque figure who has been making all the right noises to enter the GOP presidential race next month.

A wave of conservative outrage against a catastrophic immigration bill might put Fred Thompson at the head of the pack, and carry him into the nomination. It may even boost him into the Presidency in 2008. Senator Mitch McConnell may be allied with former Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, who has been pushing the Thompson candidacy. Call it the Three Border State Senators, quietly singing the same song. Thompson has been making a simple point about immigration: First, build a fence and control the border. Then we can discuss how to address both legal and illegal immigration. It's common sense, and it appeals to voters across the political spectrum.

If the Kennedy-McCain bill is passed, McConnell may jump aboard the Thompson bandwagon. If it is defeated, he may finally come out against it. But what we are seeing today is a disastrous lack of leadership coming from the Senate Republican leaders. The voters have a right to ask Senator Mitch McConnell where he stands. Is he risking our national security to promote Fred Thompson's candidacy? That's a Machiavellian gambit, not a conservative one.

James Lewis blogs at http://www.dangeroustimes.wordpress.com


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: amnesty; corporateblackmail; illegalimmigration
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To: TommyDale

Dunno. I think we’re almost past that awkward stage - as in “too late to fix it, too soon to start shooting...”
Of course, I also think that TV has elminated the initiative for the folks to start shooting.


21 posted on 05/29/2007 12:24:33 PM PDT by Little Ray (Rudy Guiliani: If his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
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To: TommyDale

There’s a GOP in NC????

FYI - Same here. E-mailed Burr and Dole. Nothing yet, but I’m looking out for the money begging letters any day now.


22 posted on 05/29/2007 12:26:54 PM PDT by Niteranger68 (Nosotros no hablamos espaƱol.)
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To: neverhillorat
Hate knows no fury like the self appointed, always ready to lose, base.

So we should just whistle and avert our eyes while they sell out our country?

23 posted on 05/29/2007 12:44:12 PM PDT by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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To: Badeye
“His website is conspicuously silent on immigration. “

Funny, I googled McConnell, found the below quite easily.

Which leads me to ask if the author actually checked the website. If he did, he’s not very astute about the internet, or websites.

If he didn’t, this is a political hit piece, and he’s lying.

If he's lying, then he's being charitable. A search of McConnell's Senate website does find lots of pages that mention immigration. Unfortunately, they turn out to be different flavors of the "bipartisan" bullcrap. (Why does it always seem that "bipartisan" means "The GOP grabbing their ankles"?)

24 posted on 05/29/2007 1:56:51 PM PDT by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
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To: highball

Question: Why are so many that claim to be the base “cut and running” from the party now. Do they think that will male things better? How? Don`t understand how letting the Rats win therefore punishing the party will improve my grandcritters lives? Hope some one can explain?


25 posted on 05/29/2007 2:12:39 PM PDT by neverhillorat (HILLORAT WINS, WE ALL LOSE)
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To: 3AngelaD
Is anyone surprised? McConnell has not redeemed himself for the abysmal job he did as majority whip. Under him there was never a price to be paid for destructive behaviors of the RINOs. Not a single one ever lost a committee membership or chair, nor had to move to smaller basement offices or was ever publicly called our for misbehavior or not toeing the party line. I for one am not content when he occasionally throws me a conservative bone.
26 posted on 05/29/2007 2:17:54 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: 3AngelaD; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; alisasny; ALlRightAllTheTime; ...
Just sent some comments to that weenie:

Dear Senator McConnell:

Why are you being so silent on the Immigration Bill??? Do you actually support this stinker, but you're just too scared of pissing off your constituents to say it? Or is it, as some are implying, that you want it to pass so that the resulting conservative outrage can help put your man, Fred Thompson, into the White House? If the latter is true, you are guilty of a craven, Machiavellian political stunt unworthy of the U.S. Senate!

You can do your constituents a favor, the country a favor, and your party a favor, and openly oppose this stinker! Stop being such a weenie and send this stinker to the ash heap of history!

Sincerely,

Michael A. Petrie

27 posted on 05/29/2007 3:16:19 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Will I be suspended again for this remark?)
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To: padre35

It’s spelled “Xenophobe”, you racist, nativist bigot! :-)


28 posted on 05/29/2007 3:17:56 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Will I be suspended again for this remark?)
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To: cvq3842

On the other hand, they (GOP Senators) could lose some white votes (and even some of the tiny handful of black votes) over this stinker. Quite possibly enough votes to kill them in the next election.


29 posted on 05/29/2007 3:19:44 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Will I be suspended again for this remark?)
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To: cvq3842
If those propositions sound as bigoted to you as they do to me, then why is the naked appeal to Hispanics in this law any different? Or, is this group truly removed from any other?

Maybe Juan "Reconquista Boy" Hernandez knows the answer.

30 posted on 05/29/2007 3:21:04 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Will I be suspended again for this remark?)
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To: Badeye

Sounds like Mitch doesn’t mind if this stinker actually passes, as long as there is some substantial debate on it. However, he doesn’t explicity support it at this time. My comments to him still stand.


31 posted on 05/29/2007 3:23:40 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Will I be suspended again for this remark?)
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To: TommyDale

Just do what you can to knock your nitwits out in their primaries. Because the general races are going to end up D vs R in all probability.


32 posted on 05/29/2007 3:25:16 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Will I be suspended again for this remark?)
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To: 3AngelaD
CALL! CALL! CALL! CALL! AND KEEP CALLING TILL THE LINES FRY!

WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! TILL YOU RUN OUT OF INK IN YOUR PEN!

Bombard the Democrats as well, especially the ones that ran on an anti illegal immigration plank and the ones in marginal districts who could be vulnerable. keep pounding on them.

STOP AMNESTY NOW!! WE CAN DO IT!!

The best way to stop Shamnesty

33 posted on 05/29/2007 3:27:17 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: 3AngelaD
Some senators no doubt have pretended to be conservatives to get elected. This immigration bill reveals who a stealth senators and who truly are conservative or if not conservative at least pro America.
34 posted on 05/29/2007 3:30:35 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: 3AngelaD

“If the Kennedy-McCain bill is passed, McConnell may jump aboard the Thompson bandwagon.”

If this bill is passed, there won’t be ANY Republican bandwagon.


35 posted on 05/29/2007 3:31:45 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Carbon Dioxide is Green! It helps trees and plants grow. CO2 is a trace gas necessary for life.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Liz; indylindy; calcowgirl

I don’t care if it is the primary or general election. Anyone who supports the Immigration Bill will not get my vote. Period. I don’t care what happens.


36 posted on 05/29/2007 3:43:22 PM PDT by TommyDale (More Americans are killed each day in the U.S. by abortion than were killed on 9/11 !)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Hardly, neither racist but I am a native. :)

Secure the border, find the true cost of their presence, offer them a choice, become American or go back to Mexico and no more multi linqual government forms or voting ballots.


37 posted on 05/29/2007 3:54:05 PM PDT by padre35 (we are surrounded that simplifies things-Chesty Puller)
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To: neverhillorat

Looks like there is little enthusiasm for self-righteous koolaid drinkers.


38 posted on 05/29/2007 3:59:36 PM PDT by Pelham (theTerryAndersonShow.com)
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To: Pelham

You are experienced enough to know bully`s never change


39 posted on 05/29/2007 4:05:23 PM PDT by neverhillorat (HILLORAT WINS, WE ALL LOSE)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

from Bloomber.com
May 25 2007

``This is a divisive issue’’ for both parties, said McConnell, a Kentucky Republican. But, he said, ``I don’t think there’s a single member of either party next year who is going to fail to be re-elected over this issue.’’

The Senate this week debated the Bush administration-backed compromise, defeating proposed amendments that could have undermined the agreement, and will return June 4 after a week- long break for the Memorial Day holiday. McConnell predicted Senate passage soon after the lawmakers reconvene. The measure’s chances in the House remain uncertain, he said.

McConnell, who last year was among 23 Republicans who voted for a Senate-passed immigration bill that died in the House, said he probably will vote for the latest version.

``It’s a big improvement over the bill that passed the Senate last year,’’ McConnell said. ``I would rather act than not act, and I am not looking for an absolutely perfect piece of legislation.’’


40 posted on 05/29/2007 4:09:06 PM PDT by Covenantor (Amnesty, it's all over but the lying.)
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