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
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.
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.
So we should just whistle and avert our eyes while they sell out our country?
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"?)
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?
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
It’s spelled “Xenophobe”, you racist, nativist bigot! :-)
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.
Maybe Juan "Reconquista Boy" Hernandez knows the answer.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
Looks like there is little enthusiasm for self-righteous koolaid drinkers.
You are experienced enough to know bully`s never change
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.’’
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