[Henry Hnyellar]

Reagan went with amnesty.

Try again for absolute purity.

[SoConPubbie]

Reagan went with amnesty.

Yea, Reagan went with Amnesty, an Amnesty that was supposed to be the last and was supposed to put real teeth into enforcement. After it was passed, the Democrats and the Liberal Republicans refused to enforce the enforcement portions of the law and Reagan realized he had been tricked. Michael Reagan is on record, along with I believe Jim Baker, that his Dad confided in him that his Amnesty law was the biggest mistake of his career.

People make mistakes; Reagan made mistakes, but Reagan learned from his mistakes (i.e. see Reagan's learning from his mistakes with Abortion).

There is no rational, principled, or moral reason for repeating the mistakes of the past.

None.

There are, however, reasons having to do with Cronyism, the Cronyism of the Chamber of Commerce to be exact.

And once again, quit with the Deceitful, dishonest debating tactics of labeling the desires of Conservative to have principled representation as being "purity".

Grow-up and argue from an intelligent, moral, principled position, or just go someplace else.

[GeronL]

He thought he could trust Democrats and he regretted it

It was the biggest regret of his tenure.