[Behind the Blue Wall]

The point made above that I was sort of responding to was that sure, do both, but it could be at cross-purposes. If the average swing voter sees it as just trying to find ways to exclude someone from an opportunity based on a different background, or if it just takes energy that could be better spent elsewhere, well, then it might not be a good idea to spend too much time titling at those particular windmills.

[so_real]

To ignore history, precedent, law, and tradition for fear of injuring the tender sensibilities of the "average swing voter" is to invite our nation's demise. You can repeat your same argument, using almost exactly your same words, to posit in favor of open borders, or any other nutty liberal position. You consider it tilting at windmills because it might hurt someone's feelings to take a stand. I don't consider defending national sovereignty tilting at windmills at all. It is a priority. What I find amazing is how much better legal immigrant parents, who come here to provide a better life for their children, understand this simple concept so much better than those who have lived here for generations. Their skin is so much thicker.