If that is what you really think, then you have misread me as badly as every Japanese officer (except Yamamoto) misread the resolve of the American people - expecially their response to Pearl Harbor.
I tack very hard right in a number of areas (foreign policy, Second Amendment, pro-life, property rights, etc.). Those, and several other issues rank higher than immigrationon my list of concerns.
I feel it's better to rack up a bunch of singles and doubles than to rack up a ton of strikeouts and a few home runs.
When presented with a situation like this one, which is comparable to facing Barry Bonds with a two-run lead and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, and a couple of slumping hitter behind him, I'll do the political equivalent of walking in a run to get a more advantageous matchup. Yeah, the macho thing to do would be to pitch to Bonds, but why risk losing the game just so you can show the world you've got guts? You'll just prove how stupid you are.
I used to be a fire-breather. A "go for broke" person. You know what? It changed with Mediscare, because I saw that it was too easy to get caught up into the political equivalent of Pickett's Charge (yet another effort by someone to prove that he had guts, and instead only proving he lacked brains), and getting waxed, hosed and flamed by the opposition.
"[F]or when lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the sonnest winner." (Henry V, Act 3, Scene 6)
Back in Shakespeare's day, it was for real. Today, it's all about the perception. Either way, your plan will not work. And I'll point that out. People don't get paid for their methods these days, they get paid for results. We'll see who gets the results, but the track record of the Prop 187 crowd is not promising, and I have every right to say so.
If that is what you really think, then you have misread me as badly as every Japanese officer (except Yamamoto) misread the resolve of the American people - expecially their response to Pearl Harbor.
You've misread the issue on which to sacrifice principle. This ain't it.
You're still thinking that you can win by cutting a deal that 70% of Americans oppose.
You promise deportations later, why not now? We were promised deportations with the '86 Amnesty (first, last, only) and they never happened. I'll never support another Amnesty, or any candidate that does, and I am not alone.
I've been posting with most of the other anti-Illegal Freepers for months. Most voted for Bush, and not one is going to budge on Amnesty. Do you get it yet?
I was at a meeting of L.A. Freepers on Saturday, and the consensus against Illegals was strong, no dissent. But not one of these Freepers are regulars on the Illegals threads.
Do you get it yet?
My brother is mainstream Republican and lives in Orange County. He doesn't know boo about Free Republic, and I haven't disussed Bush's Amnesty sneak attempt at all with him. The other day, he told me he was having second thoughts about Bush because of this crap of his on Illegals.
Do you get it yet?
On this issue, many Republicans have been betrayed over and over again, in '86, in '94, in '96 (Loretta Sanchez), in 2000 (expedited citizenship for foreign felons) and now in '02. The course you advocate smacks of more of the same, and we'll never buy it.
We'll fight it with more fire and determination than you can imagine. We care more about this issue than you do, and you will not prevail.
