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Are you willing to bolt if you don't get exactly the bill you want?

I only disagree with four of the provisions in that bill. I'm willing to work for the other 48. I'd think a lot of people would gladly take 92.3% of what they want.

Because keep in mind that I will do everything in my power to keep those provisions I disagree with in that bill from passing. Furthermore, I would work to defeat any candidate that would vote for those provisions I disagree with in the primaries.

You want effective control of illegal immigration, which FreeRepublic stands for (http://www.freerepublic.com/about.htm) and which I feel is done through those 48 provisions I support, then I'm willing. But four provisions of Gekas's bill go beyond that, and go too far, and I WILL fight them in the legislative process, and I will fight them in the political process, and I will not quit, nor will I run. I will back any Republican over a left-winger, but I will be fighting in the primaries every time.

If you want a fight over less than 8% of the provisions ont his bill, then that's your decision. Personally, I'd rather see a coalition built on the 92.3% of the bill we AGREE on.

I will fight for what I believe on this issue, and let the chips fall where they may.

I only disagree with four of the provisions in that bill. I'm willing to work for the other 48. I'd think a lot of people would gladly take 92.3% of what they want.

Tell you what... you only have to agree with 10% of what I want, and we've got a deal:
No Amnesties.

"I will fight for what I believe on this issue, and let the chips fall where they may."

The first question you have to ask yourself is what percentage of American Citizens don't like this bill as it is and for the same reasons you don't?

Do 10% or 20% of Americans agree with you?

Why would the rest of us have to compromise with 10% or 20% of you?

I only disagree with four of the provisions in that bill. I'm willing to work for the other 48. I'd think a lot of people would gladly take 92.3% of what they want.

Gee I'm sorry HC but I guess I missed something here. I didn't realize that YOU were the sole arbiter of Gekas's own bill and will decide what parts of his bill will be passed and which parts will die on the vine. What a political dynamo you are! It's an honor to know a Freeper that has more influence over the legislative process than Gekas himself.

If you want a fight over less than 8% of the provisions ont his bill, then that's your decision. Personally, I'd rather see a coalition built on the 92.3% of the bill we AGREE on.

Thanks again HC for pinpointing the parts of Gekas's bill that are unacceptable to the American People of whom YOU represent and clueing us PEONS in on which parts of Gekas's bill are not offensive. You da Man!

If you want a fight over less than 8% of the provisions ont his bill, then that's your decision. Personally, I'd rather see a coalition built on the 92.3% of the bill we AGREE on.

In other words, ramrodding the portions of your amnesty down everyone's throats anyway.

Please, tell us, though, how you would prevent every Manny, Moe & Jack--excuse me, Tomas, Julio y Jose from getting on the horn the minute the amnesty comes down from on high (under your plan, of course), and getting all their relatives to run for the borders?

No one - not Bush, not Gephardt, no one has addressed that problem. Everyone says that it wouldn't happen, but let's be realistic here. Most of the illegals that don't have their families with them are busting their collective butts to get them across the border best they can.

And to address a different point, I've got an easy way to round them up: Drive up whatever road they all stand on for cash-only day laborer jobs every day, and pick 'em all up. No, you won't get 'em all, but if you start cracking down, the others'll tell all their friends and relatives to think twice about coming across...

We've got too much unemployment among people who were born here without illegals taking what few jobs there are here.