[Speed Gibson,
Thursday May 17, 2007 at 11:31pm]
No Elephants in the Room
I normally don't comment on national issues here, but this bi-partisan immigration reform just announced is totally beyond me. I am hereby granting the Leftists temporary dispensation to call President Bush an idiot, for his position on this make no sense at all. When will he figure out that every deal he has struck with either Senator McCain or Senator Kennedy has been a mistake?
It shouldn't even be a partisan issue. For a nation so proudly and so ably built on immigration AND assimilation to now decide neither is necessary is beyond me. All I see now are political whores chasing cheap labor and cheap votes. I can whine that no real Republican should support this bill, but then neither should any responsible Democrat.
But I'm not a Democrat so I'll focus on the party I thought I knew. This bill makes no sense historically, politically, culturally, or economically. It forgoes national security, is demeaning to those who came here legally, and the increasing crime statistics and other social problems are undeniable.
If this bill reaches the President's desk and he signs it, the GOP might as well save its money for 2012, for 2008 will be lost for sure.
It shouldn't even be a partisan issue. For a nation so proudly and so ably built on immigration AND assimilation to now decide neither is necessary is beyond me. All I see now are political whores chasing cheap labor and cheap votes. I can whine that no real Republican should support this bill, but then neither should any responsible Democrat.
But I'm not a Democrat so I'll focus on the party I thought I knew. This bill makes no sense historically, politically, culturally, or economically. It forgoes national security, is demeaning to those who came here legally, and the increasing crime statistics and other social problems are undeniable.
If this bill reaches the President's desk and he signs it, the GOP might as well save its money for 2012, for 2008 will be lost for sure.