DUMPING CONSERVATIVES AT THE BORDER

Laura's Weekly E-Blast ^ | 1/8/2004 | LAURA INGRAHAM

[Burkeman1]

El Campiseno of Spanish Civil War fame still managed his escape from the Gulag via Iran.

[Poohbah]

Heck, in theory we'd have to come up with a slew of new things like 20,000 unionized TSA employees, Patriot Acts, CFR restrictions, 30% increases in descretional spending...

Hell, that wouldn't even be a down payment.

I've run the numbers, and they aren't pretty. About 3,000,000 or so new "border guards," just to close the Mexican border.

[Kay Soze]

Your veiwing what an "american: is willing to do based on what you see here in Callyfonia.

When I travel around the US I see "americans" doing menial tasks all the time.

Maids, Janitors and even wathced a very scandanavian looking "american" ( I heard her talk -she was an american) wipe the leaves individualy on fake plants in the lobby of the riverfront Raddison in Coveington KY.

[Dr. Marten]

"Now I know the definition of “compassionate conservative:” a person who campaigns as a conservative, then sells out key conservative principles."

Gee..what more can I add to that..it pretty well sums it up!

[Itzlzha]

I received permission from Laura Ingraham to post.

Uh-Oh! Now Laura will suffer the WRATH of the Bush-Bots...

Warn her NOT to drink the Kool-Aide, and tell her Nice Job! Well said!

[DoctorMichael]

BUMP TTT.

[dirtboy]

Yeah. You ready for how they did it? They made the countries around them into "buffer states" with Communist governments just as oppressive as the USSR's.

Here's the real issue, Poohbah. The longer you put off dealing with a problem, the harder it gets to actually confront it-and we've seen that with both illegal immigration and terrorism. The Reagan amnesty was basically an attempt to deal with the problem of illegal immigration by wishing it away. However, when you reward illegal behavior, you tend to get a lot more of it. So now we have several million illegal immigrants and an entire undergound economy around that population.

However, if we choose to not deal with this problem now, it will probably be impossible to deal with it later - we're extremely close to the point of critical mass when it comes to illegal immigration. We can't build a wall that will keep out everyone, but we can build a wall that will make it that much harder to come here. We can't stop employers from hiring illegals, but we can make examples of those caught doing such. But trying to once again deal with illegal immigration by legalizing or rewarding it is abject surrender.

[Dane]

Warn her NOT to drink the Kool-Aide, and tell her Nice Job! Well said!

Nah she took the kool-aid of the knee jerk corwd. Her e-mail is all rant and nil on solutions.

[Owen]

> "Now I know the definition of “compassionate conservative:” a person who campaigns as a conservative, then sells out key conservative principles."

Gee..what more can I add to that..it pretty well sums it up! >

And what compassionate liberal Democrat nominee would have signed the Partial Birth Abortion bill? Hmmm? Which would continue the tax cuts? Which would prosecute a war overseas to avoid glowing craters in America? Hmmm?

Small potatos, gentlemen. And note carefully in your conservative fervor, usually pointed at minimizing government action in society, that you are clamoring for Bush to generate *more* government enforcement action. Are you truly conservatives?

[iopscusa]

As another poster said-Please cut the stupid Nazi hyperbole.

[dirtboy]

Yeah. You ready for how they did it? They made the countries around them into "buffer states" with Communist governments just as oppressive as the USSR's.

Here's the real issue, Poohbah. The longer you put off dealing with a problem, the harder it gets to actually confront it-and we've seen that with both illegal immigration and terrorism. The Reagan amnesty was basically an attempt to deal with the problem of illegal immigration by wishing it away. However, when you reward illegal behavior, you tend to get a lot more of it. So now we have several million illegal immigrants and an entire undergound economy around that population.

However, if we choose to not deal with this problem now, it will probably be impossible to deal with it later - we're extremely close to the point of critical mass when it comes to illegal immigration. We can't build a wall that will keep out everyone, but we can build a wall that will make it that much harder to come here. We can't stop employers from hiring illegals, but we can make examples of those caught doing such.

No proposal of and by itself is going to end illegal immigration. But trying to once again deal with illegal immigration by legalizing or rewarding it is abject surrender.

[Itzlzha]

Another listener wonders: ?What happened to the ?party of principle??

It got sick in the mid eighties, when it moved into the 'big tent', and became terminal when in became 'kinder & gentler'.

Today the GOP is like the corpse in 'Weekend at Bernies', being driven around by a couple of smart*sses calling themselves 'fiscal republicans'.

LOL! Great Imagery!

Let's Call it "Weekend at Vincente's", and have Rove as the Andrew McCarthy charachter!

[dirtboy]

Small potatos, gentlemen. And note carefully in your conservative fervor, usually pointed at minimizing government action in society, that you are clamoring for Bush to generate *more* government enforcement action. Are you truly conservatives?

Controlling our borders and immigration is a Constitutionally-mandated function of the federal government. Providing a Medicare prescription benefit is not. Try again.

[Dr. Marten]

"Are you truly conservatives?"

Conserative?
Yes!

Blind Sheeple?
NO!

Being a conservative does not mean you have to support every word or action that comes out of W's mouth!

Besides, Bush has done more to grow government than any President in recent history..

[putupon]

I have just began looking into the Constitution Party, and so far, I like what I see.

Checking them out myself here

[SerpentDove]

>>With his approval numbers high, President Bush has made a devil’s bargain with business and Hispanic groups. Elites from both parties are ignoring the view of a strong majority of Americans that we need to stop illegal immigration, not high-five it. <<


>>Conservatives are right to be disappointed in President Bush. We are right to ignore the Administration’s promise that this time, non-amnesty amnesty will be good for the American people.<<

>>With his approval numbers high, President Bush has made a devil’s bargain with business and Hispanic groups. <<

>>Conservatives are right to be disappointed in President Bush. We are right to ignore the Administration’s promise that this time, non-amnesty amnesty will be good for the American people. <<

>>The next time I hear from his Administration that it is doing all it can to protect our homeland, secure our borders, and increase our standard of living, I will laugh.<<

Boy did she nail it. No one can say Bush doesn't have a set of big brass ones to do such an "in your face" affront to his conservative base. This may well cost Republicans the White House.

[SerpentDove]

>>Bush to Republicans: "Read my lips. No new illegals."<<

Now THAT is a KEEPER!

[kellynla]

Well I tell ya what. I guarantee you I can secure the Mexican border for Ten Billion dollars a year and I know a few former Marines who would be ecstatic to do the job for ya. ROFLMAO Hmmm lets see, 1500 miles and two Marines for every two miles working 8 hour days, twenty-four hours a day and 365 days a year. Yep and I can pay them $35K a year and still have a half a billion dollars left over for rewards and Humvees. Let me know when we can start.

[Constitutional_Republican]

Several years ago my company layed off all the janitors (mostly US citizens) and hired a contract service that employs mostly illegal aliens. So much for them only doing jobs that citizens and legal aliens won't. I think in many cases it is only that they will do the job a minimum wage or less.

[SerpentDove]

>>So now protecting the borders and deporting the criminals that came into this country is now equated with the atrocities carried out in Nazi Germany?<<

Try to ignore such desperate, inflammatory and ignorant charges.

Par for the course.