Posted on 02/03/2004 6:50:12 PM PST by abigail2
Amnesty: Hating the Sin; Loving the Sinner
I have written about “The Party of Death (Democrats) vs. The Party of Slow Suicide (Republicans)”. But the GOP seems hell bent on speeding up the process via President Bush’s de facto Amnesty for illegals proposal. The question is, What to do about it?
Let’s face it: the President essentially inherited a security, cultural, and economic mess -- millions of illegal aliens floating around in America. His predecessors essentially looked the other way while illegals ran roughshod over our nation.
But George W. Bush’s biggest political problem in this election season is not illegal immigration itself, but rather the question mark being placed after his name by many potential voters. For the inescapable fact, is that the chief law enforcement officer in the land has insulted the lawful, and flattered the lawbreaker. And that goes to the question of character, the president’s assumed ace in the hole.
The American public has always been against legalizing illegals. When polled they’ve also shown solid support for militarizing the borders. The president knows this, and yet is determined to go against the law and the people anyway. Why?
I’m sorry to say our political parties too often do not represent the interests of the average American. The Democrats do the bidding of ethnic/interest groups, the unions and the fringe anti-values groups. But it is becoming increasingly clear that Republicans too often are also doing the bidding of ethnic groups and big business interests.
So what to do about the sellout?
Last week a group of Republican lawmakers signed a letter to the president warning him that he risks an election-year backlash if he continues to push his misguided illegal immigration proposal.
Many Americans are saying they won’t vote for the man if he continues in this direction. No, the vast majority won’t vote for Senator Kerry or some other liberal Democrat, but there’s a real possibility they may sit the election out.
The problem I have with all of this is that I have a lot of respect for President Bush. More importantly, I care about this nation’s future. So we’ve got to look reasonably at the options in front of us, with a clear head and heart.
Do decent Americans really want to stay away from the polls, and on election night watch the triumph of a liberal pro-tax, pro-abortion, soft-on-terrorism extremist? America cannot afford another liberal in office; it could be fatal. Just think what would happen if we had Al Gore leading us against the world’s terrorists after 9-11. No, I still thank God for President Bush.
Yet, I cannot be comfortable either in rubber-stamping the president’s behavior. We must oppose this illegal alien scam with everything we have.
I do not believe that those who would vote third party at this time are thinking clearly. If the president continues to push outrageous proposals like this one, and the Republican Party keeps being “the party of slow (or not-so-slow) suicide,” then one day in the near future a viable third party will come together. But that day does not yet exist.
The real reason we’ve gotten ourselves into this mess is that we’ve given up our rightful dominion over the political system, the same way we’ve given it up in our families and in our communities. I particularly urge men to come back -- now -- and tend to their obligations.
It takes a little patience, and a little work. But remember, before we fought our war with King George, we spent a great deal of time and energy attempting to get him to redress our grievances. We need to do our due diligence here too with President George.
Let’s not look for shortcuts. Let us take our country -- and political system -- back the right way! To act out of our resentments instead of our reason would be disastrous.
Patrick Rooney is the Director of Special Projects at BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, a nonprofit organization dedicated to “Rebuilding the Family By Rebuilding the Man.”
As I understand it, until 1882 anybody could come to the U.S. and enjoy the rights and responsibilities of citizens. The fact that you were here made you an American. Maybe there was some simple process an immigrant had to go through in order to vote, I don't know the details.
Of course, back then it wasn't a real problem. America didn't have the income tax as a conduit for the taking money by force from one group and distributing it to another via various programs. The federal government didn't force hospitals to provide "free" medical care for those who couldn't pay and shift the costs to those who could. Property owners weren't taxed to pay to teach English to the newcomers. The newcomers were on their own.
Then, in 1822 congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, a law that forbid people born in China from becoming U.S. citizens. Based mainly on racial prejudice, the act was used against other Asian people as well. It remained law until 1943 when the Chinese and Americans were allies in World War II.
Then, in 1924, Congress passed another racist law: the National Origins Act. This law set quotas or specific limits on the numbers of people who could come from various countries. This was mostly designed to exclude Eastern (mostly Jews), and Southern Europeans (Italians), Japanese, and Hispanics.
In 1965, old quota system was changed to encourage immigration from Asia and Latin America. If I am not mistaken, the law was changed at that time in recognition of the fact that the Braceros were already here by the millions to pick our fruit and vegetables. ...and the Nisei were here by the millions to mow our lawns and grow our flowers.
Everything that Congress has done so far has been been either racist or mercantilist, and has made the problem worse. Me? I think the "immigration problem" will go away on it's own as soon as the "welfare state problem" is addressed. Of course that will never happen with the republocrats in charge.
I finally realized the other morning that there is a method to what seems to many of us to be madness in our "leaders". Here it is:
Our government is intentionally keeping wages down through immigration and prices down through trade policies in order to conceal the debasement of our currency.
How do you boycott or sit out an election when both a vote or a non-vote can help one or another candidate win or lose? Sounds like a cop-out.
I beg to differ, my FRiend...when long-loyal voting groups express dismay over a particular issue (i.e. outta control spending or half-baked amnesty-fer-illegals programs), our leaders would be unwise to discount our views. You can label it "complaining" or even "whining", but the outrage over spending has resulted in Dubyuh's revising his spending proposals on non-defense discretionary spending from 4% growth to 1% in less that two weeks. And regarding Bush's proposed de-illegalization of illegals, he chose to ignore this prickly issue altogether in his SOTU the other night. On both issues, the base spoke up about it's outrage, and the political Powers-that-be adjusted their political calculations. IMHO, that's powerful.
FReegards...MUD
FReegards...MUD
FReegards...MUD
There you have it!
How's my little Opie?:<)
Man, I thought I was the ultimate cynic! (Cynicism is one of the most valuable tools we have in facing a dishonest world). I am fascinated (capital F) by this theory of yours, and never put two and two together in this way!
I intend to look into this theory more. You really may be onto something here, John. Thank you for planting an intriguing seed here (you have found fertile ground!)
I’ll get back to you ….
~ joanie
Yeah !I'm heading out for the day. Be back here manana ! Ya'll hold the fort down !
Have a great rest of the day ! ...
A lot of conservatives propose this exact course of action, right here on Free Republic.
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