[VU4G10]

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Old news.

[DTogo]

Yes, immigration enforcement and border security is Bush's biggest failure. And if we get hit by terrorists who've snuck in through Mexico, it will torpedo his Presidency in it's entirety.

[Mr. Mojo]

Maybe the intra-party divisions between fiscal vs. Big Government conservatives......

There's no such thing as Big Gov't conservatives, only Big Gov't Republicans.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

The "New World Order" are the corporate and banking elitists. So they have a slight upper hand over the Stalinists. The unwashed masses of individuals don't rally care. Remember the Bush vs. Gore elections. one half the eligible voters did not show up to the polls. Why should they. No matter who they vote for, they get more illegal immigrant cheap labor to compete against. The Queers scared the otherwise indifferent to vote in 2004. Somehow I think 2006 is going to have a turnout made up only of party activists. It's going to be a real low turnout.

[American Quilter]

Phyllis Schlafley is a very smart lady.

[pollyannaish]

I find it interesting that on a day when the President won a big victory for our team, there are so many threads about him selling out his base being posted.

Just a note for the record.

[BobinIL]

We just appointed a majority of conservative judges to the SCOTUS. As a self described member of the conservative base, I am pretty happy.

[Itzlzha]

*PING!*

Phyllis Schafly ahs it 100% RIGHT!

That evening, the Bush administration sent in its big guns, Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., to insist that RNC members support the guest worker plan or else they would be labeled disloyal and disrespectful of President Bush. Republican Party chairman Ken Mehlman made the rounds to regional caucuses to demand approval of Bush's guest worker plan and defeat of the Pullen resolution.

"Ahead Sell-Out Factor 10, Mr. Chertoff!"

[dfwgator]

Hopefully the one area where W will improve over the Gipper is in his Supreme Court picks.

[KenmcG414]

No question the Bush man gets an "F" for immigration reform, but I got to give him an "A" for 2 Supremes, lower taxes and the war on terrorism. We're much better off with him then (God forbid) Gore or Kerry.

[Rummyfan]

I think Phyllis' timing is a little off, seeing as today we have a great victory in Samuel Alito to celebrate.

If nothing else, the Bush presidency will be remembered for the Afghani and Iraqi liberations and Roberts and Alito on the Supreme Court.

I'm hopeful for at least one more SCOTUS appointment before 2008 too.

[HairOfTheDog]

The republican base might be hard to define, but it's definitely not the flighty, fractious flibbertigibbets who often claim to be the base. You can't build anything on them. :~D

[Bullitt]

Why are armed Mexican troops crossing onto our soil?

[FFIGHTER]

Phyllis Schlafly is against big government, unless it comes to what you read, what you watch, what you listen to, what you wear to the beach, how you educate your children, how you raise your children, and what church you attend, where she wants government involvement and oversight. More social communist, than true conservative.

[Bullitt]

GWB saying that Clinton is like one of the family is enough to chase me off. Throw in illegals running rampant and its almost over.

[MikeA]

Oh give it a rest Phyllis. You got Alito. Stop your b-tching you old hag. We cannot afford to divide the GOP in this important election year and put the Party of Evil in charge of the Congress. We may not be thrilled with high spending and lack of border control, but there is finally some movement on both in rectifying the long oversights on these issues. Let's just keep united and let the Democrats cannibalize one another. So untwist your knickers you uptight wretch and let's unite to make some gaines in the House and Senate, then we can have the discussion about what the GOP still needs to get done.

[verity]

[SwinneySwitch]

The Crocker-Pullen Compromise Resolution that was ruled out of order:

RESOLUTION URGING IMMEDIATE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

TO SECURE OUR BORDERS AND DEAL WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

WHEREAS, The Republican Party supports legal immigration to our country and acknowledges the tremendous contributions made by legal immigrants throughout our history to our economy and society, and

WHEREAS, The Republican Party Platform specifically states that we must strengthen our Border Patrol to stop illegal crossings and that we will equip the Border Patrol with the tools, technologies, structures, and sufficient force necessary to secure the border, and

WHEREAS, it is reliably estimated that at least eleven million citizens of other countries have entered and currently remain in the United States in violation of applicable immigration and naturalization laws; and

WHEREAS, the ability of such persons to illegally enter and remain in the Unites States presents a grave risk to the security of the United States; and

WHEREAS, in many instances the resources of national, state and local governmental entities are overburdened and depleted or exhausted by attempts to deal with and meet the needs of such persons after they illegally enter the United States; and

WHEREAS, Border security and immigration law enforcement are critical elements in America’s national security, and

WHEREAS, Strengthening the capacity of law enforcement to apprehend persons entering our country illegally is essential to protecting the sovereignty of the United States, and

WHEREAS, Immigration enforcement training needs to be provided to state and local law enforcement agencies to strengthen their enforcement of immigration laws, and

WHEREAS, Withholding United States citizenship from children born to illegal aliens will remove another incentive to enter our country illegally, and

WHEREAS, All employers in the United States should be held responsible for hiring illegal aliens and be subjected to substantial fines for doing so, and

WHEREAS, Working or residing illegally in our country must not establish welfare rights or benefits of any kind, and

WHEREAS, Any guest worker plan that allows illegal aliens to remain and work in our country will only result in more illegal immigration, and

WHEREAS, Respect for the rule of law is a bedrock principle of our country, our culture and our posterity, and

WHEREAS, Republican Party leaders across the country are constantly and vigorously confronted with demands that appropriate legislative action be taken to address and resolve the problems of illegal immigration; therefore be it

RESOLVED that the Members of the Republican National Committee urge that the Congress of the United States, as a matter of the highest priority, take all necessary steps to provide appropriate authority and means to accomplish the following:

(1) Effectively close the borders of the United States to illegal immigration and all other illegal crossings, using our military if necessary;

(2) Identify all persons who are currently in the United States in violation of immigration and naturalization laws and arrange for their return to their country of origin as expeditiously as reasonably possible;

(3) Preclude automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to persons in the United States in violation of immigration and naturalization laws;

(4) Withhold all federal funds from any city, state or local jurisdiction that acts as a sanctuary for illegal aliens and prohibits or thwarts enforcement of existing immigration laws; and

(5) After effectively closing our borders to illegal entry, revise our present work visa program to remove the means by which it is abused and allow workers from other countries with verifiable backgrounds to enter the United States to work for a fixed period of time, requiring a reliable means to continually verify the identity and location of each such worker, and providing no preference for those persons presently in the United States illegally.

Bill Crocker

Republican National Committeeman for Texas

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[Looking4Truth]

Vincente Fox must have some early pictures of Jorge Arbusto with some cocaine and a few mexican hookers.