Posted on 11/08/2006 8:14:07 PM PST by Checkers
Illegal immigration solution:
Look at the election Demographics. Our "Border" people cost us a TON of Hispanic Votes Nationwide, and gave the Dems a whole new base of Illegal Voters....
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Yes they did BUT if the Federal government had stood up and DONE ITS MANDATED JOB of protecting the borders of this country, it would never have been an issue. The borders would have been closed very easily, and the ILLEGAL FLOW of illegals and God knows what else, would have been ended.
The Federal government wastes over $100 BILLION per year to support illegal aliens, to say NOTHING of the state level. The cost to implement a complete border closure would be a fraction of that. Yes, it started way before Bush -- but Bush chose to do nothing, in fact, help and aid illegals by suppressing information flow from the Border Patrol about illegal crossing -- a matter of public record.
He remains Mexico's Manchurian Candidate. For that, he is most certainly to blame. Without question.
When there isn't anything positive coming from anyone, it only makes sense for people to give the other side a shot. (as horrible as we know that could be)
At the very least, if you aren't offering anything positive AND have scandals pouring out of your ear, AND have a war that nobody articulates properly, AND have a spending problem, AND have people buggering kids in their offices...Well, people are gonna vote for the guy offering nothing positive that doesn't have all that other crap...
"BUT if the Federal government had stood up and DONE ITS MANDATED JOB"
Would a', could a', should a'...
Their here, Thier Queer... Oh wait....
Theier are 15-30 million of them now, and they aren't going anywhere, anytime soon, so we'll just have to deal with it, if we want to WIN...
The Border BS is going to subject us to at least 2, and possibly 10 years of absolute hell now...
Grandpa said never trust a man that values a suntan.
I declared myself after Campaign Finance Reform.
I was accustomed to seeing Democrats propose and support legislation which blatantly contradicted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
But when Republicans gleefully joined in, it became too much for me to stomach.
We need to obstuct their agenda while making it look like they are being obstructionists. We need to make them look like they are mean and nasty and hateful. Just like Clinton did to Newt. However, we need to do it with the media against us, which is much harder.
It can be done though. We need the right leaders to get it done. I'm not sure if we have people that could really pull it off. Bush would need to get with the program on that as well...not sure he's ready.
Me too, which is why I crossed party lines yet again to vote Republican this year.
And for what? To find that they had all but conceded their control of the nation to the Democrats -- who had no logical plan to speak of!
WTFO?!?
The Republicans had it all, and did what with it?
Sorry folks, if you want my vote next time, you're going to have to earn it.
I'm voting Libertarian next time -- unless perhaps a real Republican runs.
But if you lie to me again about what Republicans will do with control of the government, I will never vote for you again.
Hello? Any Republicans around here?
I can't vote for Republicans if they don't exist.
Rinos are our politcal body's cancer. We knew they were there but we just let em eat us away.
I wish someone would have made clear that we need both a wall and an effective means of legal immigration and work visas. The protocols required to immigrate legally are obscene, especially since they're only inflicted upon the law-abiding.
Excellent article and comments. Thanks for the ping. And today, Dennis Hastert declined to run for minority leader. No kidding.
If the Republicans pull back and regroup, moving forward with a positive agenda that is clearly spelled out and articulated, please don't take the sins of the past out on them.
The Republicans lost their way. If you think they haven't found it next time, by all means, go Libertarian. But give em a chance if they can pull it together! :)
Better yet; BE an ACTIVE participant in the Republicans pulling it together. Find out what you can do working from the ground up to reattach the party to the conservative priciples that served it so well for so long.
All this post-mortem about Republicans, but the big thing weu have lost is our position in the world. The enemies are rejoicing because you have given the mid-east away and probably Asia too. We have elected people who want quick solutions to big problems. Hezbollah remembers our allies clinging to the helocopters in Saigon as we abandoned them. Watch for Iraq to cozy up to Iran as they know we cannot be trusted. Pelosi and company love mass genocide and can't wait to unleash on the people who wanted to be free in Iraq and trusted us. Sunni muslims should consider converting to Shia, they are the power in the middle now.
Even better, though I haven't the foggiest idea where to start with that.
Thanks bitt. Good article and some good posts up there too!
The Republicans lost their way. If you think they haven't found it next time, by all means, go Libertarian. But give em a chance if they can pull it together! :)"
Fair enough.
The Republicans have two years to regain the trust they so thoughtlessly betrayed.
And for God's sake, please tell those idiots who use the term "Liberdopian" to shut the hell up.
They are an asset to the Democrats and a liability to the Republicans. Get rid of them.
And thanks for addressing me as a fellow human being.
That alone can go a long way toward gaining my trust -- and my vote. :^)
Max Baucus (MT)At least six vulnerable is quite an overstatement, IMO.
Joseph Biden (DE)
Richard Durbin (IL)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Tim Johnson (SD)
John Kerry (MA)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Carl Levin (MI)
Mark Pryor (AR)
Jack Reed (RI)
John Rockefeller (WV)
Well, yes. When you badly lose an election it is generally the result of poor turnout among your voters. The question is, why didn't more Republicans turn out? Hugh Hewitt hits on some very interesting answers here.
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