I Like Ike.
Take the Pledge: "I pledge to never, ever vote for anyone, for any office, who votes in favor of the Mexican Invasion Surrender Bill."
Pres. Bush has stated this weekend he wants it back ASAP!
I like the letter posted in reply better than the article.
Why should we care WHO shot this very bad bill down?
Sometimes, even for the wrong reason, our national legislature still ends up doing the right thing.
You can always rely on the DP to push the liberal line and this article’s got it all — opponents of this bill are “haters,” “extremists,” and even “racists” — at least, accordingly to Feinstein and Lamm. Predictably, the Post avoided equally vituperant quotes from the anti-”reform” side. No comment mentioned from Tancredo or Hunter. God forbid we should uphold our existing immigration and labor law and maintain the integrity of our national border. Sounds like Bush is not going to take this defeat sitting down, though — he’ll keep trying to complete America’s slide into a lawless, third-world hell-hole. I just can’t believe I voted for this back-stabber twice.
“Both *extremes* have their hand on the dagger that killed it.”
Yeah, it’s “extreme” to not want the sovereignty of one’s Country destroyed — in order to benefit the global elite.
It was dead from its own inertia and will only be revived when the immigrants here illegally are sent home first and then allowed in in an orderly fashion as the need permits.
Two simple competing views brought this bill down. First was the support of business groups for the amnesty and guest worker portions of the bill, which would provide them with a continual supply of cheap labor to improve their bottom lines. Second was the goal of union groups in opposing the guest worker portion of the bill which they felt would put downward pressure on wages. Also, under the radar, many union groups and individual members, particularly in the private sector, were opposed to the instant amnesty provisions, for very much the same reasons.
It all came down to the major competing interests of each party, business vs. labor. It should be noted that if the guest worker portions of the bill were eliminated this bill may eventually pass. However, the Pubbies are not likely to let that happen as it would hurt them politically in future elections. Thus, the Pubs. will insist on both tougher enforcement measures and some version of the guest worker program to keep derailing the bill thru the next election and beyond. In the meantime the influx of illegals continues and very little gets done about the overall problem. Again, the politicos in the Senate are only interested in their own personal grandisement and electability the next time around, much to the detriment of their own constituents.
The only good to come out of this fiasco is that the netroots, on both left and right, are getting smarter at disecting these Congressional bills and insist on putting all of them in the light of day for everyone to see, rather than obscuring them in the dark in supposedly complicated parliamentary procedures and back room dealing with special interest groups.
Of course, I had the help of many millions of conservatives.
The Times offered no explanation why such a backward and small group (per other coverage in that liberal bird cage liner) were able to pull off that feat. But even the Denver analysis doesn't quite tell the truth, that an overwhelming majority of the American people got up on their hind legs and told the US Senate where to head in.
That's the simple truth, which the lamestream media can't quite comprehend, much less report and print.
Congressman Billybob
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I love the way 75% of the American people are being called extremists because we didn’t want this immigration bill. Hey, Senators, buy a clue! Seventy-five percent of the electorate is commonly referred to as an “overwhelming majority,” not a “group of extremists.”
The EXTREMISTS (70% of the American people) KILLED THE BILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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