Posted on 06/14/2007 7:06:13 PM PDT by indcons
The debate over President Bush's immigration bill and opposition to it as an "amnesty" proposal have invigorated otherwise dispirited conservative interest groups and forged an anti-Bush unity on the right not seen since the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers.
Hopeful signs have materialized for conservative leaders who have opposed the drive by the president, top Senate Republicans and leading Democrats to give legal status to illegal aliens while giving what critics deride as lip service to border security.
"The right generally has been invigorated by the debate and has pulled together in part because of the way the administration has attempted to demonize its conservative opposition," said David A. Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union (ACU).
"So the conservatives who have concerns about the direction the administration wants to take the country on immigration but who disagree with each other have come together to defend each other," Mr. Keene said, making conservatives stay united "in a way they have not been since the Harriet Miers debacle."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
call, write, fax, e-mail...
Ping!
In before the first Bushbot claims it’s all a grand plan....
Common folks! Lets make this Dinosaur piece of legislation extinct!
The establishment GOP is about to be swept to sea...never to be seen again.
Anger is the stuff of revolution, and it's revolution the GOP will see.
I hope that we can get some intelligent conversation going on this topic before the bots land here.
I think our friend Fred should run as something other than a Repub. I think the time might be right to replace the GOP with a party that isn’t bought and paid for by big business.
I’d prefer it if he did.
I would expand the article though. This is bigger then Miers. That we had anywhere from 50-60% agreement. This time the country is at 70-80% agreement.
Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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Ah yes, the strategerists. Rovian genius...Bush the poker player...rope a dope...blah blah blah.
Bwahahahahahahahahaha.......!
There will be no revolution. Most Republicans support our President and GOP leaders. S.1348 is the best possible immigration reform that can be hoped for at this time. Come 2008, conservatives will have simmered down and realized this and will once again vote for Republican nominees. To do otherwise is to hand the dims control of the country.
Any attempts at a third party will just end up giving the dims the WH and Congress. The Republican party is our only hope.
“S.1348 is the best possible immigration reform that can be hoped for at this time.”
I nominate that for the dumbest post of the day.
Most republicans do not support this president, or this congress, on THIS issue. And, it's of the highest import to the conservative base...you know, that 50% of the party now being sh*t on?
This 50% would rather turn the country over to the dims for 4 years, than surrender THIS principle.
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