BUSH'S MONDAY IMMIGRATION SPEECH: Reader CJ Burch emails: If "jobs Americans won't do" is a central part of Bush's address his approval ratings may be in the single digits Tuesday morning. I honestly do not understand where our political class has gotten the idea that calling the average american lazy and worthless is good political strategy. Do they truly think that little of us?
I'm hearing a lot of that kind of sentiment.
UPDATE: John Podhoretz: "There are really three immigration debates. There is the cultural debate, there is the economic debate, and there is the security debate. . . . The potential for self-destruction is terrifying. The potential for grave national harm is worse. Please, you guys, pull back from the edge."
I have written extensively on the malaise and disaffection rising in conservative ranks, a trend reflected in declining approval ratings for both George Bush and Congress. I wrote yesterday that movement conservatives may be washing their hands of the Bush administration, frustrated by its big-government approach and its vacillation on border security. Some took this as an indication that I have joined an effort to convince conservatives to sit on their hands this November -- in other words, to boycott the midterm elections in order to teach the GOP a lesson. Nothing could be further from the truth...As I wrote a week ago, Comments (35) "As much as I am disgusted with the GOP, in this time of crises Bush and the GOP are the only responsible party in town. Which is one reason we are in such grave danger."
Incredible job, thanks so much for all your hard work.
Close the borders and send the illegals packing NOW!