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Make a Run for the Border | January 28, 2013

So, if you are an average American who can’t see why people who cross the border illegally and commit fraud daily shouldn’t be deported, you may not have a party left. The Republican strategy for Obama Part 2 seems to be Plan B everything. First was the attempt to tax millionaires that failed the Republican caucus and ended up being a tax on people earning $400,000 because John Boehner put it to a vote. Now there’s immigration. Republicans jumped ahead of Obama and offered a “comprehensive” immigration reform plan that probably cost them conservative support in 2008.

Everything old is new again. The Stimulus package passed in 2009 due to 3 Republican converts. One was the late Arlen Specter, who apparently couldn’t live without holding office, and the weird sisters from Maine. The only concession for their votes was the 100 billion dollars less spent and more tax cuts requested by Susan Collins. The other $800 billion went straight to the people who dragged the unwitting to the polls in 2012. The Republicans of 2010 fought Obama on Obamacare, and while it passed, it passed as a Senate version so full of holes it will be increasingly difficult to implement.

Republicans should offer alternatives, but not for the sake of creating legislation. It’s hard to be a politician for limited government, you can’t site legislative achievement, only a lot of “nay” votes. The loyal opposition is loyal to the Constitution, not an office holder who ignores it. People who want less government are a bigger group than the Hispanics who might vote Republican in exchange for amnesty.

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6 Comments

  1. Hispanics who might vote Republican in exchange for amnesty.

    Any Repub who believe that needs his diaPers changed. Obama will hog credit for anything that panders to minorities..

    Comment by Mary — January 29, 2013 @ 1:23 am

    • This is how Republicans will lose big. Last night, I decided to see the reaction from crazy liberals, so I watched the Maddow segment on MSNBC. For her, the immigration bill is a reasonable bipartisan reform EXCEPT for a provision that southern states actually decide when the border is secure enough to start the amnesty steps. Her take is that Jan Brewer will never declare the border secure and none of the rest of the bill will go into effect.

      The Democrats supporting this “bipartisan” reform have responded by saying southern states will have a non-binding advisory role (meaning no power at all) while Rubio’s office say they will have veto power to ensure security. In other words, liberals already know which part of the bill they want removed by Boehner before final passage. At that point, we will have 80s amnesty all over again, no border security and another million illegal aliens crossing the border every year.

      Comment by 1539days — January 29, 2013 @ 6:12 am

      • Repubs are crippled by a desire to be pc. That is why McCain helPed his black opponent win in 2008.

        Comment by Mary — January 29, 2013 @ 11:16 pm

      • McCain is about McCain. Three years ago, he was courting Sarah Palin’s endorsement and telling Obama to complete the danged fence. Let’s see how far the fence gets after this round of immigration reform.

        Comment by 1539days — January 30, 2013 @ 6:26 am

  2. Personally, I want to see the border shut down. I think that if you broke the law, you need to go back. I’m tired of the entitlement mentality (our local Walmart now has employees who do not speak English). There is so much wrong with all of this. I don’t know where to begin.

    Comment by mcnorman — January 29, 2013 @ 10:28 pm

    • I’m not sure, either, where to begin, but maybe there is no starting point. We ust have to stop the ciminal invasion. I welcome LEGAL immigrants!

      Comment by Mary — January 29, 2013 @ 11:14 pm


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