Political Landmines
Why Democrats Have the Upper Hand
It seems that democrats are idiot-savants when it comes to political landmines. In the years that they were out of power, they charged in on issues, headstrong in the wrong direction, and it always blew up in their face (idiot). The lesson the republicans should take is not to do that same raging rush. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
The senate immigration bill that is amnesty that they say is not amnesty is a political landmine for the republicans. This issue has been maneuvered to benefit democrats, albeit to a limited extent. First, the bill was dying, due to an uprising of conservatives across America calling and warning their senators not to vote for this bill. The democrats have the seats to force this bill through, but they do not have the vote. For whatever reason, the senate, against the will of the American people, is trying to resurrect this pile of a bill.
Where this turns into a landmine is that the republicans, having put down the bill once, are allowing it to come up again. They are not fighting it. The problem is the heart of the people has not changed in the past 2-3 weeks. It has not changed in the past 20 years, since the last amnesty bill. The American people are for LEGAL immigration, something that has fallen on deaf ears in the senate. Republicans are in a strange place right now, for if they agree to the amnesty bill, they will essentially lose the conservative base that they must serve. If they do not aid the passage of the bill, then democrats can beat them over the head with it in 2008, saying that republicans blocked border enforcement (savant). How did republicans get in this position in the first place? I think it was six years of house, senate, and White House control, yet republicans managed to do NOTHING to enforce the border. Why should the lack of republican support of border enforcement this year be any different than the attitude that lost them control of Washington in the first place? And who are both parties kowtowing to? A large group of people who aren’t even legal to vote. Everyone needs to talk to Bob ‘B-1’ Dornan about the impact of illegal immigrants who vote in American elections.
It seems that democrats are idiot-savants when it comes to political landmines. In the years that they were out of power, they charged in on issues, headstrong in the wrong direction, and it always blew up in their face (idiot). The lesson the republicans should take is not to do that same raging rush. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
The senate immigration bill that is amnesty that they say is not amnesty is a political landmine for the republicans. This issue has been maneuvered to benefit democrats, albeit to a limited extent. First, the bill was dying, due to an uprising of conservatives across America calling and warning their senators not to vote for this bill. The democrats have the seats to force this bill through, but they do not have the vote. For whatever reason, the senate, against the will of the American people, is trying to resurrect this pile of a bill.
Where this turns into a landmine is that the republicans, having put down the bill once, are allowing it to come up again. They are not fighting it. The problem is the heart of the people has not changed in the past 2-3 weeks. It has not changed in the past 20 years, since the last amnesty bill. The American people are for LEGAL immigration, something that has fallen on deaf ears in the senate. Republicans are in a strange place right now, for if they agree to the amnesty bill, they will essentially lose the conservative base that they must serve. If they do not aid the passage of the bill, then democrats can beat them over the head with it in 2008, saying that republicans blocked border enforcement (savant). How did republicans get in this position in the first place? I think it was six years of house, senate, and White House control, yet republicans managed to do NOTHING to enforce the border. Why should the lack of republican support of border enforcement this year be any different than the attitude that lost them control of Washington in the first place? And who are both parties kowtowing to? A large group of people who aren’t even legal to vote. Everyone needs to talk to Bob ‘B-1’ Dornan about the impact of illegal immigrants who vote in American elections.
posted by AmeRickan | 6/20/2007 10:47:00 AM
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