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[…] Blue Collar Muse » A GOP Deer in the Headlights … # An attendee jumped up and yelled out something to the effect of, “Secure the borders first and then we can talk!” […]

I e-mailed both Tenn. Senators last week. I thanked Corker for his vote against the bill and provided a precise three point plan (secure, enforce and no amnesty) to Alexander as well as logging dissent with his “for” vote. Corker’s response was within days saying the bill demanded more debate and stay in touch. I have yet to hear from the other guy. Guess he’s busy… What I like about this is, the electorate’s reaction is pure common sense.

Dear Jeffersonian,
First, let me say that I whole heartedly agree with you about “enforcement first.” After 9/11 you would think that border security would be a no-brainer, but the representatives of our little experiment in Republic Democracy seem to think differently. IMHO, its time for a revolution, after all it was your Mr. Jefferson who said: “A little revolution, now & then, is a healthy thing. It is as natural as lightening.”

I must however, take exception with your use of the word “bitches.” Here at Conservablogs we hold ourselves to the highest of standards and do not use such crass & passé terms such as “bitches,” unless we are blogging about female dogs. So in the future please refrain from using “bitches” and substitute the more enlightened “beyaches.”

Thank you for your time & attention.
James

JH, if you really, really believe that the enforcement measures n that bill will actually be used to secure the borders, I’d like to talk to you about some beach property and a large iron structure in the New York Metro area.

Get real. If they truly wanted a compromise, it would be easy enough to build in security metrics that could be verified prior to any ‘regularization’ or amnesty.

I am, generally, in favor of allowing hard-working, law-abiding immigrants to apply for citizenship no matter how they got here. I am wildly not in favor of not only allowing hard-core criminals to flout our laws and remain here, let alone by ‘regularized’ (unless that means imprisonment followed by deportation). I am also not in favor of waving at illegals as they cross the border.

If you believe you can talk a majority of Americans into trusting the Congress on this I think you’ve lost your mind.

I am a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters…I work in a very large cabinet/millwork shop in Metro Washington DC, 1/2 of the men I work with are immigrants…1/2 of the men I work with are IMMIGRANTS and they are pissed off that these people are going to be able to stay…the average time it took these very hard working men to get visas to come here is 10 (long) years. In 1986, we were promised that there would be no more amnesties for illegal immigrants…once again they lied to America…when will we stop this madness?

The jobs most illegals do are those same jobs I worked at as a kid in high school and college…my kids can’t find jobs (they have no skills — 16, 18, 19 yo)…because they’ve been taken by those who BROKE THE LAW to come here.

that’s my rant…comment as you wish

It’s great that you read the bill and found lots of enforcement goodies in it. But now you need to look at how well the enforcement goodies of the 1986 bill were put into action. I’ll summarize: they weren’t! They were just bait, designed primarily to convince opponents of the bill to vote for it, and for Reagan to sign it, so that the legalization/amnesty/regularization could be given.

Poster No. 3 may have a point, that we want border control, we’re going to need to compromise.

But the question is, compromise with whom? Over what? Who objects to a secure border, such that their support for control must be bought with amnesty, weird visas, etc.? How did the single simple question of securing the borders (in wartime, no less) morph into this door-stop of a “compromise package?”

It is sad to see Senator Alexander become completely out of touch with Tennesseans.

If Republicans thought that the 2006 elecction results were bad, wait for the 2008 election results. A lot of conservativ e voters will be wrriting in candidates, voting for someone else, or even staying home.

The elitists in the U.S. Senate are out of touch with Americans and are nothing more than a good ole boy club.

A GOP Deer in the Headlights ……

Cross posted from   Blue Collar Muse
This morning, Nashville talk radio host Steve Gill reported on a meeting that TN Senator Lamar Alexander held with constituents in Middle Tennessee.
This was one of those meetings across the Senate’s Memorial Da…

[Poster No. 3 may have a point, that we want border control, we’re going to need to compromise.

But the question is, compromise with whom? Over what? Who objects to a secure border, such that their support for control must be bought with amnesty, weird visas, etc.? How did the single simple question of securing the borders (in wartime, no less) morph into this door-stop of a “compromise package?”]

Ted Kennedy… didn’t you hear them when they made the big announcement?… they “were lucky to have him”. Problem is, Mr. Kennedy has had his hands in every “comprehensive” immigration reform bill since 1965 but especially since he drafted the now famous 1986 one. You’d think these idiots would learn by now…

[…] His constituents aren’t happy with his immigration position. […]

Gee, where were you folks when California’s governors Pete Wilson-R and Gray Davis-D were pleading with then President B-41s and B-Monica to do something to staunch the flow of illegals? When we California voters passed Proposition 187 to deny government handouts to illegals and folks in other states were calling us all bigots for having done that, where were you? Well, our current president was then a governor in Texas with bigger ambitions and you bet that he was paying attention.

Oh, and enough with the Dutch lingo (”naam”, “jouw”) in the comments section. “English only” starts at home.

[…] why all this talk radio outrage is just that — tal. Talk without teeth. Lamar Alexander can vote however the heck he wants to […]

Calif Dem here, as disgusted by this farce as y’all are. Plague on both your rotten cynical opportunistic houses..

Third party, anyone?

Y’know, one that understands the needs of low- and moderate-income American families and that offers border security, immigration sanity, national security, school vouchers, national health insurance…

[…] I must say I find it very interesting that Lamar Alexander would grant Bill Hobbs’ weeks-to-months old request for an interview right after this happens. […]

“If Republicans thought that the 2006 elecction results were bad, wait for the 2008 election results. A lot of conservativ e voters will be wrriting in candidates, voting for someone else, or even staying home.
The elitists in the U.S. Senate are out of touch with Americans and are nothing more than a good ole boy club.”

WE NEED TO FIX THIS IN THE PRIMARIES, so we don’t end up with President Hillary Obama… who both voted today btw to allow access to the Z visa program to thousands of illegal alien *criminals*. That’s right - 51 Senators, mostly Democrats but including McCain, Hagel and the usual RINO suspects, decided in their infinite wisdom to turn down Cornyn’s Amendment that barred those illegal aliens with criminal backgrounds from gettign the z visa amnesty path to citizenship.

They stuck with the compromise which is that less than 3 misdemeanors and flouting deportation orders is not bad enough to get denied the citizenship gravy train. What a farce!

Every one of those 51 Senators needs to have their careers ended PRONTO - that includes, McCain, Hillary, Obama, to start, but lets not end their. Lets make 2008 painful for both Democrats and Republicans who are foisting this on us.