Jun 28 2007
Guess We Need To Dump Some More Hypochondriacs!
I was in meetings all day, but I suspected the vote would not make it based on some early morning indications. I will be looking at the votes but it would seem more far left and far right folks moved to leave us in the same mess we have had for 20+ years. Well, there is only one answer: get rid of the fringes left and right.
The motto for 2008 should be “Stay Out Of The Fringes!”. For me that means I would rather see Webb (D) stay on for a while longer – at least until we can get this immigrartion issue fixed. And of course I will support Warner (R) if he runs in 2008. But if Warner retires all bets are off. The Dems probably will not run a liberal in VA so it will be up to the Republican options to see which way I would vote. But if we ended up with a Mark Warner type vs. an Allen/Sessions type VA would probably be all Democrat at the top of the ticket in 2008. I don’t have time for an analysis of where it makes sense to trim the fringes, but I am sure there are plenty of opportunities out there.
Until then I plan to thank the GOP for every victim of a crime by a repeat offender illegal alien for doing so much to allow these animals to stay in our country. The DO NOTHING NOW! crowd one this round. But each round takes a toll on them and they loose more credibility and support. It is just a matter of time before enough get tossed out before we can try again. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want a Clinton or Levin or any liberal in office. But the Dems are willing to let moderates into their caucuses more than the frantic right.
Besides, the far right has run its course. They have nothing to offer new and if we need to protect the gains we made we can do that when needed. Yes, we may lose some ground, but that was happening anyway. You need to align with folks who will give you some part of your goals. With the GOP caving on stem cells and other matters their utility is about used up. They are victims of their own success. We have 90% of the stuff proposed by the Contract with America and Bush’s pledges – so take the progress and find opportunities for more. The one open issue is Iraq.
But if Bush’s Surge has done what is needed to stabilize the situation, then that too can be a success fairly immune to Congressional meddling by 2009. That I will watch. If Iraq does stabilize then al bets are off. Might be time to give the Dems another shot. Who knows. But anything is better than NOTHING NOW! – the new and everlasting GOP mantra. This was interesting – can’t wait to do it again.
At first, I didn’t completely agreee with AJ’s thesis that this division and fight over the immigration bill would splinter the party in such a fashion as to significantly jeapordize the next election in 2008.
After reading the various comments sections of his many posts, I have to say that I stand corrected. All the hissyfitting by the Right, EVEN IN VICTORY. It’s truly pathetic. Perhaps it is wrong to assum that the numbers and tone of hissyfitters that comment on this website reflect what’s going on in other blogs as well as in the Party. I hope so. It’s not necessarily the disagreement over the bill. IT IS ALL THE HISSYFITTING.
Very unfortunate indeed. I am truly scared of what is to come when we have to see either Hiliary Clinton or Barack Obama being sworn into office. I remember reading an article some time in the past where Dick Morris said that the only person who could beat Clinton in a Presidential race was Condoleeza Rice. I don’t think that Rice could win at the current state of the Republican Party.
If you’d rather become a card carrying democrat (led by Pelosi and Murtha, etc), rather than admit you were wrong….be my guest. It doesn’t bother me in the least. You’d just be punishing yourself for spite and you’d still be wrong …twice.
I don’t know, maybe I just have a different perspective on this. I’ve lived in NYC for nearly 20 years. I’ve seen illegal immigrant populations come and go as far as various neighborhoods. The Russians have entirely taken over Brighton Beach and Coney Island and are moving north. And they bring with them, their particular brand of riff-raff…ie..identity theft, computer hacking/scams, mail fraud, wire fraud, organized crime, etc. The illegal arab/indian/etc..illegal population seems to have found a place in queens and parts of brooklyn. They bring with them, their particular brand of riff raff and illegal activities. No different than the even LARGER population of chinese/asian illegals here or any other population of people for that matter.
Then there are the “mexicans”. hahahaha. In Mexico city, they call their local brand of roaming poachers/squatters…”parachutes”. They call them that, because in mexico…these people would come overnight to brazenly squat on your land. By law (dont’ know if it’s changed), if you don’t evict them within a certain time frame…they become legal owners of your land (at least the part they are squatting on). From there, they can request the taxpayers/city build roads, water, bring electrictity to them, etc… If it were one or two…they get run off. But, 30 or 40 will setup make-shift structures overnite…every day. There are so many…you drive by and on the back side of someones house property..you see nothing but white canopy sheets…dotting the landscape every morning. The landowner will clear them out..and the next morning..same thing.
But, truth be known by anyone who knows this issue first hand…there are a LOT of guatamalans, venezuelans, etc..central and south american people who are coming across the southern border. We call them “mexicans” because for all practical purposes…most of you wouldn’t know a dark mexican from a lighter skinned south/central american. They just come across the same mexican border to get here.
There are so many…..they have now dispersed from mainly southwest areas …throughout the entire country. Those summer jobs for money /work experience for school kids..are now career jobs. My morning commute on the North East coast, is never complete on the subway train without being serenaded by at LEAST one illegal panhandling Mariachi band..complete with outfits, etc. Ah..just like going to Border Town without leaving home! My favorite itallian resturant kitchen/brickoven pizza now tastes like fritos and arroz. You get tired of it and go to another place…and it’s the same thing. It’s so over the top…here…it’s just absurd. The illegal Chinese were so miffed…some of them opened Chinese delivery Mexican food restaurants…hahahaha.
Btw..since Dunkin D. announced they were requiring all of their franchises to hire only legal documented workers….I noticed my local one…has cleaned HOUSE! How many? About 3/4 their staff..all mexican/central americans, GONE. Didn’t take more than a day to fill every single position. And…as an added bonus…the new workers got my order right on the first try!! Progress!
DC,
I am not a democrat. I am and always will be an Independent. And while I oppose the likes of Pelosi I also oppose the likes of Tancredo. Always have.
Stop whining about the fact another traitorous RINO has turned his back on the faultless GOP!
I “am” a registered democrat. I have been since I started voting. I voted for Bush after 9/11..and voted for him again in 2004. I still support him today. I have always understood that poltical party affiliation doesn’t necessarily mean squat.
There are plenty of examples in both parties…to show that it’s a diverse lot if you are speaking about the larger American public..and not just the cliques that make up politics in washington.
Even among senators…just compare and contrast Lieberman…who was considered a fairly mainstream democrat not too many years ago….to somebody like Pelosi, etc. You can easily do the same on the RNC side.
It doesn’t mean squat.
It has always been the issues that bring people together or take us apart…and that’s DESPITE any other sort of political grouping anyone might want to make or use. It’s always been like that.
So?
“Stop whining about the fact another traitorous RINO has turned his back on the faultless GOP!”
You’re saying you were a RINO, not a Republican?
well, that was honorable of you.
RINO’s weren’t in the GOP anyhow, they were RINO.
There was NO party which supported this bill enough to pass it with no futher discussion. Not democrats, not “republicans”, not idependents..not anybody. It cut across all party lines..and even the EARLIEST polling showed that clearly (which btw..some of us tried to point out).
BigBue I believe it’s common knowledge the southwest is theirs, Hospital workers at Suny Stony Brook NY say the same .
They also tell my friends the gringo’s time is UP because we lack the cojones
Believe what You want I know what logic and my lying eyes are telling me.
BigBue I believe it’s common knowledge the southwest is theirs, Hospital workers at Suny Stony Brook NY say the same .
They also tell my friends the gringo’s time is UP because we lack the cojones
Believe what You want I know what logic and my lying eyes are telling me.
BigBue I believe it’s common knowledge the southwest is theirs, Hospital workers at Suny Stony Brook NY say the same .
They also tell my friends the gringo’s time is UP because we lack the cojones
Believe what You want I know what logic and my lying eyes are telling me.