John Hawkins over at Right Wing News ran an admittedly unscientific poll to take the temperature of the right side of the blogosphere over the proposed "compromise" immigration reform plan the Senate came up with. (I was asked to participate, but didn't get the response back to him in time – I'm still digging out from under a backlog from my vacation). Some of the important questions and answers:
4) Mitch McConnell said the following about the immigration bill in
the Senate, "I don't think there's a single member of either party
next year who is going to fail to be re-elected over this issue." Do
you think he's right?Yes: 4 (8%)
No: 45 (92%)5) Do you believe that the bill in the Senate would, if passed, secure
the border and stop the influx of significant numbers of illegal
aliens into the United States?Yes: (0%)
No: 49 (100%)6) Do you think the bill in the Senate provides amnesty to illegal aliens?
Yes: 45 (90%)
No: 5 (10%)
It might be a good idea for Senators up for reelection in 2008 to keep these numbers in mind. From either party.
Keeping that in mind would be a good idea b/c this is the type of emotional issue people go out to vote over.
Somehow this bill must be kept in motion until the 08 elections. The American people need to vote on this with ballots written in ENGLISH only.
Vote NO to all incumbents
Vote NO to all lawyers
Get 5 friends to do the same.
Maybe this way we can get OUR country back from the professional politicians who only look out for themselves and their lobbyists.