The Anger Of The Left

[chopper]

Originally Posted by VRM

Chopper,
Do you agree with some or all of that article??

Steve

I think Peggy Noonan has a pretty good thumb on the pulse of the party.

I've said all along that I don't agree with the President on the subjects of immigration and NAFTA. Border security is wrapped up in the immigration problem (or vice versa, take your pick). I think the President is flat wrong on this issue and that the proposed "immigration reform" is a sellout to the liberal Hispanic lobby. Yes, I know, immigrants are not all Hispanic. But the reality is that the immigration problem being discussed here deals primarily with Hispanics entering the country through Mexico.

I work with, and my wife employs, several Hispanic people. It is my personal experience and observation that those Hispanics who are in this country legally are at least as upset with the illegals as are most of the rest of us. It's especially acute here in the southwestern states. The situation centers around two points: (1) how to close the US-Mexican border (and, again IMHO, the US-Canadian border) and (2) what to do with 12 million illegal aliens now in this country. For my money, we should use whatever force is necessary to close the borders, and begin rounding up those here illegally and forcibly returning them to their homes of origin. But that's my opinion. I would hazard a guess that, with contributions off by 40% and the RNC laying off most of its solicitors, it appears many of my fellow conservatives feel the same.

Now, if some of you liberals would tell Pelosi the same thing, maybe we could get on with fixing the problem.