Can’t think of anything better for the TEA Party than for a liberal Democrat and a RINO to try to bring up immigration reform in front of 2012 – from Politico:
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have rekindled their alliance on immigration reform, taking some early steps to test the political will for addressing the contentious issue this year.
Their call list hasn’t focused so much on House and Senate members who’ve been reliable pro-immigration votes in the past. Instead, they’re looking to a strange-bedfellows mix of conservative and liberal constituencies that can provide a “safety net” of support, as Graham put it, once the issue heats up…
In other words, cobble together a coalition of liberals and RINOs in the Senate to put the thing up for a vote, then try to shout “racism” at the House GOP until they pass it. It won’t work – in fact, all it will do is solidify conservatives and make a strong rally point for everyone who is working for a revolutionary change in government. You see, while RINOs like Graham will try to paint opposition to this as “extreme” or “racist”, the reality is that opposition will stem from the fact that people don’t trust politicians.
We know – even a pro-amnesty person such as myself – that the politicians will lie about what they’re doing. If Graham, et al, come up with a “amnesty/border security” bill it is a dead certainty that we’ll get the amnesty without the border security. The American people are firm on this – border security first, then we can address the illegals already in country. Graham’s proposal won’t really go anywhere, but it puts the spur to us to keep fighting, because the moment we let our guard down, it will be people like Graham who will cut us off at the knees.
As an aside: here, folks, is the proof that backing someone like O’Donnell was still the smart thing to do in 2010: if we hadn’t backed her, we probably would have got another RINO to work with Graham and Schumer in the Senate. Graham is the living proof that it is better to lose with a conservative than win with a RINO. 41 conservative GOP Senators are of more worth to us than 60 RINOs.
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