APPLYING THE RULE OF HOLES
TO THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE
The
fight over “comprehensive” immigration reform in Congress isn’t so much between
Democrats and Republicans as it is between conservatives and Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid.
Reid’s
“Gang of 8” bipartisan group of senators patched together and passed a bill (S.
744) which the Wall Street Journal has described as having “no chance of House
approval.” Indeed, the
Republican-led/conservative-dominated House of Representatives may or may not
pass their own immigration reform bill, but the Senate’s Amnesty
Now/Enforcement Maybe bill is DOA.
As
Montgomery Scott (“Scotty” to his friends) - philosopher and Chief Engineer of
the Starship Enterprise - so famously
put it: “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” As such, conservatives who were burned by the
promise of tough border enforcement in President Reagan’s 1986 amnesty bill
won’t get fooled again.
So
while 14 Republicans in the Senate played political “Hispandering” by voting
with Reid and the Gang of 8 – including, regrettably, our own Sen. Dean Heller
– the more conservative Members, the kind that presently dominate the House GOP
caucus, just said, “No mas.”
“This
bill is a historic missed opportunity for the United States Senate,” declared
conservative Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). “It
is a $48 billion border stimulus package that grants amnesty to politicians who
want to say they are securing the border when in fact they are not.
“I
very much wanted to support an immigration reform proposal that balances our
fundamental American values of legal immigration and the rule of law,” Coburn
continued. “Sadly, this bill fails that
test. Speaker Boehner and House
Republicans now have all the justification they need to start over.”
“The
amnesty will occur, but the enforcement is not going to occur,” added conservative
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), “and the policies for future immigration are not
serving the national interest.”
“Rather
than focusing on tackling the problem in manageable increments and delivering
the reforms Americans are asking for, the Senate chose to lump every
immigration and border security problem together into one massive and flawed
bill,” said conservative Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS).
“Americans
are keenly aware of where this irresponsible method of legislating has gotten
us in the past – but the Senate has clearly learned nothing from the failure of
the 1986 immigration reform bill, and more recently the rushed passage of
Dodd-Frank and Obama care.”
As
the saying goes, the first Rule of Holes is that when you’re in one, stop
digging. In the immigration reform debate
that means the first thing you do is plug the holes that have allowed some 11
million aliens to illegally sneak into our country. Then, and only then, do you address what to
do – short of mass deportations - with those who are already here.
Let’s
hope the House agrees.
MORE MCKEON MACACA
Buckle
up, boys and girls!
Another
shoe is about to drop on Dave McKeon,
candidate for Clark County GOP Chairman, in the form of a stamped court
document – not just a report filled out by his ex-wife – that should wake up
even some of his most ardent supporters and cause them to run from this guy
like a scalded dog.
Look
for it in the next issue of Silver State
Confidential. For subscription
information, click here
INDEPENDENCE DAY GUN
RIGHTS RALLY
The
Independence Day gun-rights rally in front of the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign
on July 4th at 10:00 a.m. has
been cancelled by the event organizers due to the excessive heat. It will likely be rescheduled for sometime in
September.
MEET KEVIN MCCARTHY
The
Republican Women of Southern Nevada will be holding their first “Red, White
& Blue Gala” fundraising dinner on Saturday, July 13th at the
Venetian/Palazzo.
The
keynote speaker will be the conservative Majority Whip for the U.S. House of
Representatives, Congressman Kevin
McCarthy (R-Ca.). VIP reception at
6:00 pm. Dinner at 7:00 pm.
For
additional information, please visit http://www.RepublicanWINPAC.com
MEET RAND PAUL
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