Thread: Dobbs: Voters won't tolerate 'axis of amnesty'

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Hang on, the political thrill ride is about to begin. Are you ready? I know I am. And it's gonna be a hoot.

Our midterm elections are now two months away, and congressional, senatorial and gubernatorial campaigns are about to shift into high gear. After five weeks at home with their constituents, or at least some of them, our elected representatives are now back in session in Washington and fully armed with an understanding of the will of the people, ready to do the people's business.

Their first order of business? Why, to announce there will be no business done in this session of Congress on the critically important issues of border security and immigration reform. Can you feel the excitement?

Congressional and Senate Republicans have discovered that Karl Rove and his friend, President George W. Bush, not only don't have a clue when it comes to their favored "comprehensive immigration reform" plans, but also that Rove and Bush's alliance with open borders Democrats represents an axis of amnesty that their constituents simply won't tolerate.

Our do-nothing Congress and our do-nothing-right president aren't exactly wildly popular to begin with. And the Congressional Republican leadership has figured out that in closely contested races, any legislation approximating amnesty for as many as 20 million illegal aliens in this country will amount to wholesale defeat at the polls on November 7.

Even the pro-illegal alien and open borders lobby has finally arrived at the conclusion that the American people won't tolerate an illegal alien population demanding the same rights as American citizens. And the in-your-face enthusiasm of illegal aliens and their amnesty-advocate supporters has waned as the public understanding of the facts has risen.

This weekend a pro-illegal alien rally in Los Angeles, California, drew fewer than 1,000 people, several hundred-thousand fewer than the rally held there just four months ago. In Phoenix, Arizona, where more than 100,000 illegal aliens and their supporters took to the streets in the spring, only an estimated 900 showed up for a so-called labor solidarity march.

This trend was apparent all across the country this Labor Day weekend: Only 3,000 people gathered in Chicago, Illinois. In California, San Francisco and Oakland reported crowds of only 3,000 and 2,500 respectively. And in Dallas, Texas, organizers could only assemble 500 people for their demonstration. That's not exactly an overwhelming turnout.

But public knowledge of the costs of illegal immigration is overwhelming the propagandists of corporate America, ethnocentric special interests, the White House and President Bush's Democratic amnesty partners in the U.S. Senate.

The leaders of the nation's principal labor unions are obviously confused. They're now caught between trying to bolster their membership rolls by backing the Rove-Bush-Reid-McCain-Kennedy amnesty legislation and explaining to their existing members what they're doing to preserve the jobs and wage levels of American citizens. Add national labor leaders to the list of those simply out of touch with the will of the American people.

Labor leaders, Bush and Rove join Cardinal Roger Mahoney, the head of the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, who all apparently believe the interests of the illegal alien population transcend the law of the land and the interest of the American people.

Mahoney is enjoying precisely the same success as his fellow elitists: The illegal alien lobby that had been declaring "Today we march, tomorrow we vote" at every rally has not produced a tangible increase in new voter registration anywhere in the country.

The open borders lobby and amnesty advocates had hoped to form a new voter bloc to sway elections, but the Associated Press reports there's no indication of a new voter boom in Los Angeles; Chicago; Denver, Colorado; Houston, Texas, or any other city that held large pro-illegal alien rallies only months ago. This weekend's fizzled marches not only failed to energize significant numbers of people to register to vote, but they also didn't even persuade them to show up.

The leadership of this do-nothing Congress is right to do nothing in support of "comprehensive immigration reform," which are simply code words for illegal alien amnesty, open borders and the national interest be damned.

Two months to go.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/05/dobbs. ... index.html

Can Lou Dobbs be a write-in candidate for President? I'm only half-kidding.

Their first order of business? Why, to announce there will be no business done in this session of Congress on the critically important issues of border security and immigration reform. Can you feel the excitement?

Excitement is hardly the word I would use. It must be nice to come back from a 5 week break and announce that nothing will be done until after the elections are over. Basically we all know this means it will be 07 before anything happens.
Watch out folks, I have a feeling Congress will sell out to the amnesty once they have their positions secured after the elections.
I will keep fighting no matter what the outcome, but I sure hope I'm wrong about the sellout.

The elitist appear to be taking a little pie in the eye!

sippy wrote:

Watch out folks, I have a feeling Congress will sell out to the amnesty once they have their positions secured after the elections.
I will keep fighting no matter what the outcome, but I sure hope I'm wrong about the sellout.

It's up to us to ensure our politicians, Republican & Democrats, know that a sell-out would not be good for their job security!

I know if I had a track record like most congressmen and senators do, I'd be fired from my job.

I've noticed that with all the talks and pushes for people running.....they seem to be trying to stay clear of the immigration issue. They still want to concentrate in Iraq, Iran and the economy. I know here when you try and check out their web-sites......illegal immigration is not one of their topics. I've had to e-mail and wait on a reply and I've only had 1 and they were still doing the "comprehensive reform" business. We have to keep on them......they may want to rest but the issue isn't going away.

Do you think if amnesty is given it will cause an uprise in this country among citizens? I can't imagine that Americans are just going to sit back and take this.

Originally Posted by sawdust

Do you think if amnesty is given it will cause an uprise in this country among citizens? I can't imagine that Americans are just going to sit back and take this.

Sawdust,
In a way, I hope it does. I do not want anything violent to happen, but I would love to see another million man march on Washington. I really believe this is one of the few drastic tactics that may wake up Congress. These guys are used to having both for and against emails, calls, faxes, etc.