A Fence, The Times Are A Changing!!! Amnesty Republicans Blinked
A comment posted at Polipundit.com from May 31, 2006:
listen, if we had the numbers the Senate would have agreed with the House, and bush would have been forced to swallow hard.
but we don’ have the numbers.
no bill = no wall = the status quo = illegal aliens continue crossing the borders in the hundreds of thousands yearly.
A comment posted at Polipundit.com from May 30, 2006:
I can’t agree with #3 #s b/c i don’t know the internals, but it is blatantly obvious that if the choice is between comprehensive immigration reform and the House’s my-way-or-no way, the former is by far the best option.
If the House decides not to compromise, we will be left with what we have now: NOTHING.
A comment posted at Polipundit.com from May 24, 2006:
no comprehensive reform = no wall = 10 - 12 million more illegal border crossings.
the dems, rinos and president bush will not go along with the house version as it stand without – at the very least – hagel-martinez’s provision (5).
if, and most of u guys hope when, the bill dies in conference we will be left with what we have now:
no wall, no border, 10 - 12 million illegal crossings more in a few years.
CHEERS
Well, the House did not cave. We are now getting a 700 mile Fence PLUS high tech monitoring for 1,300 miles.
We called the bluff of the “amnesty Republicans” and they blinked!!!
Yep, as predicted this was Dubai Ports and Harriet Miers all over again.
-- Oak Leaf