Remember the mad rush to jam every item on the conservative extremist wish list into law immediately after the Bushistas occupied the White House? Think back past 9/11, I'm sure you'll remember. Think about the redistricting plans, the strong-arm tactics that have destroyed long-standing traditions that balanced control and respect in Congress.
There is a reason for all this that everyone needs to remember. The Bushista program is so pro-Corporation that it is anti-human. I mean anti-real-flesh-and-blood-human, not the carnivorous fire-breathing legal fictions created by perverting the 14th amendment that stalk the social and economic landscapes.
Every decision the Bushistas have made benefited some corporate supporter or another, and no corporate supported has been displeased. But not every item on the Conservative Extremist program will find some human it appeals to, and some (like all the cheap labor initiatives) will be downright painful to humans, pretty much across the political board. Sooner or later they would run out of things that humans would support as opposed to accept or fail to resist. Sooner or later they would put forth proposals even humans that mistook corporate support that incidentally benefited them will find against their personal moral agenda.
That moment may be upon us.
Outcry on Right Over Bush Plan on Immigration By RACHEL L. SWARNSCHICAGO, Feb. 20 — Amid the crowded field of Republicans vying for a seat in the Senate here, Jim Oberweis seems a most unlikely insurgent. He is a wealthy supporter of President Bush who favors pinstriped suits, tax cuts and a constitutional amendment blocking same-sex marriage.
But in recent weeks, Mr. Oberweis, a plainspoken dairy owner, has become a leader in a widening conservative revolt against the president's sweeping plan to grant temporary legal status to millions of illegal immigrants.
"The president's plan is just plain wrong," Mr. Oberweis says in a radio advertisement and at public appearances that have drawn hundreds of supporters to his campaign. "I want to be the voice for Illinois voters to tell the president we think illegal immigration cannot be rewarded with amnesty."
Mr. Oberweis is a symbol of a simmering conservative uprising against one of the president's biggest initiatives. One month after Mr. Bush promised the most comprehensive overhaul of immigration law in nearly two decades, opposition to his plan is mounting among conservative Republicans vying for votes in House and Senate races in Illinois, North Carolina, California, Kansas and elsewhere.
With his plan, Mr. Bush hopes to revamp an immigration system widely viewed as broken and to re-establish his credentials as a compassionate conservative — particularly with Hispanic and swing voters — at the start of an election year. But in debates, campaign stops and interviews, some Republican candidates have sharply criticized his position as they seek to tap into conservative anxiety over the proposal.
The plan has left the party divided, much like the growing deficit has. Some Republicans — backed by some Hispanic constituents — praise the president for trying to make it easier for businesses to employ illegal immigrants for low-wage jobs that Americans are reluctant to take. Others argue that the plan is tantamount to an amnesty for lawbreakers. The issue is so complicated and divisive that Republicans in Congress now say it is unlikely that legislation supporting the president's plan will be introduced this year.
And if it isn't, it would be good to talk as if it were.
Posted by P6 at February 21, 2004 08:49 AM
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Some Republicans — backed by some Hispanic constituents — praise the president for trying to make it easier for businesses to employ illegal immigrants for low-wage jobs that Americans are reluctant to take.
This sentence pretty much gets at the heart of what the guest worker program is about. Cheap labor.
Posted by Al-Muhajabah at February 21, 2004 02:51 PM