My comments are below the Krikorian piece.
Amnesty Deported from SOTU [Mark Krikorian]
Since I knew His Majesty wouldn't say much of anything about immigration, and I can no longer stand the sound of his voice, I just went to bed. But he said even less than I expected:
We should continue to work at fixing our broken immigration system to secure our borders and enforce our laws and ensure that everyone who plays by rules can contribute to our economy and enrich our nation.
That's it? I was figuring at least three sentences, or maybe two. As Roy Beck put it:
But the President couldn't bring himself to utter the words "comprehensive immigration reform" or "path to citizenship" or "legalization" or "more immigration" in his State of the Union Address.
I'm reminded of Elliott Abrams's reaction to Jimmy Carter's welcome to the neo-conservatives for supporting his election — they got one single foreign-policy position, not for Indonesia, not for Polynesia, not for Macronesia, but for Micronesia.
If they have any sense, La Raza et al. are kicking themselves for not backing McCain.
01/28 11:21 AMShare
Well he is correct and so is Beck. The smoke and mirrors we shall have on this issue from the White House and Democrats will be swallowed hook , line and speaker.
Sadly Catholic Social Justice groups will be duped( well we might be getting passed the duped stage and call them willing particpants) in going along with this.
Look at the evil conservatives over there at GATEWAY PUNDIT see Figures. Obama’s Socialist Advisers Are Behind His Push For Immigration Reform. Now of course a lot of social conservatives, libertarians and others want immigration reform but that is another post.
If only these people were not blocking it. So now we shall see this big dance as the immigration reform issue is used by various factions to raise money but in reality will go nowhere as Nancy Pelosi has already indicated.
This would be a great expose at Vox Nova when they finish what now must be the 100th post on how Pro-lifers are just a bunch of GOP sell outs. Or at In All things where general Obama fan Michael Winters at America is talking about what is wrong with the GOP and why they are not just helping Obama. Note it seems to escape Mr Winters attention what Krikorian gets or perhaps he does get it and well just playing along.
We have seen this show before. Compare Senate Majority Leader Reid's action on Immigration Reform to his actions on the Health Care bill. On the Health Care bill it seems that no effort cannot be expended. WE MUST DO THIS NO MATTER WHAT THE COST. Yet in 2007 on immigration reform he took almost the opposite tact. Hey this is the President's bill he is responsible and we just cannot stay on this issue forever.
In the House Nancy Pelosi kept talking about how many Republicans Bush must get to come over before she could bring the bill up. See how different her tact has been on Health Care.
Now in some ways there is a legitimate argument that this is not the best time to bring up the issue with the economy and all. That if political capital is to be used it must be used when there is the chance of success. I can see that.
Still lets be honest about it and not play the political theatre on this issue.
Update- I should also say besides the more "progressive" site I mentioned that more Conservative Catholic sites should take a look at this too. Such as American Catholic, Catholicvoteacton, and even Mark Shea who has no problem in telling us the Catholic Position is on subject x,y, and z on various political topics.
There seems to be almost unspokn tenedency not to talk about it because the issue is so hot and controversial for various reason all in our own camps.
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