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Write articles. Fred Barnes, Conservative pimp and illegal alien enabler scribbled this tripe...

Source: WeeklyStandard

A larger threat is the paleocon influence on one of the touchiest issues, immigration. Here, their thinking is reflected in the anti-immigrant rhetoric of some congressional Republicans. And it is such thinking that imperils the gains made by Republicans among Hispanic voters.

In the immigration bill passed by the House last December, there was a distinct nativist streak. It calls for the raising of a 700-mile fence along America's southwest border with Mexico and for stepped-up border security in general. It was Buchanan who popularized the fence idea, and now a Republican senator intends to propose a fence along the entire border, from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.

How would such a fence play politically? Well, it's a horrible symbol, one that clashes with the welcome mat laid out by the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. More important, it says to Mexican-Americans: We don't want any more people like you coming into our country.

The political problem is the effect all of this, including the congressional debate itself, is likely to have on Hispanic voters. They are a critical part of the Republican majority. In fact, without them, there would be no Republican majority. Bush lifted the percentage of Hispanics who voted Republican from 35 percent in 2000 to 44 percent in 2004.

Grover Norquist, the conservative activist and head of Americans for Tax Reform, says holding Hispanic voters is crucial. "I think the Republican party wins and runs the country for the next 25 years if we are perceived as pro-immigrant and respectful of immigrants," he says. "The only way we lose majority status is to treat Hispanics the way we treated Catholics in the 1880s."

So, if all goes well, the Republican party is on the way to claiming a majority of Hispanics, the fastest growing voting bloc in the country. A paleocon-inspired immigration bill would jeopardize this. Democrats recognize this. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York and other Democrats are already attacking the House bill, saying it would create a police state focused on Hispanics.

So, just to be perfectly clear. We must allow the speedy dissolution of this great nation to maintain Republican victories? And did you notice any word missing here, you know, that word, that special special word, come on...

Uh-uh, no way, I ain't buying. Nativist? When the overwhelming mass is coming from one country the wall would merely reflect the truth of the situation.

Are Hispanics solely guided in their voting by whether or not we allow millions more of their brethren in illegally? First of all I don't believe that for a second. I know plenty of proud Hispanics who are every bit as disgusted as I am by the rampant lawlessness foisted on us by this and previous administrations weakness and addiction to cheap labor.

But if that were true, well, I can't think of a better definition of an anti-American than an any person or group that would destroy this nation to get what they want. If the key to gaining the Hispanic vote is an overwhelming flood of illegal aliens, why then the solution is fairly simple. They're not Americans and let's get them the hell out of here.

I'll say again for the shrieking ninny crowd, I don't believe for a second this is so, I'm just illustrating a point, you can breathe...now.

I have to be painfully honest here, after what I saw at that march yesterday, I don't want any more Mexicans coming here at least for a while, say fifty years or so. They are wildly overrepresented in this country already and every day we add to that problem. Why do they get special treatment when so many people in other countries have it so much worse?

Because they can stroll over the border? Does that seem fair to anyone, cuz it don't seem that way to me.

I want to focus on one bit of this fishwrap...

How would such a fence play politically? Well, it's a horrible symbol, one that clashes with the welcome mat laid out by the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. More important, it says to Mexican-Americans: We don't want any more people like you coming into our country.

I tend to believe that elites in this country are never truly aware of their eliteness and this is a pretty good example of that dictum.

No, Fred, we, normal Americans we don't want people "like that" coming over here. Do you think Fred would assume I'm talking about Mexicans? That would be because he thinks in terms of race. Me, not so much.

I think in terms of legality and citizenship and I'm not embarassed by that little detail. Whereas I think ole' Fred would be horrified to know that I love my country dearly and consider every person who comes here illegally a threat to her in many ways. Fred sees a nanny and a gardener. I see a threat to the rule of law, I see a threat to the common culture that made this the greatest nation on earth. Fred sees willing slaves for him and his fat cat pals to use and discard. As a working man who's knees are pretty much blown out at forty I understand a hell of a lot better than he does the price and nobility of physical labor.

As a chef I've managed many illegals and seen the terrible abuse they suffer at the hands of unscrupulous business owners. Fred sees more profits for his cronies.

It's a funny thing about smart/over-educated folk. They have a nasty habit of using a historical detail to make their point that has no historical basis. The Statue of Liberty is not named the statue of illegal immigration. It's the Statue of Liberty. What does that mean to you, because it meant very specific things to those who erected that statue. Whatever you think it means I would be very curious to know how you tie the message of 'Lady Liberty' to lawbreaking.

Fred's references the 'door mat' laid out by the Statue. I would say substitute floor mat for door mat and you're getting closer to the truth. The American people rightly feel that their government has abandoned them in favor of lawbreakers. I feel that way.

Maybe we should get back to the original meaning of the Statue of Liberty. America shining as a beacon of liberty around the world, not as a magnet for criminals and the weak willed politicians who enable them.

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