On June 7, Mark Noonan expressed his pleasure at what took place in the Senate.
It isn't completely dead, but its pretty dead - and while Reid and other Democrats are trying to downplay this, the fact remains that leftwing hispanic groups had large input into the Democratic part of the bill, and they won't be happy that the Democratic leadership failed to move this bill forward - especially since it is certain that the next immigration reform bill will almost certainly be strong on border security before any thought is given to what to do about the illegals already in country. Amnesty, under any guise, is likely dead - even if the Democrats win it all in 2008, because to pass any sort of amnesty bill would be political suicide.
Notice the joy and glee Mark shows through in his post about the death of the bill through GOP lawmakers, but as President Bush stuck to his guns on the immigration bill, Noonan sung a different tune than the one he presented last week.
It might be that we can't get this bill to a point where it commands sufficient support to be passed - but to just damn the bill and demand that it be stopped entirely is to abdicate our responsibilty as Americans; we must have immigraiton reform, and such reform must be passed through the government have, not the government we wished we have - the President is 100% right about one thing: the status quo is unacceptable. Kill this bill and you might be happy - but the illegals will still flood across the border; if you want that stopped, then we have to start somewhere - and here's the starting point.
Wait a sec: You were full of glee when the bill wasn't passed, and now you're demanding that your GOP blogger friends stand by Bush's side on immigration?
Let's face the truth Noonan: You're a blind loyalist hack who'll accept anything the president will say at face value and take it as the Word from God Almighty.
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