FReeper letter to Kay Baily Hutchison....Not happy campers over there..

[monmouth]

Here’s the letter I just sent to Senator Hutchison:

Senator Hutchison,

I am a lifelong conservative and Republican (I voted for Reagan and Gramm when I turned 18 in 1984). In past elections I have supported you, though unenthusiastically, realizing that you were more of a party hack than a principled conservative. Still, you’re generally in the right place, so I’ve tolerated your representation.

Your vote today on the Coburn amendment to the immigration bill is a disgrace. It reveals that you and the more liberal Republicans in the Senate are not committed to the rule of law. The only reason there is an immigration problem is because those of you entrusted with the enforcement of the laws on the books have failed to do so. Now that the issue is seemingly too big a problem to deal with, you throw up your hands and say “we can’t just deport them”. But it is politicians like you who refused to deport them when you could have!

This problem is of your own making. For example - Congress passed a law to build an 800 mile fence on the Mexican border last year. Where is it? Employers of illegal aliens are supposed to be prosecuted. Where is the Bush justice department on this? Are you aware that prosecutions were at least twice as common during Clinton’s administration, back where there were millions less illegals in our country than now?

I’ve tolerated you as my Senator, but no longer. Should you run again, I will donate time, money, and word of mouth to your primary opponent. Should you win the nomination, I will probably just leave your election blank or write in “none of the above”. And should a principled Democrat run against you, I will even vote for him. I would strongly prefer a Zell Miller to a Kay Hutchison. Even a Pat Moynihan, a highly principled liberal, would be an improvement.

[LBJDemocrat]

1. Immigration "Reform"

The Repubs are angry about it. And so am I.

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

2. I think this issue unites disaffected American workers of both parties

n/t

[jgraz]

3. "Even a Pat Moynihan, a highly principled liberal, would be an improvement"

Note to triangulating Dems looking for undecided voters...have you been hit with the Clue Stick enough yet?

[Jed Dilligan]

4. What a great communicator

What a great way to grab someone's interest in a letter--calling them a "party hack" in the first para.

[madinmaryland]

5. "I would strongly prefer a Zell Miller to a Kay Hutchison"

:rofl:

What a moran!! Zell Miller principled? :rofl:

[thethinker]

6. Democrats are being stupid on this issue

This one issue is tearing the republicans apart. Bush is very much behind giving citizenship to the illegals to help his corporation buddies have cheap labor. The vast majority of republican voters are passionately against this. I have never seen some them so upset with their party.

So, how do the democrats play it? They are behind Bush 100%. Is that good strategy? They could have picked up a lot of cross over voters if they had played it smart. Even many republican congress people are not backing Bush on this one. They know better.

The bill before congress benefits no one but corporate America. What is the matter with the Democrats? The fact that Bush wants it so badly should have given them a clue.

[unlawflcombatnt]

7. Right you are

"The bill before congress benefits no one but corporate America. What is the matter with the Democrats? The fact that Bush wants it so badly should have given them a clue."

It's just another mechanism to drive down the wages of American workers, by increasing the supply of labor by legalizing all of the currently illegal labor in this country, and allowing (and encouraging) more to flood in.

[Perry Logan]

8. Any evidence for this theory?

"It's just another mechanism to drive down the wages of American workers..."

Is there any evidence for this theory? I've heard this from conspiracy guys like Alex Jones--but never with a shred of proof.

[annabanana]

10. Have you found any evidence or proof AGAINST it.?

This is one of those "walks like a duck" things...(By their fruits, and all that)

[guruoo]

13. Can you guarantee it won't drive down wages? n/t

[texanshatingbush]

16. Actually, I have heard some evidence from reasonable people:

can't remember who or give you a link, but these historical data referenced were hourly wages of employees in the meat packing business: $18-19/hour in about 1980, versus $9/hour now.

Can anyone provide a link or reference for this information?

[BikeWriter]

14. Super point!

[radfringe]

9. my problem with the immigration bill

and with other legislation is the attitude behind it.

The "Patriot Act" and "No child left behind" were passed with the excuse of "it's the best we could do, we know more work on it needs to be done", or the newer version of the excuse "we don't have to votes so we take what we can get"

The immigration bill has the same excuses attached. Is any legislation perfect? No, however this does not give a free pass to enact something that YOU KNOW falls well below a stated purpose. It says "Half-fast crap is better than nothing..."

I've seen the same sort of attitude many times over at various places of employment where a band-aid is applied to "temporarily" fix a problem, and find months later the band-aid is still there as is the problem.

The same is going on now with legislation that has been passed and what's being proposed for whatever problem. It's a quickie band-aid.

[texanshatingbush]

15. I believe your statement is encapsulated in the following phrase:

Nothing is as permanent as a temporary solution

[Skittles]

11. Hutchison is a repuke whore

pretty bad when the freeptards get their undies in a wad over her

[guruoo]

12. "Amnesty", yes, but only after the 'fence' is in place n/t

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