Look around.
You'll find even the staunchest of Bush-haters talking about how illegal immigrants should have the book thrown at them. If you've got lefties in favor of getting tough on immigration, what do you suppose the middle-of-the-roaders are doing? They're leaning towards whoever's got the toughest stance, that's what. And who are the toughest-talkers on this subject? Republicans.
Karl's part in all this is just speculation on my part, and maybe I'm just having a tin-foil moment. The idea, though, that Karl could be telling Lord Bush to use his unpopularity to help the Republican Party by taking a policy line that's more like that of the Democrats (thus yoking him to the Dems rather than the GOP) doesnt strike me as all that far-fetched.
Is this what's really happening? It all depends on whether you think Dubya is a meglomaniacal Leader (in which he'd never let Karl do it), or the butt-puppet of the Neo-Con Cabal (in which case he has no choice).
Yeah, this cartoon is simplistic and not entirely true, but what in this debate isnt? So many problems, and a criminal cartel running the Nation, but here we are worrying about the poor bastards at the bottom of the pyramid when we should be worrying about those at the top.
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I'm republican. I don't think they deserve torture or anything, but they are illegal and they are demanding rights. What rights do they deserve as criminals? Just droppin my opinion off. Cool blog. Later.
Very true, they are illegal, and their demands for the financial and social rights given to citizens is ridiculous. But they do deserve legal rights, at least the same legal rights that, so far, we extend to even criminals (excepting those in the hands of the Bush Administration, which is apparently a law unto themselves).
Maybe some of those rights are ridiculous, but that's the law. You dont like it, change it, which is the process we're going through right now. But before you go and vote for some guy because you like the cut of his Immigration Policy, look at his stands on other issues, such as NSA spying on citizens, the extent of executive powers in law-making (or ignoring), the handling of the war (we'll ignore the issue of its beginning for 2006), the budget, tax-cuts vs. infrastructure and services, social vs. personal responsibility, and the financial legacy you will leave your children.
this debate, like a lot of controversies in this country, are meant to be window dressing. yes, it keeps the media focussed on the bottom of the pyramid. and it's supposed to. as long as everyone is hysterical over prayer in school and other nonsesne issues, no one's looking to see the steady amalgamation of power into one branch and the erosion of the constitution going on.
yup.
It's starting to get me down.
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