THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume IX, Issue # 221, November 21, 2007
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
WYOMING'S SENATOR BARRASSO LEADS ON IMMIGRATION
By Christopher G. Adamo
AMERICAN PARTISAN POLITICS & THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE: DEMOCRATS, ELECTIONS, & ILLEGAL ALIENS -- THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S PLAN TO ENLARGE ITS VOTING BASE WITH HORDES OF ILLEGAL ALIENS, WHILE MAINTAINING A
FACADE THAT ENSURES MAINSTREAM AMERICA REMAINS DORMANT TO THE THREAT -- THE TRUE INTENTIONS &
INTERESTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: USING ANY MEANS NECESSARY TO GET ONTO THE VOTING ROSTERS
FOREIGNERS WITH NO INTEREST IN OR DEVOTION TO AMERICA'S FUTURE -- THE POLITICIANS' ADVOCACY OF OPEN
BORDERS POLICY, AS WELL AS AMNESTY & DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS -- SELLING DOWN THE RIVER
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THEIR NATIONAL IDENTITY, & THEIR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
FULL STORY:
The most telling aspect of Hillary Clinton’s travails of the past few weeks is neither her giant stumble in the Philadelphia
debate nor her apparent redemption in Las Vegas on November 15.
Contrary to much of the commentary on her October 29 implosion, it was not any unfair tactics by debate moderator Tim
Russert that caused her so much turmoil. Rather, it was her inability to walk the Democratic Party tightrope of enlarging
the voting base with hordes of illegal aliens, while maintaining a facade that ensures mainstream America remains dormant
to the threat.
So, when asked about New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s plan to grant defacto amnesty to illegal aliens by issuing them
driver’s licenses, she came down, after several tries, squarely on both sides of the issue.
After more than two weeks of political acrobatics sufficient to make Olga Korbut green with envy, Hillary was finally able
to give the suitable response (Is that your final answer?) to moderator and collaborating propagandist Wolf Blitzer at the
November 15 Las Vegas debate. She now claims to be firmly opposed to the Spitzer scheme.
That same evening, the other candidates, including U.S. Senator Barack Obama (Democrat - Illinois), were themselves
driven to the obligatory political tap dance. But, eventually, they revealed the true intentions and interests of the
Democratic Party, which is to use any means necessary to get foreigners with no interest in or devotion to America’s future
onto the voting rosters.
The current pandemonium over driver’s licenses for illegal aliens bodes particularly ill for Democrats, in a surprising contrast
from the political landscape of only a few months ago. And the situation could significantly worsen for them, if certain
astute Republicans maintain their resolve on the immigration issue, even in the face of the very predictable backlash from
the open borders crowd and their “politically correct” toadies on Capitol Hill and in the media.
Consider how drastically the immigration issue has metamorphosed since last Summer, when real America found itself at
such odds with virtually the entirety of the U.S. federal government. During the attempted amnesty juggernaut, clearly a
bipartisan effort, Americans saw themselves, their national identity, and their national sovereignty being sold down the
river by both major political parties, with Republican President George Bush leading the way.
However, as the watershed moment of its passage arrived, public outcry grew so intense that Washington finally took
notice. A resolute minority of Republicans in both houses made it plain that, if amnesty were to become law, the blame
would be laid squarely at the feet of the Democrats. And, in the face of such strident public sentiment, while U.S. Senate
and House phones rang off the hooks with calls that overwhelmingly opposed this sellout of the nation, the open-borders
advocacy was driven back.
Ever since that moment, the subject of amnesty, despite any clever new disguise, has increasingly been recognized as a
partisan issue with the Democrats clearly standing on the wrong side. Overwhelmingly, this change in perception has
been the result of Republican foresight and resolve.
Now, even the Republican presidential candidates have taken up the banner, insisting almost to a man that, if elected,
they will indeed enforce the integrity of our national borders, though admittedly, many do not posses track records to
back up such claims.
But, with the issue becoming one of partisan implications, Democrats are compelled to posture and otherwise minimize
their malignant intentions to open the floodgates for their anticipated new voting “constituency.”
Still, the possibility remains that candidates might give lip service to the concept of border security, while continuing to
push for such destabilizing programs as the New York driver’s licenses for illegals. But that avenue of political retreat
has just been shut down by a bold move from the newest member of the United States Senate, Republican John Barrasso
of Wyoming.
On November 13, Senator Barrasso introduced legislation that would, if enacted, remove significant portions of federal
highway funding from states that issue such licenses to illegal aliens. The funds would then be redistributed among
those states that continue to respect citizenship and legitimacy as a worthy requisite for a license.
What Senator Barrasso’s bill so capably accomplishes is to pose a question that needs to be answered during the next
twelve months by every aspiring candidate to the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and, most of all, the
American Presidency. America needs to know unequivocally if each is a real supporter of substantive efforts to control
the invasion of the U.S.A. by illegal aliens, or if he or she is merely a “Johnny Come Lately” -- and in Hillary Clinton’s
case, very lately -- to the issue of American border integrity while on the campaign trail.
Even Senator Barrasso admits that his effort amounts to an uphill battle. In an institution where cronyism most often
carries more weight than content, and being number 100 in seniority, Barrasso is going to have his work cut out for him
as he contends with some of the long-standing Senate heavyweights. Like the earmark debate of the past few years, the
status quo is reprehensible, but popular, within political circles. It takes great courage to rock the boat by putting forth a
measure of this nature.
But, despite its outcome, the debate over Senator Barrasso’s bill will forever separate those in Congress who want to
appear concerned about border security when in front of the cameras, from those who actually intend to do something
effective about it. And this is a message that America desperately needs to hear.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics & Political Competition:
Elections, PACs, & Political Parties
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
United States Immigration, Assimilation, & National Security Policy:
Immigration into the U.S.A., Legal & Illegal Aliens,
& U.S. Border Control
American Nationhood & American National Sovereighty:
The United States of America as a Single Sovereign Nation-State:
Potecting & Preserving American National Independence,
America's Common National Culture & Identity,
& American National Interests
The American Nation & Its Common National Culture:
Political Culture, Patriotism, & American National Identity:
The Basic Values, Beliefs, & Traditions Characteristic
of American Society & Its Civic Culture
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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