Dick Morris Supports Immigration Bill
but the surprise is “why”...
From an e-mail today.
The Republican Party would be self-destructive (not for the first time, either) if they did not let the immigration compromise negotiated by Sens. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) pass and become law. The hopes of the entire Latino community are pinned to immigration reform and, if the GOP is seen as blocking it, the consequences for the indefinite future will be horrific. The Republican Party will lose Hispanics as surely as they lost blacks when Barry Goldwater ran in 1964 against the civil rights bill (even though a higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats backed the bill in each house).
So Dick would rather disregard our laws and offer amnesty for the potential political gain. This idea seems stupid to me for a few reasons.
1. Hasn’t Bush tried to extend the hand of friendship across the isle several times? McCain-Feingold, NCLB, Prescription Drugs, etc… these were all Democrat ideas. Bush thought he’d make friends, but after they passed, the Democrats used these programs to beat on the President.
2. Should we abandon our principles for political gains? In my mind this is what led to the Republicans defeat last fall. They abandoned their core values in vote buying schemes that were completely transparent to true conservatives.
The Latinos that I have spoken with respect staying true to your values more than they respect appeasement. Pandering to the illegals to buy votes is appeasement and I don’t think this will play out the way Dick thinks.
I’m hopeful that few senators listen to Dick… but I hoped that the Republicans would maintain the “contract with America” too…
