Party leaders have no respect for voters on immigration

Get ready to be called racist, extreme, anti-immigrant, and any number of other slurs during the next few weeks while politicians try to hammer out some form of immigration reform.

There is a quiet rage building among average middle class folks on the illegal immigration issue, and if the Republican leadership doesn't take control of the problem very soon they will allow the more extremist wings of the anti-immigration debate to become the face of the Republican party on immigration. That would be a disaster for GOP hopes to grow their new found majority in the years to come. (From John McIntyre via Instapundit)

That "more extremist wing" means all of us who are against amnesty. And if making a stand means the GOP's hopes are dashed, then so be it. It's time for a third party to rise from the ashes of this immigration reform debaucle.

TinkerTonk says " Hypocrisy, thy name is McCain". I agree but not for the same reason. I think his stance on immigration has been terrible.

I crossed John McCain off my viable candidate for President list because of his insistence on campaign finance reform, which I regard as wrongheaded at best, un-American at worst. (And W.'s decision to sign it because the Supreme Court would overturn it anyway ranks right up there as one of the stupidest moves of his administration.)

Now, George Will points out that McCain will likely not participate in the public funding system for presidential primaries.

Third World Country lays it out in: "Over a Cliff"

If nothing else, the past few weeks have conclusively proven that the majority of party leaders in both parties have no respect for the laws they pass for the rest of us to live under. (Warrants - Not good enough for us. Too good for you.)

It's not just the warrants issue, the party leaders have no respect for the voters, for the American people who put them in office. They don't seem to respect our wishes. This will be their undoing come election day.

Organized Caos, reminds us "Those Who Don't Learn From History"

you know the rest. amnesty doesn’t work. we tried this already in 1986. the INS(immigration and naturalization service) released a study on this back in 2000. guess what they found out? here are a few highlights (courtesy of the center for immigration studies).

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