Thursday, October 20, 2005

Right Power

Could it be that conservatives, by holding firm to our convictions have actually grabbed the steering wheel and straightened out the drifting Republican party? Or, is it just cover for the train wreck that is the Harriet Meiers SCOTUS nomination? Probably a little of both I figure.

Earlier this week, Pres. Bush made the following statement during the ceremony for the signing of the Homeland Security Appropriations Act for 2006:

To defend this country, we've got to enforce our borders. When our borders are not secure, terrorists and drug dealers and criminals find it easier to come to America. This administration is going to work with Congress to make sure we do our job, and that starts with having a clear strategy. And here's how the strategy has got to be: We've got to strengthen security along our borders to stop people from entering illegally. In other words, we've got to stop people from coming here in the first place. Secondly -- (applause) -- secondly, we must improve our ability to find and apprehend illegal immigrants who have made it across the border. If somebody is here illegally, we've got to do everything we can to find them. And thirdly, we've got to work to ensure that those who are caught are returned to their home countries as soon as possible.
As any sane person figured out, especially after Sept. 11, it's the borders stupid. In other words keep the bastards out in the first place and we significantly reduce our suseptability to terrorism, to say nothing about the economical and social benefits of the expulsion of illegal immigrants.

Second, fiscal restraint is back in vogue for the Republicans. Speaker Hastert and other House Republicans are finally stepping back from former Leader Delay's no pork to cut statements and are looking to reign in the spending binge the Feds have been on for the last few years.

How long will this catering to the base last? Is this right turn intended to provide cover for Meiers, Delay, Rove, Libby...?

Who knows and who cares! We have the momentum, at least partially due to the pressure applied by conservatives over these two and other conservative issues. The challenge to all conservatives is to continue to keep the heat on our elected representatives and not be satisfied with the lip service that has been paid so far. Remeber, nothing has actually happened yet, words are cheap, and in my eyes they have accumulated quite the bill to pay.

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