Kausfiles: “Using advanced, high-tech tools, Karl Rove has found the last pocket of support for Bush and destroyed it with laser-like efficiency.”

But, I also don’t see too many demanding his resignation, either. So, it bothers me that as long as P. Bush wants the idiot at his side, he remains. Shouldn’t he have resigned after the first Judiciary Committee hearing? Anyway, I did sign an online petition to get him out, so I feel better now!

Ain’t democracy grand????

k, you are too consumed with fighting….to the point you don’t stop to realize you won.

There are no longer ANY conservatives of consequence fighting for Gonzales. The ONLY remnant left out there is the tangential argument of “serving at the pleasure”.

It is only a matter of time before Republicans feel they are enough into the 2008 framework so that they feel they can justify breaking ranks with the lameduck administration. Don’t look for any big announcement, mind you, but if 10 Republicans have already publicly spoken up, I can easily surmise there are another 50 thinking about it.

Who’s worked up?

“I took that as “television talk”. Note he did not speak to actually defeating it. I think it IS likely pass in the neighborhood of 60-40.”

Interesting, because altho I didn’t watch the Sunday talkies this week, I did read Sen Specter’s statement that Gonzo may resign before the vote. THAT, I read as ” television talk”, and so typical of Specter who never talks the way he votes.

However the triggers will not even click into effect until God knows when. 2015 mabey?

They could have solved the crisis with a one page bill.

Illegals are rounded up and sent home. Visas are offered at the rate of 450,000 per year and subject to diminishing returns. If only 425,000 return their visas then next year only 425,000 visas are returned.

Border security will be increased by 2500 agents per year for the next 7 years.

Anyone caught transporting Illegal aliens will be subject to 2 years in prision for each illegal alien caught in said perpetrators custody.

Companies will be subject to the following fines. 5000 dollars per Illegal alien caught working for said employee who has an employment base of under 10. 50,000 dollars per Illegal with a base of over 100. 500,000 for any illegal with a base over 1000 and 1,000,000 million dollars for any employee with a base over 10,000.

I could write a bill that would pass in 5 minutes. I wonder why 5000 government officials have been working on a bill for months and come up with the greatest piece of crap ever to hit the halls of congress.

I took that as “television talk”. Note he did not speak to actually defeating it. I think it IS likely pass in the neighborhood of 60-40.

McConnell is a cowardly a$$! He knows Gonzales lied and evaded during his Senate testimony to cover-up the administration’s attempt to politicize the Justice Dept, but cares not. He is Bush’s poodle, even more than Tony Blair. What Murtha did is trivial compared to what Gonzo and company is doing to make sure King George’s bidding is undertaken. In an interview, Gonzales claimed he had opposed the president on many occasions, but when asked to name even one, was unable to!

Mitch McConnell told George that the immigration bill will not clear the Senate by Memorial Day; that they’ll vote to proceed tomorrow and it would take two weeks to debate the bill.
When asked about Schumer’s NO CONFIDENCE vote in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Mitch said that if Schumer brings that resolution, the Republicans will bring some of their own.

Perhaps, this?

Minority Leader John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a written statement last night that he would support a privileged resolution that Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., is expected to offer Monday.

Rogers contends that Murtha, chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, threatened on the floor yesterday to deny earmarks to Rogers “now and forever” in retaliation for Rogers’ unsuccessful effort May 11 to strip a Murtha earmark from the fiscal 2008 intelligence authorization bill (HR 2082).

I for one will give the benefit of the doubt, and not accuse you of plagiarism (but you should have marked your post as ‘updated’. Otherwise, unidentified changes open you up to charges of Drudge-like tactics).

That said, there will never, ever, be an immigration reform that pleases everyone, because the goals of both sides are mutually exclusive in many ways.

ALong those lines, open discussion and civilized debate -as appear on this website – seem invaluable. If the Senate held open hearings, openly published the entire bill, and went through the normal legislative process, then there would be far less rhetoric and more informed opinions.

Details matter – especially on complicated issues like immigration. Let me share one example. The current naturalization law requires applicants to “read, write, and speak English”. What does that actually mean? Read and understand the Washington Post? USA Today? A cartoon strip? A food warning label?

How will applicants be tested? Will they be required to sit through a 40 hour class on civics and languge like in the 1986 amnesty bill? Or will the standard resemble Bill Clinton’s 1995 naturalization rush where applicants had to write two sentences – and spelling errors were allowed. The favorite dictations in Los Angeles Adult schools – where I taught citizenship at the time were: “I love the U.S.A.” and “My family lives in L.A.” Wow! What standards!

Given the paucity of real information and the reluctance to have an open debate by elites in government, the Chamber of Commerce, and the mainstream media, it’s hard to make a fair evaluation of the proposed bipartisan compromise.

Are you now an American? Did you use someone else’s words? Or do you just spend too much time on this board?