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To: RMF who wrote (65926)	6/26/2013 10:12:55 PM
From: calgal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

The GOP's Immigration Tussle Jonah Goldberg \| Jun 26, 2013 I don't know how Democrats do it The immigration reform proposal wending its way through the Senate is tearing the Republican Party to pieces. Poor Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), once the golden boy of the Tea Party and the conservative movement, is being treated like a guy who wants to leave a gang but must submit to a group beating first. But Rubio is simply the latest javelin catcher in the right's immigration Olympiad. Attention will soon shift to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). House conservatives are poised to block out the sun with arrows aimed at him if he moves the bill without a majority of GOP support. Meanwhile, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce just released a TV ad campaign to promote immigration reform that features Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), even though Paul has come out against the legislation because it doesn't include his border security requirements. The Wall Street Journal's editorial board -- always a passionate supporter of maximizing immigration -- seems on the verge of a collective aneurysm as it deals with what it sees as a Republican Party giving in to nativist madness. By comparison, while the GOP increasingly looks like the fight scene in the movie "Anchorman," the Democrats under New York Sen. Charles Schumer's leadership look like Snow White's dwarfs, whistling while they work. It helps that President Obama is staying out of it, but even so, Democrats have managed to keep nearly everyone in line. The most vocal critic on the left has been Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who plausibly argues that the bill will disproportionately hurt the unskilled and undereducated poor. But his support was bought with a $1.5 billion youth jobs program buried in the new 1,190-page revised bill, which senators had a whopping 72 hours to read before Monday's vote. Still, Sanders' complaint -- and his abdication -- raises interesting issues. One reason the Democrats are having an easier time is that their stakeholders can cut deals and the constituencies will go along. Organized labor will get its carve-outs from the Democrats, as will business groups eager to work on a bipartisan basis. Contrary to popular perception, the GOP is the far more populist and grass-roots party these days, and the troops are not in a mood to follow orders. Democrats are usually the ones decrying the pernicious global trends hampering prosperity for the working poor and middle class. And yet, their biggest priority is a bill that will accelerate those trends.

To: RMF who wrote (65926)	6/27/2013 5:14:56 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"Catholic Teachers"... no, that was in "Catechism" (which is pretty much mandatory)... normally Catechism has the most rabid types involved. Further, there are "Catholics" and Catholics... in Canada for example priests are known to be very liberal compared to the states. Anyway... I agree with your assessment of what makes a poor teacher. Yea, I haven't heard much of what Obama is saying lately, not paying attention to any of it. That said, it wouldn't matter what he says, there is a whole swath of RwingNutz that just pick at everything... they have nothing better to do. Sadly, over the next couple decades they'll worry themselves sick and turn more toxic. DAK