Posted by
Bruce Armstrong on Thursday, June 28, 2007 12:40:58 PM
The sun seems a little bit brighter, the sky a little bit bluer, the birds a little more happy. Why?
The shamnesty bill is dead. Again.
Hopefully someone will remember the garlic and the wooden stake and the silver bullet this time. (Okay, that's for vampires, zombies and/or werewolves, but hey, that's how bad this bill is/was.)
Michelle Malkin has the best roundup of today's shamnesty activity. The vote was 46 yeas, 53 nays to invoke cloture. So it was not just a loss but, since 60 yeas were required to invoke cloture and go to a vote, it was a crushing, decisive, Tampa Bay beating the Raiders in the 2003 Super Bowl loss.
Congratulations to the Democrats who bucked the negligent and incompetent leadership of Harry Reid and Chappaquiddick Ted: Baucus, Bayh, Bingaman, Brown, Byrd, Dorgan, Harkin, Landrieu, McCaskill, Nelson, Pryor, Rockefeller, Stabenow, Tester and Webb. (Ok, and to Sanders, the "independent" socialist from Vermont.) Obviously, some of them had ulterior motives and probably thought the bill was not liberal enough, but it was a good vote nonetheless.
And on the other hand, boos and hisses and a swift kick in the a** to those RINOs who voted for shamnesty: Bennett, Craig, Graham, Gregg, Hagel, Kyl, Lott, Lugar, Martinez, McCain, Snowe, and Specter (and to Sen. Lieberman, the other "independent"). This "Gang of Twelve" should be the starting point of your NADD list (Not Another Damn Dime).
What did we learn from the two debates over shamnesty?
(1) The American people want immigration reform which focuses primarily on border security.
(2) The American people do NOT want another 1986-style citizenship/residency giveaway.
(3) An omnibus-type bill which tries to address every aspect of immigration & border security will NOT pass.
(4) McCain's campaign is dead. Buried. Sealed in the crypt.