What a treat on my way to work. I got my two favorite radio hosts on the same show. Hugh Hewitt is out plugging his new book, Painting the Map Red, and today he stopped in at Laura Ingraham's studio to talk about it.
Hugh had some real meat in what he said, the bottom-line nuts and bolts about the coming mid-term election. Here are the two things he said that hit home for me.
"If the Democrats take back the House and the Senate, we will lose the war, and it will be worse than after Vietnam."
The Democrats have made no secret that they will pull out of Iraq. If they take Congress, they will do just that (and might impeach the President just for kicks). And for the next forty years, the Democrats and their media will teach our children and grandchildren that Republicans fought a war they couldn't win. In reality, it would be that Republicans fought a war the Democrats refused to win, but the Democrats' spin will be what posterity will hear.
Just like Vietnam.
"Build the fence first."
Laura and Hugh have both been hammering on this on their radio shows, and they hammered on it together this morning. The vast majority of the American public--both Republicans and Democrats--want border security first. Guest worker status/citizenship/amnesty/deportations, all of that can wait, must wait, until we know our borders are secure.
Build the fence! Prove to us you can keep unwanted, illegal, possible-terrorist people out, and then we'll talk about the rest. But both parties in Congress are going soft about the fence and hard about guest workers. Put a cork in it and get serious!
Bottom line (mine) for Republicans:
The GOP doesn't deserve to win the mid-term elections, not if they keep up with their sucking up to business's desire for an endless supply of cheap (below minimum wage) labor. But the American people and the world as well CANNOT AFFORD to have the Democrats win. This is just too important. There will be time to punish the GOP later, when the stakes aren't so high.
(And I haven't even started talking about what happens to the courts, if the Democrats win, especially in 2008.)
1 comment:
Excellent post, Skyepuppy.
I too, really enjoy listening to Laura Ingraham, though she comes on late in the evenings here. I don't get Hugh Hewitt's program, but I like what he says.
I could not agree with you more on everything you said. Most important among these things is that there will be time to punish the GOP later...I certainly hope Republicans understand how high the stakes are, not just in Iraq but in our courts.
It's time for the Republicans to fight back. Now, not right before the elections, but today. We're wasting a lot of time.
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