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Originally Posted by Guest
My reply was not intended to do anything along party lines, EXCEPT to dispel the implication in the post to which I replied.
That implication was that only one party stood in the way of any legislation, and to also allow readers to be aware of the trickery being used.
While I am a Republican, I owe them not BLIND ALLEGIANCE, and began my post acknowledging that the Republicans had no reason to pass.
If you wish to continue thinking Democrats are with no sin, and Republicans are evil, I certainly cannot change your mind. It appears you do offer BLIND AND TOTAL loyalty.
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First of all, I am a moderate independent that fully intends to vote for John Kasich in the Fl. primary. I am not the problem. The Republicans have gone so far to the right that moderate has lost its meaning even in its own party. If that is your definition of evil, they are evil. I think that they are more in the line of inflexible. The only way for problems to get corrected in a divided government is, if the parties work together. Why is this a problem?
To other issues with your original post, the Republicans have nothing to gain. So, addressing the illegal immigration issue in a humane way is wrong. Deporting them is the only way to go. "W' didn't agree with this. Jeb, Rubio, unless he has changed his mind, Ryan, and other high ranking Republicans don't agree with this.
Take a look at the names of the party of 12 that were involved in the 2007 immigration legislation. They were all Senators with long time experience in government. Both parties had a hand in killing the 2007 legislation, and for totally different reasons.
The recent illegal immigration bill past the Senate. In the article you referenced, it stated that House Republicans saw no immediate benefit to approve or even vote on the bill. What TRICKERY are you talking about?
Sending a bipartisan bill to the House that would go a long way to correct the illegal immigration problem is trickery, because the Senate Democrats knew that the Freedom Caucus would oppose the bill. The Senate Republicans weren't aware of the Freedom Caucus. The Freedom Caucus would vote against the bill. Since the Republican house wouldn't have a majority of the majority, the bill would never hit the floor for a vote. The House Republicans say that there is no Hastert rule being applied there despite all evidence to the contrary.
Senate Republicans would have to be total morons to be tricked in this manner.
I am not blind to the fact that most of the people posting on this board are Republicans. As such, they have assumed the far right position of their party. There is only one way to fix a problem their way. Anyone that doesn't agree with them doesn't know what they are talking about. Trying to get people here back to some sort of reality isn't blind loyalty to the Democrat party. It is a road to nowhere, and I am driving on at full speed.