From the WashTimes:
President Bush's proposed "guest-worker" program, which could grant amnesty to as many as 8 million illegal immigrants, has been pushed into the shadows at the Republican National Convention, much to the ire of conservatives...
"I don't like it, and I don't think it should be in there," said one delegate from the Southwest who requested anonymity. "The program, as proposed by President Bush, does not represent conservative values and should have been done away with long ago."
...Other delegates refused to say a cross word about the program, even anonymously. One delegate said despite strong misgivings about the guest-worker program, which he said is tantamount to "amnesty," he would not publicly oppose the Republican platform or the president...
Immigration2004 · Wed, 09/01/2004 - 10:18 · · Importance: 1
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Comments
The fact that the administration does not dare to allow the amnesty question to be subject to any debate, demonstrates that there are no rational arguments capable of being used to show its worth. It indicates that this is something of private interest, which must not be brought before the public, in terms of its actual motivations. Power is about making people do what they don't want to do, because it would damage them. This is an exercise in trying to force mass altruism on the people, and it is triggered in its specifics by someone being beholden to a foreign influence of unspeakable corruption.
Posted by: John S Bolton at Sep 2, 2004 1:26 AM
The fact that the administration does not dare to allow the amnesty question to be subject to any debate, demonstrates that there are no rational arguments capable of being used to show its worth. It indicates that this is something of private interest, which must not be brought before the public, in terms of its actual motivations. Power is about making people do what they don't want to do, because it would damage them. This is an exercise in trying to force mass altruism on the people, and it is triggered in its specifics by someone being beholden to a foreign infuence of unspeakable corruption.
Posted by: John S Bolton at Sep 2, 2004 1:22 AM