Stephanie
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this sounds like a plan. Call your Republican Representatives ASAP
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Don’t make this a battle between Congress and the president. Make it a battle within Congress.
ByRobert Tracinski
NOVEMBER19, 2014
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The latest reports say that President Obama is planning to spring his executive amnesty plan on the nation as early as this week, halting deportations and giving a kind of pretended legal status to millions of illegal immigrants.
President Obama says he’s doing this because Republicans in Congress have refused to act on immigration reform.
But of course he’s doing it before the new Republican Congress has even been sworn in. What he really means is that he has refused to negotiate with Republicans on an immigration bill. He wanted to dictate terms and tell Congress what kind of legislation it had to pass. Now that this has failed, he wants to turn immigration into an advantageous political issue, rallying Hispanic voters to support the president against the new congressional majority.
This is intended to put Republicans in a bind about how to respond, and the general view is that there are no good options. A retaliatory government shutdown, defunding the White House, toothless lawsuits, or impeachment—all of them have serious drawbacks. But if the Republicans simply lie back and do nothing, they risk alienating many of the voters who just gave them a big majority.
I propose a better option. It starts with recognizing the first rule of Amnesty Fight Club.
Those who saw the deeply odd 1999 movie remember that thefirst rule of Fight Clubis: “You do not talk about Fight Club.” (The second rule: “You do not talk about Fight Club.”) The first rule of Amnesty Fight Club is: Do not talk about amnesty. The second rule: Do not talk about immigration.
Why? Because this isn’t about amnesty or immigration. It’s about executive power. And Republicans need it to not be about immigration.
ALL of it here:
The First Rule of Amnesty Fight Club
SNIP:
Don’t make this a battle between Congress and the president. Make it a battle within Congress.
ByRobert Tracinski
NOVEMBER19, 2014
Share on emailEmail
Share on printPrint
The latest reports say that President Obama is planning to spring his executive amnesty plan on the nation as early as this week, halting deportations and giving a kind of pretended legal status to millions of illegal immigrants.
President Obama says he’s doing this because Republicans in Congress have refused to act on immigration reform.
But of course he’s doing it before the new Republican Congress has even been sworn in. What he really means is that he has refused to negotiate with Republicans on an immigration bill. He wanted to dictate terms and tell Congress what kind of legislation it had to pass. Now that this has failed, he wants to turn immigration into an advantageous political issue, rallying Hispanic voters to support the president against the new congressional majority.
This is intended to put Republicans in a bind about how to respond, and the general view is that there are no good options. A retaliatory government shutdown, defunding the White House, toothless lawsuits, or impeachment—all of them have serious drawbacks. But if the Republicans simply lie back and do nothing, they risk alienating many of the voters who just gave them a big majority.
I propose a better option. It starts with recognizing the first rule of Amnesty Fight Club.
Those who saw the deeply odd 1999 movie remember that thefirst rule of Fight Clubis: “You do not talk about Fight Club.” (The second rule: “You do not talk about Fight Club.”) The first rule of Amnesty Fight Club is: Do not talk about amnesty. The second rule: Do not talk about immigration.
Why? Because this isn’t about amnesty or immigration. It’s about executive power. And Republicans need it to not be about immigration.
ALL of it here:
The First Rule of Amnesty Fight Club