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June 28, 2007
Shamnesty Crashes
Bad news for Bush, Reid, Kennedy, McCain and the whole rotten gang of shamnesty co-conspirators: due to public outrage, their atrocious bill has crashed and burned in the Senate.
Amnesty for illegal aliens appears to be completely dead until after the 2008 elections. Sorry, W, it looks like you might not be able to count bankrupting the country as part of your legacy. But we'll remember how hard you tried.
Unfortunately, we're now left with the intolerable status quo — unless of course the government can be compelled to enforce the laws already on the books, which would include building the promised fence. Hey, if We the People killed shamnesty, maybe we can even persuade the government to perform its basic functions in exchange for the $trillions it sucks out of our veins.
On a tip from Varla.
Posted by Van Helsing at June 28, 2007 8:54 AM
Comments
I love it. Hopefully Bush's Mexican trucker program gets thrown out next.
Posted by: MB at June 28, 2007 9:48 AM
But Bush already has bankrupted our country. Have you missed his last 7 budgets?
Posted by: Fosters at June 28, 2007 10:07 AM
All these morons have to do is build the stupid fence and the American people will listen patiently to any guest-worker plan or other reform package the vermin in Congress want to drag out.
Close the border first!!!
Posted by: Ed at June 28, 2007 10:31 AM
America won rounds one and two, but what happens when the bill comes out for round three like Reid has threatened?
Posted by: KHarn at June 28, 2007 4:45 PM
As I watched C-Span2 this morning and the nays started coming in, I thought I must have been counting wrong since I was expecting the nays to be in the 35 - 38 final count. When I reached 50 I really started questioning if I were counting the right votes!
First around 10:00am (CDT) the DC phone lines (at least to the Hill) came crashing down and then by 11:04am (CDT) Michelle Malkin's site went down. I was left to count by myself. Interesting that C-Span2 didn't even give us a ticker.
The American people and a few Senators (not the ones that voted for cloture two days ago) who stood mighty against the pressure are the ones to thank.
Posted by: Katablog at June 28, 2007 4:56 PM
Awesome, this is simply awesome! Our voices were heard. The thing to look out for now is the "fairness doctrine". I also expect that Capitol Hill to try to shield themselves from our emails and phone calls.
Posted by: Darth T at June 28, 2007 6:53 PM
Now that the momentum is rolling, it's a good time to contact your representatives and demand that they enforce our laws, secure our boarders, and prosecute anyone that hires or abets illegal aliens.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
http://www.theorator.com/government/house.html
Posted by: Ron at June 29, 2007 6:47 AM
