Dems are Falling Into Trap

With all the talk last week about the gay marriage amendment being a wedge issue designed to get the right wing nutcases all excited, it struck me that it's only important to them. It's so far off the radar when compared to gas prices, outsourcing to cheap foriegn labor markets, the war in Iraq, the average 1 cent increase in middle class wages, etc. The real wedge issue in November is illegal immigration and it seems the Democrats have found a way to lose their opportunity to gain a majority in either the Senate or the House by supporting legislation that any rational person would find ridiculous.

Of course, they have sided with Bush, the worst, least competent President in recent American history. Come on Democrats! Step off your soap box for a minute and look at this situation from a neutral position. You, the opposing party, are lining up behind the President against your voting constituents. Meanwhile, the Republicans are smiling. Have you wondered why? It's because you've fallen into a trap.

Just for a moment forget that anyone broke into the country, let's put that aside so the hard-liners can stop trying to dilute the immigration-illegal immigration issue. No one in their right mind would agree that someone who steals the identity of someone else, which is a felony, after all, should be entitled to benefit at the expense of the person whose identity was stolen. That's common sense, right? So why is the President insisting on trying to let those same offenders collect social security and welfare benefits? His poll numbers are low, he doesn't care, but it can cost you your seat.

This stinks of Rove, and no matter how you feel about him and/or his dirty politics, he got Bush into the White House twice. That's no small feat. He was able to make Bush (the one who avoided the Vietnam war) into a hero and Kerry (the one who not only served, was commended and hailed as a hero) into a coward. Now you've fallen right into the trap. After the mid-term election when the Republicans still have the majority, you still have a bewildered look on your face, and most importantly to me, we still have no Congressional Oversight, Bush will announce he no longer supports benefits for illegal immigrants "earned" while they were using falsified documents.

In the meantime, you will keep following blindly behind him, not realizing the voters are making the decision to vote you out because we think you are now as incompetent as the President because you are not looking out for the best interest of Americans.

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