The Political Wisdom of Mortimus Squid
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President Bush is planning a 7:00 p.m. address to the nation tonight on the subject of .... illegal immigration.
Surely my last post laying out the political dangers for Republicans on the border security issue was not the primary reason for the President's decision to address the nation.
On the other hand ... frankly, my friends ... I suppose it is quite possible that my post was indeed the instigating factor behind the President's speech.
In fact, if someone were to conclude that such a link between my post and the President's speech is highly likely ... I would be hard-pressed to argue they were wrong.
At any rate ... expect the President to make some overtures toward conservatives ... perhaps announcing an expanded National Guard presence on the border.
It is possible that the President has had the political equivalent of a deathbed conversion ... and will lay out a strong plan of border security, and will back off the amnesty notion until the border is secured.
More likely, any new border security measures will be half-hearted ... e.g., the number of new National Guard troops on the border is minimal, and they are only allowed to assist as file clerks and dishwashers.
If so, the speech could do more harm than good.
Oh, and if the President is wise, there are a couple of his pet phrases he will leave out of this speech altogether:
"... to do the jobs Americans won't do" (Makes American workers sound lazy.)
"we are a nation of immigrants" (Makes no distinction between legal and illegal immigration.)
I will close with the same phrase I used to close my earlier, now famous, post ... the post that by the reckoning of many observers provided the impetus for tonight's speech:
This is still a volatile situation.
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Posted by ElephantMan