México No Es Bueno

The illegal immigration battle rages on, of course. With absolutely no end in sight, of course.

And, as with most critical issues facing our country today, I find myself somewhat annoyed by both ends of the political spectrum.

The Democrats seem completely oblivious to the following facts: (1) condoning and supporting law-breaking is a bad idea, (2) continually lowering standards in virtually every part of American life because "they're going to do it anyway, and you're a meanie" is also a bad idea, and (3) if Mexican nationals can pop across the border with the ease of a trip to your corner 7-11, so can terrorists. Of course, Democrats can be counted on to immediately scream "racism" if any of these points are brought up (their brilliant method of controlling the argument), so I'd better keep my voice down.

The Republicans, as usual, remain virtually unable to put two consecutive coherent thoughts across on this topic. How about this: "Close the freakin' border, enforce the freakin' laws." There. That wasn't so hard, was it? The GOP could take this issue and run with it all the way into the White House in 2008, but they're too busy, uh... well, I actually have no idea what they're doing.

They even sit there and take it when the Democrats say that "Republicans are against immigration", purposely leaving out the "illegal." Can't you guys at least call them on that load of crap? Has Bush screwed up on so many levels that you're afraid to even fight any more?

One topic I've heard very little about on this issue is the bizarre inability of our friendly neighbors to the south to get their act together and, you know, have a country. Fred Thompson is the only candidate I've heard explore this. Here it is:

Evidently, Mexico sucks.

We wouldn't have to worry about this constant flow of illegals from south of the border if their country weren't such a pile of crap. What is it, have the drug lords so corrupted the country that it's beyond repair? Why the hell are your people so freakin' desperate to get out of your country? Did I do something?

For crying out loud, you're so close to us geographically, can't you just figure it out by osmosis? Isn't there anyone in your country who can look a few miles north and see how it's done? I'm pretty sure you have electricity there, can't someone get online and look up "commerce"?

Perhaps we can do something like force feed you some business sense. Can we send a few business consultants down there (God knows we have plenty to spare) with a laptop, Excel, and the latest edition of Inc. magazine? I'm just trying to think outside the box here.

I'm not sure what would be tougher - motivating Mexico to get its act together or waiting for our politicians to close the border and enforce the laws.

As usual, I'm not holding my breath.

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This is the Best We Can Do?

301,139,947.

That is the estimated current population of the United States. I googled it, so it must be true.

That figure probably doesn't include illegals, so add another 10 to 30 million at your own discretion.

Anyway, my point is this: With over 300 million people living in this great country, is this the best we can do for presidential candidates?

At least the Republicans are honest about their disappointment in the feeble GOP field. The Dems beam about their collection of misfits as if the whole group were the second coming of FDR.

The Republicans keep looking for the next Reagan. Psst, hey folks - he's not here. The closest thing you guys have to the next Reagan is Newt, and he had the sense to realize he wouldn't have a prayer in the general election.

Instead, you have waffling moderates like Rudy and Mitt; you have Huckabee, who is less Reagan-like with each examination of his record; Fred Thompson, who would really rather be doing something else; and McCain, who has pissed off half the party with his intellectual independence.

You're screwed. Your only hope is an anti-Democrat turnout. Good luck with that.

The Democrats' claims of a strong field are laughable. Let's see, you have Hillary, whose neck veins appear close to bursting as she tries to hold in her Marxist tendencies with each word, not to mention roughly two hundred other dislikable qualities.

While I'm on the topic, I think it would be great if Hillary slipped on the campaign trail and let loose with something like "...and long live the proletariat!"

Anyway, you also have Barack Obama, the guy who learned all about international relations while playing "kick the can" in Indonesia (good gawd); John Edwards, who dreams up ways to promote his Politics of Envy from his palacial 28,200 square foot estate; and Joe Biden, who is a foot-in-mouth accident waiting to happen.

If you folks want to pretend the Dem field is strong, at least do us a favor and try to keep from laughing.

The reason for this dearth of decent candidates, of course, is the fact that our REAL Best & Brightest (as I mention in the blog below) know better than to run for President. Why should they? Each day must be a 20-hour proctology exam for these people; you have to worry more about fund-raising than the issues that face our country; idiots from coast to coast are lying about you 24 hours a day; you even run the risk of having Hillary Clinton attack something you did in FREAKING GRADE SCHOOL, as Obama has.

So we're stuck with this group.

And I thought Bush vs. Kerry was bad.


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