The Republican Party’s New Plan-Like Thing for Immigration
The Republican party’s congressional delegations went on “retreat” this year in order to produce plan-like products that allegedly will address the nation’s problems. Now that the crayons all have been put away, and nap time is over, the party has produced a plan-like product with “Immigration” written in big red letters across the top of the first page, one that has absolutely no chance of passage and also will get many people in the party throwing rocks at each other.
House Republican leaders, insistent that their party embrace a message that goes beyond criticizing Mr. Obama, tried to find an agenda that would give their candidates a campaign message that did not disrupt the political progress the party has made as the president’s approval ratings have slipped. “We’re in the process of laying out the things that unify us,” said Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, leader of the conservative Republican Study Committee.
I can help you out there, Representative Steve. These are the things that unify your party — an undying hatred of the current president, a thoroughgoing contempt for the people who elected him (twice!), and a profound refusal to allow the national government to function as long as the current president is in office. Anything that smacks of accomplishment as long as the current president is president is dead before it ever lives. For example, the piece of paper with “Immigration” written across the top in big red letters? It’s about having a plan, not creating a policy.
Other members looked for middle ground. Representative Patrick T. McHenry, Republican of North Carolina, said his party should unify around principles for reform, but he and others expressed grave doubts that the House could or should go further. “Unifying behind principles would be a very useful thing,” Mr. McHenry said. As for legislation, he added, “It’s very debatable about whether we do it now or later.”
Can you understand what the fk that means? Even I, who speaks fluent wingnut, can’t parse anything out of it except, “Not while the Usurper sits in the White House.” But the point is not to do something. The point is to have big pieces of paper to wave the next time someone accuses this worthless, do-nothing Congress of being worthless and doing nothing.
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