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Let’s just take a simple tour of the websites of Senate Republicans from the list of 24. In case you missed it, this blog suggests there are 24 members of the GOP in the US Senate who favor amnesty and illegal immigration. As a brief review, seven GOP Senators had voted for cloture with most Dems on S.1348 and yet cloture failed. That was a good thing because S.1348 also failed. Magically, when Sinister Harry Reid directed an S.1348 clone to the Senate and another cloture vote was held, another 17 members of the GOP voted for cloture. And thus we have the GOP 24.

A person might naturally think that a leader is someone who leads. Someone with the skills and intelligence necessary to direct the successful performance of a group. Especially if the leader is officially designated the leader by some authority or the rest of the group. A simple adjective can further define this leader’s role within the group. The word minority in this case would complete the leader’s role and the word Senate if the final piece of the designation. So Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Rino-KY) is the first subject of the tour.

Their is reference to the majority and minority leaders as ‘floor leaders’ at senate.gov. The idea being their leadership role includes leading members of their party in a planned direction on the floor when considering legislation. At Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s website was found no leadership information on illegal immigration. The first thing found on immigration and last thing looked for was this pathetic brief press release that says nothing.

Bipartisan Proposal for Border Security, Immigration Reform
from the Office of Senator Mitch McConnell
Thursday, May 17, 2007
‘Secure borders, real security infrastructure are required for my support of any legislation’

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Thursday regarding the bipartisan proposal on border security and immigration reform:

“It’s encouraging to see a group of Senators from such a wide arc of the political spectrum reach an agreement on one of the most difficult issues facing our nation. The need to secure our borders, and to have a real security infrastructure in place is critical; it’s a requirement for my support of any legislation. I believe the agreement is far stronger than the bill the Senate produced last year. I will review the text of the bill and I hope to be able to support it when the Senate turns to this issue next week.”

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By the date this was issued on the arrival of the Bush/Kyl/Kennedy/McCain Amnesty Sellout of 2007 bill. Nothing is found after that. But the fine Senator, like many, makes sure he displays all the PORK he captured for his home state. By this brief research and Mr McConnell’s votes on cloture the determination here is that he too, like Bush et al are in favor of amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants that disgrace rather than honor the immigrant heritage of this nation.

To complete the GOP Minority Leadership tour is a brief analysis of Senator Trent Lott’s website information. You may think visiting a politician’s website is of limited value or even meaningless. If you are a politician and you have a website then the only accessible location for your views to be displayed for constituents and the public at large is the website. If you fail to make known your ‘honest’ stand or position on issues or if what you release is a lie, again, the website is the best place for that.

One press release from last year’s BS Senate debate on illegal immigration finds the Senator from the great state of Mississippi and Minority Whip of the Senate standing firmly against amnesty. Another expresses the opposition to amnesty in an explanation of his vote against cloture on S.1348. And then like sixteen others he magically changed his cloture vote on S.1639 to favor amnesty. Either Trent Lott is real stupid or he thinks the public is.

For now, reviewing the strangeness of the GOP 24 in the Senate will stop with McConnell and Lott. The next post will continue in alphabetical order through the other 22, including two Presidential candidates. Your reactions, opinions, Yeas or Nays on this topic are welcome and encouraged. Public debate on issues is important. Before you head off to Washington to address the Senate in person you can practice here.

Stanford Matthews
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