Jimmy is absolutely right.
The only “principle” at play here is a racism and nativisim, which as been played upon by cynical second rate talk show hosts, and third rate Congressmen from Colorado in order to generate attention and donations they would not otherwise recieve. This is nothing but a re-run of the ironicly named “Know Nothing” Party of the 1840s, that hated the Irish Catholic immigrants of the time.
This is a massive noisemaking effort on the part of dedicated white racists. They have found that being against “illegal” aliens is an acceptable cover under which they can express a racisim that would otherwise be socially and politically unacceptable. If the “illegals” were white, spoke english, and weren’t Catholic, you would not be seeing this. Sadly the GOP in D.C. fell for the racist noise-machine; and incorrectly believing that the noise machine represented “the base” , defeated comprehensive immigration reform…thus alienating about two generations of hispanic voters.
The real strength of the “T.C.”s can be seen in the power (and lack thereof) of the Trancedo Campaign. Trancedo was their hero, their leader, their point man, and he dropped out before New Hampshire. That should tell you something.
The “T.C.”s can do screaming and carping and whining and protesting. They are great at blogging and calling in to talk shows, and Sturm und Drang and “end of the world” drama. What they have spectacularly failed to do is generate any votes. As we say in Texas they are “All hat and no cattle.”
Neither has this group shown any knowledge of history…it is not a matter of “the Southwestern U.S. turning into Mexico”. As recently as the 1840s it WAS Mexico, and there are people there named Chavez and Armijio and Savedra who’s families were clearing the land, fighting Indians, rasing cattle, constructing churches, and building cities long before the John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were even born. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Albuquerque, San Antonio, San Diego, El Paso, St Augustine, these cities were not founded by wandering tribes of lost Bostonians.
Of even greater interest is how the self appointed TC’s are willing to accuse Lt. Col North and Lieutenant Commander McCain of not being sufficently patriotic, while idolizing Congressman Trancedo; a man who dodged the Vietnam Draft on the grounds he was psychologically unfit for service. I suspect, but can not prove, that this lack of any real service is very common amongst the ranks of the self-appointed “T.C”‘s.
Jimmy is right, to the extent that this is a real group of “conservatives” I think the party should consider itself enriched by their absence. Let them leave, in their dozens.
