That’s what a Senate staffer told N. Z. Bear. Here’s a picture of the draft, 400+ pages of it, next to a Bible for size comparison. The Bible is what most Senators swear on, when they get elected, to

support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

Our permanent ruling class of Democratic and Republican grandees, such as President Bush, Senator Kennedy, and Senator McCain, have worked out a “comprehensive immigration reform” scheme to get the issue off the table long before the next election so the voters won’t have to worry their pretty heads about it.

For some reason, I’m reminded by this display of bipartisan solidarity of Guy Crouchback’s response to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in the opening pages of Evelyn Waugh’s WWII trilogy Sword of Honor r:

“But now, splendidly, everything had become clear. The enemy at last was plain in view, huge and hateful, all disguise cast off. It was the Modern Age in arms. Whatever the outcome there was a place for him in that battle.”

Apparently the Denver Post columnist Al Knight had some kind things to say yesterday about Peter Brimelow and VDARE.com on 630 KHOW-AM’s The Peter Boyles Show:

go to a website called vdare.com, which you are familiar with, I’m sure –
BOYLES: We’re going to have these guys on a little bit later.
KNIGHT: — and read Peter Brimelow. I ran into his piece after I wrote mine the other day. And he did a better job, honestly, in the sense of outlining the core reasons why, the core issues that voters and citizens should look at. And that — it really is a good piece.

This has provoked hysteria in Colorado. One “Luis”, who is active on a left wing “progressive community blog on all things Colorado” called SquareState.net shrieks

Post Columnist Directs Boyles Listeners To White Supremacist Website

racism (perhaps more accurately, white supremacy) lies at the heart of conservative misinformation in Colorado. This is what we’re up against. Fight it, or cooperate with it — you make the call.

“Luis” links to a story on Colorado Media Matters On Boyles’ show, Post’s Knight promoted VDARE but omitted its “white nationalist” ties which is a long rehash of the usual smears (so long it must have been prepared for some time, probably with a revival of the immigration debate in mind). The piece has an Audio clip of the interview portion and the contact details of Knight, Boyles and his employer with the exhortation “Take Action!” The intention is obvious.

In America of 2007, of course, the allegation of white supremacism is calculated to drive an opponent out of public debate, and is very capable of doing so.

Peter Brimelow objects strongly to this tactic being applied to VDARE.com. (Ever wonder why his MSM appearances are so rare?)

But more important tonight, in the light of the Senate reversion to last year’s Amnesty/Immigration Acceleration policy, is to set this behavior in historical context. America’s political freedom and prosperity both derive from traditions inherited from the Founding Fathers. Other nations’ successes can literally be measured against the yardstick of the degree to which they adopt or discard these traits. Dealing with political opponents by argument, rather than repression, is a peculiar tradition of the Anglo-Saxon world. It is not natural in Latin America, Asia or even much of Europe. There intolerance and repression have been the norm.

Ultimately what is at stake in this effort to transform America is Freedom. Different peoples will bring – have brought - other traditions.

Applaud Al Knight, Peter Boyles, 630 KHOW-AM, and its owner.