Ok, at the risk of sounding repetitive or cynical….SO WHAT!!!!!!

What that headline really says is: Mobster Wants The Flip-Flopper (From Who Knows What Party) To Be President!

There’s a surprise…what can we expect next from this new merger? “Mobster asks MCCain for a Favor“…to appoint his Consiglieri, Frances Corleone, as either Attorney General or Ambassador to Sicily?

Hmm…how fine is that line between “favor” and “threat” at this point?

Unless God himself (or at least one of the Superstar Angels like Gabriel or Michael) endorses McCain, the Arizona Senator still won’t win…no matter how many cheesy Republicans endorse him!! And forgive me but even if McCain has the Big Guy’s endorsement, I would still bet against him!!

Now then, if you don’t hear from me again its because I have been struck by lightening and suffering the fate of those who challenge the will of the Divine! Sorry!!

(Not the He would pick McCain anyway…this is clearly hypothetical, ok?)

According to Senior Gubernatorial staff (via the LA Times), Arnold Schwarzenegger will announce his endorsement for Senator John McCain’s Presidential campaign tomorrow.

Hmm…let’s think this through for just a moment:

1. Not that I am some political wunderkind or anything but…wasn’t Senator McCain pretty much flatlining on the table just a few months ago when suddenly he popped up as a new conservative man with new conservative ideas for America?

2. Didn’t he go to great lengths–including cancelling his weekly canasta game with Senators Reid and Durbin–just to prove his re-commitment to the GOP? Didn’t he remove his support from several, shall we say “less than ethical” oops! I mean “less than conservative” Congressional bills that had earned him the title of Teddy’s Bitch? (Sorry to my boss Peter Brimelow but I promise there was no other way to accurately describe the relationship!)

3. Wasn’t this remarkable turn-around the only reason he survived in Iowa and New Hampshire…you know, as opposed to being thrown out into the snow on his…umm…flip-flopping behind?

4. Herr Schwarzenegger is solely responsible for the dejected, fractured and seemingly unmendable GOP in California. He is solely responsible for creating unprecedented dismay among conservative voters and practically driving the libs to the polls. He spends more time pleasing the Democrat-controlled House than trying to figure out how to get it back. In fact, it would not surprise me if his Democrat Chief-of-Staff neglected to brief him on his ability, authority and YES even his responsibility to pull his Party back from the brink…but no!

YOU’VE GOT TO BE JOKING!! Wait a minute…

When I read what I just wrote, Schwarzenegger’s resume could easily have John McCain’s name at the top, huh? Anyhow…

Schwarzenegger decided to throw his considerable clout behind Senator John McCain for the GOP nomination in this year’s election.

Considering that John McCain is already (and I think perhaps permanently) at the bottom of my “people who should never be elected or hold positions of power” list (this list includes names such as Gloria Steinem, Patricia Ireland, Ted Turner, George Soros…you get the picture) I guess McCain can finally be removed…to a new list that is!

Now his name is just Mud…smelly, worthless, algae-polluted McCain Mud.

Schwarzenegger endorses McCain!! How daft is this thing going to get before even the wackiest of the wacky get migraines or something and for the love of Pete, just mercifully let all the twaddle go?? Preferably down some smelly, rancid drain…maybe over at Schwarzenegger’s house…ooh, or over at the hotel where the Screen Actors Guild Award Show is held!! Yeah…now I’m thinking…all those smelly, smug drivel-spewing “actors” can rinse off in the water from all those smelly, rancid drains fresh off the campaign trail!!

Sometimes my imagination gets carried away but come on, isn’t this one a win-win?

Senator John Edwards (D-SC) is already beating up on poor Ms. Hilary (which is probably more of a hobby than a strategy) but not because she is the candidate for him to beat in the Primary election:

I think he sees her as the candidate to beat for the VP slot on Senator Obama’s Presidential ticket next fall.

But maybe little Eddie should be careful: What if it becomes Hilary’s Presidential ticket? Seriously, tonight’s battle in New Hampshire is only the second of many Primary elections to come—it’s still anybody’s game and right now, Hilary is in the lead!

Gee whiz, Senator McCain is winning (according to FOX News but only 14% precincts are reporting as of 8:30 EST) in NH just like he did in 2000…you know, before he lost the nomination to Bush II. Remember: New Hampshire has an extraordinarily large number of registered Independent voters. Registered Independents in NH can vote for any candidate, Republican or Democrat…or Green Party, or Peace and Freedom party, or Vampires…either way, they enjoy the benefits of Open Primary selection.

(Not kidding, remember that kooky guy who ran for office in Minnesota as a Vampire? Yeah, the freaks come out at night…)

The only thing keeping McCain alive ANYWHERE is the fact that he backed off his ridiculous position on illegal immigration. He stopped playing patty-cake with Ted Kennedy and started listening to all the conservatives who oppose illegal immigration.

I haven’t heard him say “path to citizenship” or “undocumented workers” in ages which for him must have required at least a few rounds of good old fashioned shock therapy.

The night isn’t over–I’ll be back to report the totals in just a bit!

Some church in Simi Valley, California is “hiding” an illegal immigrant and her child from immigration authorities who want to deport her–no, I’m not talking about my favorite fugitive Elvira Arellano but yet another (of what I assume must be thousands) mouthy lawbreaker!

Following a recent protest which required (expensive) additional law enforcement support, the mayor of Simi Valley, Paul Miller, decided to charge the responsible party for all costs incurred. Yeah, the church!! The United Church of Christ is currently home for “Liliana” as part of the church’s “New Sanctuary Movement.”

The “New Sanctuary Movement.” is an official program/policy for all United Church of Christ facilities–and they just got a $40,000 bill from the city! I think it’s brilliant, just brilliant!

Mayor Miller made his intentions very clear and very simple: “This city is not going to be known as sanctuary city.”

For more info click here.

To tell Mayor Miller how awesome he is or to encourage the rest of his City Council to support his position, click here.

Hmm…if you want to tell the church to KNOCK IT OFF this is their email.

Once upon a time, not so long ago, a senator from Arizona named John McCain was a frontrunner among GOP contenders for the 2008 Presidential elections. Today he’s polling somewhere near the bottom of the pack. (Rasmussen Reports)

While the Senate tried to hammer out an immigration reform bill this week, McCain did manage one memorable moment on the floor when explaining why we could not simply deport all the illegal aliens already here. He said,

“We don’t have 12 million pairs of handcuffs.”

Wow…that’s a good one. People (voters) will undoubtedly see and follow the logic in that zinger!

Personally, if I were McCain I would give my writing staff a raise at this point. By “raise” I mean sneak up behind them, place a sack over their heads, drive them to the local pack-and-ship store, have them boxed up (yes, with bubble wrap) and have them mailed some place nice like…Darfur.

Good grief, it’s not that horrifying–I’d send water with them.

Oh yeah, then I would drop out of the race and try to get a real job. Again, this is the scenario as played by John McCain…so my new job would likely be with the government of Mexico…oh wait, he kind of already works there I think.

Moving on…

It has been mentioned that the Secretary of Homeland Security himself–Michael Chertoff–was making the rounds this morning trying to persuade Republican senators to back the Bush immigration bill.

Lobbying with him was Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. Now I’m not suggesting that President Bush sent a virtually unknown man with absolutely no influence as some sort of Hispanic “token” to influence certain legislators but…well, yes actually I am suggesting that is what he did.

Either way, the bill is officially gone. No amnesty this year. No reform this year.

BUT THIS IS A GOOD THING!! It would take a miracle for Congress to get anything passed before the 2008 election and that is the best we in the reform movement can hope for.

Ever since the Dems took control of Congress, VDARE.com has been saying that the best thing we can hope for (other than the passage of a bill that does round-up and deport every illegal alien in the country while simultaneously shutting off the immigration faucet across the board) is for Congress to do nothing.

We need to be patient for now and in 2008 elect politicians who are serious about immigration reform.

(As you know, VDARE.com does not endorse candidates and other such political nonsense but regarding the aforementioned folk we should elect in 2008, I don’t think he hails from Arizona.)

This same exact amnesty bill was drafted by the Bush administration and literally slaughtered in the GOP-led House last year only to be resurrected and killed again in the Dem-controlled Senate this year.

A new day is coming with a new leader (possibly a new Congress?) and who knows what that will bring but one thing is certain:

It won’t be another stupid Bush Amnesty Bill.

I almost didn’t believe it when I read it: PRESIDENT BUSH IS RESURRECTING HIS IMMIGRATION BILL.

You know of what bill I speak! The immigration bill which amazingly manages to go beyond what even the simplest of voters would call “amnesty” and instead practically meets the definition of “aiding and abetting” treason. Who am I kidding? Please omit the word “practically” from the previous sentence.

President Bush is obviously unaware of the at least one or more of the following issues:

1. This is his last term in office and of that he only has a year and change left.
2. Nobody who considers themselves a conservative would say that he is as well.
3. His immigration bill was, is and will always be worthless–unless you’re an illegal alien…then it’s perfect!

Why would he toss this crummy legislation back into the hat? It’s already failed before…a few times…in spite of its various forms…so why would he think it stands a chance now? What has changed in the short time since it last failed…

Ahhh! His party is no longer in power–the Pelosi/Reid Democrats run the show and as evidence of my claim the Bush II is not a conservative, the Dems have always seen eye-to-eye with the Prez on this issue. On other issues as well but this is hardly the place to discuss that.

In fact, Senate Democrat leaders like the bill but are urging the President to lean on his own party to get it passed.

Good grief! In a time where every GOP candidate under the sun is invoking the spirit of President Ronald Reagan at every (filmed) opportunity, I have to ask if there is anything Reaganesque about a Republican President pushing members of his own party to sell-out their constituents (not to mention their party) and support this bill?

Who am I kidding? When has anybody ever compared President George W. Bush to President Ronald Reagan?

Other than himself of course…

Morfe info here.

To add great insult to injury, the President is quite sure his amnesty bill will pass this time. Currently on tour in Europe, the President (in what I am sure he considered a humorous manner) announced his intention to throw it back into the ring and concluded his remarks with:

“I’ll see you at the bill signing!”

Story here.

Yeah, this is pretty boring–the only thing different from Part I (so far) is the candidates have taken to standing up and pacing the stage as they answer the questions. Or in Senator McCain’s case, he stands and paces the stage while he talks about whatever item is next on the talking points memo he carries on the campaign trail.

(The funny thing it is that the memo was probably written in 1946 when McCain first started running for President.)

“What is the most pressing moral issue facing America today?”

Governor Huckabee stressed the importance of valuing and respecting each and every life. Mayor Giuliani says we have a moral obligation to share our ideas of freedom with the rest of the world, specifically the Middle East. Senator Brownback says we can’t nominate a GOP candidate for President who is not pro-life.

Question from the audience: “Governor Romney, you have been accused of flip-flopping on the issues especially immigration. You want English to be the national language and yet you run advertisements in Spanish. Do you consider that hypocritical?”

Yeah, Romney’s answer was…well, not an answer. He just ranted on about God knows what…I still don’t know.

Congressman Tancredo said flat-out that he would not campaign in Spanish: his advertisements will be written in English and his website will not be translated into Spanish.

Senator McCain started talking about Vietnam veterans with Hispanic surnames and parlayed that into a reason for amnesty–crikey, how does the man do it? He can turn any question into a opportunity! Ask him what he thinks about the Clinton health care plan or even his prediction for the Indy 500 and his response will start with “back in Vietnam…”

My favorite line of the night:

When asked if elected what role George W. Bush would play in their new administration (Part I), Tancredo said:

“Karl Rove told me not to darken to doorstep of the White House because I challenged the administration on immigration and other issues. If elected, I would have to tell them to follow the same policy.”

Another great question from the audience:

“In regards to immigration and illegal immigration, what do you think it means to be an American?”

Congressman Tancredo said that it means if you come here and choose to become a U.S. citizen then you denounce your old allegiances. You have to assimilate. Then he asked an even better question:

“People, are we ready to call for a time-out? Have we finally reached the point where we need to stop the flow of legal and illegal immigration.”

He went on to explain that his opinion is based on simple practical sense not bigotry or prejudice. Tancredo (and only Tancredo) recognized that our current population levels are far beyond our capacity. He said that we will know when our immigration problem is under control when “you no longer pick up the phone and have to press ‘1′ for English.”

Next question was about influences–whom does the candidate consider a great influence both in their lives and on their politics?

I’m almost laughing too hard to write this response! Congressman Hunter just said that the man with the most influence over Giuliani, Mc Cain and Romney is…Ted Kennedy!!

Now, that just made listening the last hour worthwhile!

Good grief! We’re only minutes into the GOP debate in New Hampshire and Governor Huckabee (R-AR) is already invoking the spirit of Ronald Reagan. Must they do this every time? Can’t these guys move on? Get some new material?

CNN is hosting tonight’s debate and I must say, Wolf Blitzer started off with a zinger of a question:

“Knowing what you know now, would you support (vote for) the war in Iraq?”

Ouch! He’s not going to go easy on these guys tonight….thank God! Then again, nobody answered his question…

FINALLY! Twenty-five minutes into the debate and we’re on to immigration! First question:

“What are the consequences if the immigration reform bill backed by President Bush becomes law?”

Congressman Tancredo opposes the bill across the board…no surprise there.

Mayor Rudy Guiliani is back on the whole “national i.d. card thing” which is well…stupid and spiritually unamerican.

Senator John Mc Cain (R-AZ) co-authored the bill and admits that “This is not the bill I would have written” but that doesn’t mean he would have written a better bill. In fact, if he and his sidekick Teddy Kennedy had their way, everybody (including child molesters, murderers or basically anybody who could potentially vote for them) would likely receive automatic citizenship.

“What would you do with the millions of illegal immigrants here already?”

Romney didn’t answer the question–he talked around it with the usual jargon “we need to enforce existing laws then we wouldn’t have these problems” which is patently absurd.

Not surprisingly, Congressman Duncan Hunter had a harsher response HOWEVER he just said (more or less) that he would support an “amnesty type” situation for those already here if border security is strengthened first. Hmm…I wasn’t expecting that for him!

Tommy Thompson is talking about securing the border before giving “legal status” to anybody.

Only Congressman Ron Paul (so far) is talking about the problem in detail: he opposes birth-right citizenship, welfare and free education for illegals. Bravo!

Next question:

“Should English be the official language of the United States?”

Out of the eight Democrats involved in the debate last weekend, only one (I don’t know which) supported English as the officiall language of the United States. Of these ten Republicans, only Mc Cain spoke in favor over embracing other languages–the other nine were quite in favor of English.

Answering this question, Senator Mc Cain just mentioned that most of the illegal immigrants here today did not “sneak across the border” but rather overstayed their Visas. Well…that makes all the difference in the world!

You might realize that his answer has nothing to do with the above question but so far, Mc Cain has been speaking out of turn and off topic all evening. While I have rarely agreed with his opinions in the past, until tonight I was unaware of how rude and frankly self-serving this guy can be.

It was inevitable but the discussion has now switched to religion (evolution, abortion) and Governor Huckabee speaks very well on these subjects. You know how normally when this topic rears it’s controversial head people either laugh, get angry or fall asleep? I actually listen to Huckabee and he sounds like a true believer–how refreshing!

Ooh! They just hit Romney with the Mormon question…”do you think your faith will hurt you with voters?”

Romney (of course) said no but that’s like saying Roosevelt would have been elected if we watched him campaign as a cripple in a wheelchair. We might say it wouldn’t have influenced our opinion but only because to admit that it in fact would sounds mean and I suppose, bigoted.

“Is it time to end the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy in the military?”

Governor Huckabee…oh rats, didn’t answer the question but kind of implied that he would not change the policy.

Mayor Giuliani avoided the question as well.

ARGHHH!! I want someone to answer the question!

Supposedly, Romney used to support gays in the military but does not at this time. Senator Mc Cain (the man who never misses an opportunity to talk about his own military career) supports the current policy.

“If you were elected, how would you use George W. Bush in your administration?”

Tommy Thompson said “I certainly wouldn’t send him to the United Nations.” Hee hee…that’s pretty good!

This was a good question:

“What’s happened to the GOP?”

Huckabee summed it up with simplicity and accuracy: “They’ve lost credibility.”

Next question:

“Would you pardon Scooter Libby?”

Giuliani said the sentence was excessive and wrong. Romney said maybe. Brownback said yes. Tommy Thompson said basically yes…

And now we come to the first break…I’ll be back with Part II in just a few minutes!

New Hampshire is the locale for the big to-do this evening and that should surprise nobody! NH is the state with the earliest Presidential Primary election so naturally every candidate wants to win it and win it BIG!!

Ten candidates (at last count) will vie for our approval by spewing their opinions (they might even call them campaign pledges but that term implies some sort of follow through which as we all know rarely comes to fruition) on taxes, the war, health care and how rotten they all find the Bush administration.

In short boring, boring, boring…unless of course someone dares to shake things up a bit and address the real problem facing our nation: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION!!

Reading through the pre-debate press, Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) seems intent on pressing the issue. In statements made yesterday and earlier today, Tancredo–easily the most steadfast supporter of immigration reform out there–is already challenging his yellow-bellied opponents on the issue.

Specifically, he wants them to address the current Senate bill which on a good day is an unmitigated disaster…on a bad day, it’s more like the blueprint for the end of the world!

In fact, Tancredo has made the most hopeful statement I have heard from any candidate so far:

“I am going to use my presidential campaign as a vehicle to rally the millions of law-abiding Americans who oppose the Kennedy-McCain-Bush sellout of America.” FOX News 6/05/07

Yee-haw! The Congressman definitely gets it! This election is not necessarily about winning the White House–it’s about sending a messing, spreading a message and making a difference.

The future is uncertain for Tancredo in ‘08 (as it is for all candidates) but if he gets people talking about that disgusting amnesty deal floating around Congress, if he convinces people to hold our politicians accountable for selling out America than he may turn out to be better than the President of the United States…

He may be our savior!

Everybody’s talking about what they would have done, what they will do (about the war of course) and Tom Tancredo steals the show! “I’m looking for Jack Bauer…”said Tancredo.

Brilliant!

Ron Paul shook one hand before leaving the stage tonight: Tom Tancredo’s.

Now for the Post-Show with Hannity & Colmes:

Mayor Giuliani is first with Sean Hannity…

1. Giuliani wants those tamper free id cards.
2. Giuliani wants to throw criminal illegal immigrants out of the country.
3. Giuliani still Pro-Choice.

Senator John McCain is next:

1. He compares our interrogation techniques (of those at Gitmo obviously) to those used during the Spanish Inquisition…huh, that’s a bit extreme.
2. McCain says Reagan made him want to be a “foot soldier” for conservatism. He says Reagan was the best at controlling spending…McCain seems to be making spending his #1 issue. Let him…
3. McCain says “he’ll be the last man standing” if necessary where the War is concerned.

Next we have Governor Huckabee:

1. “Proving that I could be there with those other nine guys.” One of Huckabee’s strongest traits is his genuine humility…
2. “We need a tax system that puts the lobbyists out of business.”

Now Huckabee did have the quote of the night:

“Congress spent money like John Edwards in a beauty shop…” said Huckabee.

Congressman Tancredo is up:

Alan Colmes asked him if he would go after city councils and mayors who don’t enforce immigration law and Tancredo said “Yes…absolutely right I will.”

So I guess its no surprise the McCain, Romney and Giuliani are taking the lead…but maybe they shouldn’t.

The Good Guys: Huckabee, Hunter and Tancredo…now those are the cats I’m interested in…I want more from them.