Would you care to venture a guess about what I find so interesting, possibly even humorous, about the conversation that is constantly going on between liberals and conservatives? While you are pondering that question, I’ll give you a hint. Facts are strange things. They usually pop up on the radar when you least expect them and sometimes, when you least need them to appear. Especially if your side of the conversation is used to playing fast and loose with the facts that supposedly support your argument. Facts are apt to rise up and slap you down, making you and your argument look foolish and inept. If we could only get some of these facts into the light of day, it is entirely possible the American people would smell the coffee and wake up to realize what kind of bill of goods they have purchased from the liberals.
As I was browsing through some of my morning reading, I came across an article from John Hayward that highlights our need to expose some of these facts. It is, as is usually the case, a very entertaining read. It is also spot on with the criticism it contains. Aimed at both sides of the political aisle, Hayward strives to explain how those facts need to come out and how we can help make that happen.
One of the first things that captured my attention was his quote of ABC’s recount of the exchange that took place between Representative Tom Marino, R-PA and Democrat Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. I wouldn’t have minded being in the room for that one, as it sounds like it was entertaining. It had to do with Marino having the nerve to bring up a couple of facts that Pelosi couldn’t escape.
“You know something that I find quite interesting about the other side? Under the leadership of the former Speaker [Pelosi], and under the leadership of their former leader [Rep. Steny Hoyer], when in 2009 and 2010, they had the House, the Senate and the White House, and they knew this problem existed,” he continued. “They didn’t have the strength to go after it back then. But now are trying to make a political issue out of it now.”
Off-mic, Pelosi then approached Marino, crossing the aisle in view of cameras, and apparently challenged Marino’s assertion that Democrats did not do anything about the issue when they had majority control.
“Yes it is true,” Marino replied directly to Pelosi, who was House speaker in those years. “I did the research on it. You might want to try it. You might want to try it, Madam Leader. Do the research on it. Do the research. I did it. That’s one thing that you don’t do.”
Marino then urged lawmakers to support the border supplemental “because apparently I hit the right nerve.”
After Marino concluded his remarks and as many Republicans applauded their colleague, Pelosi crossed the chamber again in view of cameras, enraged, pointing and sticking her finger at Marino.
She then followed Marino up a Republican aisle, gesturing and arguing with him. Lawmakers on the GOP side gathered in dismay as one spoke out to tell the chair that the House was not in order, in an effort to halt the bickering.
Pelosi finally relented after Republicans tried to get between Pelosi and Marino, and she returned to the Democratic side of the chamber. The House then promptly voted to approve the $694 million border supplemental, 223-189.
Yes, facts are pesky things. Pelosi found it hard to reconcile the political rhetoric her side has used to enhance their position on illegal immigration with the truth. Somehow, I don’t think the truth set her free this time, simply because she is choosing to ignore the facts. The Democrats had the chance to do something about illegal immigration when they had complete control of the government and they chose to ignore it. Hmmm…
John Hayward is never slow to offer his thoughts about how the Republicans are managing to mishandle their opportunities to do things the right way. Here is a little constructive criticism he wrote down.
Human Events – Okay, let me try to be a constructive little raincloud: the way Republicans can win the long game is by following Rep. Merino’s lead. Pelosi’s fuses blew for a good reason – she knows her party cannot withstand arguments based on American interest, the rule of law, and an accurate history of the Democrat Congress, which rather pointedly illustrates just how seriously they took “immigration reform” until they saw an opportunity for political profit. Get the full story of the carnage Obama has created on the border with his reckless executive orders out there (it’s far worse than the American media is willing to admit.)
Don’t let yourself be bullied out of making the simple point that the American Congress and American Administration are supposed to be looking out for American interests first – something you’d never know from listening to the likes of Luis Gutierrez. Democrats are counting on using racial politics to influence the vote among legal Hispanic citizens in the next few elections. Don’t be afraid to ask those citizens if they relish getting in line for jobs and social services behind a huge incoming population of illegal aliens.
Point out that an anemic economy limping through years of high-unemployment semi-recovery is not well-positioned to absorb a large number of new job-seekers, nor is a government drowning in Obama’s debt financially able to take on a vast number of new dependents. And never stop making that devastating, irrefutable point that immigration policy is all about the rule of law, which weighs so heavily upon the heavily-taxed and hyper-regulated citizens of the United States, but seems to mean nothing to Democrats when discussing the southern border.
Those are the appeals Democrats want to intimidate Republicans out of using, precisely because they know how effective those appeals will be.
I realize conservatives have a difficult time getting their side of the story out, at times. The mainstream media has a tendency to ignore anything resembling the truth that we try to highlight. Are we always right (no pun intended) about every issue? Likely, we are not. However, the truth still remains the truth, even if it does make the liberals twist and turn in their efforts to avoid the facts. The truth is on our side and we need to make every effort possible to make sure it comes out to the American people.
