As long as we keep having dimwits on the R side running for office, we will either lose or be disappointed ( Think Romney Haley Bush (any) Christie and Trump etc). We can thank T Kennedy another great American for the immigration act of 65 that changed the face of America forever. Great read Thank you!
And then there was the Ronald Reagan 1986 amnesty, yet another great American who changed the face of California forever with the Immigration Act of 1986.
Sorry, no sale. Reagan knew what he was doing. He chose GHW Bush and did not have to run with him again in 1984, given his extreme landslide 1980 win. Reagan was pals with deluge immigration "cheap labor"/"new blood" types like Jack Kemp, Bill Bennett & Art Laffer, talked crap about how amnesty was the "moral" thing to do etc. The alleged sucker "deal" for *congress* to "enforce later" is civics nonsense. It is the duty of the *President* to *enforce* statutes and Article IV §4, not the duty of congress. Reagan had all the authority & vastly *more* budget & manpower than Ike did when he repelled the invasion with a tiny budget & 1,075 border patrol agents. All Reagan had to do is use his power, but he did not want to. He "saved us from the Soviet Union" (which really just destroyed itself) while his immigration betrayal sabotaged the Republic far more thoroughly & irreversibly than any foreign enemy ever dreamed.
Also, the corrupt self-serving Military Industrial Complex had been heavily exaggerating Soviet military capability since the 1950s, one reason for Ike's warning.
I'm no expert, but I think Reagan had at least something to do with the collapse of the USSR. Specifically, the vow to spend them into oblivion with conventional arms and eventually the promise of space based lasers, etc.
Also important was Soviet citizens seeing video cassettes of Dallas and other US tv shows. "this is how capitalist pigs live?!"
And until I watched a few documentaries about Chernobyl, I didn't consider that that incident must have eased the USSR toward bankruptcy.....
Yep. But Reagan's basic contribution was saying "no", letting the capitalist system work, thereby enabling the Soviet Union to destroy itself, as all communist countries inevitably must. Democrats & wussy establishment Republicans would've said "yes".
I am sure there are hundreds of 'missed opportunities' that happened during Reagan's term, but surely one of the most egregious (given his economics education occurred before the Keynesian onslaught) and most puzzling (given the fact that Laffer and Mundell were virtually his economic policy team, later joined by Wanniski and Kudlow and to a certain degree Stockman) is that Reagan didn't re link the dollar to gold.
Even Greenspan, perhaps ESPECIALLY Greenspan, knew the importance of a currency tied to the planet, not the whims of some bearded clowns like Yellen and Bernanke.
After Reagan was shot, he was not the same man. He didn’t have the same mental capacity, nor the same stamina. As you remember, the bullet went into his lung, and there’s a question whether he had some anoxic injury. A gunshot wound to a young person that entered the pulmonary cavity would be difficult, however for a septuagenarian and octogenarian it did affect him. Remember, he was not a deep state guy. George HW Bush was.
A question as to Reagan might have had some anoxic injury? Conclusions ? where are these conclusions”?
Don’t get me wrong I think he was he was a good guy but HE SOLD US DOWN THE RIVER. 4 million illegals got status in the US and the legacy lives on. Mark, I know, I know someone who was on the inside. 4 million and counting from his amnesty ALONE.
You divert attention from one of the greatest crimes against humanity. which is that Reagan chose to make G. Bush his VP. The Bush crowd despised Reagan, immediately flooded all the gov. agencies--including places like the Heritage Foundation--w. their pals. You say, "Remember, he was not a deep state guy. George HW Bush was." What? First, Bush loaded Reagan's admin. w. his own people. Why would you hire someone who despised you and then let them run the place? Reagan was a globalist--(see global ozone treaty) warmonger who approved formation of Deep State group NED, the US taxpayer funded regime change group that goes around the world destabilizing and flattening weak countries, causing more misery and suffering than ever existed before. Endless war is the Deep State's only business, its only excuse for permanently enslaving US taxpayers to it.
If AI could manufacture a human animal, and I asked for "a deep state cut-out, war monger, 1990's generic Republican, with zero likeability, a shrill voice, female, and just a measure of diversity", I'd get Lindsey Graham!
But if I made 1,000 photo-copies of him, each time using the last copy to make the next one, I'd get Nikki Haley!
I decided I couldn’t stand her after the removal of the Confederate flag. Can’t stand any GOP politician who stabs his supporters in the back in order to please people that hate them
You mean Pierre Delecto? (Gay hookup code for Delicious Penis). Please respect his preferences.😂 Probably does wear a skirt with no magic underwear when he goes to the bathhouse, for quick access.
Nimrata, the daughter of Indian immigrants, has been out there acting like she's been an oppressed minority for part of her life to score points with non-white voters and self hating white leftards. But it isn't working. And notice that for all the alleged oppression she and her family suffered they never returned to India.
Immigration was never supposed to apply to any group other than white Europeans, specifically English and NW Europeans. The immigration act of 1790 restricted immigration to "free, white persons". That's not because earlier generations of Americans hated non-Europeans but because common sense dictated that fellow English and NW Europeans were the most assimilable into the American nation that was founded by people of that stock. People like Nimrata should never have been allowed in and I wish her parents weren't but for the 1965 immigration act.
If Nimrata wins the GOP nomination due to chicanery she will lose in a landslide. Her comment that the retirement age of 67 was "far too low" will not endear her to the electorate on either side and neither will her desire to escalate the war in Ukraine.
Not sure why pointing out facts is supposed to make someone feel good. The point is the world is a different place. There’s a high level of mobility and travel and international trade etc. It’s pointless to say crap like that. Originally slaves were property. We don’t need to be talking about laws hundreds of years old as if they’re still relevant or useful in the context of something like immigration which has clearly changed over the centuries. You can make a case for limiting it without saying, “Originally we only wanted whiteys.” Yeah originally we also didn’t have deodorant. You’re not making a case by doing that. Make the case by talking about crime, affordability, sustainability, needed skills, affects on lower classes, etc.
Of course there are different classes of people related to income. The discussion is about how low-wage immigrants affect low-wage Americans. It's not an elitist comment, it's a demographics discussion. Crime rates, job skills, effects on income. Not "we want whiteys like 1790".
And no one is questioning Europeans' contribution to modern society. All I'm questioning is why you need to point out a preference BACK IN 1790 WHEN PEOPLE WERE PROPERTY for importing white Europeans as if that's a mic drop moment/debate finisher. The debate is much bigger and more nuanced than race preferences from 1790's America.
Not sure why this needs explaining. Or why you can't see how idiotic that is.
Haley and Pence were the two figures that Trump does not attack at all despite loyalty problem that he constantly bash on DeSantis. I guess they really don't count.
True, but in DeSantis's case it's Trump with the loyalty problem. Acts like doing the right thing by endorsing Ron should make him his toady. Should be about loyalty to the USA, not Trump.
Trump's loyalty is a 1-way street. Ask Julian Assange, without whom Hillary would've been pres. Ask the J6 political prisoners doing 20 hard after years of solitary, beating, maiming, torture, guilt presumption, kangaroo show trials, 8th Amendment & other violations. Two "committed suicide" à la Epstein. Trump crapped on them, could've pardoned them, pardoned drug dealers, bank robbers, celebs & toadies instead, never lifted a pinkie to help with legal. Now he faces the same treatment, same judges. Ironic, but he can afford a dream team.
Main reasons he's so vicious on DeSantis but gives others a pass:
1. DeSantis was the main contender with a solid *record* of conservatism, of actions & taking turf then discussing it *coherently* instead of babble-bungling in all caps, "watching closely" & doing nothing. Others like Poopy Pence had no chance.
2. Trump is jealous.
3. Easier to pick another RINO VP like Chikkenhawk Nikki.
Have never been a Haley fan but know I would reluctantly vote for her in the unlikely event she is the nominee. But the Rs are going to lose if they keep thrashing the likely candidate. Half of my friends are Rs whatever, with 25% Only Trumpers and the other 25% Never Trumpers. Welcome to the losing side.
Thank big baby narcissist Trump and toadies like Sebaceous Sebastian Gorka for that. Trump's a "jealous god". Would've easily won the primary without smearing DeSantis, who never a bad word to say about Trump until months of ridiculous, childish, vile accusations. Now our best Gov is damaged goods. Trump-worshiping 🤡👠s actually believe he's in ¡JEB! & Co's pocket, that Soros endorsed him & donated, etc ad nauseam with no evidence, contrary to a solid Florida record.
That’s what I was getting at with my comment on the Confederate flag. I am sure she was fine with it when running for governor, then her inner ambition removed it when she had national ambitions
'The GOP is like a man who keeps giving his wife Super Bowl tickets for her birthday, when what she wants is a fur coat.' I don't care who are, -that's funny. Nikki Haley's fatal flaw, on top of her inane immigration rhetoric, is that she represents the forever war Uniparty that Americans are united in despising. A majority of Americans want to end funding of the great Donbas turkey shoot. So naturally, Biden and McConnell are Hell bent on setting fire to as many more Billions as possible in the bottomless money burning pit that is Ukraine. Every cent of which we will have to borrow from China. But no worries, because once we lose the proxy war to Russia, the Chinese will be ready to deliver another solid beatdown to our drooling neocons who are Hell bent on setting fire to our Republic. If the crushing national debt doesn't already doom our Republic, the Chinese will finish the job. Have the Republicans learned anything from the most recent debate flop? Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum are competent news readers. But who put them in charge of that last dreadful debate? Next up, we could have had Maria Bartiromo, or even Jesse Waters or Greg Gutfled asking relevant questions about things we care about. But instead we will get Dana Perino. A nice person with a nice dog, but this debate is starting to look a lot like the last dud. Everything rides on British subject Stuart Varney to save the format. Someone at Fox apparently wants to prove that we truly do need foreigners to do the jobs that Americans can't or won't do. At least we should all get a good night's sleep after this potent sedative.
"Despite her vow to never stop fighting Trump, he was elected president, whereupon he immediately hired ... Nikki Haley."
NO...NO...NO Miss Ann, Trump did not hire Nikki Haley. The co-heads of foreign and domestic affairs, Jared and Ivanka, hired her but only after Cher and Kim both rejected the appointment.
She is running a 2001 R campaign with notes of the world of 1980 (aside but somewhat relevant, gotta love the Canadian morons who forget/never knew the Russians were our allies in WWII and hundred year old guys who fought Russians probably do not fall into the "hero" category...) But yeah, it has been 80 years since WWII and 30 since the end of the Cold War- Maybe we can let Europe fight and pay for its own wars especially when we are the brokest of broke countries in the history of the world. If the race is tight on election night, I won't be waiting up for the military votes to be counted. It too is being "fundamentally transformed" in more ways than one. The trannies are not voting for Republicans. I know there are plenty of patriotic Americans still serving but the makeup of the armed forces is changing and it is far closer to 50-50. Having said that, I would think if they thought it through, they would vote for those not looking to get them killed or maimed in pointless wars.
Oh, our immigration system is not broken, it is being run over, trashed, and ignored (and yes as Ann said- reform =amnesty). More cheap workers are not going to help as states have tripped over each other to double the minimum wage which has magically coincided with the doubling prices of many goods in stores where lower wage workers are employed. So the new cheap workers are taking jobs from the old cheap workers and all are being paid more in dollars that are worth less. That is what we call- "losing big time." We have a country with infrastructure built for 225 million people trying to serve 335 million people. I think we should cut legal immigration 75% for at least a decade and make the country as unwelcoming to illegal immigration as possible. It is our job, and the politicians job, to make this the best country for the citizens of this country. How's about every one else in the world trying to make their countries the best country for themselves?
So yes, Nikki Haley this is not 2000 or 1980 and fellow Republicans, Conservatives, or like minded independents, we all would be wise to realize this as well and point it out to those who talk like it is.
As long as we keep having dimwits on the R side running for office, we will either lose or be disappointed ( Think Romney Haley Bush (any) Christie and Trump etc). We can thank T Kennedy another great American for the immigration act of 65 that changed the face of America forever. Great read Thank you!
And then there was the Ronald Reagan 1986 amnesty, yet another great American who changed the face of California forever with the Immigration Act of 1986.
"Great American" Reagan's amnesty betrayal changed the face of the entire USA and very likely doomed it.
Reagan also was a former Democrat, was he not?
Yep, but I'd give him a pass on that if he hadn't betrayed us on immigration
That is a good point. However, Reagan was never the same after he was shot in 1981. Al Haig and George HE Bush were running things.
Sorry, no sale. Reagan knew what he was doing. He chose GHW Bush and did not have to run with him again in 1984, given his extreme landslide 1980 win. Reagan was pals with deluge immigration "cheap labor"/"new blood" types like Jack Kemp, Bill Bennett & Art Laffer, talked crap about how amnesty was the "moral" thing to do etc. The alleged sucker "deal" for *congress* to "enforce later" is civics nonsense. It is the duty of the *President* to *enforce* statutes and Article IV §4, not the duty of congress. Reagan had all the authority & vastly *more* budget & manpower than Ike did when he repelled the invasion with a tiny budget & 1,075 border patrol agents. All Reagan had to do is use his power, but he did not want to. He "saved us from the Soviet Union" (which really just destroyed itself) while his immigration betrayal sabotaged the Republic far more thoroughly & irreversibly than any foreign enemy ever dreamed.
Also, the corrupt self-serving Military Industrial Complex had been heavily exaggerating Soviet military capability since the 1950s, one reason for Ike's warning.
"He "saved us from the Soviet Union" (which really just destroyed itself)"
"Tetris, Tetris; what ever happened to unicycle?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyLN0kU_Ths
Overall, I agree with your assessment.
I'm no expert, but I think Reagan had at least something to do with the collapse of the USSR. Specifically, the vow to spend them into oblivion with conventional arms and eventually the promise of space based lasers, etc.
Also important was Soviet citizens seeing video cassettes of Dallas and other US tv shows. "this is how capitalist pigs live?!"
And until I watched a few documentaries about Chernobyl, I didn't consider that that incident must have eased the USSR toward bankruptcy.....
Yep. But Reagan's basic contribution was saying "no", letting the capitalist system work, thereby enabling the Soviet Union to destroy itself, as all communist countries inevitably must. Democrats & wussy establishment Republicans would've said "yes".
Bongino was on fire today. Tons of F Bombs (it was good that he went on Megyn show....lol).
https://rumble.com/v3lb1x1-joe-bidens-scandals-are-about-to-explode-ep.-2097-09272023.html
I am sure there are hundreds of 'missed opportunities' that happened during Reagan's term, but surely one of the most egregious (given his economics education occurred before the Keynesian onslaught) and most puzzling (given the fact that Laffer and Mundell were virtually his economic policy team, later joined by Wanniski and Kudlow and to a certain degree Stockman) is that Reagan didn't re link the dollar to gold.
Even Greenspan, perhaps ESPECIALLY Greenspan, knew the importance of a currency tied to the planet, not the whims of some bearded clowns like Yellen and Bernanke.
https://www.cmi-gold-silver.com/gold-and-economic-freedom-by-alan-greenspan/
I want to be calm about this, sort of. Reagan Sold Us Down The River. Yes he did.
Not the same after 1981? That’s his entire term! Haig and Bush running the country? Where do you come up with this crap?
After Reagan was shot, he was not the same man. He didn’t have the same mental capacity, nor the same stamina. As you remember, the bullet went into his lung, and there’s a question whether he had some anoxic injury. A gunshot wound to a young person that entered the pulmonary cavity would be difficult, however for a septuagenarian and octogenarian it did affect him. Remember, he was not a deep state guy. George HW Bush was.
A question as to Reagan might have had some anoxic injury? Conclusions ? where are these conclusions”?
Don’t get me wrong I think he was he was a good guy but HE SOLD US DOWN THE RIVER. 4 million illegals got status in the US and the legacy lives on. Mark, I know, I know someone who was on the inside. 4 million and counting from his amnesty ALONE.
You divert attention from one of the greatest crimes against humanity. which is that Reagan chose to make G. Bush his VP. The Bush crowd despised Reagan, immediately flooded all the gov. agencies--including places like the Heritage Foundation--w. their pals. You say, "Remember, he was not a deep state guy. George HW Bush was." What? First, Bush loaded Reagan's admin. w. his own people. Why would you hire someone who despised you and then let them run the place? Reagan was a globalist--(see global ozone treaty) warmonger who approved formation of Deep State group NED, the US taxpayer funded regime change group that goes around the world destabilizing and flattening weak countries, causing more misery and suffering than ever existed before. Endless war is the Deep State's only business, its only excuse for permanently enslaving US taxpayers to it.
You forgot Pence, but so does everyone.
😂 Wonder why "30 Pence" always looks like he's prairie dogging
Was 'six Pence' before Bidenflation.
😂
30 Pence:
Judas held out for silver
Mike sells out for Pence
Nikki Haley sucks!
She's terrible, annoying, a neocon, establishment wonk, in a dress, obsessed with her own race.
I hate her.
And those are just her good points.
Agreed!
If AI could manufacture a human animal, and I asked for "a deep state cut-out, war monger, 1990's generic Republican, with zero likeability, a shrill voice, female, and just a measure of diversity", I'd get Lindsey Graham!
But if I made 1,000 photo-copies of him, each time using the last copy to make the next one, I'd get Nikki Haley!
I decided I couldn’t stand her after the removal of the Confederate flag. Can’t stand any GOP politician who stabs his supporters in the back in order to please people that hate them
The one now hanging in the Kiev hall of Nazi heroes. Not that I equate brave Southern soldiers with the SS. But Azov do.
If removal of the confederate flag is the hill to die on, we've got problems.
I've lost a few jobs to India. I don't want to outsource the presidency.
Word
Deep.
"I Am Woman, Hear Me War" -Chikkenhawk Nikki
A wonderful, essential article, Ann!
At this point, there's only one path for America:
Desantis / Coulter 2024
Coulter / DeSantis.
I wonder why haley has never disavowed adolf hitler. She must be a nazi supporter.
The origin of the swastika was India.
nazi nicki confirmed.
Willard Romney in a dress, but less likeable.
You mean Pierre Delecto? (Gay hookup code for Delicious Penis). Please respect his preferences.😂 Probably does wear a skirt with no magic underwear when he goes to the bathhouse, for quick access.
Pedo Peter is insanely jealous. He is not allowed to sniff anymore, so his poor, confused dog has taken to biting everyone instead.
😂
Nimrata, the daughter of Indian immigrants, has been out there acting like she's been an oppressed minority for part of her life to score points with non-white voters and self hating white leftards. But it isn't working. And notice that for all the alleged oppression she and her family suffered they never returned to India.
Immigration was never supposed to apply to any group other than white Europeans, specifically English and NW Europeans. The immigration act of 1790 restricted immigration to "free, white persons". That's not because earlier generations of Americans hated non-Europeans but because common sense dictated that fellow English and NW Europeans were the most assimilable into the American nation that was founded by people of that stock. People like Nimrata should never have been allowed in and I wish her parents weren't but for the 1965 immigration act.
If Nimrata wins the GOP nomination due to chicanery she will lose in a landslide. Her comment that the retirement age of 67 was "far too low" will not endear her to the electorate on either side and neither will her desire to escalate the war in Ukraine.
‘Immigration was never supposed to apply to any group other than White Europeans’
BANG
THAT’S ALL FOLKS
We are well past 1790 in case you guys haven't noticed.
Welcome to the present, where the globe is much more accessible to a majority of humans that live on the planet.
So what’s the point? Let me guess, there is no point you just want to feel you’re a good person.
Not sure why pointing out facts is supposed to make someone feel good. The point is the world is a different place. There’s a high level of mobility and travel and international trade etc. It’s pointless to say crap like that. Originally slaves were property. We don’t need to be talking about laws hundreds of years old as if they’re still relevant or useful in the context of something like immigration which has clearly changed over the centuries. You can make a case for limiting it without saying, “Originally we only wanted whiteys.” Yeah originally we also didn’t have deodorant. You’re not making a case by doing that. Make the case by talking about crime, affordability, sustainability, needed skills, affects on lower classes, etc.
‘Affects on lower classes’? Are you a ‘ class’ guy. You see different ‘classes’ of people’? I don’t. I just don’t want to live next door.
Deodorant? Soap and water go way way back. Needed skills? Who built the world? Pakistanis or Europeans?
Of course there are different classes of people related to income. The discussion is about how low-wage immigrants affect low-wage Americans. It's not an elitist comment, it's a demographics discussion. Crime rates, job skills, effects on income. Not "we want whiteys like 1790".
And no one is questioning Europeans' contribution to modern society. All I'm questioning is why you need to point out a preference BACK IN 1790 WHEN PEOPLE WERE PROPERTY for importing white Europeans as if that's a mic drop moment/debate finisher. The debate is much bigger and more nuanced than race preferences from 1790's America.
Not sure why this needs explaining. Or why you can't see how idiotic that is.
Haley and Pence were the two figures that Trump does not attack at all despite loyalty problem that he constantly bash on DeSantis. I guess they really don't count.
True, but in DeSantis's case it's Trump with the loyalty problem. Acts like doing the right thing by endorsing Ron should make him his toady. Should be about loyalty to the USA, not Trump.
Trump's loyalty is a 1-way street. Ask Julian Assange, without whom Hillary would've been pres. Ask the J6 political prisoners doing 20 hard after years of solitary, beating, maiming, torture, guilt presumption, kangaroo show trials, 8th Amendment & other violations. Two "committed suicide" à la Epstein. Trump crapped on them, could've pardoned them, pardoned drug dealers, bank robbers, celebs & toadies instead, never lifted a pinkie to help with legal. Now he faces the same treatment, same judges. Ironic, but he can afford a dream team.
Main reasons he's so vicious on DeSantis but gives others a pass:
1. DeSantis was the main contender with a solid *record* of conservatism, of actions & taking turf then discussing it *coherently* instead of babble-bungling in all caps, "watching closely" & doing nothing. Others like Poopy Pence had no chance.
2. Trump is jealous.
3. Easier to pick another RINO VP like Chikkenhawk Nikki.
Excellent and very critical point - loyalty should be constitution especially for elected officials. Clearly not to many.
Have never been a Haley fan but know I would reluctantly vote for her in the unlikely event she is the nominee. But the Rs are going to lose if they keep thrashing the likely candidate. Half of my friends are Rs whatever, with 25% Only Trumpers and the other 25% Never Trumpers. Welcome to the losing side.
Thank big baby narcissist Trump and toadies like Sebaceous Sebastian Gorka for that. Trump's a "jealous god". Would've easily won the primary without smearing DeSantis, who never a bad word to say about Trump until months of ridiculous, childish, vile accusations. Now our best Gov is damaged goods. Trump-worshiping 🤡👠s actually believe he's in ¡JEB! & Co's pocket, that Soros endorsed him & donated, etc ad nauseam with no evidence, contrary to a solid Florida record.
There is still time to declare your candidacy, Ann. I would pay to watch you debate Trump.
This is truly amazing!
An entire column about Nikki Haley with many, many excellent comments and yet the word
OPPORTUNIST
is nowhere to be found.
I had to correct that.
That’s what I was getting at with my comment on the Confederate flag. I am sure she was fine with it when running for governor, then her inner ambition removed it when she had national ambitions
'The GOP is like a man who keeps giving his wife Super Bowl tickets for her birthday, when what she wants is a fur coat.' I don't care who are, -that's funny. Nikki Haley's fatal flaw, on top of her inane immigration rhetoric, is that she represents the forever war Uniparty that Americans are united in despising. A majority of Americans want to end funding of the great Donbas turkey shoot. So naturally, Biden and McConnell are Hell bent on setting fire to as many more Billions as possible in the bottomless money burning pit that is Ukraine. Every cent of which we will have to borrow from China. But no worries, because once we lose the proxy war to Russia, the Chinese will be ready to deliver another solid beatdown to our drooling neocons who are Hell bent on setting fire to our Republic. If the crushing national debt doesn't already doom our Republic, the Chinese will finish the job. Have the Republicans learned anything from the most recent debate flop? Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum are competent news readers. But who put them in charge of that last dreadful debate? Next up, we could have had Maria Bartiromo, or even Jesse Waters or Greg Gutfled asking relevant questions about things we care about. But instead we will get Dana Perino. A nice person with a nice dog, but this debate is starting to look a lot like the last dud. Everything rides on British subject Stuart Varney to save the format. Someone at Fox apparently wants to prove that we truly do need foreigners to do the jobs that Americans can't or won't do. At least we should all get a good night's sleep after this potent sedative.
"Despite her vow to never stop fighting Trump, he was elected president, whereupon he immediately hired ... Nikki Haley."
NO...NO...NO Miss Ann, Trump did not hire Nikki Haley. The co-heads of foreign and domestic affairs, Jared and Ivanka, hired her but only after Cher and Kim both rejected the appointment.
She is running a 2001 R campaign with notes of the world of 1980 (aside but somewhat relevant, gotta love the Canadian morons who forget/never knew the Russians were our allies in WWII and hundred year old guys who fought Russians probably do not fall into the "hero" category...) But yeah, it has been 80 years since WWII and 30 since the end of the Cold War- Maybe we can let Europe fight and pay for its own wars especially when we are the brokest of broke countries in the history of the world. If the race is tight on election night, I won't be waiting up for the military votes to be counted. It too is being "fundamentally transformed" in more ways than one. The trannies are not voting for Republicans. I know there are plenty of patriotic Americans still serving but the makeup of the armed forces is changing and it is far closer to 50-50. Having said that, I would think if they thought it through, they would vote for those not looking to get them killed or maimed in pointless wars.
Oh, our immigration system is not broken, it is being run over, trashed, and ignored (and yes as Ann said- reform =amnesty). More cheap workers are not going to help as states have tripped over each other to double the minimum wage which has magically coincided with the doubling prices of many goods in stores where lower wage workers are employed. So the new cheap workers are taking jobs from the old cheap workers and all are being paid more in dollars that are worth less. That is what we call- "losing big time." We have a country with infrastructure built for 225 million people trying to serve 335 million people. I think we should cut legal immigration 75% for at least a decade and make the country as unwelcoming to illegal immigration as possible. It is our job, and the politicians job, to make this the best country for the citizens of this country. How's about every one else in the world trying to make their countries the best country for themselves?
So yes, Nikki Haley this is not 2000 or 1980 and fellow Republicans, Conservatives, or like minded independents, we all would be wise to realize this as well and point it out to those who talk like it is.