"The president insists on defining amnesty in a way that is contrary to the way everybody else defines that word," he said. "Every time he does, he loses credibility."
Calling himself a strong supporter of Bush throughout his administration, Rohrabacher said that this time he was personally offended by Bush's suggestions that the bill was good for America. He repeatedly referred to it as the "Bush-Kennedy" bill, linking Bush to Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy, and he blamed the bill on an "unholy coalition between the big-business element of the Republican Party and the liberal left."
Amnesty? "Bush-Kennedy"? Huh? Maybe Dana Rohrabacher is taking the right position on this bill, but he's doing it for the completely wrong reason. So why is Dana wrong, even when he's right? Follow me after the flip for more...
"This bill needs to be simplified, it needs to be clarified, it needs to be rectified before I can support it," said [Senator Barbara] Boxer, D-Calif. "I don't think the bill is workable. I think it hurts American workers. The amendment process didn't make it any stronger for me.'
That was Senator Boxer quoted in today's Orange County Register story about how the Immigration Reform Bill has now been stalled in the US Senate. This piece of legislation was supposed to attract bipartisan support. But now, it's getting bipartisan criticism. And today, we saw a bipartisan rejection to moving this bill to a final vote.
So why are some Democrats now opposing this bill? Why the sudden progressive opposition to this "comprehensive" bill? Maybe it's because this bill is really only a "comprehensive solution" to a select few that seek to exploit many. And maybe it's because immigrant families and communities would suffer as a result.
