Lindsey Graham Pretends to Make Sense on Birthright Citizenship

There’s nothing else this latest complete surprise from him could be.  Lindsey Graham is saying he wants a constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship.  In other words, no more anchor babies.  Given the timing, there’s no way this is for real.

How is this not for real?  Let me count the ways…

1. McCain is still trying to win a primary, and a general after that.  His lapdog Graham can be hung around his neck in the meantime.  They’ve been inseperable RINO troublemakers in the Senate for years, and so very easy to associate with one another.  Graham in particular has such lack of appeal one can attack other RINOs by asking “Hey, would you like such-and-so in this primary to be one of Graham’s new friends?”  You know, people like Mike Castle or Jane Norton?
2. It’s easy to build fake conservative credentials by proposing conservative initiatives when you can’t do anything about it.  The Republicans are barely relevant in Washington right now, thanks in large part to RINOs like Graham decimating their party.  They’re not going to move legislation right now, and anything they propose is dead on arrival.  Why not take the opportunity to pretend your conservative then if no conservative “harm” can be inflicted?
3. Graham’s next primary is four years away, since he’s not up for re-election again until 2014.  In the interim, we can always use him to attack other RINOs trying to keep their seats through their primaries in the same manner I mentioned in Point #1.  That’s going to make him very unpopular unless he defuses his usual level of irritation in advance.  Or tries to do so without success.
4. He’s trying to add appeal to a new amnesty bill.  So, if we let them grant amnesty, maybe they’ll do things like enforce the borders and make sense by eliminating anchor babies.  Given what happened after they tried to trade such enforcement for an amnesty in 1986, there’s no cause to show much faith that they’ll actually do it this time.

No, there’s no way Senator “We’re going to tell the bigots to shut up” is for real on this.  At best, he’s just trying to be on the right side of an issue long enough to diffuse some of the potential trouble he might cause himself or his friends.  It should be fun to watch him waffle, when it isn’t so brazenly transparent.

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