Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Falsehood of the day, part 2

Roger Simon is an interesting, entertaining, and very cynical (not that there's anything so wrong with that, given today's politics) political writer; he's currently chief political columnist for The Politico. I enjoy reading him. But this particular column of his, on the illegal immigration issue, was all wet. He writes as if the only argument being made by those wishing to stop illegal immigration is that the illegals are terrorists.

I don't know of too many folks who emphasize that. Most worry about the burdens illegal immigrants place upon our health care system, and upon our schools; how it's possible that their presence drives down wages, that they're not assimilating or seeking to assimilate as have immigrantss in the past, that it's simply not fair to those seeking to enter this country LEGALLY to wink at those entering illegally, etc.

One of the problems with politics is that too many people argue against things that aren't being said. To be fair, that's nothing new...