{"id":896,"date":"2006-06-18T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-18T07:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/06\/hastert-continues-to-be-the-sm.html"},"modified":"2006-06-18T07:48:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-18T07:48:00","slug":"hastert-continues-to-be-the-sm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/06\/hastert-continues-to-be-the-sm.html","title":{"rendered":"Hastert Continues to be the Smartest politician in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are some interesting things in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townhall.com\/opinion\/columns\/robertnovak\/2006\/06\/17\/201642.html\">Robert Novak&#8217;s<\/a> recent column:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Boehner on Tuesday was upbeat in addressing a breakfast forum at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which supports a guest worker program. He indicated he would resolve differences between the restrictive House bill and the much more liberal Senate bill by the Fourth of July. <\/p>\n<p>But at a closed luncheon Wednesday at Charlie Palmer&#8217;s restaurant, attended by financial contributors to House Republicans, Boehner declared that the immigration bill was all but dead. That change followed Boehner&#8217;s conversation late Tuesday with Hastert, who made clear he did not want to pursue the issue that splits the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This <span style=\"font-style: italic\">is<\/span> a divisive issue in the Republican party.  Many Republicans oppose the plan of the President and the Senate but there are some who support it.  A <a href=\"http:\/\/reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/polipundit-kicks-off-contributors.html\">conservative blog<\/a> was destroyed because of this issue.  Hastert demonstrates that he understands that the cost is too high and the divisions too deep for a compromise.  He understands amnesty is not something that the American people support but the politicians do.<br \/>\nIf he were really smart, when this bill dies he should immediately pass a bill that does three things and only:<br \/>\n1. Build a fence across the border.<br \/>\n2. Punish employers who hire illegal immigrants.<br \/>\n3. Streamline the process to get into this country legally.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t even deal with the illegals that are here in this country now because number two would take care of that problem.<br \/>\n(Link via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drudgereport.com\/\">Drudge Report<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some interesting things in Robert Novak&#8217;s recent column: Boehner on Tuesday was upbeat in addressing a breakfast forum at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which supports a guest worker program. 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