One reason Washington makes so
much bad history is that so many people here know so little history. This helps
explain why “comprehensive” immigration reform is foundering: Too few of
today’s legislators know what happened 163 years ago. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
does know. The most important Kentuckian since Henry Clay,
McConnell knows that his hero Clay, who was called “the great compromiser,”
failed to engineer Senate passage of a comprehensive compromise in 1850.
McConnell, who wrote his senior thesis at the University of Louisville on the Compromise of 1850, knows that
this was achieved by the canniness of Stephen A. Douglas.
His is a name not much mentioned on Capitol Hill since he died in 1861 at age
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My Take – George Will’s comments are worth
noting, especially in light of all these ‘massive’ bills passed by Congress
lately. However I keep coming back to
this singular question. Why do we "need"
an immigration bill? They keep saying we "need" immigration reform. Why? The answers are far
more illuminating than the bills, and make no mistake about this. These bills will not benefit the nation. How do I know? Look at who are the biggest supporters them and their views on
reality. Leftists and self-serving businessmen.
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