Bush succeeds on immigration

Bush and the Republican party have oft been criticized by the right wing punditocracy for their "inaction" on immigration. In truth, they have pursued a clear and obvious policy. They have shepherded and accelerated a bipartisan policy of hemispheric economic integration that shortchanges workers everywhere ( leading to low wages and immigration) and favors corporations ( high profits for elites).

Failing to address this and rallying ill informed hate is the purview of talk radio. Here, showing sympathy to victims of this economic dislocation is treason. The notion that US workers should show solidarity with other American workers and get together to fix the system is suppressed by the perpetual outrage that some illegals commit crimes (shock!!!). Treating this issue as cheaply and sensationally as any other is a sure fire way to advance in the realm of White Male Angst Radio .

While they are hardly guilt free in this, at least opponents of NAFTA and CAFTA have a home in the Democratic party. At least a wing exists that seeks to prioritize working families over unearned income generation.


This is the message that Ron Paul, Kucinich, and Gravel want to send. In a political race where large corporations effectively select the candidates and disseminate tabloid like propaganda to local outrage radio like WMAR 1420, this is difficult to achieve.