Representation? That’s for election speeches or primary debates. Then, once in the DC club, it’s do as we please for 2-6 years, after which we’ll rely on voter apathy, widespread media malfeasance, an incurious public, redistricting, gerrymanders, IRS intimidation, voter fraud, panders, and name recognition to hopefully get re-elected. Just as the Founders and Framers envisioned! Remember: what later today will sound like applause is really just the sound of

1. Breakfast 2. Small talk 3. Vote for a comprehensive immigration bill they haven’t read, fucking over not only their base, but all those among the American citizenry who don’t profit directly from cheap labor, depressed salaries, a permanent fund-raising tool calling for effective border control, the potential resurgence of unions (and the union dues that come with them, which are then laundered through the Democrat Party in return for

Sure. But then, he was trying to get elected, and when amnesty was a bad thing, not a noble gesture to allow the best of us to come out of the shadows where racism and xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment (and the threat of having to pay taxes) sadly forced them. Once they jumped the border. Now, though, he wants the Bushies to groom him for bigger things, maybe as a

I already posted this in Twitter — albeit constrained by the 140 character limit — so if you’ve already seen it, forgive me. Here in this venue, though, you have an opportunity to discuss it. So here it goes: The Senate’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform measure is essentially an attempt to institutionalize, on a national scale, the ward politics of the Tammany Hall days. In this striving it mirrors ObamaCare, which

Which is rather shocking until you more closely examine the questions. For instance: 1) Do you support those on an uphill battle to escape tyranny and who yearn to live free? 2) Or are you some sort of fucking racist, nativist douchebag who only wants to see Mexicans when they’re cleaning your hotel room, fixing your roof, or serving you complementary tortilla chips at Chi-Chi’s? 3) Jennifer Lopez has a